Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

A boy called Jaydon - A Cautionary Tale in Three Parts.

76 replies

Psammead · 07/06/2010 16:33

The Birth

The child arrived after one last great push,
The hormonal surge turned mum's mind into moosh
As she gazed at the angel with dreams and hopes laden
and whispered 'I think I will call him... Jaydon'.
The midwives all gasped, the father did groan
But too late! The boy's fate was now set in stone.
The baby did change before mum's fearful eyes
And a regional accent distorted his cries.
From his sweet little ear so soft and endearing
Emerged a cheap-looking, gold-plated earring.
Mum resolved to try with all of her might
To make sure that Jaydon turned out alright.
But her evil curse on the child was hard to forget
And her fears were confirmed whilst browsing mumset.
Lo, let us proceed in time for to see
What young Jaydon was like at the grand age of three.

Childhood

Refusing the offer of free-range organic eggs
Master Jaydon would only eat sausage rolls from Greggs.
Fruit shoots were all that he would drink
And his love of TV made his poor mum's heart sink.
In the playground the other children were fearful
And would run to their mothers, angst-ridden and tearful
In case they too caught his fearful disease
and forgot how to say 'aga' in Mandarin Chinese.
His teachers knew he was a lost cause on sight
And no matter how nicely he attempted to write
Would always award him an 'F' and 'see me'
They knew he'd not get a 'decent' degree.
To exam halls they always refused him admission
As the local school board had a 'no Jaydon's' condition
No G.C.S.E.'s in this lad's future, you know
Though they gave him an honorary A.S.B.O.

Adulthood and beyond

Alone in his bedsit above a Chinese
Jaydon watches one of his three wide-screen TVs
He cruises the streets with his track-suited crew
On a never ending search for cheap special brew
No job to restrict him, he roams through the town
As his girlfriend goes shopping in her dressing gown
And despite both their parent's middle-class dreams
They wear George at Asda and eat custard creams.
It's not Jaydon's fault how he turned out, you see
But rather his name (which is somewhat chavvy)
It's a well-know fact that a collection of letters
Separates down-and-outs from their nicely-named betters.
Had Jaydon been Charles or Alex or Stan
He'd have been a doctor or rich business man
So don't pick what sounds nice in case it's taboo
And if you think that's the case, then the joke is on you.

Really, people - class is only an issue if you MAKE it an issue! Hope all mums of Jaydons out there see the funny side of this - I think it's a fine name and there were hundreds I could have chosen instead

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
BonzoDoodah · 08/06/2010 18:25

Brilliant poetry - well done.

MmeLindt · 08/06/2010 18:31

Wonderful. I laughed out loud at

When she turned 18, dad left this sad story
When he dropped dead from shame as she dared to vote Tory.

belgo · 08/06/2010 18:33

This thread needs to be in Mumsnet Classics

deeply · 08/06/2010 18:44

Soooo good, you are one talented poet. So funny, and how did you do the second one so fast. More pleeeassse!!!!!

AlCrowley · 08/06/2010 18:46

Love them Especially as DS is an Alex

Another vote for Classics and MN Poet Laureate from me!

Romilly70 · 08/06/2010 18:47

Psammead you're the new Pam Ayres and I mean that as a compliment, please keep the fab poems coming!

lifeas3plus1 · 08/06/2010 19:22

Love It, They are brilliant.

megonthemoon · 08/06/2010 19:27

These are great!

EnglandAllenPoe · 08/06/2010 19:30

funnily enough Jayden (don't know which spellng used, but that's how I'd spell it) is one of a family of five who live near us - he is nasty and punches his 'girlfriend' (who is 9) that we know from our local park. just goes to show about stereotypes....

rubyslippers · 08/06/2010 19:31

Bloody hell

Am in awe ... Both briliant

LynetteScavo · 08/06/2010 19:33

Is Saskia chavv?

Great poem, and I can relate to the first bit, as when I was pg with DD the name "Jaydon" kept coming into my head. I've no idea why...I'd never heard it as a name (except as one of the writers of East Enders.

Near miss, DD.

DorotheaPlenticlew · 08/06/2010 19:34

So good! I'm so impressed with both, and how quickly you produced them. Everything I write takes aaaages.

On a side note, I'm interested to know more about the Times journo being a loon on here - missed that. Can anyone link the thread? Sorry for hijack, Psammead.

smokeybacon · 08/06/2010 19:35

These are pure genius! Def vote for MN CLassics.

