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Using hypothetical favourite future child's name in Starbucks order

30 replies

travellingbird · 19/04/2013 15:46

I've tried this a few times, and am wondering if anyone else has done this to see if the name you like feels funny or wonderful or get's your gut instinct going when it's said in relation to you, by a stranger when they write it on your coffee cup? They also say things out loud like, "A Tall Mocha for (insert baby name instead of adult name), here", as well.

DP and I talk baby names rather a lot, but it's nice to have a different view ... or is this all just terribly weird and embarrassing?
Latest coffee-name made me beam...

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MummyBurrows · 19/04/2013 20:50

I don't drink coffee so have never done this but I see the logic behind it :) I just try out the names I like by saying them out loud repeatedly and writing them over and over again...occasionally try them out on the cat for a few hours or a day...poor bugger probably hasn't got a clue what his name is now and also probably now thinks he's a girl xx

Hedwig3 · 19/04/2013 20:18

Fabulous!

Need to know the name that made you beam Brew

MacCrackles · 19/04/2013 20:18

I have a friend who does exactly this.

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 19/04/2013 15:55

Seems perfectly reasonable to me - I would probably use hypothetical future cat names though!

However, I can't bear Starbucks coffee so I won't be trying it any time soon.

Lulabellarama · 19/04/2013 15:50

You're mental :)