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Rude- dawn, btw

Kenneth - after my old man
Albert - after my grandad.
When my missus was having a baby in W. Berlin I had a girl's name lined up but couldn't think of one for a boy so I asked a German mate of mine, Uwe, to think of a German name which would sound good in English and German to commemorate the fact that that is where the nipper was born. I told him I didn't want a daft one like "Wolf". About 3 weeks later up come Uwe,"Got a name for you Scouse, call him Jerry." It turned out to be a girl and her name is Lorraine.

The young Indian boy had spent most of his life in a quandry... He felt different yet... couldn't figure why... he was just so depressed. He went to the Chief for answers... He asked the chief how his brother Red Deer Running had gotten his name...

The chief answered in his typically poetic way..."When Red Deer Running was born, at the moment of his birth, the first thing his mother saw was a beautiful deer running off into the forest... and so Running Deer was named. It is the custom of our tribe to name the offspring according to the spirits in nature visiting upon the birth."

Then, the boy said to the Chief... And how did my sister "Thundering Bird" get her name? The chief described again, how at the moment of her birth Thundering Bird's mother had heard a roar of thunder and looking up, saw a bird flying in the sky...

The boy asked again, how his cousin "White Crouching Bear" had been given such a name... And the chief, looking down once more at the boy, explaining the traditions of their tribe.... White Bear's mother had seen a rare white bear crouched over a stream at the moment her baby's birth. Then he asked the boy...

"Why do you ask, Two Dogs fooking?"