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My sons name is not ken

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maypole1 · 08/12/2011 19:13

To think the teacher should know my sons name by now

Son was chatting in class fair dues so at the end of the lesson son walks out of class teacher runs down the corridor shouting ken ken get back here now son ignores teacher she shouting ken get back here

My sons name is not ken

So ken comes running out the loo sorry miss she looks confused the continues after my son and asks him why he didn't answer

Well he's not ken for a start

The thing that pissed me off is she phoned to tell me what happened well what dose she want his name is not ken so why would she be expecting a reply and he got a 15 minute detention I suspect by then its was more to do with her feeling like a fool thank the talking

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IvantaOuiOui · 08/12/2011 20:56

I know two gay men called Ken. They are known as The Kens. >tumbleweed

lifechanger · 08/12/2011 20:57

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Bearcrumble · 08/12/2011 21:04

He pressed the wrong button on the aeroplane dashboard (cockpit, whatever...). Luckily the plane was on the ground so it just went 'clang' instead of 'BOOM'.

CryingAndFarting · 08/12/2011 21:06

I've been calling my next door neighbour Louise for nearly two years now.

I was really proud that I'd learned her name (I'm bad with them generally) and used it liberally in our exchanges.

Turns out her name is Sue.

WHY did she not tell me? Blush

danceswithyarn · 08/12/2011 21:08

Does Ken have his patch for a lazy eye rather than just having one eye? How old are the boys?

And that's not the Ken with the lumpy head?

I'm confused and I'm not a hassled teacher!

cardibach · 08/12/2011 21:09

giraffes - not Scotland, no.

leftmymistletoeatthedoor · 08/12/2011 21:10

We have regularly called our neighbour alan 'oh hi alan' 'bye alan' 'merry christmas alan'. Alan is called steve. I still think of him as alan!

When I had ds almost 5 years ago the babies either side were called eamonn and bruce.

Bearcrumble · 08/12/2011 21:12

Oh I called my neighbour Mary for about a year because we had some post for her address once that was addressed to a Mary. Turned out Mary was her daughter wo no longer lives at home and her name is actually Iris.

sozzledchops · 08/12/2011 21:12

My dad's name is Hugh, always thought it was an ugly name. Who would look at their little baby and think... Hugh!

leeloo1 · 08/12/2011 21:14

This thread's hilarious!

On holiday, Jesus, one of the entertainment team (who clearly prided himself on learning the kid's names!) decided my DS was called Constantine - he actually has a 2 letter/ 1 syllable (shortened) name. Of course after the 2nd time Jesus called him that and I'd said 'actually no, he's...' I was too polite to correct him again and told DS that Jesus had a pet name for him, so to say hello if he called him Constantine, which clearly went way over DS' head.

Then 1 morning Jesus came up to me and said 'oh I saw Harry, he looks just like Constantine' (well they were both 2, but my DS is blond and Harry had red hair) 'and I was calling him, 'Constantine!!! Constantine!!!' and he didn't say hello, then I saw it was Harry.' Then Jesus turned to DS and said 'Heyyyy Constantine!' Ds just went Confused Hmm especially when I said 'Constantine! Say hello!'

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blondechristmas · 08/12/2011 21:15

Are you in Scotland?

blondechristmas · 08/12/2011 21:16

oops sorry Giraffe, you got there first

BornToBeRiled · 08/12/2011 21:16

I once had a young boy in class and called him by a girl's name for the whole of our first lesson. He took it well. Not Ken.

cumbria81 · 08/12/2011 21:17

I chat to a group of old women at the bus stop every morning. We have caught the same bus together for seven years. SEVEN YEARS. That's a long time.

For SEVEN YEARS they have been labouring under the misapprehension that my name is Magda. It is not. I feel that it is now too late to correct them.

Occasionally another friend catches the bus with me. I have to remind her that for the duration of the wait at the bus stop, and for the entirety of the bus journey, she must call me Magda, so as not to arouse their suspicions.

Hulababy · 08/12/2011 21:17

I sometimes get names wrong in my class, even when the children look nothing like one another or the names sound nothing like each other!

I do know all my children's names - but sometimes just get it wrong in the heat of the moment.

Infact one year I did it so often that me and the two girls involved came up with a blended name - Zaynab and Ebony which became Zebony. Their mums probably thought I was mad!

altinkum · 08/12/2011 21:20

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ShirleyKnot · 08/12/2011 21:20

My granddad was called Ken. Coincidence? I think not.

PMed you buppy darling.

sozzledchops · 08/12/2011 21:20

My mum used to call my niece (the first grandchild) my name all the time. By the time my dc came along (the last gc) he was designated the dog's name, he didn't seem to mind.

KateFrothers · 08/12/2011 21:20

Tee I have a cousin called Ken. He has 2 eyes. And is a psychiatrist.

Show off.

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RealiTreeCoveredInTinsel · 08/12/2011 21:21

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MabelLucyAttwell · 08/12/2011 21:23

My father was called Noel. Guess why.

Bearcrumble · 08/12/2011 21:24

Because he was born on Christmas day.