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Title: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Dave W on August 16, 2012, 08:05:09 AM
Being a boy named Sue would be pleasant compared to this (http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/08/15/jackmeoff-mudd-arrested-in-broward-county/)
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: gweimer on August 16, 2012, 08:56:32 AM
Ouch.  No kidding.  Among the names I've come across - Tom Shitts (someone at a company I worked for), and a co-worker knew a W.B. Darling.  His parents couldn't think of a name, and named him Welcome Baby Darling.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: chromium on August 16, 2012, 09:11:05 AM
"...but my friends just call me Jack"
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: TBird1958 on August 16, 2012, 09:16:22 AM



 Can I get a "reach around?"   ;D
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Post by: lowend1 on August 16, 2012, 12:22:36 PM
There is a real estate guy around here named Bud Prober...
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Post by: uwe on August 16, 2012, 01:31:40 PM
If I was him I'd form a band called Master Baitor's Perm.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Highlander on August 16, 2012, 02:02:54 PM
There are real people out there called Wayne King or Wayne Kerr...

I went to school with a girl called Therese Green and another with the surname Hoare but suffered with the phoenitic sound...

I know of two women with unusual "linked" names - one lady's birth surname was Sparrow, she married someone called Starling and when I lost contact she was about to marry into the name Hawk; more recently i was told of a Bird marrying a Parrot...

I knew an Australian couple (married) called Bruce and Sheila (honest to God) who (back in the '70s) had not heard of Monty Python...

I also knew a Gordon (who was a moron) who was going out with a Julie and for a few years lived next to a Wayne and Tracy (UK 80's humour).

I'm married to a Jackie who has a name synonymous with F1... luckily never pulled over for speeding...

I know a William Wallace who was pulled over one night and his girlfriend was Elizabeth Taylor - they were taken to a police station until their identities could be verified...

Oh yeah, and a Miss P Green...
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Big_Stu on August 16, 2012, 02:43:00 PM
When I was a kid there was a shop in a nearby town owned by a Mr "Robin Bastard".
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Highlander on August 16, 2012, 02:50:15 PM
There was a lecturer at my college back in the 70's that did his national service and came across a Sgt. B*st*rd who would force people to say his name properly, following it up with "B*st*rd by name, b*st*rd by nature!"

There's some pretty good Scottish slang Stu could come out with too... ;)
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Big_Stu on August 16, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
I only discovered this programme yesterday.........it's now into it's third series.
Hope the US guys can open it there, you may need subtitles activated..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAz_UvnUeuU&feature=related
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Dave W on August 16, 2012, 04:48:20 PM
A man I knew who was once regional manager of a supermarket chain had a store manager in his territory named Balzer Frison.

Some people have unfortunate last names, as in this headline. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/15/samsung_starts_patent_defence/) She should have called her doctor after four hours.  ;)
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: OldManC on August 16, 2012, 08:08:24 PM
My friend in England lived in a semi and loved hassling the neighbor with whom she shared a wall. His name? Les Dyke.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: nofi on August 17, 2012, 07:20:09 AM
this my good friend, brother in law and father of my god son. i hope this lessens the bit of guilt i feel for posting this. :)

http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/

Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Highlander on August 17, 2012, 01:25:55 PM
That has to be one of the best names I have ever heard in my life... 8)
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Dave W on August 17, 2012, 01:29:11 PM
Agreed, Ken. Made me think if Ivor Biggun, but that's a pseudonym.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: gweimer on August 17, 2012, 01:56:56 PM
“The Straiton Hard Steel Erection Company”.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: chromium on August 17, 2012, 02:00:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUc0eJlHNk
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Highlander on August 17, 2012, 02:57:35 PM
... Made me think if Ivor Biggun, but that's a pseudonym.

I've still got my (promo) badge... ;D

A village called Dull, in Perthshire, Scotland, was recently twinned with Boring in Oregon...

It was officially decided that the most embarrassing place name in britain is...

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/15/article-2188441-148C9D43000005DC-934_636x364.jpg)

Well, you guess...

My favourite named place has always been the "Pidley-cum-Fenton Social Club", in a small hamlet betwixt the villages of Pidley and Fenton, in Huntingdon/Cambridgshire borders area...

(http://pidleycumfentonpc.webs.com/photos/Pidley-cum-Fenton/village%20hall.jpg)

http://pidleycumfentonpc.webs.com/ (http://pidleycumfentonpc.webs.com/)

Oh yeah, and the Kilkenny Viewpoint in Gloucestershire... :o :o :o
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: gweimer on August 17, 2012, 03:13:35 PM
Then, there's this little burb in Michigan, not so very far from the Nuge's old home.

(http://jaymekohler.com/wp-content/uploads/mm/i/foundporn/climax-thumb.jpg)


When you drive up I-71 from Columbus to Cleveland, you pass a sign that says "Entering Wayne County".
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Highlander on August 17, 2012, 03:15:32 PM
I guess you need to be careful you don't overshoot the exit... ;)
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: Dave W on August 17, 2012, 03:46:00 PM
Well, now, if we're talking about towns, there are two small towns in northern Iowa off I-35, Manly and Fertile, home of the (probably apocryphal) wedding announcement, "Manly Man Marries Fertile Woman." They probably headed to Climax for their honeymoon.
Title: Re: No wonder he looks angry
Post by: gweimer on August 17, 2012, 04:49:12 PM
And wound up in another Michigan burg.

(http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/4/4/3/7/hell-michigan.jpg)