Hop on over for the eggsciting <groan> Easter Name Change competition!

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The daffodils are blooming, the birds are singing, and it's about 1 degree warmer than Winter... it must be time for Easter!

So, we're eggstatic to announce this years Easter Name Change competition.

Post your Easter-themed name change below ( making sure to include your usual posting name ). On the 2nd of April, we'll pick out some of the best for a short-list and create a poll so you can vote for your favourite.

We will announce the eggshellent winner on Easter Monday (6th April) who will be presented with a copy of Rachel Allen's 'All Things Sweet' cookery book, full of recipes for yummery and tastiness (see pic).

So, that's all yolks, un eouf of the Easter puns - get posting with your names now to be in with a chance to win. Don't be choco-late!

Or have they soup

Anyway. Am in the pub. Go and have a life.

Apologies for the souring of your lovely Easter thread MNHQ

Yes, indeed, Peace, love and Easter Eggs all round please.

Err hello MNHQ, did you not see my name change!?! I've obviously been accidently overlooked for a rightful place on the shortlist.

Feel free to add me to the shortlist and we'll say no more about it

I know it's not on the list, but SinisterBunnyMonth made me laugh!

I've never got on a shortlist before!

Now Soup has shown you how to do PA!

Um... No I haven't.

I don't know Soup, tell us why you think?

I have no idea, which is why I wondered.

Waves like Morrissey
Starts to sing kumbaja
I was torn, torn I tell you, torn like Natalie Imbruglia between noeuf and eggsplatonme. J'ai vote pour noeuf cos j'aime ze french pun, et elle seemed comme she would be pathetically gratefulc'est une blague, ca.
But then I went to the voting and the very fine eggsplatonme currently has nul points. Zut alors!
How can this be? I would vote a second time from another location except I do not have a second location, or a second computer, or a sock puppet.
Someone be a darling and get her off the starting blocks.
As for me, I am, as always, a gracious loser and am starting on a fiendish halloweeny nickname right this minute. GettingSpookyWithIt GettingFoggyWithIt (the fog, John Carpenter, I am old)
In the meantime well done to the shortlisted and a very happy Easter to you all. Xxx

Oh, and Possum, all the nn are great but noone will ever beat OhChristhasrisenFenton
There are always ones that get away, personally my faves this time were Oh do cluck off dear, and Jesusiscomingquicklookbusy. Tis all subjective. Etihad to Eggyhad however is as equally clever as Gettingjiggywithit to Gettingeggywithit so there I am, for the sake of clarity, joking.
Or am I?
You should all be grateful you don't have to sit through Shaun the blinkin sheep, the movie tomorrow because ' lambs are to do with Easter, Mummy!!' Me: It's about Shaun not Timmy. Her: buuuuttt iiiitttts Eeaassssteerrrr!

Where is Fenton anyway? Did she not even enter?

They are all a bit Eggy, aren't they? I wanted OhDoCluckOffDear, but it's not there. So I've gone for Noef, which I think is clever.

I only ever vote for names that are related to the regular names. It's easy to come up with a clever Easter/Christmas/whatever name, but to come up with one that is clever and recognisable as your usual name is much more challenging.

Oh also "a PA" doesn't mean passive aggressive but " a personal attack". Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things.

Guess I need to keep an actual spreadsheet of people I have argued with in case I accidentally joke to them later. Terrible memory.

And yes Fenton has the best easter name ever.

Telephone

I voted for you, I think Ignoring - EggGnawing is just genius!

I think it's a great list btw, not disappointing at all, congrats again to all who are on it

but I would have liked MaryZ & Cluck there too, those names made me laugh!

I wasn't expecting a hotcrossbunfight on a namechange thread! Happy Easter everyone.

Me neither.

Congratulations in advance wheredid

(Joking in case it causes another bunfight)

I need a break from egg puns! If I get one more email from a company advertising their Bank Holiday Eggstravaganza, I'll hurl an Aldi's own cream egg through the screen.

I did vote for an egg pun name though

Zing thanks - usually the only person who thinks I'm remotely witty is my little girl...

CadMaryzCremeEggzAreASwizz thanks for liking my easter name, and you Zing and a poster on page 1, I'm glad I raised a smile

Good luck to all on the shortlist, they are all cracking contenders

How's my name looking then?

I can't beliefe I've been shortlisted! I'd only just NC too... Please can I have some pity votes as I'm far from MN royalty?!

formerly steppemum
steppeawayfromthekeyboard
steppeingunderthemistletoe

Oh rats, too late!

Cracking contenders...