Kelleen--
 
Please do not be insulted by the names Yacko and Wacko, they come from the
Steven Speilberg cartoon Animaniacs.  Yacko and Wacko are the Warner
Brothers, and have a sister, Dot (the lesser known Warner).  In the cartoon
Yacko is the family spokes man, and Wacko eats everything in sight.  It is a
truely funny cartoon, and I doubt the names were meant to be insulting to
the girls, except maybe that they are boys names.  I considered a name from
the show for my ferret, Brain, from the Pinky and the Brain skit.  But in
the cartoon Brain is a lab rat, and I thought that was insulting.
 
Maria.
[Posted in FML issue 1637]