Gerri Halliwell names her baby....

[FireGoddess]

Bluebell Madonna? Is it odd that I don''t even know what to say here?

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=223909&GT1=7702

 

[sunkist]

Whoa....! I''m sorry, i dont'' like that name

What''s her nick name going to be, Blueb? poor baby

 

[Mara]

HA HA HA.

I''m actually watching ''Who''s that Girl'' on HBO right now, from 1987 with MADONNA in it. How apropos!!! And insane.

 

[Honeyfly]

What is with celebs calling their babies such crap names?? Honestly!! I feel sorry for these kids!

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 5/23/2006 8:10:26 PM
Author: Mara
HA HA HA.

I''m actually watching ''Who''s that Girl'' on HBO right now, from 1987 with MADONNA in it. How apropos!!! And insane.

That is hysterical. I have actually never been able to watch that movie in its entirety!!

 

[KristyDarling]

Ugh, she''s in for it all right. "Bluebells, COCKLE SHELLS, evie ivy over!!!" (anyone remember that jump-roping song?)

Or, even worse -- BLUEBALLS.

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 5/23/2006 8:18:59 PM
Author: KristyDarling
Ugh, she''s in for it all right. ''Bluebells, COCKLE SHELLS, evie ivy over!!!'' (anyone remember that jump-roping song?)

OMG - I like coffee I like tea, I like the boys and the boys like me, how many kisses will there be?

At least, that''s how we sang it where I grew up.

There is of course the alternate version...I hate coffee I hate tea, I hate the boys and the boys hate me, how many punches will there be?

But Blueballs....uhoh. Poor kid.

 

[Kaleigh]

I got to get my mind out of the gutter cause blueballs was the first thing that came to my mind. Oh that poor child. I really wish the celebs would give more thought in selecting the names for their kids and about the ramifications these names bring upon a child. I have no words for this, just awful. And I thought Apple was bad....

 

[KristyDarling]

Firegoddess - I grew up in Illinois. That''s how we sang it too!

Poor little Blueballs Madonna.

 

[Sparkster]

Really, if Gerri wanted to name her daughter after a flower, couldn''t she choose something like Rose or Lily. Not only are they beautiful names but also beautful flowers. Have any of you seen what bluebells look like???? Blergh!!

We moved into our house during the Australian summer and had no idea that the garden beds were full of dormant bulbs. When they started growing in mid winter, I was delighted because I could tell that some of them were daffodils and jonquils, but couldn''t figure out what the other type of bulb plant was. I waited forever for these plants to flower and when they did, was quite disappointed that the garden was full of bluebells.

 

[Starset]

Maybe they could merge it like celebrity couples and call her Bluedonna or Mabelle

 

[diamondfan]

Another celebrity name atrocity! The guy from the comedy team of Penn and Teller (I think it is Penn) had a kid, and this is the second one...the first, who is not quite one, is named Moxie Crimefighter and the second child has a strange name too though it escapes me now...there should be a name consultant on hand whenever a celeb gives birth...

 

[widget]

Nothing new, here.

The Hippies in the ''60s produced a generation of kids with "different" names:
"River" (Phoenix), "Moon Unit" (Zappa) come to mind....

widget

 

[cinnabar]

Date: 5/23/2006 9:45:56 PM
Author: diamondfan
Another celebrity name atrocity! The guy from the comedy team of Penn and Teller (I think it is Penn) had a kid, and this is the second one...the first, who is not quite one, is named Moxie Crimefighter and the second child has a strange name too though it escapes me now...there should be a name consultant on hand whenever a celeb gives birth...

Their son is called Zolten, which is the mother''s maiden name so it''s pretty ordinary really.

Well, compared to Moxie CrimeFighter and Bluebell Madonna anyway.

 

[diamondfan]

Date: 5/23/2006 11:17:00 PM
Author: cinnabar

Date: 5/23/2006 9:45:56 PM
Author: diamondfan
Another celebrity name atrocity! The guy from the comedy team of Penn and Teller (I think it is Penn) had a kid, and this is the second one...the first, who is not quite one, is named Moxie Crimefighter and the second child has a strange name too though it escapes me now...there should be a name consultant on hand whenever a celeb gives birth...

Their son is called Zolten, which is the mother''s maiden name so it''s pretty ordinary really.

Well, compared to Moxie CrimeFighter and Bluebell Madonna anyway.

the use of a maiden name as a first or middle name is not new, of course, but Zolten has an odd ring to me, sort of like that game in the movie Big with Tom Hanks, that turns him old (Zoltar?!0 Anyway, not a name I would use...

 

[bling*diva*]

Date: 5/23/2006 11:17:00 PM
Author: cinnabar

Date: 5/23/2006 9:45:56 PM

Author: diamondfan

Another celebrity name atrocity! The guy from the comedy team of Penn and Teller (I think it is Penn) had a kid, and this is the second one...the first, who is not quite one, is named Moxie Crimefighter and the second child has a strange name too though it escapes me now...there should be a name consultant on hand whenever a celeb gives birth...

