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Lady Boodie Greek-Yoghourt, of Aldi.
Hmm ..
Just as well I’m not, either ! 😀
Ginger was a chow collie and had a little snippy side – the chow in her – but did better when she was the only dog – in 1990s our first dogs – we had ginger and Maryann (black lab) and went with males after that
The dynamics between dogs change so much when there is more than one in the household. I had an only dog – I never knew there was such a preferred thing until I had her – but when she got old and became deaf and it was harder for her to see, the new dog helped her. How was Ginger when she was older?
Ginger was actually not that bad at all – just a little snippy once in a while to the young black lab but we had ginger seven years and was perfect with two small children and lots of your group kids coming and going (at that time) and she as our only dog for a year and was also good – so I hope I did not make her sound horrible – was only a .2 out of 10 with a crabby side and then that is comparing it to the loving lab breed! Lol
Mountain Equipment Coop. They have stores in numerous places (and online). Yesterday, we were at the one in Victoria. We then stopped by our favourite Chinese Food restaurant on our way home and picked up the Spicy Beans!
Spicy Beans from the Chinese restaurant, Donna I assume that Chinese restaurants in your part of the world have a vastly different cuisine to Aussie Chinese restaurants. Our Chinese restaurants or more realistically, takeaway food places, have dishes like Stir fry vegetables with meat and Spring rolls. Not authentically Chinese, although there are some with Yum Cha dishes.
Since living in China for fourteen years, I am particular about my Chinese food. 😀 Those lovely beans were a staple part of our diet…and it’s hard to find authentic ones here. The restaurant that we ordered from yesterday is very authentic Chinese, with the menu written in Mandarin, and dishes that we have only ever seen in China. We were introduced to it by another couple we knew when in China. We are soooo glad to have found it. We are having the leftovers tonight…and I already cannot wait!
Great question! I hadn’t heard the word ‘Yum Cha’ until an Australian friend who I met in Beijing mentioned it. Both of us spent heaps of Sunday afternoons looking for great Dim Sum (preferably on the carts) in Beijing. It was very difficult to find there. Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong on the other hand, always had great Dim Sum on the carts so that was always my first stop whenever I was visiting any of those places. We do have some good Dim Sum places in Victoria and Vancouver but sadly, my husband is not a fan. I definitely need to find a new Dim Sum/Yum Cha buddy out this way! 😀
It must be another Australian Chinglish variant! Food like art can evolve in isolation from the origins, I guess. I hope you find another Dim Sum buddy. I do miss the wonderful flavours that one can experience when travelling. So different to what we can access at home. I especially miss Norwegian and Polish food! And Italian Gelato too!
Wegmans is a grocery store that is sorta upscale and sorta value – hard to explain but they have amazing customer service and the newer stores are ginormous and sometimes too much – I happened to grow up going to one of their few locations in upstate New York (my mother gave us a monthly amount and I’d save coupons from the Sunday news and get stupid stuff because they had triple coupon day and then I’d get items for a quarter – lol – )
They took a long time to trickle down the east coast of the US and there was some agreement that kept them out of VA – but when ukrops (an upscale grocery chain in our area) closed or sold their stores – it opened the market for wegmans and others
The one in our area is also not close enough to go all
The time but some of they carry the “Veritas farms” hand sanitizer I love and a few other goodies
And they might have some of the absolute best customer service out of any grocery store chain around!
That sounds like a fun store to visit! Maybe they will open a store in Australia someday. We do have quite a few chains here that originated in the US.
And craft supplies. Kissel is a dessert from Eastern/Northern/Central Europe made from potato starch and fruit juice concentrate. I got a packet from a friend to try and found it in the cupboard recently. Nice warm afternoon snack.
That’s easy – it’s one of Lorraine’s recipes on Not Quite Nigella. https://www.notquitenigella.com/2021/01/11/best-custard-tart-nutmeg/
I think you’ll find this is much better than a powdered mix and it was super easy. I didn’t make the pastry but it also looks easy if you’ve got the time. 🙂
Lady Dawid Tea of Grabouw. I absolutely have no wish whatsoever of being a royal. Poor things having to build their personalities around a title and duties. Horror of horrors
Hi Tanja, or should I say, Lady Munchkin. Such a cute royal name. Thanks for alerting me. When I wrote the post, I had a photo of Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen and replaced it with the castle in Sirmione, but clearly the caption did not update in the editor. Great pickup and well spotted. I will update.
I assume Lady Munchkin that you have been to both locations?
Munchkin is a cute name especially suited to a cat.
