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Tell me what you think about Percy...

87 replies

watchingitallagain · 18/03/2017 14:13

..... for a boy.

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Joeybee · 18/03/2017 23:32

Really like Percy. It's gentle but it's masculine. I can imagine it growing with someone too. People tend to think it's dated and dislike it...which for me makes it all the better.

crapfatbanana · 18/03/2017 23:32

I like it.

TheHiphopopotamus · 18/03/2017 23:21

Byron had had sex with a dog, or the tour guide had? Because I'm not convinced that the latter was relevant to the tour

Grin Just did a snort at that.

lazydog · 18/03/2017 21:25

I wonder where the idea that it sounds weak comes from?

Probably largely via Tim McInnerny's character in Blackadder Grin

Bibs2014 · 18/03/2017 21:03

Hate it

Grumpbum · 18/03/2017 21:01

I loved it for #2 until, when potty training my Mum started asking #1 if he needed a Percy poo

cauliwobbles · 18/03/2017 21:01

Point Percy at the Porcelain!! 😬

BaymaxismyHero · 18/03/2017 21:00

Awful

mrsBeverleygoldberg · 18/03/2017 20:58

Blackadder.

user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 20:55

Tour guide told us that Byron had sex with a dog! Thing is... I can't find any evidence to agree, maybe she was feeling bored that day

OP for the record I don't like Percy as is but I think Percival is nice

ThoraGruntwhistle · 18/03/2017 20:40

Byron had had sex with a dog, or the tour guide had? Because I'm not convinced that the latter was relevant to the tour.

SuperBeagle · 18/03/2017 19:39

Penis.

Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin was nicknamed Percy because the tight pants he wore showed a certain something.

TheCakes · 18/03/2017 19:34

Ok, that's just killed Byron for me Envy not envy

Sophronia · 18/03/2017 18:19

I like it

lazydog · 18/03/2017 18:04

I think he'd be teased because of the penis connection. I wouldn't use it, even if I liked the name.

Pigeonpost · 18/03/2017 17:55

Love it!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/03/2017 17:54

No, sorry.

user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 17:45

TheCakes - when I went on the Byron tour, the guide told us he'd had sex with a dog. Shocked my grandma to bits

TheCakes · 18/03/2017 17:44

I don't think he'd thank you for it. If you like the Romantic poets, what about Byron? Or Samuel/Taylor (Coleridge)

goose1964 · 18/03/2017 17:41

Awful

nauticant · 18/03/2017 17:41

In my mind Percy = cock.

Dontactlikeyouknowme · 18/03/2017 17:40

It's awful.

user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 17:38

Percy on bc or will it be short for Percival? Or Perseus if you're a big Percy Jackson fan...

DramaAlpaca · 18/03/2017 16:16

Just no.

dogdinner · 18/03/2017 16:16

Love it

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