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*must be somebody you know/knew not a friend of a friends friend - who you never actually saw.
My example is pretty pathetic:
Ben Dover
mike hunt, used to play rugby league for dewsbury, hunslet and huddersfield.
again?
girl at school called crystal ball.
Ivor Bighardon
Used to go dancing with him.
Used to work at MOD with a fella called Keith Burton
...used to make me s****
I knew an Emma Dale at uni ๐
Had a imaginary childhood friend called Phil McCavity
My girlfriend worked with a guy in the US called BUNNY CATCHER ๐
Siggy Schickendantz.
If you put "chicken" into the company phone book, she popped out. 'Tis a good name, rather than a funny one.
Miss Crappe
Jenny Taylor
Dusty Springfield Smith
Used to work with Rob Banks
Lad at school - 6f 7 at 15
Wesley Pratt
I went out with one asian girl for a while. Her name was Cam. It was obvious this was an abbreviation. Eventually she told me. Her name was Camelshite.
I met a German once called Hertz Von Rental
Went to School with a lass called Imogen Bottom.
My Dad's middle name was Os.
My middle name is Joost.
Not that uncommom from where I come from mind..
I work in Denmark and there's a guy here called Lars Hole.
I laugh every time I see him
Went to school with a Wayne Carr.
Work with a Mike Hunt.
Best i ever saw was the IBM guy, Randy Bender. Still makes me s****.
Shona Baird (works better with a Glasgow accent)
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Somebody with the surname Goodwillie - Honest!
When I was in recruitment, many years ago, I set up an interview between Miss Greathead and Miss Goodenough.
(they were both hot as hell!)
My aunty is called Gale Breeze ๐
Tenants son called Kuntal Sogi - there is no way of pronouncing it other than the obvious, I'm afraid.....
I know a Ms Goodenough (actually Dr)
Worked on a project with a bloke called Ewan Kerr. Really good bloke, but WHAT WERE HIS PARENTS THINKING?
Ok.
I know that nobody will believe this, but what I am about to say is true.
This topic comes up occasionally, and until now I have refrained from presenting my contribution for the aforementioned reason that it is unbelievable.
Last year while working at a jobcentre in London I was required to call out the name of a young Vietnamese gentleman who no doubt suffered under the name given to him by his loving parents, that name being...
Mr Dung Dong.
Let me reiterate, I don't care if you don't believe me. Go and look up Vietnamese names a few keystrokes away and then reconsider your scorn.
It prompted the thought though that common names such as "Dave", "John" and "Anthony" may be obscene in certain parts of the world.
Ex-wife used to work in a bank. Notable customer names that I can remember her telling me about... Iona Gunn, and a Mrs Shyght, or Shyte, not sure how it was spelled, but you get the picture. Made all the worse when she tried to say the customer's name without actually saying 'shite'. The customer apparently just sighed, and said 'its pronounced shite'.
Knew a sales rep Brian Hardon.
No prizes for guessing the knickname we gave him.
There used to be a Newsagents near me run by Roger Mashiter. It had his name above the door and everything.
How I s****ed.
Speaking to the SO about this she has told me that she was working on a project with the FSA and her project leader was
Mr I Crapp
and thinking about work names I get emails from
Nicholas Nicholas
what are parents thinking?
Richard Cramp
Teressa Green
teach david dave
I went to undertake some work at a bank and met the branch manager - a Mrs Anne Sillary.
I know a girl whose surname is Grocock. I'm not sure who has it worse, her or her brother.
There's a ford employee called Ora Love, what were they thinking!
One of the duty managers of Morrison's in Woking is a Mr Lee King. I saw his name badge once - does that count.
The RSPB bloke on the Today program on tuesday was a Mr Aviary.
[i]Ivor Bighardon
Used to go dancing with him
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I've danced with a Bighardon, perhaps we were in the same class?
Paul kew
Warren Partridge
Peter Beaglehole
i know a policeman called james bond
not that unusual until you find out his collar number is
1007.....
the person giving the numbers out must have had a sense of humour
Vicky Carott
Jessica Garlick
Andrew Leaf
Andrew Twigge Molesly
All went to the same school
I used to go to school with an american guy called steve knickerbocker.Also my dad used to work with a bloke called alec smellie.Another of my dad's collegues was a bloke called phil spark, he had a son called leccy! - yes honestly.
I work with Dave Cave. Brilliant name.
Some customers over the years: Mrs. P. Odur, Mr P. Enis (they lived opposite each other). Mr W. Anchor. Also know a couple of firemen called Mr Burns and Mr Crisp.
I was at poly with a lad called Paul Brain - peabrain if you prefer.
Some parents are either really mean or really dim...
My dad worked with an Arthur Arthurs.
Me. Stuart Christmas.
Try ordering a taxi in December...
PC Creasy, Inspector Bottom and today Dick Vidlar