Copenhagen should be on your to do list, but I am terribly biased! The day I was in Sirmione was so very hot, and that is saying something, given that I live in Australia. I do wonder what it is like in winter? What time of year were your visits?
Lady Princess, Walter, Turbo Danny, Zina Cherry of Norco. Lol that was hilarious fun. I couldn’t decide which pet & thought I’d better stop at Zina as I have poultry with names as well. I’m so gonna ask my friends to do this. Awesome smile.
Oh that is very distinguished Laurie, I mean, Lady Pear of Target (pronounced in the French way). Lady Pear sounds like a good character name for a novel! The mind boggles with visual imagery!
I think we all used that with sarcasm, Alejandro. We have Tar jae stores here too. Several years ago, they were the highest selling store for women’s apparel in Australia. They had a good range and moderately priced. Then they got greedy and upped the price for everything. You could pay a similar price for nicer things in Target as you would in a higher end department store and sales dropped off. Now they are closing a whole lot of stores and that decision was made prior to Covid hitting our shores.
Wow. It sounds like a very aristocratic lineage of pet names, @workinginacres (Linda). Especially with Princess sqeezed in there. What fun to add them all in. Although I am unsure of adding in the chooks!! Rofl…
Thank you, Lady Rebellion Biscuit of North Lakes, for this spot of amusement this morning! (as you know, I had a very trying time with my lost notifications – this made up for it)
Lord Wolfgang Nachos of Walmart? Um…I don’t think so. My first name is George, which I believe has some regal history. On my paternal grandmother’s side, Queen Isabella of Spain was an ancestor. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some regal ancestry on the German side of me or even some ancient Aztec royalty on either side.
I descend from some fine stock in both Europe and North America. It may not readily manifest if you know me, but it’s all there!
Knowing a bit about Wolfgang, (from what you have told me), I would tend to agree with you, Alejandro.
Although it does reflect on your Germanic heritage – maybe just not the Walmart part! Lol. Perhaps if you had last eaten a Spanish dish it might have worked? It is fun for a laugh and light distraction anyhow. How are things going over there? I heard some parts of Texas had some snow?
If I could avoid shopping at Walmart, I would. But my present financial state won’t allow it. A slave to retail? Sadly, yes. Texas always gets some snow during winter; particularly in the northwestern part of the state, which is at a slightly higher elevation.
Ah I see. I wonder why it made the news here. I will have to ask my son as he is the one who commented on it. He has many internet friends so I suppose it was a comment on a forum or suchlike.
LOL Thank you! It was my main email address for quite some time. I was constantly asked if I loved gardening succulents. I learned to politely say yes. 🙂
LOL Not so much the plants. I think they’re rather unattractive things and I can’t keep them alive despite my repeated attempts. But hey… succulent I am. 🙂
I like most succulents. My father was an avid grower of them. I have an aloe vera plant a friend gave me a few years ago. As for BEING a succulent, I definitely fit the criteria on that! Now before this gets any more erotic, reach out to me on my own blog and we can trade stories about our extraordinary succulence.
Yes, my last sweet kitty cat was a stray I found in a neighborhood called Grandview, hence her name. But she went by Grandy to those who knew her best.
Thanks so much, IanSlav. Comments are a bit part of blogging I think and something that can make folks laugh is even better. I like that you gave your royal name so much thought. I used my dog’s pedigree name!
Oh in taking my pick, I’ll take Lady No-Pet Jollof of Nordstrom. Will take the pleasure in explaining Jollof to every curious mind, and of course, you can find me at Nordstrom (or its Rack) window-shopping! 😊
Nordstrom sounds like a Swedish shop and if so, I would be with you there shopping. I like the Lady No-pet – that is original. Have you never had pets?
Never! As a child, I watched my brother fiercely bitten by a dog – we thought he wouldn’t survive it. Being scared of dogs since.
Didn’t know that Nordstrom is a Swedish name – now I do. Thanks
Let’s set a shopping spree day. I’m sure the store would love us for it! 😍 Enjoyed reading all the royal names – very creative.
My mother told me, when she was about 6 years old and still living in México City, she and her older sister saw a Doberman attack a man and almost rip him to shreds. At that point, they developed an intense phobia of dogs, especially large dogs. Ironically, their family had a golden retriever at the same time. I even have a picture of my mother with that dog.
But, after my parents and I moved into a new house in 1972, they promised to get me a dog; a German shepherd in particular. My mother was willing to set aside her fears for my sake. We got the new puppy in June 1973 and named him Joshua (Josh). And he took a particular liking to my mother. He got very big very quickly, ultimately reaching about 100 lbs. (45 km). While he loved my mother, he also bent to her ever whim. She always joked, if he only knew that all he’d have to do was bark at her, she’d pass out.
