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Bruce?

89 replies

lynseysyesnyl · 22/03/2021 20:20

What does MN think?

Can't decide if baby Bruce is cute or crazy.

My immediate go to was Springsteen (cool), DH's was Batman (also cool), and then we thought of Forsythe.... 😂🙈

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DinosaurDiana · 22/03/2021 20:40

It sounds like an Australian man swigging a can of XXXX.

Commonwasher · 22/03/2021 20:38

I like it.

One of the few names it’s almost impossible to shorten or abbreviate. We’d have had it if our second had been a boy.

Merename · 22/03/2021 20:37

But I did know a lovely Bruce years ago and remember him fondly...

Merename · 22/03/2021 20:37

Yes I can only hear it in an Australian accent!!

bamboozer · 22/03/2021 20:36

Literally can only think of Bruce Bogtrotter when i hear that name. Awful name imo!

Teenagerwillbethedeathofme · 22/03/2021 20:36

"Fish are friends, not food"..

Teenagerwillbethedeathofme · 22/03/2021 20:34

Makes me think of the Aussie shark on Nemo

Piggyhoolier · 22/03/2021 20:34

Erm... it sits with Keith, Nigel and Gary for me. Nothing really wrong with any of them but they just seem super unpopular for babies these days. I would probably think a baby Bruce was quite sweet in a so-unfashionable-it’s-gone-full-circle-and-is-actually-a-bit-cool type way

GoryGilmore · 22/03/2021 20:34

It’s awful. I may be influenced by the fact that the two Bruce’s I’ve known have been horrible though.

Easterbunnygettingready · 22/03/2021 20:34

We tried to add it as a mn but apparently it isn't possible...
Love it!!

yellowlorry123 · 22/03/2021 20:33

No. No no no no. No

Aaaaaand no

LouiseBelchersBunnyEars · 22/03/2021 20:32

All I can think off is Bruce Bogtrotter.

Stuffing chocolate cake into his mouth.

While the other kids chant

‘Bruce, Bruce, Bruce’

Sorry

StopGo · 22/03/2021 20:28

Bruce is a lovely name.

ASimpleLobsterHat · 22/03/2021 20:23

It’s a no from me.

A friend once went on a date with a boy who said he was called Neil. She discovered that evening that he was actually called Bruce but he found his name too embarrassing to use.

Don’t do it to your lovely baby boy.

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