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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
If he's one of the heirs to the Bamford (earth-moving, diggers, heavy machinery) fortune I doubt he'll be overly bovvered... :)
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mangocrazy wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:43 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
If he's one of the heirs to the Bamford (earth-moving, diggers, heavy machinery) fortune I doubt he'll be overly bovvered... :)
Mmm, doubt he’ll be going to a state school so I imagine he’ll be with numerous like named chums!!
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mangocrazy wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:43 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
If he's one of the heirs to the Bamford (earth-moving, diggers, heavy machinery) fortune I doubt he'll be overly bovvered... :)
Doubt it. Lord JCB's kids are Joseph Cyril (like the founder), George and Alice....they're not really a Leonidas sort of family. (Not really their patch either).
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"Peerless Babbington Bamford" has a kind pleasant cadence to it though :thumbup:

Not sure I'd call my kid that, but maybe as a show name for a dog.
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
People will call him Alfie*. He'll be fine.

* Maybe Leo, he'll still be fine.
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
We went to NCT classes when Foal was imminent.

The organiser said she never commented on names parents gave their kids.

Until once. Parents had chosen 'Amapola' (Arabic, means 'poppy').

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Horse wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:29 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
We went to NCT classes when Foal was imminent.

The organiser said she never commented on names parents gave their kids.

Until once. Parents had chosen 'Amapola' (Arabic, means 'poppy').

Family name? Bear
My niece (surname begins with 'W') was going to be christened Jane Elizabeth until my sister realised her initials might be a bit erm...misleading. :D
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:34 am It's not an actual joke but...it made me laugh. I picked up a copy of a local parish mag for December and in the baptisms was:

'Alfie Leonidas Peerless Babington Bamford'

He's really going to hate his parents. :lol:
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Wossname wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:42 pmIMG_7300.png
Has @Skub noticed ? :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:43 pm
Wossname wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:42 pmIMG_7300.png
Has @Skub noticed ? :obscene-birdiedoublered:
I wondered why it was colder today...
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Skub wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:05 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:43 pm
Wossname wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:42 pmIMG_7300.png
Has @Skub noticed ? :obscene-birdiedoublered:
I wondered why it was colder today...
Did you start eating haggis and talking funny ?