A couple who lived next door to us (mid-1970s) had a large collie-mix who was pretty docile. Then they got – of all dogs – a Doberman. He eventually grew to the size of what looked like a colt and – as fate would have it – took a liking to my mother. Every time we visited them, that dog would hover around her. He was also one of those dogs who wouldn’t leave you alone the moment you petted him. LOL!
I understand, though, why you have a canine phobia. But trust me on this one: in general, dogs are only as aggressive as their owners allow. The miniature schnauzer I had until 2016 thought he was the size of that German shepherd! But that seems to be a common personality trait among smaller canines.
“She always joked, if he only knew that all he’d have to do was bark at her, she’d pass out.” Lol that’s how I am. Can stand the small dogs but sometimes those get unnecessarily aggressive sometimes too. My kids, when they were younger, wanted one so bad. I told then that I couldn’t take care of them as well as have to worry about their dog especially when we’re out of town. One of them had one in college and I was okay with it as long as it doesn’t bark at me or get too friendly!
Thanks for sharing.
Ironically, my aunt (who had witnessed that Doberman attack) got an Italian greyhound sometime in the early 1970s. That dog had a loud bark that would echo throughout the house and an equally loud, even stranger growl; it sounded like he was yodeling. My father joked it was because he was Italian; he would imitate the growl almost perfectly, which drove that dog insane!
My schnauzer had a tremendously vociferous bark that made him sound like a gigantic canine. It would also make my mother’s head hurt. And she’d tell him that! Of course, he would just respond with that doe-eyed puppy-dog look, so she couldn’t be mad at him.
They have been extremely creative names, thinktalk. The attack on your brother sounds devastating. My own two dogs were attacked by another dog some years back. It left me and my dogs terrified of that breed of dog forever.
Jollof is a rice dish cooked in red sauce. It’s one of the special West African/Nigerian dishes. Kinda like Mexican rice, just more delicious 🤤. I feel that for those who have never heard it, the name, without adding “rice,” stirs curiosity. I posted the recipe; check it here https://think-talk.org/blog-2/recipes/. Thanks for asking.
Ah – couldn’t be a Corgi – that would be too much of a coincidence. Having the Irish setter in the mix might be why you called him Rusty – did he have red in his coat?
A lot of people’s names turned out Really entertaining but.. I kind of like Vincenzo Saltine. I’ll have to make my family start calling me that. It was a fun idea and a much need distraction, thank you!
You can make it a hyphenated middle name if you so wish, my dear. I mean, Lady Blossom Wine-Popcorn of Amazon. The Amazon house name comes up a lot in this post! Lol.
Something to Ponder About 
Lady Boodie Greek-Yoghourt, of Aldi.
Hmm ..
Just as well I’m not, either ! 😀
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I love the double last name. ‘Greek’ adds a refined democratic (!) touch, m’lady. Lol.
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Yeah: it was fortuitous. [grin]
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Lady Ginger Mdardra of Amazon…not quite sure that works. Mdardra is a very simple Lebanese lentil and rice dish, definitely not the repast of royals.
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I almost went with ginger as it was our pups name in the 90s – but went back to 80s for Sam
Anyhow – xingfumama is also lady ginger
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Ginger is a popular cat’s name. But your Ginger was a pup! What kind of breed?
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Ginger was a chow collie and had a little snippy side – the chow in her – but did better when she was the only dog – in 1990s our first dogs – we had ginger and Maryann (black lab) and went with males after that
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The dynamics between dogs change so much when there is more than one in the household. I had an only dog – I never knew there was such a preferred thing until I had her – but when she got old and became deaf and it was harder for her to see, the new dog helped her. How was Ginger when she was older?
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Ginger was actually not that bad at all – just a little snippy once in a while to the young black lab but we had ginger seven years and was perfect with two small children and lots of your group kids coming and going (at that time) and she as our only dog for a year and was also good – so I hope I did not make her sound horrible – was only a .2 out of 10 with a crabby side and then that is comparing it to the loving lab breed! Lol
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No I didn’t think that at all. It sounds like she has a special place in your heart.
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☀️😊
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Well it sounds rather grand, Lady Mdardra. You would fool me. Did you visit the Amazon rainforest or were you shopping online?
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Online. I haven’t been more than a half mile from home for over a week.
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Please will you supply the recipe ?????
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Lady Noel Nuts of Valumart … sounds like a brand name for snack food!
