Kids with stupid names...
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I remember I picked my car up from a bodyshop and stopped at the Shell on the way home to get some choco and have a piss.
The toilet wasn't the best but by roadside major A-road petrol station standards on a Friday afternoon it was perfectly acceptable. There was no lock on the door as it had broken but the door would still shut.
As I walked away from the cashier desk with my choco bar in hand I walked up to the toilet only to notice a family barrel out of a newish Ford S-Max and make a bee-line for the toilet. It was a Mum, Dad, Son and Daughter - the perfect little "family".
Hearing their full on posh-t
t accents I rolled my eyes asthey basically pushed infront of me, I let it go as there was no rush for me to get home I just waited.
In walked the daughter, who immediately goes, "EWW MUMMY, IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGARSTING IN HERE" - it wasn't.
"CAN YOU HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED PLEASE" - as if someone will immediately walk past the queue of 4 and barge right in anyway.
She comes out a minute or two later and says to (I presume her brother as that's who gave it to her)
"OH DARWIN, CAN YOU PASS THE HAN-SAN". - What sort of name for a 16 year old is DARWIN. I assumed the daughters name was Petunia.
At this point I very nearly lost it and had to turn away and pretend to sneeze as I was close to a full on belly laugh.
The toilet wasn't the best but by roadside major A-road petrol station standards on a Friday afternoon it was perfectly acceptable. There was no lock on the door as it had broken but the door would still shut.
As I walked away from the cashier desk with my choco bar in hand I walked up to the toilet only to notice a family barrel out of a newish Ford S-Max and make a bee-line for the toilet. It was a Mum, Dad, Son and Daughter - the perfect little "family".
Hearing their full on posh-t
t accents I rolled my eyes asthey basically pushed infront of me, I let it go as there was no rush for me to get home I just waited.In walked the daughter, who immediately goes, "EWW MUMMY, IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGARSTING IN HERE" - it wasn't.
"CAN YOU HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED PLEASE" - as if someone will immediately walk past the queue of 4 and barge right in anyway.
She comes out a minute or two later and says to (I presume her brother as that's who gave it to her)
"OH DARWIN, CAN YOU PASS THE HAN-SAN". - What sort of name for a 16 year old is DARWIN. I assumed the daughters name was Petunia.
At this point I very nearly lost it and had to turn away and pretend to sneeze as I was close to a full on belly laugh.
Edited by xjay1337 on Friday 10th March 13:34
I really wasn't sure where this belonged. I suppose this thread is a good as any.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
Goaty Bill 2 said:
I really wasn't sure where this belonged. I suppose this thread is a good as any.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
FROM THE ARTICLE said:
When people imply that our son will be hurt—physically or emotionally—because of it, they are doing so because they have been trained to think of femininity as inferior to masculinity
No, no it's not.
Of course it would turn into a sexism rant half way through. Load of tosh. Her kid will be bullied. Poor kid, I have a feeling he will soon adopt the name Jay.
xjay1337 said:
Goaty Bill 2 said:
I really wasn't sure where this belonged. I suppose this thread is a good as any.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
Liked and shared on facebook by someone who really should know better at their age.
"When virtue signalling is more important than your child's happiness." would have been my title, but I give you theirs;
Why I named my son Jayne
I don't think this at all falls into the same category as 'A Boy Named Sue'.
FROM THE ARTICLE said:
When people imply that our son will be hurt—physically or emotionally—because of it, they are doing so because they have been trained to think of femininity as inferior to masculinity
No, no it's not.
Of course it would turn into a sexism rant half way through. Load of tosh. Her kid will be bullied. Poor kid, I have a feeling he will soon adopt the name Jay.
kersI won't mention the actual name on here as a few people know me in 'real life' and I don't want to upset anyone, but some friends of mine recently let their 4 year old son choose the name of his new baby brother, in order to 'soften the blow' somewhat of the horror that he was getting a brother.
Apparently he wasn't happy about getting a brother so they said the only way to make him feel good about it was to let him pick the name.
And when I say pick the name, I don't mean choose from a pre-approved list, I mean actually pick anything he wanted.
Consequently the 2nd born has ended up with a pretty daft name in my opinion.
But I suppose when you ask a 4 year old to choose what is written on a birth certificate you should just be grateful the child didn't end up being called Peppa Pig or Superman.
Apparently he wasn't happy about getting a brother so they said the only way to make him feel good about it was to let him pick the name.
And when I say pick the name, I don't mean choose from a pre-approved list, I mean actually pick anything he wanted.
Consequently the 2nd born has ended up with a pretty daft name in my opinion.
But I suppose when you ask a 4 year old to choose what is written on a birth certificate you should just be grateful the child didn't end up being called Peppa Pig or Superman.
Sa Calobra said:
Thinking about this...To be honest should we just stick to the modern day biblical angliciced names?
Why not mix it up. Or should we stick to sitting in the crowd?
A boy at my son's nursery is called Thor.
Wow, just wow. Sorry if that offends.
My son's middle name is Fox.
I would never prevent parents from doing what they wish. Further there are innumerable names that reflect ethnic backgrounds which are perfectly consistent with the surname of the child. Therefore they do not in any way subject the child to any ridicule. James Smith or Ranbir Singh are therefore not likely to subject the child to any ridicule. However , the search for originality has left unfortunate children with the ghastly names in this thread. In the hyperconnected world these kids live in they can be trolled to despair in the web , not just the schoolyard. The silliness of enraged parents complaining to the school that the child is being harassed reflects their own lack of judgement in calling the child some made up name. We have come to a strange time when the dog is called Giles and the child is called Bam Bam. Good luck with self confidence and career prospects. Why not mix it up. Or should we stick to sitting in the crowd?
A boy at my son's nursery is called Thor.
Wow, just wow. Sorry if that offends.
My son's middle name is Fox.
NinjaPower said:
I won't mention the actual name on here as a few people know me in 'real life' and I don't want to upset anyone, but some friends of mine recently let their 4 year old son choose the name of his new baby brother, in order to 'soften the blow' somewhat of the horror that he was getting a brother.
Apparently he wasn't happy about getting a brother so they said the only way to make him feel good about it was to let him pick the name.
And when I say pick the name, I don't mean choose from a pre-approved list, I mean actually pick anything he wanted.
Consequently the 2nd born has ended up with a pretty daft name in my opinion.
But I suppose when you ask a 4 year old to choose what is written on a birth certificate you should just be grateful the child didn't end up being called Peppa Pig or Superman.
I asked to choose my brother's name and my parents let me choose his middle name. If I'd chosen something stupid they wouldn't have let me though. As it turned out, they also liked the name LewisApparently he wasn't happy about getting a brother so they said the only way to make him feel good about it was to let him pick the name.
And when I say pick the name, I don't mean choose from a pre-approved list, I mean actually pick anything he wanted.
Consequently the 2nd born has ended up with a pretty daft name in my opinion.
But I suppose when you ask a 4 year old to choose what is written on a birth certificate you should just be grateful the child didn't end up being called Peppa Pig or Superman.
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