Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: WezV on August 18, 2008, 10:36:04 PM
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i was reading this:
http://timesonline.typepad.com/alphamummy/2008/07/20-strangest-ba.html
and it got me thinking about the names of people i have met that really made me laugh
i went school with a guy called Chris King who had a sister called Jo.
at the same school was a girl called Isla White
i currently work with a jennifer who insists on being called jennie. Last name taylor :lol:
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A. Pratt
definately not a good one.
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LOL Isla White!!! :lol:
Our bassist's surname is "Condon" which is the subject of many a jibe! :lol:
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Jennifer Taylor... Jennie Furtail...er? Jinnie for taler? I don't get it. :/
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just say it to yourself a few more times... you will get there
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Jennifer Taylor... Jennie Furtail...er? Jinnie for taler? I don't get it. :/
Not Jennifer Taylor - Jennie Taylor....
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I don't get it either =(
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genital-er ? I dont really know what the er has to do with it though :lol:
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Oh right...
lmao, I was thinking Jennifer :p
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there was a genna taylor in the comments on the article that suddenly made me realise how funny jennies name might be, i wonder if she knows... i might have to point it out to her when i go back work in a couple of weeks
i was trying to avoid putting her name incase she happens to google herself but a quick look brings up many people with that name
not like my wonderfull unique name
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At my middle school, there were twins in the year above, Andrew and Peter Ness. Both were keen cricketers, imagine how their names read on the scoreboard...
There was also a lab technician called Roger A.(ndrew) Gay. I shite you not.
I also knew a guy called Nakha Giovanne, which cracks me up every time.
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The only amusing name I've known was a doctor called Dr Pratt. Its not even that funny compared to some of these.
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Not Jennifer Taylor - Jennie Taylor....
Oh right. You see, I assumed Jennifer would spell something funky so she chose to call herself Jennie.
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We have a Korean contact in work called Wi-Don Yu. I may have spelled it wrong.
I'm still struggling with Nakha Giovanne. Knackered your van? This is like trying to see those Magic Eye pictures!
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Knackered your van?
Yup. Random I know, but it always made me chuckle.
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We have a Korean contact in work called Wi-Don Yu. I may have spelled it wrong.
Similar to the 10th century Korean emperor and founder of the Goryeo dynasty - Wang Kon.
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Did he have a brother called Wang Koff
Kid I knew called Richard Cox
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Can't beat my old music teacher at school- Miss Bogey. I'm being serious too. Mrs Dick didn't have a hard enough time of it, bloody slave driving maths teacher...
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My father works for a man with the name Richard William Phillis.
I wish he had simon as a second middle name.
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When I worked for the Daily Mirror there was a racing correspondant called Richard Hunter.
Unfortunitely he really did insist of using the shortened version of Richard as his name.
It is really disconcerting when the phone rings and you hear the words "Dick Hunter here !"
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There was a Richard Head at my junior school. By all accounts he was, too...
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"..I have a very great friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus!"
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"..I have a very great friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus!"
:D :D :D
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he has a wife, you know..
:P
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he has a wife, you know..
:P
You know what she's called? She's called... 'Incontinentia'...
Incontinentia Buttocks
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:lol:
I think I'm going to have to watch my Monty Python boxset later thanks to this!
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I was thinking the exact same xD
Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
$%&# off! We're the People's Front of Judea
I am NOT the Messiah!
I say you are Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few.
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:lol:
He is not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Youre bloody nicked mate!
So many good lines in that film.
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I did know a young lad at school who had the same last name as me (Stead) & his 1st name.....you guessed it...Justin
Bet his parents thought they were funny that day
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genital-er ? I dont really know what the er has to do with it though :lol:
Genitalia you plum! As in, plural of genital! :lol:
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There was a Richard Head at my junior school. By all accounts he was, too...
i think my dad knew a richard head at school...
:lol:
at university, we had a lecturer called Dr Hu...
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I also knew a Richard Heady :P
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genital-er ? I dont really know what the er has to do with it though :lol:
Genitalia you plum! As in, plural of genital! :lol:
Talia doesnt sound like taylor though :P
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stop trying to take the fun out of this tom :P :wink:
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I can't come up with any funny names but I worked for a company that used a computer system that allocated references based upon the first two letters of the surname of a client and then the initials. All was going well until we had a client called Mr N T Cunningham. Trouble is, no-one seemed to notice until a letter had gone out with the reference on it.The system was hurriedly amended.
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At my school there was a girl called Demis Howsyourmicheal well thats how it was pronounced I'm not sure of the Greek spelling!
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My friend went to the same school as a Lorna Moor. ( with a name like that I expect she became an alcoholic and was half cut most of the time 8))
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Hmm.
I was born at the tail end of the seventies. My parents called me Damien. Cheers, Ma and Da!
