They cant call their house this?

[Serin]

I have just been to visit my Aunt and Uncle, both early 80s, very quiet living couple.
They live in a culture de sac of other retired folks.
They have put up a sign on the gatepost at the end of their drive.
They proudly made it themselves.
The house is now named "Belle End"
Do I tell them??

[Roselilly36]

They have robbed my house name, how dare they 😂

[CassidyStone]

I'm convinced they know exactly what a bell end is and it's a clever pun especially if the cul de sac is called Belle Something Road. The Darkness managed to get their single to Christmas no 1 containing the words 'Bells End' and 'Ring in peace', both of which have double meanings.

Old religious people have a sense of humour

[BettyMacDonald]

There used to be a house near me called Passing Wind

[TooManyPaws]

Just because they're old doesn't mean that they don't know what it means! 😁 My parents were both born in 1920 and they would certainly know, despite being very involved with the church, the WRI and the Women's Guild. My mother had impeccable gaydar and was doing the shopping for cross dressers in her early 20s, while my father had been rousting sailors out of foreign brothels in the late 1930s...🤣 Despite their prim facade in their later years, they had been partying hard in their 20s and 30s.

[monkeymonkey2010]

Leave it - we need more humour in the world!

[Cherrysoup]

Reminds me of telling dad my dh’s favourite bourbon was Knob End. How we all laughed, not! Knob Creek!!

[madroid]

Longtimemarried it means penis

[Shannith]

At least it's not Knob.

[DickDewy]

They must think it’s funny. 🤔

[ineedaholidaynow]

My DM who is in her 80s wouldn’t know what it meant

[dottiedodah]

I think older people are often more savvy than we give them credit for!If they are in their 80s then they would have been young during the swinging 60s surely! I think its their idea of a joke TBH .Many years agp when we were married, had a lovely Vicar who was really as you would imagine one to be like very straight ,quietly spoken and so on.Had to go to marriage classes to prepare for our wedding .we discussed aspects of married life and the best /worst bits .He said Sex is definitley the best part and plenty of it ! (You could hear a pin drop!)

[Brahumbug]

Strictly speaking it means the glans penis.
Reminds me of some friends who moved to a Welsh village and called their cottage Ty Bach to the amusement of the locals.🤣

[Shannith]

X post @Cherrysoup!

[SquareAsABlock]

Reminds me of some friends who moved to a Welsh village and called their cottage Ty Bach to the amusement of the locals

That is funny .

[corcaithecat]

My sister is in her late 70’s and also a WI President. She definitely knows what a Bell End is.

[scarbados]

@Serin - 'she is president of the WI'

Oh, you sweet innocent! I'm a former WI secretary and treasurer. My best friend is a current WI president. A pair of muckier minded, sweary gin whores you'll not find!

[KatherineJaneway]

Just say it. Don't be like Beyonce's team and let her release B'day and not tell her what it meant in some countries!

[Sparkle2020]

Hahahah I love this

[WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]

I remember reading once of a couple from the Philippines who moved to the UK and gave their house a lovely one-word name made up of the first syllables of each of their own names.

They were called Constance and Dominic.

[WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]

Just say it. Don't be like Beyonce's team and let her release B'day and not tell her what it meant in some countries!

I'm surprised that none of her colleagues at Sainsbury's ever mentioned having bathroom renovations during their tea breaks.

[VenusTiger]

If you think they'd be appalled by what it means then you MUST tell them. Especially given their community roles OP. It wouldn't be fair for you not to tell them. Also, someone might go and complain and it'll embarrass them.

[hellcarryingahandbag]

At least it’s not Cock End! Anyway, they probably know, old doesn’t equal naive.

[Sagradafamiliar]

Living couple

This is my favourite part of the OP!

[42isthemeaning]

Sorry Drink Belle is an adjective which comes before the noun in French, so Belle End it is. Interestingly, the literal translation of cul de sac is 'arse bag'

[WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]

Are their names Teresa & Richard Lawrence, by any chance?

If anybody complains, it would probably be a lot safer if they just stuck to using a contraction of their own names:

Tess-Dick-L's