I've a Hong Kong based customer called Chew Kok On and when Mrs AlieN was at Swansea University, the Student Union president was called Richard Staines (and he had blue hair).
Oh and just remembered the names of two people at my school whose names raised a smile. Stafford Sparshot and Sheldon Dibley. A couple of years after I left I was in the local DIY store and there was a tannoy announcement "Could Stafford Sparshot please come to the Customer Services desk".
The girlfriends surname is Caunt, whenever we go anywhere she always books it in my name, actually think that's the only reason she agreed to marry me 🙂
Randy Farmer (from the US organisation)
Billy Hill – not funny untill you get an email from him where the system puts your last name first. I got emails from hillbilly!
Ulysses Colon III
Phuc Tran
Worked with a bloke on a nightmare project called Ewan Kerr (and he was the only decent bloke involved in the project).
A friend, before she was married, worked as a locum in Leith. Her maiden name was Jelly. "Dr Jelly fae Leith" – sounded like a Sunday Mail expose headline.
Used to work with an American called Dick Sander. Always bought a tear to my eye that one.
One of our suppliers has a Mike Hunt (and he likes to be called Mike). And they have a Japanese female employee caled Fukuoka.
And our email system at work uses first initial then surname. Brian Adcock was never funnier.
One of the policemen in Machynlleth was called Constable Peter Sargeant.
One of the undertakers in Aberystwyth was called David. Known as Dai the Death.
Mrs Ambrose went to school with Eta Laverty. I work in a school myself, and have taught a number of interesting names. loads of Kylies and Charlenes. Probably the best name was/ is Joe Blue Saphire Wild. A really good bloke who now works in theater.
In my school we had a Dorian Spackmann and a Bartley Mickelthwaite. The ents officer at Woolich Uni was a guy called Dick Cheese. I can remember going to the horse races as a kid and seeing one jockey called Peter Enis and another French one called M. Rudebastard.
Bought a truck in Houston from a guy called Randy Bishop.
Allegedly there is a plumber in Wanganui called Dwayne Pipe
As a kid I was in school with a kid called Steve Austin, we got into a scrape and the local constabulory got involved, they wouldnt believe that was his name. Said copper was very embarassed after taking him home and having it confirmed by his angry parents. (you may have to be an old git to understand the last bit)