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[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas, if you're so inclined.

My cousin called to wish me the same and was telling me about some additions to our family.

Our cousin Jason married a woman named Jill (I hope their mailbox doesn't say, "Jason & Jill," I really do) and gave birth to twins Graham and Heath.

"They're...named after food," I said, stunned. No one else had yet made that connection.

Our cousin Josh married his high school sweetheart Mandy and they had twins whom they named Parker and Badger. Their last name is Groves. Parker Groves...that sounds like a retirement home or maybe an abandoned amusement park from "Scooby Doo." And Badger Groves sounds like...I don't even know, a wildlife preserve or something.

Ah, my family.

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[areyoustrange.livejournal.com]

Oh my god Badger Groves. It sounds like a retirement village for woodland elders.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I at first read that as "woodland elves." Either way, heheheh.

[brunhildevalkyr.livejournal.com]

I suddenly have the urge to watch the "Badger Badger Mushroom" thingie...

Badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom....

[anapology.livejournal.com]

ohhh nooo it's a snaaake it's a snaaaake!!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I can deal with Heath, not a fan of Graham though.

Parker and Badger Groves is terrible! What were they thinking?

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Heath or Graham too much, but, yeah, Parker and Badger...together, at that...ugh.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Er... Heath is a food?

Badger is absolutely horrible.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Heath is candy. Hershey's candy, to be exact.

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

And delicious, I might add.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

BADGER?!

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Badger? That's terrible.

[norwegianeyes.livejournal.com]

wow. those are sucky names.

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

If you got together some graham crackers, marshmallows and Heath bars, you could make an interesting variation on s'mores. Maybe that's what they were thinking. I guess they'll have to have a third kid.

Parker is preppy and kind of WTF. But... BADGER?!?!?!?!?!

[hopscotchn9.livejournal.com]

The thrid kid could be Marsh.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that about the s'mores variation last night. Mmm...

My boyfriend said, "Are they just going to go ahead and name the third one marshmallow or go for something more subtle?" I suggested maybe Marcia Mallow.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Badger is horrible. The other names aren't so bad in my opinion.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think Heath or Graham are that bad, and Parker is at least not so unusual, although I don't like it.

[asthingscollide.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Heath but Badger is horrible. He is going to get picked on when he goes to school, poor kid.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Maybe he'll be the badass to Parker's wimp. For his sake, I sorta hope so.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I love Graham and Heath, but I have to admit, it is a little much, haha. But if they didn't mean it, whatever. They're cute names! I'm not a fan of Parker and I definitely hate Badger, but Graham and Heath are ones I'd use.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like Graham and Heath all right on their own, too. Parker, not so much, and Badger...gah.

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

Oy. Badger reminds me of a dream I had where a lady was wearing a name tag saying, "Hi! My name is GERBIL!"

Badger Groves is just . . . *shudder*.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Maybe the sibling can be Hamster.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I hope their mailbox doesn't say, "Jason & Jill," I really do

I don't get it...


Anyway. Parker I like. Heath and Graham I can live with. Badger is not a name...it is an animal, or a LAST name.

Oh, and I'd be careful having children if I were you...seems like twins run in your family. lol

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

For some reason, it kills me when couples have cutesy alliterative names like that. My brother was dating a Julie once and I envisioned one of those elaborate mailboxes with "Jerry & Julie" on it and since then, it's what I always see when I hear couples with names like that.

I like Heath and Graham all right, but I don't really care for Parker.

I was joking with my boyfriend, actually, that we'd probably end up with multiples if we decided to have kids. Not that I really needed another reason not to particularly want any...

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Heath is acceptable, Graham is an old man's name, Parker is too trendy/unlikable, and Badger is just ridiculous.

But yay for all the twins!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I like Heath and Graham okay, but, yeah, Parker, is just so trendy. I imagine a preppy little pretty boy.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I don't get the Jason&Jill thing either...maybe it's because I'm not American?
I love the name Jill, by the way.

Badger is awful.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

For some reason, it kills me when couples have cutesy alliterative names like that. My brother was dating a Julie once and I envisioned one of those elaborate mailboxes with "Jerry & Julie" on it and since then, it's what I always see when I hear couples with names like that.

I love Jill, too, although I hate Jason.

[1grlrvolution.livejournal.com]

Badger? I feel those of us who have nouns for last names have an obligation to carefully name our children. :)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

As a Coin and potentially future Brewer, I agree wholeheartedly! I would absolutely love to use Ruby or Autumn, but I'm not going to do that to an innocent child.

[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

Well, at least it's not JACK and Jill?

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i think graham and heath and decent names. i like parker too, although it's getting really popular. but badger? wtf?
i agree though about how parker & badger sound with the last name. not a fan.