Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Loz Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> ultraburner Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > My first (proper) girlfriend was called Jenny

> Taylor.

>

> I know a Jenny Taylor. No one twigged for 30-odd

> years until the day someone pointed out the joke.


I had to google this because i didn't get the joke! It doesn't really work as a gag with an Irish/Scottish accent.


PS - Also heard a woman calling out "BEYONCE!!!" in a park in Dublin.

Jeremy Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> A useful tip for parents arguing over baby

> names... start with the most awful names you can

> imagine, and when you finally suggest something

> vaguely sensible/normal, your partner will gladly

> agree.



Haha, is that how you managed to score your (very cool) nane for your daughter?


I got quite lucky in that I suggested my okder daughter's name and my wife agreed straight away. Then she suggested the next one and after a quick read of a classic novel I was happy to agree.


Glad wr didn't have a boy as I had no ideas.

uncleglen Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I was surprised at Phaedra for a boy. I knew that

> Phaedra was a female from Greek mythology and then

> had to re-read that it was a boy!


xxxxxx


Yeh, I thought the same! But hey, language changes .....


Finding this thread a bit off, tbh. Fine line between humour and smug middle class superiority.

But the middle classes are some of the worst offenders... Tbh, it's more of a cultural differences issue, since a couple of the names I found funny are non-UK. And I am sure that other cultures would find some of our names funny since they sound like something rude in their language.


As for the made up names or unusual ones, I may think they sound silly, but at least they involve a bit of imagination.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • I’m in exactly the same position.  They badgered me for ages to have a water meter fitted.  I’d prevaricated simply because it’s so tedious dealing with these people but eventually gave in when the communications became increasingly frequent and aggressive and it was done in March 2023. I just assumed I’d then be charged on actual consumption but I received an email this morning with details of the latest price increase and it said, “Since your property doesn’t have a water meter, your bill is calculated in advance based on fixed rates rather than water usage”.  I’m sure they’ve realised I’d be paying much less if they billed me on actual consumption but have not gone out of their way to inform me.  Trawling through their website, for me anyway, is an unutterably tedious chore, but I think I’ll now have to work up the energy over the weekend to pick up the phone on Monday morning and have a word with them.  
    • Great Service again from Andy.  Contacted him with a couple of issues with toilet cistern and shower.  He came over and sorted it all out quickly. Good advice given, reasonable charge for the jobs.  Highly recommend Andy!   
    • Just seen this.  Your post was a bit unnecessary.  I was simply responding to the previous post that children should be cycling on the pavement. But as you say I know shed loads about transport.  Not to the depths that some go down to the minutia.  Some call me the space cowboy.  Some call me the gangster of love.  I think of myself as the people's poet.  You have to laugh at yourself. Echoing what DKH said, we weren't there, you don't know the parent was making a snide remark, My favourite Dulwich parent story was a few years ago were friends when we were in the Herne garden a few years ago, who let their children run riot.  Bless.  One decided to turn the hose on spraying some poor drinkers.  Now most of us would be mortified, but the friends welcomed their child's creativity.   
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...