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My surname is Gallagher...

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 13:45

I can't use Joel, can I?

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IKillEveryBloodyThreadIPostOn · 03/12/2015 22:37

A no from me I'm afraid.

I know a bloke called David Hoey. He bloody hates it apparently he always gets a ribbing.

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TheComforter · 03/12/2015 22:31

Best game ever!

With the elimination of Joel, impending DC will either be:

Clement Lewis Gallagher
or
Claudia Coral Gallagher

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BathtimeFunkster · 03/12/2015 22:26

Stu Jackman Grin - brilliant!

Mark Kent
Penny Henry
Wim Kerr

iklboo · 03/12/2015 22:17

Lou Bonneville
Sven Wishall
Nathaniel Craig
Dieter O'Toole
Callum Rickman
Rudy Dench
Barry Olivier
Doris Karloff

wintersocks · 03/12/2015 22:07

Jane Rooney
Barry Lineker

just off the top of my head (see what I did there Wink)

StrawberryTeaLeaf · 03/12/2015 17:29

Another 'no' vote from me.

But it is a great game you just invented Grin

elephantoverthehill · 03/12/2015 17:29

I'm even older, than the Brit pop people. What about Rory?

hazelnutlatte · 03/12/2015 17:26

I know a Gary Potter. He is known to everyone as Gary Potter, never just Gary. I've known him for more than ten years and still find his name funny! I don't think it bothers him much. OP I don't think it would be kind to call your dc Joel Gallagher, however Gary Potter had a perfectly normal name until he was about 18 so you can never really give your kids a bully proof name.

iklboo · 03/12/2015 17:19

Peter Ora
Miley Minogue
Dicky Wilson
Dom Jones
Ned Sheeran
Pam Smith

myotherusernameisbetter · 03/12/2015 17:08

Riley Cyrus
Ronnie Depp
Gemma Watson
Stu Jackman
Val Pacino
John Connery
Stan Hathaway

....I'll fetch my coat....

myotherusernameisbetter · 03/12/2015 17:03

I don't think I could. Not a fan of Clement either, sorry.

What about Jonah, Lucas, Marcus, Miles, Keir, Gregory, Finn, Finlay, Crispin?

iklboo · 03/12/2015 16:56

Beryl Fernandez-Versini

TeaPleaseLouise · 03/12/2015 16:10

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PennyHasNoSurname · 03/12/2015 16:09

What about Jude? Or Rex? Just other names similar (imo) to Joel.

LilyKing0909 · 03/12/2015 16:06

I would...

squoosh · 03/12/2015 16:04

Oasis have that air about them of a band who will be on the cover of Mojo magazine in 2072. I'd be thrilled if I never had to hear another busker wail Wonder-feckin-wall at me but I won't hold my breath!

Civilizations will rise and fall but two things we can rely on will be a cockroaches, and buskers singing Wonderwall.

ThereIsIron · 03/12/2015 16:00

No, you must use Rory Grin

TeaPleaseLouise · 03/12/2015 15:59

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 03/12/2015 15:50

No I wouldn't.

MaisieDotes · 03/12/2015 15:49

tigger I thought that too Grin

squoosh · 03/12/2015 15:48

Noel Gallagher may not mean anything to the kid's friends but you don't go through life just interacting with people who are the same age as you.

Joel Gallagher is a comedy name.

CremeBrulee · 03/12/2015 15:48

I think you can. I didn't get the Noel connection (and I am definitely of the Oasis generation) and was pondering why not. I assumed there must have been a Joel in Frank Gallagher's crowd in Shameless!

Tiggeryoubastard · 03/12/2015 15:47

I thought you would suggest Frank.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/12/2015 15:45

I agree Louise.

Joel is a cool name. Noel, is what, 50? No one Joel's age will have a scooby who some old niche, second fiddle to his brother, musician with similar name is.

TeaPleaseLouise · 03/12/2015 15:43

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