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  • Unfortunate names
  • BlindMelon
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    Went to school with a Roger McCracken, as if that wasn't bad enough a few years later his younger brother Phil joined the school. I kid you not.

    Also used to work in travel and booked a Mick Dundee to Australia

    simonjf63
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    I used to work with a chap whose surname was Dick – he called his children
    Iona
    Shona
    Fabrizio (Fab)
    Their primary school encouraged him to use the mother's maiden name…..

    breatheeasy
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    Mmmm, used to work with a couple of guys called Dick Dipper and Reg Chicken.

    We used to have someone called Pinki Kok, but I think Wayne Kerr still works in one of the other offices.

    Skyliner
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    In my class at junior school we had a Mark Brown. Not funny, but how we laughed every day when the teacher read the register as 'Brown Mark'!! And he had to say 'Yes Miss'!

    swisstony
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    I'm a teacher and there's been a few funny ones but in one class this year there's a boy who's first name is Beckham and a girl who's first name is Princess Diana.

    Trimix
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    I worked with a bloke whos surname was "Loverseed" yuck.

    Also a chap told me he was glad he wasnt christend "Quentin". I asked why and he said because his surname was "Cumberpatch", so it would be "Q Cumberpatch".

    clunker
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    Went to school with a girl called Gaye Wally

    woffle
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    I know a Mr and Mrs Zapp and their daughters, the four Miss Zapps…

    True.

    fozzybear
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    best one is a IT guy i have to work with
    german fella

    gothard dickman!
    i kid you not.. i fired a mouthful of coffee over my monitor the first time i had a meeting with him,,

    allyharp
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    The Computer Science Department at Glasgow uni was a haven for unfortunate names

    There was a Dr Gay, a Dr Cockshott AND a Dr Manlove! Also a Prof. called Muffy Calder.

    http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/contacts/search.cfm?position=academic

    joe1983
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    My surname is head (but spelt slightly differently) so there are many comical variations. Luckily my parents were kind enough to avoid any obvious pitfalls like Richard, although my sister was nearly named Holly. Said sister has since married a guy with surname Williams, but being a modern (awkward) woman she took a double barrelled name with our surname first.

    Was shopping in Monsoon with her about two months ago, she reaches to her purse for her credit card with the name Mrs Head-Willi as they couldn't fit the whole thing on the card. I shit you not the whole shop knew about it by the time I had regained my composure. Admittedly probably funnier for me than you.

    shooterman
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    Once had to telephone a woman called Karen Fuchs. After much deliberation I pronounsed it ****.

    Used to have a GP called Dr Dick. His father worked in the same practice. My wife took fiendish delight in telling me she had big dick or wee dick when she had to visit the good doctors.

    Straightliner
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    Working for an American company, we've had a lot of fun looking through the corporate directory for the 'interesting' sounding ones.

    We've got a:
    Randy Stagg
    Rocky Mountain
    Fanny Tan
    Fanny Jaber
    Dick Hunter
    Chu Kok Sing
    Liki Li

    And of course I got friends to chip in with ones from their company's:
    Roger Cocks
    Richard Swallow
    Fanny Gooh
    Genghis Khan

    But for me, the all time favourite has been:
    Fanny Clitterini

    xcgb
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    Randy Bumgardener!

    stevemcnalls
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    We had a guy at University called Peter Ness doesn't seem to bad until

    P. Ness

    His brother was Alan

    wonnyj
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    There'a a lad on here who goes out with a Joy Bringer (who does meridas). More fortunate than unfortunate surely?

    cbike
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    Pocohontas MacGlinchy – Pollok

    Guess when she might have been born…If only it were an urban myth!!

    uplink
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    molgrips
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    My sister's surname is Pople. No problem here but it's German for bogey. As in the contents of your nose, not thing that wheels go on or enemey plane.

    Spaceman
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    There's a guy works for our head office in the states called Randy Ryder.

    My lass used to deal with a lady in china called Fanny Pad.

    My doctor when I lived in Leeds was called Dr P Iles

    I used to know an asian carpenter, Ahmed Ashed. (joke!)

    zarquon
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    Used to work with a Swiss guy called Hans Imoff. The Swiss dullards could never quite understand the snickering on behalf of the UK contingent….

    glenh
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    A friend of mine once met a guy called Dickon Horsey.

    JacksonPollock
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    Used to run the bar at my local golf club. There was quite a prolific golfer who used to win a lot of competitions called Michael Hunt.

    The M.C. at the prize presentations would always announce…"and the winner is…Mike Hunt"! 😈

    DustyLilac
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    In a previous job there was a Matt Rogers and a Guy Roughly, not really amusing in isolation, but they worked in the same department and their names appeared in the department role call alphabetically:

    Matt Rogers
    Guy Roughly

    miketually
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    A colleague used to work with a Bob Sole. He got mail addressed to Mr R Sole.

    steelytail
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    Locally to me there is a girl (probably a teenager or older now) called

    Pocahontas McGuinty.

    Goz
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    Our village milkmans name was richard head….we just called him dick.

    Pippalarge
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    Slightly off topic – but best cycle team name ever?

    Spotted at a race in Italy this year

    Lionheart
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    When I was a lad near Stoke, the bike shop was run by Eric Carless and the butcher was Roger Bull,

    Pippalarge
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    Back on topic…

    I worked with a lady called Wendy Ankers – all our name badges except hers included our surname and one initial, she got her full name for obvious reasons…

    Some (unverified) classics:

    Annette Curtain
    Hugh Jardon
    Duane Pipe

    And possibly the most unfortunate: Peter File

    Pippalarge
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    Ed Balls' sister is apparently called Orphelia

    tonyg2003
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    German company I worked for a couple of years ago (in your best Hello, Hello accent) Bernd Koch. Much backhanded sniggering amongst us juvenille brits.

    neilsonwheels
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    There was a lad in the local paper on an assult charge called……..

    Philip Micheal Hunt. I sh!t thee not.

    Class.

    timwillows
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    Used to know both a Jo king and a Jenny Tailor

    Airwolf
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    My favourite is someone my girlfriend used to work with called… wait for it…..

    Dick Raper

    Oh dear.

    stilltortoise
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    if you live in Buxton you may be fortunate enough to have your carpets fitted by Michael Hunt and your plumbing done by Paul Mycock. Titter titter 😆

    FoxyChick
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    I do think the chief of the health and safelty exec. has quite an unfortunate name… Justin McCracken! But at least it's not Philip!

    john_drummer
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    My sister went to school with Carmen Gentle

    and we had a Randy Rogers in our Tampa office until quite recently

    BigCol
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    At work we have Isabelle Ender.

    coolhandluke
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    Always wondered if there was a woman anywhere called Helen Back.

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