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Comments (10)
"Pear" would be a cruel nam... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | April 11, 2006 1:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Pear" would be a cruel name....
1. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | April 11, 2006 1:28 PM |
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Posted on April 11, 2006 13:28
2. Posted by Stephen Macklin | April 11, 2006 2:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Viciously cruel...
Kumquat.
2. Posted by Stephen Macklin | April 11, 2006 2:18 PM |
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Posted on April 11, 2006 14:18
3. Posted by Sarah-Jean | April 11, 2006 2:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think Moses is a cute name. Especially since there were reports that she was going to name the baby Mortimer!!! Gosh, Moses is waaaay better that!
3. Posted by Sarah-Jean | April 11, 2006 2:58 PM |
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Posted on April 11, 2006 14:58
4. Posted by Peter F. | April 11, 2006 4:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The next kid will be named Elijah or Isiah....if they are proceeding through the Bible as it appears they are.
4. Posted by Peter F. | April 11, 2006 4:04 PM |
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Posted on April 11, 2006 16:04
5. Posted by epador | April 11, 2006 6:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey, nothing bad with Moses. I had a Moses Washington [Epador] as a great great great GF. A Baptist Preacher, I even heard a story about him taking his congregation across the crick from one holler to another after a dispute with the mother church. No word on whether the creek parted or if they paddled across on Christmas though...
5. Posted by epador | April 11, 2006 6:10 PM |
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Posted on April 11, 2006 18:10
6. Posted by ClobberGirl | April 12, 2006 3:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Um, guys... apples are NOT biblical. Come on, I know you're all smarter than Gwyneth.
And Moses isn't that bad of a name (though Apple was a TERRIBLE name). Give her a break.
6. Posted by ClobberGirl | April 12, 2006 3:01 PM |
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Posted on April 12, 2006 15:01
7. Posted by Peter F. | April 12, 2006 3:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ClobberGirl:
"Apples" are defintiely Biblical! What do you think Adam ate off the Tree of Knowledge? Pears? Oranges? Fruticake? No, he ate an apple. Sorry, but DUH! LOL
All I'm saying is that Paltrow and hubby have got a Biblical theme going on with their kids' names. LOL. Maybe the dog's name is John...the cat is Mary...you get the picture. I think. lol
7. Posted by Peter F. | April 12, 2006 3:21 PM |
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Posted on April 12, 2006 15:21
8. Posted by ClobberGirl | April 12, 2006 4:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If you think apples are found anywhere in the Bible, Peter, give me a chapter and verse.
Biblical names are fine. Biblical names that don't actually exist are... comical.
8. Posted by ClobberGirl | April 12, 2006 4:42 PM |
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Posted on April 12, 2006 16:42
9. Posted by Clobbergirl | April 12, 2006 4:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And Peter... the tree in the Garden of Eden was a CHOCOLATE tree. Why else would Eve have eaten from it first? ;)
9. Posted by Clobbergirl | April 12, 2006 4:46 PM |
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Posted on April 12, 2006 16:46
10. Posted by liv | June 24, 2006 7:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Moses is a cool name :)
10. Posted by liv | June 24, 2006 7:39 PM |
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Posted on June 24, 2006 19:39