FlyingNanook From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 830 posts, RR: 13 Posted (7 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2154 times:
Since my last topic here was a bit of a downer, I feel like lightening the mood. When I do the deposit at the bookstore where I work, I add the credit card tapes, and come across several funny last names. Here are a few of my favorites:
Aerobalance From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 4634 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2154 times:
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (7 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2094 times:
as a travel agent I used to see some great ones - particularly due to recent immigration where names that are perfectly fine in one culture just do not transplant well into another .... eg lovely Thai lady who came into our travel agency with her very sweet little 3 year old son called Wankit. I also had one client whose parents thought it was very funny to call her Carrie - what's so funny about Carrie , nothing.... unless your surname is Beehan ( say it fast and you'll get the idea ) . Even more astoundingly for those of you who like 'telephone' jokes there are actually people out there with names like Mike Hunt ( I'm not kidding ) .
Confession time : I am also extremely pleased that when my grandfather got my grandmother pregnant he did the decent thing and ran away rather than marrying her ... otherwise my surname would be "Wildgoose"
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RobertNL070 From Netherlands, joined Sep 2003, 4507 posts, RR: 10 Reply 6, posted (7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 2060 times:
Anyone familiarising theirselves with the works of Charles Dickens will encounter some very funny names.
Ebeneezer Scrooge, the miser who with the help of three ghosts redeems himself in A Christmas Carol.
Uriah Heep - not the British rock band, but a devious and fraudulent clerk in David Copperfield.
In The Pickwick Papers we meet Mr. Pickwick (after whom a brand of Dutch tea is named) and his three friends Mr. Winkle, Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Tupman.
Leafing through Bleak House you can chance upon a baronet, Sir Leicester Dedlock, a money lender by the name of Grandfather Smallweed and a hapless law clerk, Mr. Guppy.
Rossbaku From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 673 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 2026 times:
My dad's company flies in Thai workers to work in the Fabrication Shop, and I always remember there is one guy that comes over and his name is....(apolgies to the mods for this but it's someone name so technically it cannot be deleted).....
Richardnhsv From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 473 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2020 times:
While I was working at NW, we had a passenger named Phat Ho... (I'm not kidding)
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57AZ From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2550 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2007 times:
Here in Arizona, there is a fellow in the Phoenix area named FUN. That's his legal name which was changed when he lived in Texas. Evidently the folks at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles are more reasonable than our Arizona Department of Transportation as they had no problem issueing him a license. He got his license here but only after extra hassle froim ADOT.
"When a man runs on railroads over half of his lifetime he is fit for nothing else-and at times he don't know that."
ohhhh god it was so joked about in my school that no one could be as vindictive to call their child Eric with that surname. But there is! his parents must have hated him from day 1.
we now go live to our Eric shawn at the white house...
Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 54 Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1980 times:
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1969 times:
Quoting Jafa39 (Reply 13): My mate Phil Pulford changed his name to Philip Um Bongo shortly before he went backpacking around Africa....some people eh??
a bit like my old friend Dick Bastard who got fed up of being teased about his name ... so he changed it from Dick to Harry
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Motif1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1930 times:
A Gene Pool came to our infertility clinic to give … a donation.
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StuckinMAF From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1921 times:
My kid was taking swimming lessons and there was a mother of one of the other children there who appeared to be of Pakistani or Indian heritage (forgive me, I'm not very good at distinguishing people from that part of the world). Anyway, she kept calling one of her smaller children what sounded like "Junkie". Is that a common name for that part of the world? Was I just hearing the name wrong? If so, how is is spelled?
FRAspotter From United States of America, joined May 2004, 2316 posts, RR: 10 Reply 23, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1906 times:
There used to be a NASCAR driver by the name 'Dick' Trickle which is short for Richard Trickle. But for some reason he calls himself 'Dick' and not Richard...
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."
Smitten From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 91 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1890 times:
Knew a guy in school called
Eric Shin
Riley
25 Matt72033: know somebody with the surname cockburn! found that one amusing! lol
26 Gkirk: Richard Head, and everyone knows what Richard is shortened to, right?
27 StuckinMAF: There's a guy with a desk right outside my office door and his name is (no kidding), Michael Hunt. Some people call him "Mike" and say his first and l
29 Skidmarks: The ways of your demise get slower and ever more painful!!! Many years ago, I worked in Interline Revenue for BCAL. One of the cardinal rules of tick
30 Zippyjet: Two come to mind! No offense if I was stuck with these surnames, I'd change them lickety split. John Fugelslang: some non descript reality show host w
35 BHMBAGLOCK: When my son was born he was premature and we got to spend the better part of a month in the NICU and the most entertaining part of this was the names
36 Nancy: Dick Wacker - husband of a coworker Kao Dung - apparently they didn't tell him to change his name at immigration (he was from S.E. Asia)
37 ZKSUJ: I knew a girl named Apple and another named Purple. True!!!
38 LH526: There's a britsh last name "von kotze" .. in english it sounds well but in german that would be translated to "from puke/vomit" Mario LH526
39 777: Why should we search for funny names over there when we have such a great example here on A.net? The well known A.netter Pilot Kaz has a nickname that
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baronet, Sir Leicester Dedlock, a money lender by the name of Grandfather Smallweed and a hapless law clerk, Mr. Guppy.
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