What's your middle name?

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:38 pm

My middle name is John so quite bland. John was my Dad"s first name but he did not like it so everyone called him by his middle name of Robert or should I say Bob.

So my Dad didn't like the name John and yet he gave it to me as my middle name.
Parents who'd have 'em!

What's your middle name? Reveal all no matter what it is no matter how strange and maybe give the reason behind you being given that middle name.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:40 pm

Mine's Julie.

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:41 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Mine's Julie.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:41 pm

Sorry Mel, I don't have a middle name!

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:41 pm

Humperdinck

steve_f · Post by **steve_f** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:45 pm

Winford

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:45 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Mine's Julie.

Shakin Stevens sang a song about you Steve

https://youtu.be/dRvcrWGUmR4

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:47 pm

Decimus

Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, & I shall have my revenge in this life or the next

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:47 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:45 pm
Shakin Stevens sang a song about you Steve

https://youtu.be/dRvcrWGUmR4

Might have been the other me julie with the big babylons

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:49 pm

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:51 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:45 pm
Shakin Stevens sang a song about you Steve

https://youtu.be/dRvcrWGUmR4

Ahhhh...Double denim I so miss those days.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:53 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:51 pm
Ahhhh...Double denim I so miss those days.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:54 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:49 pm
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Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:57 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:51 pm
Ahhhh...Double denim I so miss those days.

I actually thought your middle name was Richard (or DICK for short

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mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:59 pm

Come on guys! I'm hoping for a Horace or a Reginald!

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:04 pm

mkmel wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:59 pm
Come on guys! I'm hoping for a Horace or a Reginald!

Whatever floats your boat mel

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:10 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:47 pm
Decimus

Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, & I shall have my revenge in this life or the next

I always knew you lived life to the Maximus!

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:10 pm

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:11 pm

Cuthbert

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:12 pm

mkmel wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:38 pm
My middle name is John so quite bland. John was my Dad"s first name but he did not like it so everyone called him by his middle name of Robert or should I say Bob.

So my Dad didn't like the name John and yet he gave it to me as my middle name.
Parents who'd have 'em!

What's your middle name? Reveal all no matter what it is no matter how strange and maybe give the reason behind you being given that middle name.

My middle name is also John, given for no particular reason.

My grandma, like your dad did not like or use her given name of Eileen and went by her middle name, Barbara. She then named her first daughter Eileen.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:13 pm

Brian.

StuffyClaret · Post by **StuffyClaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:14 pm

My dogs middle name is Tarquin

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:15 pm

Hythen

whentheballmoves · Post by **whentheballmoves** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:29 pm

Peter

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:37 pm

Joking apart I have always used my middle name ...

Plus the only people who call me by my 1st name are either Policemen or Doctors (Oh I forgot and the idiots who ring up from Amazon saying an order has been made on my prime account for £239.95 or from BT Internet telling me there has been a security problem with my interweb and they want me to give my details, or from my Visa Account saying a foreign payment of £575 has gone out)

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:41 pm

Tiberius

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:42 pm

Arthur. After grandfather who was killed on HMS Grenade at Dunkirk.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:46 pm

Danger

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:02 pm

Another password hacking thread ..be careful.

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:06 pm

Comb

I choose to display it @rse about face

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:43 pm

There are some jokers on here. My middle name is Yvonne, after my Dad's favourite sister. Very boring.

My Dad was much more interesting. He had three forenames, none of which was Robert, yet he was called Bob by everyone. We even had 'Bob' engraved on his gravestone rather than any of his real forenames. How did he come by the name Bob? Apparently he was tiny at birth and when his aunt first saw him she said, "Oh, isn't he a little bob."

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:58 pm

Norman.

Named for my grandfather. He was a top fella.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:59 pm

James.

My Mum registered me and made it up on the spot, my Dad didn’t know she was going and was fuming he hadn’t been involved as he had wanted it to be Ralph after a certain Ex-Claret.

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:21 pm

mkmel wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:38 pm
...So my Dad didn't like the name John and yet he gave it to me as my middle name. Parents who'd have 'em!

Stop your bitching!

When I first started work, I had a colleague called Richard or occasionally Ritchie but never Dick, whose parents, Mrs and Mrs Head, had far more to answer for.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:25 pm

Showbiz

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:34 pm

spadesclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:43 pm
...My Dad was much more interesting. He had three forenames, none of which was Robert, yet he was called Bob by everyone. We even had 'Bob' engraved on his gravestone rather than any of his real forenames. How did he come by the name Bob? Apparently he was tiny at birth and when his aunt first saw him she said, "Oh, isn't he a little bob."

We have an American friend who's got to be in her mid fifties and has answered to 'Cricket' her whole life, I'm sure that I've been told her given name at some point, but I'm damned if I can remember it and I suspect that I'm not alone in that; apparently even when she got married the priest inserted 'Cricket' as a precursor to her given names when conducting the service - 'so that people weren't confused'.

The name apparently came from her Grandmother who on first seeing her new granddaughter labelled her 'As cute as a cricket' and to be fair, she was probably right; Cricket's still pretty cute now.

ayrshireclaret83 · Post by **ayrshireclaret83** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:49 pm

Marshall

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:58 pm

Issac, named after my Great Uncle.

I still don't know the correct spelling to be honest, my passport and driving license have it spelt in different ways.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:25 pm

I can't afford one !!

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:29 pm

It’s David (father’s name), but many of the WYClarets former guard, referred to me as Derek! Don’t ask.

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:43 pm

Blank

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:40 pm

Pessimist

MDWat · Post by **MDWat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:44 pm

Daniel

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:49 pm

MDWat wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:44 pm
Daniel

Rubbish, it’s Thomas

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:01 pm

Dealt with an estate last year where the guys middle name was aloysius. Named as such to honour hitlers father.
His first name was rather too obvious.
You'd have thought that choosing to live in the UK, it might have been a good idea to get it changed. It's tough to think of a worse combination.

Peter Loo · Post by **Peter Loo** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:03 pm

Mind your own business

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:35 pm

Danger

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:39 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Mine's Julie.

No!!! I am Julie.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:41 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:51 pm
Ahhhh...Double denim I so miss those days.

I was dressed in double denim recently. One of my daughters commented in a somewhat surprised and humorous way.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:49 pm

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:40 pm
Pessimist

Is that a drunk who can't hit the toilet