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Original poster

if you shouted your kids name down the bacon aisle

159 replies

ocd · 28/07/2006 21:11

wodl poepe turn t heir head ans dhtink
"hat a twatty name"

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Lems · 30/07/2006 14:27

Bit late in the thread but mine have normal name tho DP calls them alsorts most fave 'Dave, Bendy, Dancer' sometimes 'Sid'???

quootiepie · 30/07/2006 14:13

mrsbadger - you rebel!

Gobbledigook · 30/07/2006 13:59

No, my children have 'boring' names.

MrsBadger · 30/07/2006 13:19

we always say 'how are we for dogfood?' as we go past the dogfood aisle

we don't have a dog

anorak · 30/07/2006 12:44

But were these people serious?

My brother and sister delight in calling out to each other in supermarkets saying things other people will find odd.

Their favourite is to shout stuff in a broad Brummie accent eg:

'Have you remembered the cup-a-soups Marlon?'
'Neeow problem. Tea-time just isn't tea-time without a cup-a-soup, is it?'
'Would yeeow like to come back to my place for a cup-a-soup after?'
'Neeow thanks Eunice, got to get back to Dudley for a hog roast.'

etc
etc
etc.

They have no shame or embarrassment

WantAbabyNOW · 30/07/2006 12:08

I think it all comes down to whether you are a person who then also says your last name!

Once went to school with a guy named Hai (PRONOUNCED HI) Lo. He used to say his full name all the time.

It does get worse for others. My aunt's name is Gaye which is not so uncommon but it certainly doesnt help that her surname is Hooker.

Hope you dont mind me joining in!

Caligula · 28/07/2006 21:45

No they think my ds' name is cool as fuck

mustrunmore · 28/07/2006 21:42

I have done it. In Waitrose. But cheese section not bacon. And several people looked at me like I was trailer trash. Mind you, ds1 was escaping by bike, not on foot, at the time.

spidermama · 28/07/2006 21:39

I think MB deserves a free Ocado delivery for her useful observation and the opinions it gathered.

Original poster
ocd · 28/07/2006 21:38

oh yes finbar dh isa BIG cheese in wairtose

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Miaou · 28/07/2006 21:37

REALLY cod?????

How hilarious! They will know to ask for mumsnet wisdom on any future marketing in the future

Blandmum · 28/07/2006 21:33

LAFGBWAO! (laff my fucking great big welsh ass off)

You have made my night!

I#d better take a picture before it gets taken away I supose!

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ocd · 28/07/2006 21:32

oh yes
they emaield her the thread irrc

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Blandmum · 28/07/2006 21:31

really cod? Were my observations taken seriously by some bod in Waitrose. Coo Lummy Missus

I thought it was bloody funny!

Elf1981 · 28/07/2006 21:30

(and I wouldnt care if they did, I'd just give em a lecture on why we chose it!)

Elf1981 · 28/07/2006 21:28

probably if we said her middle name, but not if we just used her first name!

trinityrhino · 28/07/2006 21:25

I don't think so

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ocd · 28/07/2006 21:23

lol
did i ever tell you that finbar who has "conncetions at waitrose" told the peron in chage all about the asporational otileteires
she crinegd

she asi "what seems good on paper looks shite int he shop"

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schneebly · 28/07/2006 21:22

Nope but they might think I was shouting at old men!

Blandmum · 28/07/2006 21:20

after all, Witrose has 'aspirational toiletries' LOL

FrannyandZooey · 28/07/2006 21:20

Oh I love Maude... the worst one I ever heard was "Tiggy.....Antigone!"

Cod, I thought of you twice today - once walking along behind two teenagers and one said "oh god, I'm like, really, like, ocd, right?"

and once walking past a van, numberplate "ARF"

Miaou · 28/07/2006 21:20

I shouted dd2 in the bacon aisle today

Mind you I used her nickname so if people thought it was her real name they would definitely apply the adjective "twatty"

spidermama · 28/07/2006 21:18

Also, a head-turning name in Lidl might well go unnoticed in Waitrose and vice versa.

PiccadillyCircus · 28/07/2006 21:17

I shouldn't think they would .

beansprout · 28/07/2006 21:16

Well, you wouldn't catch me and my glorious vegetarian family there in the first place of course