A bit council (Vol 5)
Discussion
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
LOL, my late dad's name. Called Alan.
I remember a few years back in the local One Stop, a milfy mum calling for her daughter; Shirley, up popped a circa 3 yo, I chuckled inside as the MiL is a Shirley!
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?Called Alan.
Hol said:
We used to have a kid at the dojo called Harry Potter.
Too old to be named after the books were popular, but the name always got a snigger from the spectating crowd come grading time.
I used to work with a pavement engineer called Harry Potter. And a comms engineer called Phil Mecock. And an Indian guy called Atanu sToo old to be named after the books were popular, but the name always got a snigger from the spectating crowd come grading time.
t. His email was a.st@company.com. austinsmirk said:
I absolutely love shouting to my children, in crowded places
Chardonnay
Mercedes
Cleopatra
Shaniqua
Aleeschia
And so on
You try it and see how your wife reacts and the faces she can pull.
My other game is again, rather loudly, in a queue
“ has our social been paid in yet ?”
The irony being: people actually refer to pay day or being paid when receiving their dole.
As if they have worked for it etc.
Some of them refer to their benefits as “wages”. Chardonnay
Mercedes
Cleopatra
Shaniqua
Aleeschia
And so on
You try it and see how your wife reacts and the faces she can pull.
My other game is again, rather loudly, in a queue
“ has our social been paid in yet ?”
The irony being: people actually refer to pay day or being paid when receiving their dole.
As if they have worked for it etc.
Another good one - you will need to get the kids trained to do it - when with Mrs Smirk on the booze aisle they cry out “ no please mummy! Don’t get cider again! Remember what happened last time! You promised , and the police will be back” etc etc
CanAm said:
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?Called Alan.
Hudson
Archer
Fin
Otis
And also Clive. We never forget Clive
Dog Star said:
Some of them refer to their benefits as “wages”.
A friends daughter does that. Single mother, two kids by different fathers who were one night stands never to be seen again, both "disabled" so she is their carer, new SUV etc. Every Facebook post is about how strong she is or she's at a Hungry Horse in the middle of the day as her wages have just been paid in. JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?Called Alan.
matchmaker said:
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?Called Alan.
matchmaker said:
I am called Alan. The family wanted me named after my dad (this was the 1950s). My dad put his foot down and refused, for which I am eternally grateful. Homer, anyone? D'oh!!
Hah! My family is scotch, and my name is Robert. I was going to be called "Alexander" which would have been ok (although a bit of an arse as Mrs DS is "Alexandra").The other name I nearly got was "Dugald"
PomBstard said:
CanAm said:
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?Called Alan.
Hudson
Archer
Fin
Otis
And also Clive. We never forget Clive
Neighbor behind me has just named their new baby boy Bruce.
Who looks at a tiny little baby and thinks, yea Bruce would be nice.
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
PomBstard said:
CanAm said:
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?
PB Jnr3 is now 8, and some of his friends at school are
Hudson
Archer
Fin
Otis
And also Clive. We never forget Clive
Neighbor behind me has just named their new baby boy Bruce.
Who looks at a tiny little baby and thinks, yea Bruce would be nice.
FoxtrotOscar1 said:
PomBstard said:
CanAm said:
JonChalk said:
Blakeatron said:
A new boy started at my youngests climbing session this afternoon - maybe 7 or 8.
Called Alan.
Called Alan.
Oh my God. How can his parents bear to show their faces? The horror for the poor child. Does no-one think of the children?
PB Jnr3 is now 8, and some of his friends at school are
Hudson
Archer
Fin
Otis
And also Clive. We never forget Clive
Neighbor behind me has just named their new baby boy Bruce.
Who looks at a tiny little baby and thinks, yea Bruce would be nice.
Ha that's amazing. I said to my wife if we had a boy I would name him Bruce (we had girls though).
Just think of how many epic Bruces there are in the world:
Bruce Lee
Bruce Willis
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce Wayne
Bruce Banner
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Jenner (albeit now Caitlyn)
Magnum 475 said:
J4CKO said:
TimmyMallett said:
No one appears to do mental children's names like our antipodean friends (its old news but still excellent):
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/...
In his written ruling, he said names such as Stallion, Yeah Detroit, Fish and Chips, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit were prohibited by registration officials. Others that were permitted included twins called Benson and Hedges, other children called Midnight Chardonnay, Number 16 Bus Shelter and, the judge added, "tragically, Violence". Another mother tried to use text language for her child's name, he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/...
The judge said:
In his written ruling, he said names such as Stallion, Yeah Detroit, Fish and Chips, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit were prohibited by registration officials. Others that were permitted included twins called Benson and Hedges, other children called Midnight Chardonnay, Number 16 Bus Shelter and, the judge added, "tragically, Violence". Another mother tried to use text language for her child's name, he said.
My Ozzie mate has Brooklyn, Tex and Aspen and another that escapes me, I think they work well.
One of my Aussie friends called her son "Hudson". When I was growing up, that was a surname. A British friend called her firstborn "Fletcher". That was also a surname when I was a kid. Tell me, why do people think it's cool to give their child a surname as their first name?
Edited by Magnum 475 on Tuesday 17th May 10:04
It’s very common to keep a surname alive by giving it as first name in the NE.
Robson Green
Jerome Flynn
I sailed with a Robson Walker (hard to say it with putting on a Geordie accent!) and an Armstrong Hale.
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