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hold on a second the Germans are calling it gunter and we’re calling it rachel , in the last 10 years she must have left ross again and finally given gunter a chance
It feels more like a Gunter.
It’s it called Rachel because it’s a bit
Nippley out ???
Genius!
We were on a break
False advertising – Article contains no further images of a young hot Jennifer Aniston.
I prefer the current older hot Jennifer Aniston
Both are more than excepable.
Didnt like her at all till i seen Horrible Bosses.
Very low standards if you consider her hot lads.
She has the face of a man for heaven’s sake!!!! Her nickname is Maniston!
They name storms after females because when they come its wet & wild but when they leave they take the car and the house with them!!
#Moniker Gailer is genius!
Why can’t the storm names ever be badass to instill the fear
and magnitude of the impending storm into you?
- “Storm Rachel is coming in across the land”
- “Oh, I’ll go out and have a goo and see how she’s cutting”
Whereas, if
“Storm Beelzebub was charging in from the sea”, or “Storm Chucky”, or “Storm Hannibal”
That’d frighten the bejaysus out of ye to go near the door and windows!
Or Storm Benjamin!!!
Storm Hartman.
Rachel can blow me anyday. I don’t mind really.
Sucks for Jennifer Aniston, she didn’t get nominated for an Oscar for her “Cake” film she has been around the world promoting and now she has memes everywhere #stormrachel
I’m just calling it a storm/dirty day
I’m not cool enough to name it.
I would of called it Joan tho!!
Ah Glen! I come back after two months to see you still haven’t grown up…
Ah Glen! I come back after two months to see you still haven’t grown up..
And I see after two months of therapy you still have stuttering issues.
Nah, I just like repeating myself..
Can’t wait for Storm Tia …………cup
They called the storm Rachel because Sinead was away on holidays
Unless I am very much mistaken, this storm was called ‘Hermann’ in Germany …
WHEN A MAN AND A WOMAN LOVE EACH OTHER etc etc, That is where she is from, lol.
have your say