So yes, when it was sparked into life in 1930 it was the British Empire Games, but in 1954 it was changed to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games ... so they were starting to get there.
Then in 1970 the "empire" got the biff and it became the British Commonwealth Games.
Then in 1978 the "British" tag was shown the door and it became what it is today ... the Commonwealth Games.
Which leads me to wonder that in maybe another eight years it could be tampered with again and simply become The Games.
But that wouldn't work because there are simply too many games being staged out there and confusion would reign.
Maybe that kind of explains for me how this event sort of crept up out of the blue ... there's a lot of games going on.
Within the Commonwealth Federation banner there's also the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, the Commonwealth Winter Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games.
And of course there are the Olympic Games and the Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Winter Games ... and there are World Rowing Championships and World Cycling Championships and World Cup Rugby and World Cup Football and World Cup You Name It.
Which is a very good thing because playing sport and being enthused by sport is to be encouraged ... as long as one important ingredient is maintained, respected and adhered to without exception.
Don't take things too seriously because, after all, it is only a game.
Now motorsport is different because if anything other than a Ferrari crosses the line first I sulk for days.
Professional sport though is not simply a game.
It is a business.
The wages of some of those high-flying top league soccer players is outrageous and an affront to reality.
An affront to what sport should really be.
It's just a competition, and it should be a competition between
rivals who will afterwards sit down together and enjoy a beer ... I mean a vitamin-infused tonic drink.
On that note, I have a photo somewhere of halftime in a rugby match I played back around 1976 ... we were having a glass of lager brought out to us on a plastic tray along with some wedges of oranges.
The oranges went back untouched but the ale was cleaned out.
As were we when the final whistle went.
So then, the 21st Commonwealth Games are set to spark into life and that means the 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations will (if they feel inclined to) send a team along, although there are actually 71 teams on the books as some nations are independent territories who run their lives under their own flag.
But they are still eligible to front up and take part in pretty well everything competitive that can be taken part in.
There are 21 sports on the menu ... everything from athletics and cycling to lawn bowls, rugby sevens and judo.
Oh, and the federation bods are considering (for future games) billiards, lifesaving, golf and fencing.
So arm wrestling and darts won't be far off.
They'll never take cricket aboard though as that would mean Australia would have to square off against South Africa at some stage and you just wouldn't be able to find enough security officers to oversee it.
You'd need at least 80 just to oversee the players let alone their supporters.
But hey, if Russia and North Korea and the USA were part of our Cornish Pastie and Watney's Red Barrell empire they'd need about 20,000 security officers.
But I digress.
On the competition front we appear to have a pretty solid sort of crew set to take to the artificial turf, the water and the canvas and there should be some shining medals in the wind (I hope I have not applied to kiss of death by saying that).
Eliza McCartney grabbed a bronze at the last Olympics in the pole vault and Valerie Adams has three Commonwealth Games golds on the mantelpiece and will be seeking to make it four.
Shotputter Tom Walsh has also staked a successful place on the world stage, as has weightlifter Richie Patterson.
And we have good swimmers, shooters and gymnasts ... good team ... good chances.
So, the starter's gun, in terms of declaring the Gold Coast-hosting Commonwealth Games open, will be triggered on Wednesday night, live from 10pm on TV1.
Then, from Thursday starting at 9am and going late into the night on that host channel (with breaks for the news and Seven Sharp) it's all on.
Ditto for Friday and into the weekend ... it's the TV1 games with Duke and Extra also in on the coverage act.
And on Sky Sport next Monday at 1.30am there's the Bahrain F1 and Ferraris go pretty well in the Middle East.
The alarm has been set.
●Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, TV1 at 10pm Wednesday: Yes indeed, the coverage of these Games is all free-to-air so that's a good start.
If they could get all the rugby as well then things would really be looking up.
ON THE BOX
●All Star Family Feud: League vs Netball, TV3 at 7.30pm tonight: This could be an entertaining little entree to the roll-out of the great games in a few days time.
Nothing like a sporting challenge (sort of) and here we have rugby league players Adam Blair, Shaun Johnson, Gerard Beale and Blake Green go head-to-head on the game show front with netball stars Casey Kopua, Sam Sinclair, Kayla Cullen and Katrina Grant.
●Graham Norton's Good Guest Guide, TV3 at 8pm Friday: This is an intriguing little sideline to an always intriguing chat show with Mr N rolling out some light and easy "rules" on how to be a good guest on his show.
He uses some classic clips from past outings which feature big stars, and he uses their approaches and reactions to light-heartedly illustrate his advice.
The likes of Ricky Gervais, Miriam Margolyes and Dame Julie Walters also share their thoughts about appearing with Graham.