GordonD Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Have you lot never heard the expression "wetting the baby's head"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 6 hours ago, MONKMAN said: Cant remember if I’ve mentioned on here but a guy at my work who lost most of one of his ears in a car crash, gets called 18 month (ear and a half). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Is taking your baby to get its name registered a reason for a piss up? In a nutshell, yes. Of course it fucking is. You dont even need a baby or a registrar for a reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 19 minutes ago, GordonD said: Have you lot never heard the expression "wetting the baby's head"? Yes, but I wasn't aware that involved actually registering your baby's name after 8 pints of absinthe like some of the guys being discussed on here. I just thought it was you and your mates having a drink to celebrate the arrival of the wean. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 My great grandfather was named after his brother who had died. Weird behaviour imo but apparently the done thing in the late 19th century. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 7 hours ago, MONKMAN said: Cant remember if I’ve mentioned on here but a guy at my work who lost most of one of his ears in a car crash, gets called 18 month (ear and a half). I used to go to school with a guy who had different sized lugs - he was known as 'Oh dear'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Is taking your baby to get its name registered a reason for a piss up? An alarming number of stories with the same outcome here. You don't have to take your child - or anyone else's for that matter - with you to register its birth. Edited September 9, 2020 by Jacksgranda missed out a couple of words - daft old c*** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Baby's first pint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 My great grandfather was named after his brother who had died. Weird behaviour imo but apparently the done thing in the late 19th century.I was looking at my family tree and noticed that a few generations back a relative had six daughters named Mary. On closer inspection the first five had all died before the age of two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I've been to loads of wetting the bairns heads. It's never once been on the day the child's name was registered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said: One of the times I've been most drunk in my life was at a work mate's wetting of the baby's head. Ended up in Mood which used to be the club at the Omni centre at the top of Leith walk. I think even at the time I found it a bit weird to be getting steaming with this guy while he had a days-old child but was at an age not to be that bothered. Great memories. Mood brings back memories. Only ever went there drunk. The bass used to be that powerful, you'd feel it in your stomach. I'd say that sound system brought on a spewing within th efirst 5 minutes the majority of times I was in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: I've been to loads of wetting the bairns heads. It's never once been on the day the child's name was registered. Why would you be invited to the registration? In the one case I'm aware of, it was the bairn's dad and his brother, got pished in the pub on the way to the registrar's. Not an organised thing. The only reason I mentioned wetting the bairn's head was because people were giving the impression that new fathers suddenly become teetotal between the day of the birth and the day the name goes down. I didn't say the two were necessarily connected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 minute ago, GordonD said: Why would you be invited to the registration? I never said I was, I said it the 'wetting the bairns heids' celebrations that i've been to weren't on the same day the name was registered. I've never heard of anybody going on the drink after registering their child's name - and I know some pretty scummy folk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: I never said I was, I said it the 'wetting the bairns heids' celebrations that i've been to weren't on the same day the name was registered. I've never heard of anybody going on the drink after registering their child's name - and I know some pretty scummy folk. Well, wetting the bairn's head isn't like a christening - you can have as many as you like; it's just an excuse for a drink - if you really need one. And I presume you meant 'going on the drink before registering' because that's what I said that you were replying to. But how do you know nobody has done that? As I said, it wasn't an organised piss-up, it was two brothers went for a couple of pints on the way to the registrar office and stayed longer than they meant to. Judging by the woman's age, this would be in1935 or thereabouts - life was different back then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, GordonD said: Well, wetting the bairn's head isn't like a christening I know exactly what 'wetting the bairns heid' is. 1 minute ago, GordonD said: But how do you know nobody has done that? Because I speak to my mates and their kids mothers/fathers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: I know exactly what 'wetting the bairns heid' is. Because I speak to my mates and their kids mothers/fathers. I don't know why I'm being looked on as the bad guy here. This was nothing to do with my family; it was a woman I hardly knew and it happened 80-odd years ago. Maybe it was a unique situation, but it's not as if the father battered the wean or anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 3 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: I was looking at my family tree and noticed that a few generations back a relative had six daughters named Mary. On closer inspection the first five had all died before the age of two. If at first you don't succeed... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, GordonD said: I don't know why I'm being looked on as the bad guy here. . You’re not, but you made a fairly ludicrous point to be honest. I think everyone has heard of wetting the baby’s head, no one would associate it with getting pished before registering the name which is what you equated it to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tungston weasel Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I'm currently trying to convince my 10 year old that I got pissed up before registering him and that his legal name is actually stink ferret.Printed out a certificate and everything. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Would the folk in the register office not double check names? In fact do they not need to ensure that a kid isn't called 'Tosser' or 'Hitler' or 'Gove' etc? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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