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who calls their kid 'sexy' in this day and age ?  honestly.

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they're sick of him coming in through the side door.  it's like he owns the place or something

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what a great name for a farm machine

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what a cool name 'gregory demolition' is. if you were called that you'd know you were destined for great things. or punk rock.

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we had a family discussion about names recently and esther questioned whether 'Gertie' could be a boys name as well as a girls name. Jane said "no, it's short for Gertrude so it can' t be a boys name".

So i added that i though it could be a boy's name as it's also short for 'Gertrand'. Jane looked at me puzzled and asked for an example.

"Gertrand Russell" i replied, very pleased with myself. Esther even went to get the book of names to see if i was right.

about 10 minutes later i realised it was Bertrand and not Gertrand and i felt a bit silly (for a change).

and then, a day or two later, i walked back Gertrand's old house.

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can you see what's happened here ? liberty has become berty.

so this photo is for you if your name is berty.


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