£20 notes
I went to primary school with a little turd called Tom. The sort of kid who chewed with his mouth open and wiped his nose on his hand. He and his brother Rupert (yes, really) were about as spoiled as they come. He used to pick on my friend Lucy (who has beautiful red hair) for being ginger, despite him and his whole family being as ginger as the f'ing Weasleys, only he would claim it was 'strawberry blond'.
As the school bully once pointed out, "There's no such thing as 'strawberry blond', only gingers who won't admit it"

Anyway, one day his Mum comes in to school to help out with something and I over-hear her say, quite proudly, "Well, I came here armed with a £20 note, but it was soon whisked away from me".
This was c. 1996 FFS. She'd given them a TWENTY to spend on sweets at the Post Office.
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:47, 9 replies)

Names
There is nothing wrong with the name Rupert. The kid would still be an arse were he called Kevin.

I like my name, and I get pretty sick of the reverse snobbery pointed my way because my name is Rupert and I talk properly.
(RooRooRasputin Lover of the Russian Queen, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:25, closed)

I didn't mean it like that
Sorry duckie, I didn't mean to disrespect your name, it's just y'know not very common, so people might not have believed that there are any actual real Ruperts out there.
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:53, closed)

Ruperts
I found out today (through some 'find the email of anyone' tool) that at my uni of around 8000 people there are just 5 Ruperts. That does make me feel quite special. I forget that in most parts of the country it is a rare, perhaps slightly odd name choice, I'm used to it being fairly normal amongst Emerald, Tarquin, Murad and Danae.
(RooRooRasputin Lover of the Russian Queen, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 19:44, closed)

Emerald? Really?
I just checked my university e-mail, 13 Ruperts out of 7200 students, so pretty rare up here too.
It beats having the most common girls' name of 1986.
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 20:01, closed)

hear hear!
I too am a proud Rupert, I never feel like its a strange name, I mean, everyone knows Rupert the Bear.

Pleased to meet you
(Roopy all is not what it seams, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 20:29, closed)

Danae?
sounds like someone's parents were really into greek mythology
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 21:29, closed)

Well
She is Greek, so it's not that amazing. But it is just an example of the rather more 'different' names than mine.
(RooRooRasputin Lover of the Russian Queen, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 0:30, closed)

well, that explains it
at least they didn't call her medusa.
or cassandra.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 23:56, closed)

Never mind 1996; that's a nuts amount for sweeties even now.

( Bob Todd whee, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:44, closed)