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Petal Blossom Rainbow...

139 replies

Fayecorgasm · 03/04/2009 10:41

is what Jools Oliver has called her new baby! Baby got a baaaad name !!

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/04/2009 18:24

Kacey Ainsworth called her daughter blossom

poppy and daisy are ok and to continue flower theme

lily would have been nice

treedelivery · 03/04/2009 18:34

Is the baby a carebear?

CharleeInSpring · 03/04/2009 18:35

Leave the Olivers alone NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

treedelivery · 03/04/2009 18:40

I like the olivers, they seem a happy normal family which is a refreshing thing to have in the media

Also quite like the names, but still think all 3 and the baby may have a rainbow on it's tum.

CharleeInSpring · 03/04/2009 18:42

Yeah thats right quiver in my awesome cyber glare.

I actually think its not to bad considering some names celebritys choose for thier kids, Peaches/Apple/Sunday/Zowie???

She will probably just be known as Petal to go with Daisy and Poppy, its fine. Really.

Bumblelion · 03/04/2009 18:43

I thought Jamie Oliver said she was having a boy

RachieB · 03/04/2009 18:44

some say Ez - me others Ez - may

CharleeInSpring · 03/04/2009 18:44

Nah he said he would quite like a boy to complete the family as he is in an estrogen filled house but he also said he didn't mind as long as Jools and the baby were healthy.

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Mooseheart · 03/04/2009 18:59

What a fucking joke

fairground · 03/04/2009 19:02

Poor child - at least her sisters were given a whole flower each - Poppy and Daisy - she only gets a Petal - why is that?

RachieB · 03/04/2009 19:16

lmao !

MalikaAndMungo · 03/04/2009 19:20

oh for God's sake. How is this child ever going to be the CEO of a company? Or a politician or prime minister? Silly name!!! That book Freakonomics has a whole chapter on how silly names can hold you back in life...Does anyone agree that people are going soft on girls' names in Britain these days?

SobranieCocktail · 03/04/2009 19:23

DD has one of those as her middle name

smallorange · 03/04/2009 19:24

Yes in Freakonomics there was one father who had two sons called: 'winner' and 'loser.' I seem to remember loser did quite well for himself...

LouMacca · 03/04/2009 19:29

God its bad enough that your dad goes public in saying how desperate he is that you are a boy BUT not as bad as calling you Petal Blossom Rainbow! FGS what are Jamie and Jools thinking of? Hideous

smallorange · 03/04/2009 19:30

They should know better.

EasterEggsintheSky · 03/04/2009 19:47

Are you all mad 'oh petal is nice...'

What??? The whole name is bloody awful! Stupid, sleb tries too hard to be different name. Honestly.

sleepyhead3 · 03/04/2009 20:30

The other two have names that are pretty although a bit too sugary sweet for me ersonally. This one is just ridiculous! Blossom alone or Rainbow/ Blossom as a middle name would have been okay but all three together- no!!

Kathyis6incheshigh · 03/04/2009 20:31

I thought Daisy was Daisy Boo - surely that is more ridiculous?

Botbot · 03/04/2009 20:38

They seem to have cranked up the tweeometer one more notch with every child. Where could they go next? I reckon they'll ditch all the floweriness and call the next one Derek. Even if it's a girl.

And I speak as someone with a florally named DD.

kalo12 · 03/04/2009 20:40

halfwit

ZZZen · 03/04/2009 20:46

To me "petal" and "blossom" might be endearments like "love" or "dear" but never names for a dc.

Rainbow is just plain odd

NormaJeanBaker · 03/04/2009 21:03

River Phoenix had a sister called Rainbow I think. Very hippy. The Olivers aren't hippies. If they were maybe you'd leave them alone to call their children what they like. What a lot of knickers in a twist about nothing.

RachieB · 03/04/2009 21:43

yes they are Daisy Boo and Poppy Honey

all 3 are hideous IMO!

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