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It certainly does, Sandy. A royal for the contemporary world, perhaps?
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Hilarious !!! 😀
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Lady Spicy Beans of MEC. It kinda fits!
Thank you for the evening giggle.
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Lady Spicy Beans sounds like someone from the cast of a stage show!!
But where is MEC?
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Mountain Equipment Coop. They have stores in numerous places (and online). Yesterday, we were at the one in Victoria. We then stopped by our favourite Chinese Food restaurant on our way home and picked up the Spicy Beans!
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Spicy Beans from the Chinese restaurant, Donna I assume that Chinese restaurants in your part of the world have a vastly different cuisine to Aussie Chinese restaurants. Our Chinese restaurants or more realistically, takeaway food places, have dishes like Stir fry vegetables with meat and Spring rolls. Not authentically Chinese, although there are some with Yum Cha dishes.
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Since living in China for fourteen years, I am particular about my Chinese food. 😀 Those lovely beans were a staple part of our diet…and it’s hard to find authentic ones here. The restaurant that we ordered from yesterday is very authentic Chinese, with the menu written in Mandarin, and dishes that we have only ever seen in China. We were introduced to it by another couple we knew when in China. We are soooo glad to have found it. We are having the leftovers tonight…and I already cannot wait!
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That sounds delicious, Donna. Would you consider Yum cha to be authentically Chinese or does it vary from region to region?
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Great question! I hadn’t heard the word ‘Yum Cha’ until an Australian friend who I met in Beijing mentioned it. Both of us spent heaps of Sunday afternoons looking for great Dim Sum (preferably on the carts) in Beijing. It was very difficult to find there. Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong on the other hand, always had great Dim Sum on the carts so that was always my first stop whenever I was visiting any of those places. We do have some good Dim Sum places in Victoria and Vancouver but sadly, my husband is not a fan. I definitely need to find a new Dim Sum/Yum Cha buddy out this way! 😀
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It must be another Australian Chinglish variant! Food like art can evolve in isolation from the origins, I guess. I hope you find another Dim Sum buddy. I do miss the wonderful flavours that one can experience when travelling. So different to what we can access at home. I especially miss Norwegian and Polish food! And Italian Gelato too!
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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Italian gelato. We should live closer!
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👍Clearly we have got some food themes going for us!!!
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Lady Sam Blueberry of Wegmans
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Yes, Lady Blueberry, I am detecting a Welsh or Celtic flavour to your royal name, Yvette. But I am curious. What kind of store is Wegmans?
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Wegmans is a grocery store that is sorta upscale and sorta value – hard to explain but they have amazing customer service and the newer stores are ginormous and sometimes too much – I happened to grow up going to one of their few locations in upstate New York (my mother gave us a monthly amount and I’d save coupons from the Sunday news and get stupid stuff because they had triple coupon day and then I’d get items for a quarter – lol – )
They took a long time to trickle down the east coast of the US and there was some agreement that kept them out of VA – but when ukrops (an upscale grocery chain in our area) closed or sold their stores – it opened the market for wegmans and others
The one in our area is also not close enough to go all
The time but some of they carry the “Veritas farms” hand sanitizer I love and a few other goodies
And they might have some of the absolute best customer service out of any grocery store chain around!
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That sounds like a fun store to visit! Maybe they will open a store in Australia someday. We do have quite a few chains here that originated in the US.
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That would be fun and you never know – right?
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Lady Luna Popcorn of Target – sounds quite legit to me 🙂
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Nice to hear from you Lady Luna. I assume that is Target pronounced with the French inflection? Lol.
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Yes of course!!
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Lol
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Lord Benny Double Brie of Maclean
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Oh Mr Fancy Pants Lord Double Brie! ROFL…. Glad to meet you acquaintance, Sir!
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I thought it was good enough to share 🙂 🙂
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I appreciate the laugh. Thanks Brian, I mean Lord Double Brie
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Sure is. 😀
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As a MacLean of noble birth, I’ve never heard of a store called Maclean…
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T’was the town of Maclean
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Lady Cooper Kissel of Spotlight.
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A lady of fine taste and needlepoint, by chance, Lady Cooper? But what is a kissel?
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And craft supplies. Kissel is a dessert from Eastern/Northern/Central Europe made from potato starch and fruit juice concentrate. I got a packet from a friend to try and found it in the cupboard recently. Nice warm afternoon snack.
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Interesting.
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Hilarious! From now on, I’ll be known as Lady Tina Custard Tart of K Mart!
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I like that Tart and Kmart rhyme! An awesome royal name.
