The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99077   Message #1970682
Posted By: Flash Company
17-Feb-07 - 11:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: Were you named after anyone?
Subject: RE: BS: Were you named after anyone?
Figure I had a lucky escape! The original plan was to name me after my two (deceased) Grandfathers, but when Dad was going to register the birth he met a neighbour who asked,' What are you going to call him?'
When he told her she said,'You shouldn't call him after two dead folk!', So off his own bat he registered me as Brian, there had never been a Brian in either family!
As I said, lucky escape, I could have been John Percival.

FC