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Had contract meetings with a company who's auditors are Sitki Sukurer and Bumin Anal (both Turkish). How the hell do I keep a straight face when confronted with that? I would google it to check its not made up but I might trigger alarms.
they having you on?
are you being scammed?
facejacker?
I always struggled when talking to Wayne P. Kitkat.
I was account manager for a chap called Mr.W.Ankers once.
I also utterly lost it once when meeting an American colleague who quoted aloud from Oprah Winfrey during a meeting. I had to pretend that I was choking.
Genuine, written into the company annual reports and everything. I thought I did quite well not to fall off my chair.
deffo a wind up
went to school with Alison walley, and at work had dealings with a reginald Sole and Peter Ennis
at work had dealings with a reginald Sole and Peter Ennis
Similarly, I used to live across the road from Mark Barass.
Russell Sprout was my favorite.
I used to work with a bloke (part french) who was called Hugh Bollcohe, affectionately renamed 'big nads'
Had to ask for a guy on the phone called Ainars. No idea how to pronounce it properly or without making everyone around me laugh
Michael Hunt - never ever called Mike
Teressa Green - to be fair it was a married name
There was one lad Nicholas something or other
You'll be telling us about Nicholas Girlsshouldntclimbtrees next.
Carol Cokeglass, Mike Hunt and Mr Fiddler are just a few that I have come across recently... If I hadn't met them I'd have thought it was a piss take!
On reflection she may have bee Theresa wood but it was a result of marriage either way
Uren is quite a common surname in Belgium, pronounced OOREN.
Working in Hotels you got the best names:
Mr & Mrs Sowerbutts
Mr & Mrs De'ath - yeah right.
Tony Cocaine
Dracula Chang
Met Willie Fiddler at uni
Just googled bumin anal, and he's not lying its a genuine Turkish name 😀
When I worked in a Uni library we had calling at the front desk:
Richard Head
John Thomas
John was a huge big guy from Papua New Guinea so I had no trouble keeping a straight face, fear saw to that.
I used to work with James bond at work
He was a police officer
Guess what his collar number was
Used to know someone called Ian Mycock, his mothers first name was Pat!
Not rude but funny none the less: Dickon Horsey
There used to be a contractor that sat in the office I'd sometimes frequent called Richard Fiddler. The problem was he preferred to be called Dick.
Absolute genius 😀
It turns out Amegashitsie is a real surname, this despite Deed Poll.
As a teenager a great source of amusement for me was the Crimewatch credits, which included one Dick Pull.
My dad worked with Anthony (Tony) De'ath, and I used to have a guy called Des Lillycrap and a client, used to know John (Johnny) Fiddler and an old work colleague was adamant he went to school with Nesta Crows.
There was a Hammond Pickles in the ex's family somewhere - none of the miserable buggers thought it was remotely amusing though.
Used to deal with a guy called Genius in China. Sadly for comedy he was actually quite clever.
Des Lillycrap
Christopher Lillicrap used to present a kids TV show back in the 80s, some Jackanory rip-off or other.
There was a Hammond Pickles in the ex's family somewhere
Tremendous.
our old (french) french teacher was Miss Patricia Nuss.. yet she always insisted on signing her name "Miss P. Nuss".
i had to deal with a guy called Jürgen Bleibinhaus. his surname: stay-in-haus
Used to call Edinburgh Zoo and ask for Mr C Lion when I was a kid,, ohhh how we laughed.
Mr & Mrs De'ath
I used to know someone called andy de'ath. An utter ****er if ever there was one.
old workmate called campbell baxter, nickname was two soups 🙂
My brother in law is called Chris Peacock, I'm hoping they have a son and call him Drew 😆
Worked with a Tracy E Acup.
Also an Ailsa Craig (small island off the Ayrshire coast).
Once introduced to an Architect called Mr Croch who insisted we call him Dickie !
Another colleague called Mrs Kerr had a son Joseph. But of course, shortened to Joe.
And finally, a customer wearing a celtic FC top. Ask him for his name, and inevitably it's....Walter Smith.
Mrs Kerr had a son Joseph
Not Wayne, then. Or Juan.
Claimant at work had a son called Kuntal Sogi - referred to only as "your son" when I met him..... 😳
Year below me at school had a Mycock and a Hardon.
Year above me had a cracker called Teresa Green
I worked at the beeb in a previous life with John Wayne, Pete Townsend and Michael Jackson.
Sorry for being thick but why is Teresa Green funny? Or are we just listing any old name now? 🙂
Trees Are Green.
Good god man, my gran used to tell that joke, and she's been dead twenty years.
That qualifies as a joke? Crikey some people are easily amused. 😐
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