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The houses at our school are named after Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Diana Spencer, who personally I feel doesn't deserve to be ranked alongside the others, and shouldn't be there. Also, why are there no scientists? They could have named a house after Stephen Hawkins, not only a towering figure, but also representing the disabled. And what about the arts? Shakespeare, perhaps?

Which five people would you choose?

Dalglish, Clapton, De Niro, Spock, Armstrong

(Kenny, Eric, Robert, Mr and Neil)

Oops, just noticed, no inspirational women in there. My bad.

Substitute Eric Clapton for Debbie Harry, after all she inspired millions of schoolboys in my day.

Kris Akabusi, Keith Chegwin, Rick Astley, Rod Hull and Neil "Razor" Ruddock.

You're not taking this seriously Mr North

I went to school in Newmarket. When I left, the Grammar school was disbanded and was amalgamated with the Secondary School to form a new comprehensive school. They called the houses Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. It would have been far more inspiring if they'd named them after some famous and successful Newmarket-bred horses, with glorious names such as Hyperion or Royal Palace, and I'm sure they could have come up with more really inspiring names, which might also have got them some sponsorship from the very wealthy racing community.

Many racehorses names are, of course, unsuitable. I've had fun here looking through the winners of the St Leger's and the 2000 and 1000 guineas. It wouldn't be done for a crowd of school kids to be rooting for "Saucy Sue" at an inter-house cricket match, or for the local MP to present the house prize to "Wollow".

>>Kris Akabusi, Keith Chegwin, Rick Astley, Rod Hull and Neil "Razor" Ruddock.

Yours is the silliest reply so far, and yet all the choices are more sensible than Diana.

In my days we had Clive (of India) Cook (captain) Rhodes (Cecil) & Wolf (kicked the Frenchies out of Canada) these were also associated with colours Red, Blue, Yellow & Green in that order. a very Colonial selection of course.

Strachan, Batty, McAllister, Speed, Chapman.

We had royal houses: Buckingham, Sandringham, Windsor and Balmoral. Very relevant for a bog standard comprehensive

Single sex schools have it easier, I think, because there's justification for going for all women or all men for the house names.

I'll have a think, because all that comes to mind is weather presenters. Fish, Giles, McGaskill and Kirkwood - it could work.

Mol

You could go with the rather uninspirational method my middle school used which was

North, South, East, West.... er... no wait..... North-East

:D


Another thought....

What your school needs is strong inspirational leaders

Hitler, Stalin, Atilla, Genghis, Mugabe

Balding (Clare), Brand (Jo), Bussell (Darcy), Berry (Mary), and Tereschkova (Valentina).

Paper, Rock, Scissors, Lizard, Spock.

What's that Mr 603 - no Bates?

Scott, Spock, Chekov, Sulu, Uruha

Well, it's a group that it racially, sexually, ethnically and xenologically diverse.


Geggs

Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Beans and Chips

This thread has actually got me crying with laughter. In the office, at work

Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub

"What's that Mr 603 - no Bates?"

Bates jokes. Not even once.

Rich, Bright, Lazy, Aggressive, and Cannon Fodder.