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The Christian O’Connell Show

MINI: Best Of The Name Game

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Comedy, Music Interviews, Music, Comedy Interviews

4.7823 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It’s our new favourite game of the year! If you have a name that’s a pain, a name that you always need to explain – then this is the game for you. I know you’re screaming the answer at the speakers while we’re playing, and whether we get them or they go over our heads we have so much fun with it every week. Enjoy!  

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0:00.0

Christian.

0:01.2

Welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

0:04.4

We call this the name game.

0:08.4

Many of you listen right now, we'll have one of those names.

0:11.9

That actually is slightly problematic for you,

0:14.1

wherever you call, you always have to explain an easy way in one line what the name is.

0:20.1

Say, for example, your surname is Skywalker.

0:24.4

This is hypothetical, obviously. I don't know, maybe there are some Star Wars nerds out there who've

0:28.0

actually done this. But anyway, and the person would go, excuse me, excuse me, Skywalker, and you go,

0:33.5

yes, as in Luke. That's what we call it, the name game as in.

0:37.9

If you've got one of those names where you actually have one line now,

0:41.2

you always say to people so they can translate, understand what your name is.

0:45.1

You tell us what that one line is.

0:46.5

Me, Jack and perhaps try and guess what your name is.

0:48.8

So if it was, you'd come on and go, as in Luke, we would race each other to say,

0:53.1

Luke Skywalker, that's the name game.

0:55.9

We remember this?

0:56.8

Yes, I love this game.

0:58.2

It's been a while.

0:59.2

Let's just remind us how some of the ones we've had before.

1:01.5

My name is my surname, as in Sheets, not the hotel.

1:07.0

As in Sheet or Cheat?

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