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Please say the first thing that comes into your head when you hear this name

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coochicoo · 03/04/2009 08:03

Walter

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LadyPinkofPinkerton · 03/04/2009 10:59

Old man

wibblewobbly · 03/04/2009 10:59

gay

ForeverOptimistic · 03/04/2009 10:59

Old man in dark green trousers smoking a pipe.

purpleduck · 03/04/2009 10:59

def brown (thick polyester) trousers
slippers
nose hair....

Bicnod · 03/04/2009 11:03

the softie

FlyMeToDunoon · 03/04/2009 11:03

Comb over.

StealthPolarBear · 03/04/2009 11:07

Beano

TsarChasm · 03/04/2009 11:16

HottleBottle

(Walter Hottle Bottle was in a comic I read when I was small. All about a hot water bottle that comes to life. To think my dc get DS Lites and I had ...that)

seeker · 03/04/2009 11:18

Tsarchasm - I remember Walter HottleBottle!

SamJamsmum · 03/04/2009 11:20

Wally, Wal

TsarChasm · 03/04/2009 11:23

Really Seeker!? I thought maybe I'd dreamt him up until I googled him. But I always associate it with 'Walter'. Aah those were the days..

bumposaurus · 03/04/2009 11:27

Mamadiva - I think we must have the same best friend! I love the name, but it is a bit cardie and slippers

lazylion · 05/04/2009 21:29

Softy again.

hester · 05/04/2009 21:30

My beloved uncle.

Meglet · 05/04/2009 21:32

Love it!

Concordia · 05/04/2009 21:37

mitty

TabithaTwitchet · 05/04/2009 21:39

Walter the Duck from the Blackberry Farm books.

YesSirICanBoogie · 05/04/2009 21:39

A walrus

weepootle · 05/04/2009 21:41

I thought mitty but pictured the softy .

BikeRunSki · 05/04/2009 22:15

Walter Wall Carpets

oliviasmama · 05/04/2009 22:16

My grandpa . . . This was my name for a boy, great name IMO

differentEggD · 05/04/2009 22:16

Koenig

SuziSeis · 05/04/2009 22:17

SWEET its loevly

MintyyAeroEgg · 05/04/2009 22:18

Matthau

chickatee · 05/04/2009 22:54

Agree it would be very cute on a toddler but do you think he will thank you when he is a sixteen year old emo (or whatever future equivalent of emo will be then)?