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How many boys called Oscar are in your dc's class?

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 09:24

And how many in the class?

(and are they lovely little boys?)

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oohIsay · 15/01/2010 17:06

I will judge you if you find MM funny.

InStyle · 15/01/2010 17:01

Russell Howard should be sued under the trades descriptions act. He is about as funny as the 13 year old boy at the back of the class. I am funnier than him. Which is not very...

pointysaysrelax · 15/01/2010 16:55
  1. he's ok
Ronaldinhio · 15/01/2010 16:51

MM not funny

upahill · 15/01/2010 16:49

I don't know OhIsay I think Frankie Boyle has my vote for un funny comedian followed by Russell Howard who is just a bit bland

oohIsay · 15/01/2010 16:43

Yay I'm glad you went with it.

Michael McIntyre is a twat and the most unfunny 'comedian' ever.

upahill · 15/01/2010 16:41

Digressing slightly - I still don't know of any Oscars apart from Osca de la Renta - what's up with Michael McIntyre? He seems perfectly Ok and not cockish

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 16:18

Thanks Skegness, I hope so!

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Skegness · 15/01/2010 16:14

Congratulations, Marsha. I bet your little Oscar is lovely and anyone who doesn't like the name initially will grow to like it because they'll like him.

Skegness · 15/01/2010 16:10

Oh yuck- someone had sex with Michael MacIntyre? Disgusting.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 16:06

Back from school run.
Things are on the up! Lots more positive comments today.

A mixed reaction is ok, I can handle that. Some will like it, some won't that's fine by me.

So Oscar it is. thanks all!
(good choice Bicnod!)

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Bicnod · 15/01/2010 15:40

Marsha - congratulations

My DS is 8 months old and is called Oscar. We also ummed and aahed about his name, but in the end we decided we loved it and sod everyone else.

People's reactions have been varied but who cares? Once he IS Oscar he will BE Oscar and everyone will love it in the end because it will be HIS name and they love him.

Our choice of Oscar raised a lot of eyebrows in my family in particular as our family cat when I was little was called Oscar - I honestly honestly didn't name DS after the cat, but I do think its pretty funny that everyone thinks I did

hulabula · 15/01/2010 15:15

Yes, I'd agree that it has only just recently exploded in popularity. I know 3(!) Oscars born in the last 18 months.

VirtuallyReal · 15/01/2010 15:02

I don't think there will be many of school-age yet MarshaB. It's exploded I popularity over the last two years I would say so they are all still quite little I know of three (and I hardly know any children!) and they are all under 2.

teddymummy · 15/01/2010 14:57

There is one Oscar in our nursery- he is wonderful, very well behaved and totally cute...and yes.. he's mine !

herethereandeverywhere · 15/01/2010 14:57

Love the name and would have been on our shortlist if a family member hadn't beaten us to it. DD too young for school but we know 3 Oscars all born last year. Interestingly, to 3 very different families:

one very posh/wealthy/well to do
one lesbian couple
one working class family

All lovely people and lovely babies.

Great name!

Hulababy · 15/01/2010 14:53

None in the school I work at (infants, 270 children)

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MarquiseDeMerteuil · 15/01/2010 14:47

I think Oscar's a great name, but it is definitely rising up the popularity tables if you look at the info for the last few years on the Office of National Statistics website.

Its rise in popularity has probably been helped a bit by the fact that the comedian Michael McIntyre has a routine in which he talks about his son Oscar, which featured on his latest tour and current DVD.

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 15/01/2010 14:32

Two in the class and at least one in other classes.

Blu · 15/01/2010 14:27

1 in the class above, (so 9 or 10 yrs) and in my wider field of contacts I know one Oscar who is about 13, and one baby, about 18m.

All v sweet and lovely.

thisisyesterday · 15/01/2010 14:24

none
i know 2 baby oscars thoughh

upahill · 15/01/2010 14:23

None in class
or year
or school
or in any of my activities that I run for young people
or in the cubs or scouts that my DC attend
or at our church
or in the swimming club

In my 40 odd years of living I have never knowingly met an Oscar.

MintyCan · 15/01/2010 14:15

I have never met one, none at our schools.

fridayschild · 15/01/2010 14:11

None in DS1 class of 31, year 2, and never have been.

DS2 now in class of 24 and has an Oskar. One Oskar went and lo! another one came. The old one was nice, I don't know the new one.

There are lots of Swedish families near us so this is why we have Oskars rather than Oscars I think.

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