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i have also come across quite a few people with famous names and they always make me laugh. back when i was at school we had a Daly Thompson
students i have met in the last few years working at a school include a Harrison Ford and a Carl Marks
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I know someone called Adam Clayton but I didnt realise until a teacher pointed it out that he shared the name of the bassist in U2 :lol:
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I once knew a young fella whose overly republican and stupid parents had named him "Glasbánisoir", a concatenated version of "Glas, Bán agus Oir", or green, white and gold, for what they thought the colours of the Irish flag were.
Pointing out that the name, rendered as one word, meant nothing was unwelcome. Pointing out that the last stripe on the Irish flag is orange went even worse, and finally explaining that everyone was destined to call thier son "Glassblower" for the rest of his days eventually had me asked to leave the house.
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I can't come up with any funny names but I worked for a company that used a computer system that allocated references based upon the first two letters of the surname of a client and then the initials. All was going well until we had a client called Mr N T Cunningham. Trouble is, no-one seemed to notice until a letter had gone out with the reference on it.The system was hurriedly amended.
:lol:
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I used to work with a guy called Richard Head, and he used to ask everyone to call him Dick! This was many years ago before the dickhead phrase was used in the UK, but we were a multinational company and seeing the reaction of the Americans was always a gem.
I also used to work with a woman called Eleanor Krapohl (for all of you who don't know the last name is pronounced krap-ole). There were many brown hatter jokes going around when her name was mentioned!!
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I can't come up with any funny names but I worked for a company that used a computer system that allocated references based upon the first two letters of the surname of a client and then the initials. All was going well until we had a client called Mr N T Cunningham. Trouble is, no-one seemed to notice until a letter had gone out with the reference on it.The system was hurriedly amended.
We have one of those at our place - one of the Toronto administrators set the user up. His name was Kingsley Wang.
Logon account was WanKing.
Larf? Did I!
Mark.
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I can't come up with any funny names but I worked for a company that used a computer system that allocated references based upon the first two letters of the surname of a client and then the initials. All was going well until we had a client called Mr N T Cunningham. Trouble is, no-one seemed to notice until a letter had gone out with the reference on it.The system was hurriedly amended.
We have one of those at our place - one of the Toronto administrators set the user up. His name was Kingsley Wang.
Logon account was WanKing.
Larf? Did I!
Mark.
I've been trying to remember all day the anecdote my brother told me about. His firm had dealings with a Dutch guy by the name of Anker (yes, spelled like that!). You can guess what his first initial was!
Also, I was reminded of a rather unfortunately named, although very well respected co-author of a lot of crystallography software. He goes by the name of Alexei Vagin, and for those who don't know how scientific journals work, almost all the papers with his name on (and indeed references authorship within programs) have Vagin A. in the author list.
Yes, I am that purile :)
Roo
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I knew a Kris Cross at school, two full brothers both named Michael (which isn't so much nastiness as a flat out lack of imagination) and my ma has a pal called Daisy Cheyne, albiet through marriage.
The winner however though;
A chap with the surname Raper. Not fortunate by any means but coupled with the first name...This man is from Glasgow, born and bred, bears that surname and his parents still decided to call him...
Wayne. The horrible, horrible people.
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There's so many of these I don't get... must be a language thing. Or I'm just stupid.
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There's so many of these I don't get... must be a language thing. Or I'm just stupid.
you had better check with us lot before you pick any kids names :wink:
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I dont get Wayne Raper, is it meant to be some kind of funny play on words or just a really shite name?
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I dont get Wayne Raper, is it meant to be some kind of funny play on words or just a really shitee name?
Wain means baby/infant/child in the West of Scotland.
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^ I needed that explanation too. In Scotland, any word can mean anything.
I came across this site. Don't know how many are real but it should provide some chuckles:
http://www.ethanwiner.com/funnames.html
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Oh.. that IS really $%&#ing cruel then :lol:
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I dont get Wayne Raper, is it meant to be some kind of funny play on words or just a really shiteee name?
Wain means baby/infant/child in the West of Scotland.
I missed that one too, although I'd have realised straight away if I'd heard it in a Scots accent.
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The guy who used to own my house was called Abraham Frank Earnest Death (pronounced 'Deeth')
but on paper, A Frank Earnest Death is pretty fugging awesome 8)
Oh yeah, and my girlfriend, Sami Reeve... her Dad's name is Steve :lol:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7522952.stm
I think this girl might have some of you beat.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7522952.stm
I think this girl might have some of you beat.
I'd love the name Number 16 Bus Shelter.
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Maybe they wanted to name her after the place she was conceived.
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I went to school with a kid named Ben Dover. No kidding.
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I've had to see a brain for some scans. Thankfully I was all clear.
He was called Doctor Dick
The irony was I thought he was a complete tw*t
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I went to school with a kid named Ben Dover. No kidding.
