A while ago now, as we often do, Midge and I were questioning each other as to how much it would cost to do something stupid, eg. how much to eat your own hand? How much to go a week without speaking. Every now and then, an offer comes up that the other person finds too irresistible to turn down. Me changing my middle name to Danger for $200 was one of those offers. The deal was written out on a post-it note as all legal contracts are. Midge was to pay me $200 plus the $91 fee to change my name from Anthony Leiper (yes, I previously had no middle name) to Anthony Danger Leiper.
Time went by and offer was never taken up, much to my disappointment, as I thought Danger had a nice ring to it. Midge soon picked up on my eagerness and requested a new deal. He would pay the $91 fee to change the name, but that was it. I was happy with that, as I just wanted a funny name, so we went ahead with it. Below is the official change of name certificate.