Their son is called Zolten, which is the mother''s maiden name so it''s pretty ordinary really.


Well, compared to Moxie CrimeFighter and Bluebell Madonna anyway.

~~When I first heard the name she gave her child, the first thing I though of was blueballs too! And the second thing that came to my mind was, at least it sounds better than Moxie Crimefighter...

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 5/23/2006 8:18:59 PM
Author: KristyDarling
Ugh, she''s in for it all right. ''Bluebells, COCKLE SHELLS, evie ivy over!!!'' (anyone remember that jump-roping song?)

Or, even worse -- BLUEBALLS.

I enjoy you Kristy!!!!

I am not surprised that GH decided on some ridiculously silly name, doesn''t surprise me at all. I suppose Fifi Trixibelle has a certain ring to it, but Bluebell Madonna just sounds....daft!

 

[innerkitten]

It''s unusual and I''m not sure I like the way it sounds. I think it''s the Bluebell part. Lots of people have flower names and they sound great like Poppy, Rose, Daisy, Lily but Bluebell just doesn''t quite work. It would be like calling someone Carnation. Oh well, It''s her baby so she can call her what she wants.

 

[innerkitten]

Thats true Widget, I went to pre school with a kid named Wheat Berry.

 

[blodthecat]

Do you think she was still high from Pethadine given during childbirth

Obviously, the baby should be called ''baby Ginge''

 

[AGBF]

Date: 5/24/2006 11:15:54 AM
Author: innerkitten
Thats true Widget, I went to pre school with a kid named Wheat Berry.

If you read this all the way through, you will know why this comment made me think of it.

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[Starset]

AGBF - those are fantastic!

Something for everyone - and eerily true, too.

 

[Miranda]

Date: 5/23/2006 8:18:59 PM
Author: KristyDarling
Ugh, she''s in for it all right. ''Bluebells, COCKLE SHELLS, evie ivy over!!!'' (anyone remember that jump-roping song?)

Or, even worse -- BLUEBALLS.

BLUEBALLS!!! Call me a perv, but, that was the first thing I thought of when I heard about her name! I love flower names (all of my daughter''s dolls have flower names), but, Bluebell doesn''t seem to work! Ahhh, Celebs

 

[moon river]

Date: 5/23/2006 7:47:28 PM
Author:FireGoddess
Bluebell Madonna? Is it odd that I don''t even know what to say here?

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=223909&GT1=7702

Odd by whose''s standards? Hollyweird or Normallville? I''d say it''s relatively normal compared to most.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Or as Jay Leno so eloquently put it (and I paraphrase...)..."Sounds like a name of something running in the Preakness"

cheers--Sharon

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 5/25/2006 9:31:43 AM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:

Or as Jay Leno so eloquently put it (and I paraphrase...)...''Sounds like a name of something running in the Preakness''

He''s got a point there. It could work.......for a horse.

 

[Mara]

From TheSuperficial:

"They take kids away for being abused by their parents, but being named Zolten or Bluebell has to be way worse than a smack across the face. There''s pretty much zero chance of Bluebell going through life without adopting the nickname "Blue Balls." Just typing this post I almost typed "Blue Balls" by accident like eight times."

It cracked me up that he came to the same BlueBalls conclusion that you gals did here! That does not bode well for the poor little girl and schoolyard teasing.

 

[cinnabar]

Date: 5/25/2006 2:35:22 PM
Author: Mara
From TheSuperficial:

''They take kids away for being abused by their parents, but being named Zolten or Bluebell has to be way worse than a smack across the face. There''s pretty much zero chance of Bluebell going through life without adopting the nickname ''Blue Balls.'' Just typing this post I almost typed ''Blue Balls'' by accident like eight times.''

It cracked me up that he came to the same BlueBalls conclusion that you gals did here! That does not bode well for the poor little girl and schoolyard teasing.

Something that might make a difference is that, if Bluebell Halliwell grows up in England, they don''t have the same skipping [jump rope] songs there. I''m not saying it absolutely wouldn''t happen that the kid would get her name messed with, just that it''s not something I''d have thought of because we don''t have a running joke about it already as a playground song. "Blue Balls" doesn''t really mean anything to English ears.

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 5/25/2006 3:27:12 PM
Author: cinnabar

''Blue Balls'' doesn''t really mean anything to English ears.

Then let''s seriously hope she grows up across the pond!!!

 

[AmberWaves]

My in-laws are named Zoltan, it''s a family name, each first son is named Zoltan J- (middle name always starts with a J), and everyone just calls the boy by his middle name. The family is mormon, but I don''t know if that anything to do with it. I thought it was strange at first, like a superhero name. But now I''m very used to it.