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Lol. I didn’t even notice the rhyme. I would probably be a total failure because I made my custard tart myself. 😋☺
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A royal who could cook! Even better. Did you make it from scratch?
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Not the pastry, but only because I wanted to get it made quickly. It was so delicious.
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I would love to read your recipe. I generally make it using a powdered mix and add milk. Although have made it from scratch once or twice.
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That’s easy – it’s one of Lorraine’s recipes on Not Quite Nigella. https://www.notquitenigella.com/2021/01/11/best-custard-tart-nutmeg/
I think you’ll find this is much better than a powdered mix and it was super easy. I didn’t make the pastry but it also looks easy if you’ve got the time. 🙂
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Thanks so much!!
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Wow. I have not come across Lorraine before. Thanks for introducing me. I will make this.
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I love reading Lorraine’s very entertaining posts every day and I have made many of her recipes.
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I have succumbed and subscribed! It beats buying more recipe books. #nomorerecipebooks
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Ha! Easier said than done. 🙂 But I think you will enjoy Lorraine’s posts. They’re a lot of fun.
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Lady Dawid Tea of Grabouw. I absolutely have no wish whatsoever of being a royal. Poor things having to build their personalities around a title and duties. Horror of horrors
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It wouldn’t be fun at all. But making up names is fun, just a bit- Lady Grabouw. I like that you incorporated tea.
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Lady India Potato of Fyshwick.
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Now that is a good one.
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Lady Joy Cheese of Reem 😉
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Pleased to meet you Lady Joy! Another cheese fan! Wonderful. What part of the world are you located?
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Well done milady. Keith
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Hehe! I haven’t been called that for a while!
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Lady Munchkin Chocolate of New Yorker LOL isn’t that castle photo from Sirmione, Italy? it says Copenhagen below the photo;)
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Hi Tanja, or should I say, Lady Munchkin. Such a cute royal name. Thanks for alerting me. When I wrote the post, I had a photo of Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen and replaced it with the castle in Sirmione, but clearly the caption did not update in the editor. Great pickup and well spotted. I will update.
I assume Lady Munchkin that you have been to both locations?
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No problem. I’ve been to Sirmione a couple of times, but sadly never to Copenhagen. My husband named our cat Munchkin😊
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Munchkin is a cute name especially suited to a cat.
Copenhagen should be on your to do list, but I am terribly biased! The day I was in Sirmione was so very hot, and that is saying something, given that I live in Australia. I do wonder what it is like in winter? What time of year were your visits?
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I’ve visited it in winter and in spring. I’d love to visit Copenhagen
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What was the weather like in Sirmione in Winter. Was Spring very rainy?
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Lady Squeak Kale of Sparks….hmmm, I think not!!
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Now that is an usual name, kind of quirky! I like it. Royals should have fun names.
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😄😄😄😄
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They already have funny hats, so why not?!
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Hahaha
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ROFL
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Lady Bailey Tomato of Harlow Farms
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That sounds most agriculturally aristocratic, Dorothy. Harlow farms makes it sounded like you are from the landed gentry! Haha!
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Thank you! I could definitely enjoy the title!
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Lady Yogi Egg, of Christi Lee Payne. LOL
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Oh I do like that one Pam, or should I say Lady Yogi. I imagine you eating breakfast with fine silver! Lol.
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Haha! Love it! Thanks for the laugh.
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A laugh can do so much good for our moods, even a small laugh here and there.
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Lady Didgeridoo Latte of The Human Bean. 😀
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Lady Didgeridoo – that is a surprise. You have a real multicultural theme happening with your Royal name. Well done.
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The full name of one of my pugs we call Digi is actually Didgeridoo. 😀
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May I ask why to called him that, Cee? As it is an Australian word.
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Lord Meowee Caesar of Walmart. 🙂
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Definitely a great Royal name. Particularly with the addition of Caesar! It is very nice to meet you Lord Meowee!
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Ldy fefe of pizza
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Hello Christine , I rescued your royal name from the spam folder. So nice to hear from you, Lady fefe! How have you been?
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I’m OK thanks!
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Lady Princess, Walter, Turbo Danny, Zina Cherry of Norco. Lol that was hilarious fun. I couldn’t decide which pet & thought I’d better stop at Zina as I have poultry with names as well. I’m so gonna ask my friends to do this. Awesome smile.
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Tee-hee! Lady Watson of Pear Target. Thanks, Lady Rebellion Biscuit for the fun and folderol.
