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There's an oft repeated story in my family that my father wanted to call me Fergus.

I am so glad he failed to convince my mother and I now have an absolutely awesome name. :)

But having just got taken away with Spring Awakening... like I'm thinking Melchoir would be a good name.

Melchoir... it's a great name... :shock:

So what names would you have preferred?
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Anything other than Wayne. It's a terrible name. I'm just lucky I rarely get called it as I am known more as Lucy now than anything.

I have also only met 5 other Wayne's under the age of 60. It really is a **** horrible name.



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I think Captain Punish suits.
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Dwanye could be better. Add a D and it is all hairdresser!
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greeneyed wrote:Dwanye could be better. Add a D and it is all hairdresser!
Derrrrr Wayne, suits perfect

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I personally love my name, Nickman... just rolls off the tongue.

On another note, I have never called Lucy Wayne, and never will, and I prefer Fergus to Steve, so that's what I'll be calling GE from now on.
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Good ol’ Fergus McCannon
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greeneyed wrote:I think Captain Punish suits.
It really does.

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The Nickman wrote:I personally love my name, Nickman... just rolls off the tongue.

On another note, I have never called Lucy Wayne, and never will, and I prefer Fergus to Steve, so that's what I'll be calling GE from now on.
I feel we need to start a poll to change GE's name to Fergus.

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My mum had Brad picked as a name since she was a kid. Dad hated it, but compromised with Bradley. Growing up, I’ve always been called Brad, to my old mans annoyance.

I remember in Primary school when we brought our recorders home, the teacher stuck some masking tape on my recorder cover and wrote “Brad” on it. When dad saw it, he went to the shed, got some masking tape, stuck it to the end and wrote “ley” on it.

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Bradley is my sons name.

He was born in 1994. Named him after Mr Clyde.

My parents named me Pete.
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-PJ- wrote:Bradley is my sons name.

He was born in 1994. Named him after Mr Clyde.

My parents named me Pete.
your son has the greatest name Peej

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bonehead wrote: March 29, 2018, 6:11 pm
-PJ- wrote:Bradley is my sons name.

He was born in 1994. Named him after Mr Clyde.

My parents named me Pete.
your son has the greatest name Peej

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I’m another Brad (technically Bradley but mums the only one that calls me it).
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yeah bushy only when im in trouble

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I'm David. Not really a fan of it. Hated being called Dave-o.

Mum wanted to call me Elijah. My grandad had some stern words about that.

And I too will be calling GE Fergus.
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There were 2 Wayne's in my class at high school. Had a boss named Wayne too. He was really ugly, had green and black things on his teeth, and got sacked for stealing
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I was the last person in the country, and possibly the world, to be named Ian. It became horrendously unfashionable at around mid-afternoon on November 21, 1974, and has never made a come back.

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I don't know or have I met anyone named Wayne.
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I think your parents did it to help us other guys out.

Good looking rooster like yourself needed to have something odd to Level the playing field for us.

That said... Irwin
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Captain Punish wrote:Anything other than Wayne. It's a terrible name. I'm just lucky I rarely get called it as I am known more as Lucy now than anything.

I have also only met 5 other Wayne's under the age of 60. It really is a **** horrible name.



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Just read an article on names facing extinction in 2018. Wayne was on the listinterestingly
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The Nickman wrote:I personally love my name, Nickman... just rolls off the tongue.

On another note, I have never called Lucy Wayne, and never will, and I prefer Fergus to Steve, so that's what I'll be calling GE from now on.

Hey you can’t deny that my name rolls of the tongue much better than any other.

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What about Alan?
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Good morning Wayne, all the Brads, David, Alan, Ian and let's not forget Fergus...
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T_R wrote:I was the last person in the country, and possibly the world, to be named Ian. It became horrendously unfashionable at around mid-afternoon on November 21, 1974, and has never made a come back.

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Good afternoon Pete.
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How's Fergus today?
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dubby wrote: March 31, 2018, 4:58 pm How's Fergus today?
Super confident of a Raiders victory I'm guessing.
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I'm not old mate.

It'll either be Manly 30+, or raiders 12+
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If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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T_R wrote: March 30, 2018, 8:15 am I was the last person in the country, and possibly the world, to be named Ian. It became horrendously unfashionable at around mid-afternoon on November 21, 1974, and has never made a come back.

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That’s my middle name.

When my parents had us they wanted names that couldn’t be made fun of with initials etc. Brother was going be Wayne but WC would be outhouse so they made him Jason and used Wayne as middle name, they thought Bradley Ian would be safe but when grandpa visited mum in hospital the first thing he said was how’s ballpoint, parents didn’t even think about BIC, least I’m named after the two most stolen things, pens and lighters.
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I just wish I was given a really vanilla name to match my really vanilla appearance and personality.
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Sossman wrote:I just wish I was given a really vanilla name to match my really vanilla appearance and personality.
You’d make a really good Malcolm, Sodssy
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The Nickman wrote:
Sossman wrote:I just wish I was given a really vanilla name to match my really vanilla appearance and personality.
You’d make a really good Malcolm, Sodssy
I think he'd make a really good "Michael".

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Captain Punish wrote:
The Nickman wrote:
Sossman wrote:I just wish I was given a really vanilla name to match my really vanilla appearance and personality.
You’d make a really good Malcolm, Sodssy
I think he'd make a really good "Michael".

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