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What will she show us next ?

Posted by Big John on May 13, 2019

I’m sorry that I have not been blogging recently, but I’m sure that you will understand when I tell you that I have been absorbed, as has the rest of the world, with the arrival of the latest addition to ‘er Maj’s motley mob.

All that .. Hand on bump and .. “When will she?” .. “Where will she?”  .. and .. Pink or blue booties ? .. I couldn’t sleep for worrying about such a momentous event.

However, we can now answer the last question … It’s NO little booties ! .. How do we know this ? .. Well, can you believe that, Archie’s little feet are now front page NEWS

What I can’t understand is why they have named him ‘Archie’.  I don’t like it ! Therefore, I have decided to refer to this Anglo-American infant by a combination of both his mother’s and father’s family names, i.e .. ‘Win’ from “Windsor” and ‘kle’ from “Merkle”. To me he will always be known as little “Prince” …

…. “Winkle” !

3 Responses to “What will she show us next ?”

  1. BERJAYA

    rummuser said

    I am sure that he will grow up to like that name.

  2. I haven’t heard of any positive response to the baby’s name—I think they had to dig deep into the family histories to find that one! But, as Rummuser says, the child may grow up to like it!

  3. BERJAYA

    Joared said

    Seems to me I recall actor Cary Grant’s real name was Archie — was thought to need changing, so Cary it became.

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