{"id":15333,"date":"2018-11-15T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=15333"},"modified":"2018-11-15T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T06:00:50","slug":"common-thursday-15th-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/15\/common-thursday-15th-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Common – Thursday 15th November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Common<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m common. Ok, not in the sense of there being more than one of me. Obviously, I\u2019m unique. Nor am I a common type of dog. As you know when I moved to England there were only ten of my breed here. Fair enough, there are over a hundred now, but that still doesn\u2019t make me common. It\u2019s a name thing. Again, not Einstein van de Tiendenschuur, my mother at least gave me a unique name. It\u2019s Alfie! Alfie it turns out is the most common name for a dog. Gone are Rex and Spot. The top names in order are Alfie, Charlie and Max. Now obviously, I could take it as a compliment and assume all the young Alfie\u2019s have been named after me, but that might be a little presumptuous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(all the details of the survey are below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It gets worse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The whole things gets worse when you realise that the most common names for girls are Bella, Poppy and Lola. What is my girlfriend\u2019s name? Bella. That makes us a very common couple of dogs. The others are giving me some stick. None of Shadow, Aristotle or Wilma appear in the top ten most common names. I think the world is a poorer place for that. You can never get enough Wilma\u2019s. Mind you, one Aristotle goes a very long way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honnigsv\u00e5g<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear people of Honnigsv\u00e5g, we\u2019re very sorry to note you are already down to less than three hours a day of daylight. That really can\u2019t be much fun. Can I suggest you either light a log fire and curl up in front of it for the next few months with a dog and a good book, or head south until things get better. We still have eight and a half hours if it helps and in Switzerland it\u2019s still more than nine and a quarter. Just a thought. PS \u2013 you\u2019re forecast to have rather more snow than us over the next couple of weeks too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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