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Oh that is very distinguished Laurie, I mean, Lady Pear of Target (pronounced in the French way). Lady Pear sounds like a good character name for a novel! The mind boggles with visual imagery!
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Yes, pronounced the French way. 😉
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Of course! Lol.
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In the late 1980s, I worked at a store called Target. We joked it was the higher end of retail and used the French inflection.
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I think we all used that with sarcasm, Alejandro. We have Tar jae stores here too. Several years ago, they were the highest selling store for women’s apparel in Australia. They had a good range and moderately priced. Then they got greedy and upped the price for everything. You could pay a similar price for nicer things in Target as you would in a higher end department store and sales dropped off. Now they are closing a whole lot of stores and that decision was made prior to Covid hitting our shores.
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Wow. It sounds like a very aristocratic lineage of pet names, @workinginacres (Linda). Especially with Princess sqeezed in there. What fun to add them all in. Although I am unsure of adding in the chooks!! Rofl…
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Lady Maya Salad of Amazon! 🙂
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It sounds like a vegan Royal name, and why not, Lady Maya?
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Why not, indeed. Ideally, I add a “the” – Lady of the Amazon. 🙂
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Hahah. Yes Indeed!
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Lady Biggie Digestive of Somerset
(just to clarify – I shopped at a mall called “111 Somerset)
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Thank you, Lady Rebellion Biscuit of North Lakes, for this spot of amusement this morning! (as you know, I had a very trying time with my lost notifications – this made up for it)
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That is a funny one, Ju-Lyn. Well done!!!
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And the Addition of Somerset adds an English touch
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It is very interesting what very English street & place names exist in Singapore – remnants of a colonial past.
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Living history!
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Drop the “Biggie Digestive”; sounds so…unappetizing.
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Teehee. Lady Somerset is too ordinary for this conversation, Alejandro!
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Lady Tribble Cough Drop of Von’s!
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That is a topical name Lady Tribble Cough Drop. The Vons part adds a European air to the name.
Good on you!
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I give you leave to call me Lady Vons for short if you like! 😉
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Lord Wolfgang Nachos of Walmart? Um…I don’t think so. My first name is George, which I believe has some regal history. On my paternal grandmother’s side, Queen Isabella of Spain was an ancestor. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some regal ancestry on the German side of me or even some ancient Aztec royalty on either side.
I descend from some fine stock in both Europe and North America. It may not readily manifest if you know me, but it’s all there!
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Knowing a bit about Wolfgang, (from what you have told me), I would tend to agree with you, Alejandro.
Although it does reflect on your Germanic heritage – maybe just not the Walmart part! Lol. Perhaps if you had last eaten a Spanish dish it might have worked? It is fun for a laugh and light distraction anyhow. How are things going over there? I heard some parts of Texas had some snow?
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If I could avoid shopping at Walmart, I would. But my present financial state won’t allow it. A slave to retail? Sadly, yes. Texas always gets some snow during winter; particularly in the northwestern part of the state, which is at a slightly higher elevation.
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Ah I see. I wonder why it made the news here. I will have to ask my son as he is the one who commented on it. He has many internet friends so I suppose it was a comment on a forum or suchlike.
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Lady Grumpy Potato of Oliver’s. lol
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Lady Grunpy Potato. Your royal name sound quite intimidating. Glad you stopped by though.
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Stay with “Succulent Savage” – sounds more risqué, yes, but a great conversation starter!
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[guffaw] I love your humour! Doubled up and ofl.
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LOL Thank you! It was my main email address for quite some time. I was constantly asked if I loved gardening succulents. I learned to politely say yes. 🙂
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Hehe! Good on ya!!
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Love succulents? Of course you do!
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LOL Not so much the plants. I think they’re rather unattractive things and I can’t keep them alive despite my repeated attempts. But hey… succulent I am. 🙂
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I like most succulents. My father was an avid grower of them. I have an aloe vera plant a friend gave me a few years ago. As for BEING a succulent, I definitely fit the criteria on that! Now before this gets any more erotic, reach out to me on my own blog and we can trade stories about our extraordinary succulence.
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LOL Of you can come read my blog.
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I will let you two continue this conversation….
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I’m Lady Grandview Cobbler of Gilchrist & Soames. I sound swanky, don’t I?
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Now that Royal name takes the cake, Ally! So your pet was called Grandview?
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Yes, my last sweet kitty cat was a stray I found in a neighborhood called Grandview, hence her name. But she went by Grandy to those who knew her best.
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Sweet!
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Lady Browny Rice of Diamonds.
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A healthy Royal name, with the connotations of Brown Rice, but then the Diamonds adds a regal touch. Well done, Lady Diamonds.