As long as you didn't have a Phil McCavity he should have been safe!!!
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I went to school with a kid named Ben Dover. No kidding.
As long as you didn't have a Phil McCavity he should have been safe!!!
:lol:
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In about 6 weeks we are going to have our first child and we are struggling for boys names...my wife isn't keen on (for instance) Andrew Christopher David which i think would be well cool, but i may not be taking the responsibility seriously enough! (il˙ti...you have to put the acronym together :) )
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I went to school with a kid named Ben Dover. No kidding.
As long as you didn't have a Phil McCavity he should have been safe!!!
:lol:
Or his cousin Phil McKrackin
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^ I did know a guy called Phil McCann
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I hope he doesn't have a friend called Ben Doone!
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No, but he has two very close friends called Maurice Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzmaurice.
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My Dad used to make me laugh.I knew a guy with the surname Fitzgerald. The old guy always used to say" What fits me Fitzgerald" He isn't well at the moment and I keep thinking of these little sayings he used to have.
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I did know a Brian Hunt, not so strange but his brothers name was Colin.
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There was someone in my class called Sam, last name Allc--k. Apparantly he was named after his grandad.
Poor Bas**rd.
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Ah ofcourse. I had a S(a)mAllc--k in my class too
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I once worked with a guy called Mike Hunt (no kidding) - how do you do that one in front of a customer and keep a straight face?
Gary/Phil Neville's Dad is called Neville Neville
We have a Dutch guy in our company called Kok Stoffer - Hunter probably can't see the joke there! ;-)
I like the old rule of thumb when naming a child - imagine standing at the front door and you have to yell the kid's name out loud to call them in for tea. If it sounds stupid, then it probably is!!
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I once worked with a guy called Mike Hunt (no kidding) - how do you do that one in front of a customer and keep a straight face?
Wasn't there a Mike Hunt in Radio Active? (As well as a Mike Stand) [Yes, and also an Anna Daptor]
And, of course, I must mention the electronic company Wayne Kerr...
Come to think of it, I always think of Jimmy Carr as Juan... :)
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Someone in my year is called Andy Blackman (ask me if you don't get it)
Anyone watching the worlds strictest parents soon?
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I once worked with a guy called Mike Hunt (no kidding) - how do you do that one in front of a customer and keep a straight face?
My sister once had a sordid little affair with a "my wife doesn't understand me" married man called Mike (meeting up in a hotel for a quickie at lunchtime, that kind of thing...). Never found out his real surname, but we always referred to him as Mr Hunt.
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I work in a University which has a large intake of foreign students each year a lot of whom are from the far east. Now the thing is to feel western a lot of Chinese like to take a western first name, each year we get some classics but my favorite two ever were......
Milky Wong
Fanny Shum
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I almost felt sorry for Ivana Trump
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I once worked with a guy called Mike Hunt (no kidding) - how do you do that one in front of a customer and keep a straight face?
I'm guessing "Mike" is a limey slang for something. :/
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Do you really need it spelling out for you? :lol:
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I get Mike Stand, but I don't get My Cu... ohhhh right, there we go.
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Doh!
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I really don't see the point of all this nonsense,
Yours sincerely,
Drew Peac--k.
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Find the funny name in this old yearbook, hint- look down the right hand column...
http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/display_class.aspx?y=1993 (http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/display_class.aspx?y=1993)
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shame the photo aint in colour... do collar and cuffs match?
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Mind you, "Crystal gee" is reasonably funny too (dialect thing).
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Find the funny name in this old yearbook, hint- look down the right hand column...
http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/display_class.aspx?y=1993 (http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/display_class.aspx?y=1993)
Nooo way!
Mike Roach is pretty good too :D
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I have to wonder what you were doing going through the yearbooks though?
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Congratulations Mr & Mrs Minge- you have a lovely daughter. Now, tell me, what are you going to call her?
Hmmm, thats a toughie, Mabel? nawww, Mary?....no don't think so Eleanor? hell no lets go for Ginger-it goes well Ginger Minge. Sounds exotic. Right then Ginger Minge it is.
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Congratulations Mr & Mrs Minge- you have a lovely daughter. Now, tell me, what are you going to call her?
Hmmm, thats a toughie, Mabel? nawww, Mary?....no don't think so Eleanor? hell no lets go for Ginger-it goes well Ginger Minge. Sounds exotic. Right then Ginger Minge it is.
Apparently she had a younger sister they called Fanny.......
Snippit of useless information:-....The Australian equivalent is "Mapatasi" as in "Show us your mapatasi, Sheila" because of the similarity of the said beast to a map of Tasmania :? (Probably a relation of the Tasmanian Devil)
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Snippit of useless information:-....The Australian equivalent is "Mapatasi" as in "Show us your mapatasi, Sheila"
:lol: :lol:
Not useless information at all!