Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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I'm guessing they hadn't thought it throughI would have added this to funny name corner, but as I have absolutely no proof, I thought I'd put it here.
A couple of years ago, I'm looking through my local newspaper (Cambridge Evening News) when I come across quite possibly the strangest name I've ever seen.
In a section called something like "In Your Community" where they talk about WI meetings and village fetes, there is a picture of a young girl, maybe about 10 or 11 years old, who had become "May Queen" in her particular town or village.
For starters, her surname was Crotch. You'd think with a family name like that her parents would be aware the kid was due for some amount of teasing in school. So what do they decide to call her? Something sensible to deflect from the unfortunate surname? Did they fuck.
They decided they'd plump for something which, to this day, I still can't comprehend.
Gypsy. There is a girl somewhere in the Cambridge area with the name Gypsy Crotch.
The mind boggles.
(, Sun 19 Aug 2007, 1:53, Reply)
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