Friday, 20 November 2015

Hurricane Barney, an online chat

A Facebook post that attracted lots of comments:

Not wanting to be unsympathetic to anyone hit by Storm Barney. But.... Barney? Is there any male name beginning with B that doesn't a bit, well, unthreatening? Hev & I just discussed this, and all male B names are essentially comedy names or the names of friendly uncles. Bob = case in point. Billy? Bertie? Brian? Basil? Benny? Is there any B name that you could really use for a villain? Or, indeed, a storm?

Steve Noble
Steve Noble Brutus....Boris...
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland Sounds like a baby name for Oliver.
Kevin Lyons
Kevin Lyons The The Stainless Steel Rat is called Bolivar!
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland As was the bloke who invented the Sentinels in X-Men
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Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland I will give you Hurricane Brutus. Cos it would smell like Henry Cooper.
Kenny Gibson
Kenny Gibson Everytime i hear it it reminds me of that bloody big purple dinosaur I had to sit through when 21st Daughter was little.
Catriona Hamilton
Catriona Hamilton Balthazar or Behemoth
Simonetta Avossa Carvell
Kevin Lyons
Patrick Gallagher
Patrick Gallagher Beelzebub. "That's a devil (hell) of a storm!"
Joe Matthews
Eva Perkins
Eva Perkins 3 more to go then choose the deity of your choice to help you because it'll be storm EVA!
David Spence
David Spence First was AbiGAIL, now 'storm in the barn' (Barney). I would have suggested Buster (Bluster)
Steve Bright
David Leach
David Leach Baxter would make a good name for a storm.
Patrick Gallagher
Joe Matthews
Joe Matthews not after Anchor Man
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Paul Smith
Roderick McKie
Roderick McKie Hurricane Bastard.
Richard Hayes
Richard Hayes In 2014, a study came to the contentious conclusion that female-named storms caused more deaths because less people thought they were dangerous and so didn't take precautions. Still, "Barney"?
Roderick McKie
Roderick McKie Can't wait for the next one, Hurricane C.
Steve Bright
Steve Bright Will Hurricane Fred follow eventually?
Felicity Harper
Tardy Byrd Wattinger
Tardy Byrd Wattinger Bryce sounds like a tosser?
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland Baxter is a good name for a wall.
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland So we, in fact, agree. No male name beginning with B - that any normal human would ever be called - sounds that scary?
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland Except Battersby. And Bubba. And Biffa.
Peter Hogan
Pete Shilton Godwin
Pete Shilton Godwin . in keeping with the paris theme .. Bertrand.
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland That'd only make a rustle.
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Steve Bright
Steve Bright I knew a very scary Brian once.
Steve Bright
Steve Bright Then there was Benny from Crossroads...
Martin Cox
Martin Cox Ballistique? Bludgeon? ( you may b right)
Pete Renshaw
Pete Renshaw Bane, oh I suppose that's not really a name.
Martin Cox
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett Barney Rubble makes it seem more threatening
Pete Shilton Godwin
Vicky Stonebridge
Vicky Stonebridge If they start naming all the storms that hit NW scotland we'll be back to Z by next week or so. c'est normal, we call it November.
Ellie Yates
Pete Renshaw
Pete Renshaw Beelzebub, not sure how many little Beelzebubs there are running around the school yard. But, I checked, parents are going for Bain, oh dear. 'Storm Beelzebub will be hitting the NW coast of Scotland' might get you battoning down hatches Vicky.
Kev Sutherland
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Stewart Perkins
Annette Tweed
Brian Gorman
Andrew Ness
Andrew Ness · Friends with Nick Xylas
Bobba Fett?
Robert Shearman
Anthony Aloysius Amis
Kev Sutherland
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Benjamin Francis Elliott
Benjamin Francis Elliott Benjamin can be a scary name. Ben is too quick for the impact, but Benjamin has a force.

As for Barney, remember - he ate the kids. Trying watching it with your children or grandchildren now. wink emoticon
Mark Parmenter
Mark Parmenter Bawbag ? Oh hang on, we a named a hurricane that about two years ago.
PJ Holden
PJ Holden Storm Beelzebub seems too strong in the other direction...
Graham Exton
Anthony Aloysius Amis
Graham Exton
Robert Shearman
Robert Shearman Bilbo Baggins, the Bastard Buggering Bilgebag. From Brighton.
Anthony Aloysius Amis
Anthony Aloysius Amis Bruce Banner Hulk Hurricane
Alex Donald
Anthony Aloysius Amis
Tiki Swain
Tiki Swain · Friends with Robert Shearman
Benedict.
Sean Brightman
Sean Brightman Wait 'til we get Steve and Nigel.
Al Davison
Al Davison Boris is scary, Johnson even more than Karloff!
Helen Baxter
Helen Baxter Beelzebub? Which does sound quite cute.
Kev Sutherland
Kev Sutherland Really? I get no likes for "Baxter is a good name for a wall"?
Paul Grist
Kev Sutherland
Anthony D Lee
Bennett Arron
Mark Broad
Mark Broad · Friends with Tony Bennett and 1 other
Bastard
Andy Wass
John Earwaker
Tim Bateman
Tim Bateman on-comedic and non-avunculr names surely include Barnabus and Benedict?
Tim Bateman
Tim Bateman Is that how 'Barnabus' is spelt
Kev Sutherland
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Al Davison
Al Davison
Al Davison Badrik, Balder, Barrat,
Richard Starzak
Neil Nixon
Neil Nixon Bruno, Butch, Boris (before that blundering tory toff ruined it), Brett, Brent, Brandon, Brady

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