One of the perks of being married to the local blogger is that you have writing privileges if you choose to indulge them.  For reasons unbeknownst to me I’m taking advantage of that right with some pure silliness.

The other day I was thinking of what an unusual name Sag Hampton is and how it must come across to people who don’t live out here on the East End or who are unfamiliar with ‘the Hamptons’ and I wondered what they thought the Sag in Sag Hampton could possibly stand for.  Would it be a place where Hamptonites would go for plastic surgery to deal with their sagging faces or other body parts? 

Then of course I took it to the next level and wondered what the blog Shag Hampton would connote—a place for singles to hook up with other singles—or maybe a place to buy rugs.  Then that led to Stag Hampton, where you can plan bachelor parties—or learn how to deal with deer overpopulation.

I don’t know why my mind works this way; it’s kind of a sickness.  I love words, love to use them, play with them, write them and frequently my mind will go off on these ridiculous tangents.  Anyway, I mentioned to Eric (the aforementioned author of Sag Hampton) how funny it would be if I were to post on Sag Hampton the various words that rhyme with sag and what they would mean when paired with Hampton as a blog title.  “You should do it,” he said. 

I thought he was crazy, but he got a little enthusiastic about it.  Of course, that could be a result of his utter enjoyment of anyone contributing a comment to his blog and not that he really thought it would be a good idea.  No matter.  Because once I mentioned it and he was so receptive to the idea, I’m afraid my mental riff continued. 

I guess I’ll categorize.  Let’s start with retail.  Bag Hampton would be the place to get handbags, purses, beach bags, maybe even luggage.  Mag Hampton would be the go to place for magazines and other reading materials.  Swag Hampton would be for window treatments and other decorating needs, or maybe even stolen merchandise. Local farmers and gardeners could go to Ag Hampton and luxury car drivers would go to Jag Hampton.

Now on to service:  for housecleaning—Rag Hampton (or should Rag Hampton be for newspapers?) and dog owners could go to Wag Hampton to have their pooches walked, shampooed, or boarded.

For entertainment:  Tag Hampton could be for laser tag or tag sale listings; Gag Hampton would be a comedy club; rock climbing would take place at Crag Hampton; parades and other patriotic events would be at Flag Hampton; and you could go to see your favorite female impersonators at Drag Hampton.

Some of the other ideas I came up with might be well suited to this very blog, say as featured headings indicating the nature of the particular article that Eric was writing.  So if he wanted to call your attention to something that he doesn’t like it would be Lag Hampton and if he wanted to get you to do something about that situation like attend a meeting or write to an official, he would use Nag Hampton. Then if there’s any kind of setback it could be listed under Snag Hampton, but if things are going right, especially after you responded to his call to action, it would be time for, what else:  Brag Hampton!

OK, it’s out of my system.  I promise that my next contribution to Sag Hampton will be a little more serious.