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Lady Joy Donut of Amazon 😀
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Who wouldn’t like your Royal Name, Lady Joy Donut? I am pleased to make your acquaintance. What part of the world are you from?
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Hi this is Maha from the city of Chennai in India 🇮🇳
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A big welcome to you!
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Thank you so much 😊
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You may refer to me as Lord Bowie Chocolate of Amazon, my dear friend
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Another Amazon Royal. There are a few from your “court” here Lord Bowie! Nice to meet you. Where are you from? I am in Australia.
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I come from the land of the Scots. Pleasure to meet you too!
(All jokes aside though, very nice post. Good for a little laugh haha. Had trouble choosing which of my pets to name myself after though!)
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Thanks so much, IanSlav. Comments are a bit part of blogging I think and something that can make folks laugh is even better. I like that you gave your royal name so much thought. I used my dog’s pedigree name!
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Lady Bowie Almond of ASOS
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I am partial to Almonds as well so I very much approve of your Royal Name Lady Bowie.
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Lord Dillion Grilled Cheese of Royal Thai haha
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I like the inclusive of grilled cheese mixed with Royal Thai, Lord Dillion. A novel and altogether unabashed Royal name! Good on you!
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You can call me Lord Zipper Banger of Beaverton! If you don’t want to, I can be approached with either Craig or Hey!
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Hi and Welcome to StPA, Craig, I mean: Lord Zipper Banger – Lord Banger is quite a humorous name. Hilarious!
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Lady No-Pet Fufu of Ross! 😂 just for fun! Or is’t Lady No-Pet Jollof of Nordstrom (or Nostradamus!)
Thanks for the laughs!
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Take your pick. Both names are enormously fun. Can you imagine signing something with such a name?
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😂😂 had a good laugh just thinking of it as my name/title!
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That is the fun part. And why I posted. Everyone needs a bit of silliness and a chuckle.
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I have the stillness; it’s the chuckles that I crave 😊 thanks it blessed me.
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Good to hear Thinktalk. Where are you from? I’m in Australia.
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Based in the US – thought my blogs reveal that.
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I will pop over to check out your blog
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👌🏾👍🏾
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Oh in taking my pick, I’ll take Lady No-Pet Jollof of Nordstrom. Will take the pleasure in explaining Jollof to every curious mind, and of course, you can find me at Nordstrom (or its Rack) window-shopping! 😊
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Nordstrom sounds like a Swedish shop and if so, I would be with you there shopping. I like the Lady No-pet – that is original. Have you never had pets?
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Never! As a child, I watched my brother fiercely bitten by a dog – we thought he wouldn’t survive it. Being scared of dogs since.
Didn’t know that Nordstrom is a Swedish name – now I do. Thanks
Let’s set a shopping spree day. I’m sure the store would love us for it! 😍 Enjoyed reading all the royal names – very creative.
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My mother told me, when she was about 6 years old and still living in México City, she and her older sister saw a Doberman attack a man and almost rip him to shreds. At that point, they developed an intense phobia of dogs, especially large dogs. Ironically, their family had a golden retriever at the same time. I even have a picture of my mother with that dog.
But, after my parents and I moved into a new house in 1972, they promised to get me a dog; a German shepherd in particular. My mother was willing to set aside her fears for my sake. We got the new puppy in June 1973 and named him Joshua (Josh). And he took a particular liking to my mother. He got very big very quickly, ultimately reaching about 100 lbs. (45 km). While he loved my mother, he also bent to her ever whim. She always joked, if he only knew that all he’d have to do was bark at her, she’d pass out.
A couple who lived next door to us (mid-1970s) had a large collie-mix who was pretty docile. Then they got – of all dogs – a Doberman. He eventually grew to the size of what looked like a colt and – as fate would have it – took a liking to my mother. Every time we visited them, that dog would hover around her. He was also one of those dogs who wouldn’t leave you alone the moment you petted him. LOL!
I understand, though, why you have a canine phobia. But trust me on this one: in general, dogs are only as aggressive as their owners allow. The miniature schnauzer I had until 2016 thought he was the size of that German shepherd! But that seems to be a common personality trait among smaller canines.
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“She always joked, if he only knew that all he’d have to do was bark at her, she’d pass out.” Lol that’s how I am. Can stand the small dogs but sometimes those get unnecessarily aggressive sometimes too. My kids, when they were younger, wanted one so bad. I told then that I couldn’t take care of them as well as have to worry about their dog especially when we’re out of town. One of them had one in college and I was okay with it as long as it doesn’t bark at me or get too friendly!
