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Patchouli

41 replies

Scuff · 19/06/2008 22:27

Any comments?

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GryffinGirl · 20/06/2008 09:55

joking, right?

it's ghastly. hippy parents and bad smells.

JulesJules · 20/06/2008 09:48

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Bucharest · 20/06/2008 09:47

And the secretary in Bridget Jones' Diary.

hannah001 · 20/06/2008 09:46

Stinky Goths as well as stinky hippies.

WigWamBam · 20/06/2008 08:28

Stinky hippies.

And people will say "bless you" whenever you say the name, because it sounds for all the world like a sneeze.

umberella · 20/06/2008 08:26

nay nay and thrice nay.

am assuming for a girl? it just sounds a bit dodgy..a bit 'trying too hard' iyswim

Buda · 20/06/2008 08:25

No - sorry

StealthPolarBear · 20/06/2008 08:23

It sounds like a name the writes of a comedy would choose for a stereotypical female hippy
Sorry

chandellina · 20/06/2008 08:21

ah - choo

i think i'm allergic to that stuff.

SirJimmySeville · 19/06/2008 22:41

Henna?

QuintessentialShadows · 19/06/2008 22:40

Gosh if you need to name your child after an aroma oil, why not Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, or actually, Lavender.....

ChukkyPig · 19/06/2008 22:38

Patchouli oil was something from the sixties I think? definitely hippy connotations.

Also a bit tricky to spell...

purpleduck · 19/06/2008 22:37

please don't

Sazisi · 19/06/2008 22:34

You get blokes called Patch here (Ireland), it's shirt for Patrick.

Nancy66 · 19/06/2008 22:31

Is it a herb or something?

It does sound like a cooking ingredient - would it be male or female? Either way it's pretty awful.

SirJimmySeville · 19/06/2008 22:28

stinky hippy (sorry)