Ponyclubmum · 08/06/2010 19:45

They are both fantastic poems! Very very funny - I'm off to read them again! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

candyflossbaby · 08/06/2010 19:49

The second one was so great, The netmums bit made me laugh, haha.

edam · 08/06/2010 19:54

Brilliant! Nice to see the idea of cautionary tales for beastly boys and ghastly girls (and Measly Mums and Dreadful Dads) lives on.

Adair · 08/06/2010 19:56

Oh brilliant. Nothing like a good satire.

My son has a chavvy name. He is a 'mouth-breather' (as mentioned on another thread) and he occasionally wears clothes from Sainsburys. Should I be terrified in case people think he is working class?

SeaShellsOnTheSeaShore · 08/06/2010 20:09

very very good ( and impressive, the most I could muster was reading mn, struggled even to post whilst bfing!)

Dysgu · 08/06/2010 21:18

These poems are fabulous.

I am feeling inspired to play around myself now...

DinahRod · 08/06/2010 21:28

Fab-u-lous

williewalshsballs · 08/06/2010 21:32

dorothea thread here make yourself comfortable first

sorry for hijack op

Dysgu · 08/06/2010 22:09

Okay - I have had a go just to join OP, although I can't claim to be breastfeeding!

Is untitled and a slightly different slant, and intends no offence to anyone.

Aramanita Aurelia Willoughby-Jones
Felt the attraction to the depth of her bones,
Charles Henry George, with the surname of Smythe
Struck her as caring yet amazingly blithe.
She vexed not over blemishes upon his pale skin
Nor fretted over ankles and wrists weakly thin,
For this was true love she had fallen in
So she worried not for his lack of a chin.
They bicycled merrily along by the brook
Where under an oak tree her chasteness he took,
They punted the Cam and to Europe did go
And only half noticed as her belly did grow.
Meanwhile back at the manor, her dear Grandmama
Did voice her own fears that this had gone too far,
So a shot gun was ordered, the church booked in haste
And a dress quickly altered to disguise her thick waist.

The elective was sorted, The Portland was booked
No single requirement was to be overlooked,
The nursery was awash with broderie anglaise
And a nursing chair from which mother could gaze
At the babes as they lay in their self-rocking cots
And the changing tables for changing their bots ?
But that, of course, was for Nanny to do,
For Araminta and Charlie didn?t do poo!

The names were a challenge, they could not agree
Should they settle for Aubrey and Persephone?
Or Rupert or William or Sebastian too
Or Hester, Octavia, Cecilia, Sue?
Should they name after aunties and uncles galore
But old-fashioned names, oh dear, what a bore ?
Finally decided on Christening Day
The boy would be Hugo, the girl, Chardonnay.

The babes had already been listed for school
At thirty grand a year it seemed pretty cool,
The trunks were all packed by the time they turned three
And the Range Rover driven round to make delivery.
For eight months a year they were both sent away
To what was posh borstal, ?tis true to say ?
They returned for the hols? and both brought a chum,
And moved back into the nursery, all was quite glum.

Hugo followed Papa in running the estate,
Like father like son, there could be no mistake,
By thirty the glare could be seen on his head
Where his wispy blond hair had already shed,
He wandered the fields in green wellies and cap,
Was basically friendly but a faint-hearted chap,
Relied on the staff to get the work done
Whilst he roamed through the forests and fired his gun.

For dear Chardonnay life was not to be sweet,
For her only purpose was a young man to meet,
?Twas not a girl?s place for to go out to work
Responsibility should not be shirked.
Her mama encouraged her to heighten her looks,
To play the piano and read sewing books,
To converse in French and embroider a cloth -
To basically live a life full of sloth.

But Chardonnay dreamed of excitement and fun,
And this is what led to her making the run,
She wanted a life of parties and glee,
Of knowing the value of all the money ?
So this is why, should we find her today,
Chardonnay struggles with the rent she must pay,
She balances cash to find the next hit
And heads to the street to turn the next trick.

So make the decision with thought and with care
For the name that you give can be heavy to bear,
Look deep in the eyes of the brand new born tyke ?
And give them a name that you think they will like!

Jajas · 08/06/2010 23:43

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Psammead · 09/06/2010 10:48

Dysgu Great!! The description of the husband had me chuckling :D

OP posts:
hollyoaks · 09/06/2010 10:59

Fantastic!!! Keep them coming, had me in stitches.

Swipe left for the next trending thread