Hilarious names - Page 4

lookout123 · 07-14-2005, 01:40 PM

Homer and Marge were my wife's grandparents. unfortunately they weren't simpsons.

Queen of the Ryche · 07-14-2005, 01:47 PM

How could I forget a friends parents, Richard and Bonnie Jean. They had personalized license plates, "DAD DICK" and "MOM BJ". The kids had them get them changed real quick-like.

Clodfobble · 07-14-2005, 05:21 PM

I was just reminded of a girl I knew in college... Honey Goodenough. It was pronounced just as if it were two words.

Guyute · 07-14-2005, 08:30 PM

From Grade 8 to Grade 12 (toughest 9 years of my life, har har), I had two classmates:

Michael Jackson, and
Tina Turner.

They were both white.

In my fraternity was an alumnus named Peter Parker.

footfootfoot · 07-14-2005, 08:36 PM

Working as a clerk in a photo lab, a customer came in and dropped off film.
"glossy or matt?"
"Name?"

Sara Grewcock.

I lost it. She was pissed, but seemed that I wasn't the first.

At another job w/ a mail order co. we kept a list of fun names, two I remember were Dutch Fluck and Linda Lustgarden.

I knew a Funkhouser

xoxoxoBruce · 07-14-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Articrono

My friend works data entry, and he comes across alot of names. Some of them he's given to me:
~~snip~~

A guy from my High School class was working on a computer system for a hospital while a student at MIT. He made up a couple hundred normal sounding names to debug the software.
When they implemented it he couldn't believe the names of the real patients that went into it. Half of them sounded nonsensical.

Clodfobble · 07-14-2005, 10:13 PM

Damn, footfootfoot, you've reminded me of another.

An old coworker of mine was named Brandon Adcock. Which wasn't SO bad--except our work emails followed the standard pattern of first-initial-last-name, which made his email badcock.

He was a really shy, nice guy too. I always felt bad typing it.

melidasaur · 07-14-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Damn, footfootfoot, you've reminded me of another.

An old coworker of mine was named Brandon Adcock. Which wasn't SO bad--except our work emails followed the standard pattern of first-initial-last-name, which made his email badcock.

He was a really shy, nice guy too. I always felt bad typing it.

I got into the habit of calling some people by their email aliases... so I may have called Brandon badcock... but only if I knew he could take it. If he was nice, I probably wouldn't. I was lucky because my email alias was my first name.

footfootfoot · 07-14-2005, 10:56 PM

Badcock!

NO Biscuit!

A tangent: I had a bunch of bumper stickers that said "bad cop, no donut" I was not reckless enough to use them, but gave tehm to friends who were cops and they loved them.

The whole BAD XXXXX, NO biscuit thing has been stuck in my head for a while.

dar512 · 07-15-2005, 12:11 AM

Reminds me of another one. I went to school with Renee Gorges (pronounced 'gorgeous'). She was too.

BrianR · 07-15-2005, 08:14 AM

I used to do medical research and phoning.

I once ran across a Dr Nutt. Occupation? Psychiatrist.

On a related note, I also once called a psychiatrist, normal name but had the most INTERESTING answering machine message...

It was his voice, calm and relaxed. He described a beautiful beach, blue ocean, calm breeze, with ocean sounds playing in the background. Then he said that he was on vacation and would return next week. From Aruba. I had to share that one with the other slaves. We all took turns calling that whenever we felt stressed.

I, of course, had to leave a message thanking him for the calming message and told him that I called whenever I felt too stressed out. This with the noisy background and the usual office hustle and bustle so he could hear THAT. Sometimes I'm ashamed of myself.

Brian

dar512 · 07-15-2005, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

I used to do medical research and phoning.

I once ran across a Dr Nutt. Occupation? Psychiatrist.

So his clients, by definition, were Nutt-cases. Right?

glatt · 07-15-2005, 11:02 AM

I just had a thought. Do people with funny names get bummed out when they do Google vanity searches and see threads like this in the results?