Thanks for sharing.
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Ironically, my aunt (who had witnessed that Doberman attack) got an Italian greyhound sometime in the early 1970s. That dog had a loud bark that would echo throughout the house and an equally loud, even stranger growl; it sounded like he was yodeling. My father joked it was because he was Italian; he would imitate the growl almost perfectly, which drove that dog insane!
My schnauzer had a tremendously vociferous bark that made him sound like a gigantic canine. It would also make my mother’s head hurt. And she’d tell him that! Of course, he would just respond with that doe-eyed puppy-dog look, so she couldn’t be mad at him.
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😆😎 that’s so funny!
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A common trait amongst Schnauzers! What an awful memory for your Mum. A dog attack is frightening for all concerned.
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They have been extremely creative names, thinktalk. The attack on your brother sounds devastating. My own two dogs were attacked by another dog some years back. It left me and my dogs terrified of that breed of dog forever.
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So you understand.
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But you must explain Jollof ThinkTalk.
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Sure Forestwood.
Jollof is a rice dish cooked in red sauce. It’s one of the special West African/Nigerian dishes. Kinda like Mexican rice, just more delicious 🤤. I feel that for those who have never heard it, the name, without adding “rice,” stirs curiosity. I posted the recipe; check it here
https://think-talk.org/blog-2/recipes/. Thanks for asking.
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I’m Lady Rusty Toast of Asda… pleased to meet you 😀
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Lady Rusty – we could have been twins in royal names. I had a pet called Rusty too. Was your Rusty a dog or cat?
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Ha ha, he was my first dog when I was a child
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Same here!!! We are twins!!! What breed? Surely not a Corgi?
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Hello twin 😀! Not the same breed though, my rusty was a cross between an Irish setter and a Boarder Collie.
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Ah – couldn’t be a Corgi – that would be too much of a coincidence. Having the Irish setter in the mix might be why you called him Rusty – did he have red in his coat?
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Yes it would have been too much of a coincidence 😀. He had a beautiful rusty red coat.
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He sounds lovely!
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Lord Sarah Oatmeal of Lidl 🤣. Now that sounds pretty royal to me
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Lady Sarah is often a royal name. Sarah Oatmeal… well still sounding quite aristocratic! Well done!
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Lord Bony Momo of Amazon 😆
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That is a fun name Rohul. Sounds legitimate.
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Lady Shikha Apple of Lidl. 😂
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Nice to meet you Lady Apple. Where in the world are you located? I am in Australia.
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Nice to meet you too. I am in UK. 😊
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Lady Zander Cheeseburger of the Deli 🤣🤣
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Lady Dixie Chicken of Fry’s.
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Lady Tiqui Chocolate-Icecream of Amazon.😂
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Oh that is a delicious Royal Name!
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This was interesting ☺️
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Glad you like it. I had hoped it would cause amusement.
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Lady Vincenzo Saltine of Amazon. 😂
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Lady Saltine! That is an awesome name. Like the salty nuance! Lol.
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A lot of people’s names turned out Really entertaining but.. I kind of like Vincenzo Saltine. I’ll have to make my family start calling me that. It was a fun idea and a much need distraction, thank you!
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So glad I could help. Lady V. Saltine!
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This post needs t-shirts. 😂
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Link to a shop where you can merchandise your royal name. Yes. What a good capitalist you are, Sheri.
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Anything can have merchandise these days. 😆
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Indeed it can
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Lord Jasper Grapes of Toymaster. Although, once the revolution comes, I shall be content to be plain old Jasper Grapes again.
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Maybe Lord Jasper alone will be better. Including grapes takes the gloss of the Toymaster inference. Lol..
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Fair enough. Lord Jasper of Toymaster it is then. 😉
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hehe! Good on ya, Lord Jasper.
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Lady Echo Lasagna of Thriftbooks. I don’t hate it. Might make it my screen name lol
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Lady Echo has a nice ring to it. Not sure about the thriftbooks part. Lol.
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Lady Blossom popcorn of Amazon. I’m having wine with the popcorn. Does that change the name? 🙂
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You can make it a hyphenated middle name if you so wish, my dear. I mean, Lady Blossom Wine-Popcorn of Amazon. The Amazon house name comes up a lot in this post! Lol.
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🙂
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Furthermore, Marlene if the English Royal family can be Sax-Coburg-Gotha before they changed it to Windsor, you could be Wine-Popocorn!
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Lady Loki Steak of Walgreens 😉
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A good meat eating royal name.
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