jerkin4-10: I thought maybe its time to have a little fun...I know everyone has met someone with a funny name...I have 3 great ones...everyone please chime in...mine are... PETER TRAUMA...an assault weapons salesman DICK GLAZE...car salesman that worked for me at one time...I suggested that he go by RICHARD...RICK...RICKY...he wasnt having any DICK FITE...construction worker with a bad temper...
gushiggins: When I was in Kuwait, where you have to call someone by rank and last name, one of the officers I worked with was Major Stiffwood. Poor guy. They need to promote him, and fast. Other actual people I've met in the Army: Sergeant Slaughter, Specialist Specyal, and Sergeant Pepper. Have yet to meet a Colonel Ingus, though. -Z
prepstudinsc: Sometimes you have to wonder about what goes through parents' minds when they name their babies. It can mean a life of teasing and snickers behind the backs of the name holder. Although I'm sure it does help other people remember what that person's name is.
longtimelurker: An old friend of mine at school had a cousin whose first two names were Richard Edward. Now, just shorten those and see what you get!
Knew a girl named "Frosty" Box. I never took her temperature, though. Then there was Susie Pickle. A real sourpuss. Pecker (Sign at a dry cleaners: Drop you pants here!)
prepstudinsc: [quote author=Pecker link=board=meetgreet;num=1066313230;start=0#4 date=10/16/03 at 11:52:02]Knew a girl named "Frosty" Box. I never took her temperature, though. Then there was Susie Pickle. A real sourpuss. Pecker (Sign at a dry cleaners: Drop you pants here!) [/quote] I went to 8th grade with a girl named Candy Sauer (pronounced "sour".)
oldman9x7: I knew of two people who eventually had to have their telephones changed to "unlisted" because of the way their names appeared in the phonebook. They were: Dick Long and Peter Tenpound Poor guys. Gramps
da_blissmachine: John Raper... car salesman Harry Dickoff.. not kidding, don't know who he is but found him in the phone book looking for a Dickson
Javierdude22: Funny story, If I dig really deep into my high school history lessons I remember reading that, in the case of Holland at least, it was by decree of Napoleon (who conquered Holland around the beginnin of 1800) that everyone should have a last name, as most of the peasantry didn't. Napoleon wanted to register everything so he could have better oversight and control so everyone was obligated to give themselves a last name. As a consequence we have1 million people who are called Baker (cause it was their profession), an equal amount of people called Van Dyk (cause of the enormous amount of dykes we have) and other names directly derived from people's surroundings like van Duin (Dunes), van der Molen (from a mill), van Dam, or van der Plas (from a lake). Other people thought they were pretty funny by naming themselves: Love-ache, Dismay, Pee-a-lot, or flying heart. This all as a silent revolt to the invaders. And now we have a similar amount of people in therapy for traumatic childhoods... ... ;D
Dantesco: People I've actually met: Formica Dinette Sett Jenny Mae Pee Richard Head ("No you cant call me Dick.") Goneril Tester Doctor Doctor (hes a doctor!) Ruby Tuesday Eileen Dover By far the worst was, believe it or not, Neil Enblomey. He had it legally changed for obvious reasons.
I had a good friend whose last name was Snoddy (pronounced snow-dee.) He and his family had forever been correcting people who insisted on saying "Snotty". Then, after he started work on his family history, he discovered that a man named Snowden had come to America in the early 1800's and changed his name to Snoddy when he got here. Seems he was a fugitive from Scotland who succeeded in starting a whole new family line in America. My friend got together with his father and his brothers and they all went to court to have their family name changed back to Snowden. Another friend hasn't bothered to change his name, though, Fuzzy Lipschitz. Pecker (Sign on a hotel bar entrance: LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.)
jerkin4-10: funny joke about names...guy goes in front of the judge to get his name changed...says..judge..i have the worst name in the world...judge asks...whats your name?... guy replies...GEORGE SNOT!...the judge agrees and asks him what he would like to change his name to.... the guy sheepishly replies...JIM.... LMAO
Dickprint: I worked for an attorney in HS named Richards Sachs and he proudly answered the phone... "Dick Sachs here" (pronounced sacks)
biggbenn8: I know a Dr. Slaughter... worse yet- he is a psychiatrist... (can you imagine the paging? "Dr. Slaughter to psyche ward!")