Lady Sidhe · 07-15-2005, 12:11 PM

I went to a parochial school once, and our principal's name was Michael Jackson. He was white, too...incidentally, he hated MJ, and even suspended a couple of kids who talked about him (this was in 7th grade, when MJ was kinda popular). He went by Mike Jackson....

BigV · 07-15-2005, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Damn, footfootfoot, you've reminded me of another.

An old coworker of mine was named Brandon Adcock. Which wasn't SO bad--except our work emails followed the standard pattern of first-initial-last-name, which made his email badcock.

He was a really shy, nice guy too. I always felt bad typing it.

That's a common naming convention, one I've used over the years. Deviation from the convention makes it less consistent and therefore less useful, however, once I made the executive decision to include the middle initial in Pamela Hart's email address.

07-14-2005, 01:40 PM	#46
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Homer and Marge were my wife's grandparents. unfortunately they weren't simpsons. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-14-2005, 01:47 PM	#47
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	How could I forget a friends parents, Richard and Bonnie Jean. They had personalized license plates, "DAD DICK" and "MOM BJ". The kids had them get them changed real quick-like. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-14-2005, 08:30 PM	#49
Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	From Grade 8 to Grade 12 (toughest 9 years of my life, har har), I had two classmates: Michael Jackson, and Tina Turner. They were both white. In my fraternity was an alumnus named Peter Parker. __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

07-14-2005, 08:36 PM	#50
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Working as a clerk in a photo lab, a customer came in and dropped off film. "glossy or matt?" "Name?" Sara Grewcock. I lost it. She was pissed, but seemed that I wasn't the first. At another job w/ a mail order co. we kept a list of fun names, two I remember were Dutch Fluck and Linda Lustgarden. I knew a Funkhouser __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-14-2005, 10:56 PM	#54
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Badcock! NO Biscuit! A tangent: I had a bunch of bumper stickers that said "bad cop, no donut" I was not reckless enough to use them, but gave tehm to friends who were cops and they loved them. The whole BAD XXXXX, NO biscuit thing has been stuck in my head for a while. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-14-2005, 05:21 PM	#48
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I was just reminded of a girl I knew in college... Honey Goodenough. It was pronounced just as if it were two words.

07-14-2005, 10:13 PM	#52
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Damn, footfootfoot, you've reminded me of another. An old coworker of mine was named Brandon Adcock. Which wasn't SO bad--except our work emails followed the standard pattern of first-initial-last-name, which made his email badcock. He was a really shy, nice guy too. I always felt bad typing it.

07-15-2005, 12:11 AM	#55
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Reminds me of another one. I went to school with Renee Gorges (pronounced 'gorgeous'). She was too. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-15-2005, 08:14 AM	#56
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I used to do medical research and phoning. I once ran across a Dr Nutt. Occupation? Psychiatrist. On a related note, I also once called a psychiatrist, normal name but had the most INTERESTING answering machine message... It was his voice, calm and relaxed. He described a beautiful beach, blue ocean, calm breeze, with ocean sounds playing in the background. Then he said that he was on vacation and would return next week. From Aruba. I had to share that one with the other slaves. We all took turns calling that whenever we felt stressed. I, of course, had to leave a message thanking him for the calming message and told him that I called whenever I felt too stressed out. This with the noisy background and the usual office hustle and bustle so he could hear THAT. Sometimes I'm ashamed of myself. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

07-15-2005, 11:02 AM	#58
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just had a thought. Do people with funny names get bummed out when they do Google vanity searches and see threads like this in the results?

07-15-2005, 12:11 PM	#59
Lady Sidhe That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hammond, La. Posts: 978	I went to a parochial school once, and our principal's name was Michael Jackson. He was white, too...incidentally, he hated MJ, and even suspended a couple of kids who talked about him (this was in 7th grade, when MJ was kinda popular). He went by Mike Jackson.... __________________ My free will...I never leave home without it. --House Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. -Rita Rudner

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