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19 Nov 04 - 07:11 PM (#1332920) Subject: BS: Best(?) names From: Nemesis I knew there had to be a reason I picked up a discarded copy of the Financial Times on the train to work this week... A report about Coca-Cola quoted their Chief Marketing Officer, ''Chuck Fruit''... Any good names you've come across? We have a Dr De'Ath locally ... |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:36 PM (#1332948) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Sorcha Will Rich Hoar please come to the Service Desk? Your party is waiting.... |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:36 PM (#1332949) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Georgiansilver I seriously went to school with Richard Head in the days before the modern expression arrived....Wonder if he gets ragged about his name now! Best wishes. |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:55 PM (#1332964) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: pdq A knife-thrower named Dick Pierce? |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:58 PM (#1332967) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Georgiansilver Oh and there is a Solicitor in Nottingham called Rupert Bear. Best wishes. |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:02 PM (#1332971) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Nemesis Hotblack Desiato the character in (Hitchhikers/ RedDwarf .. too late at night I forget which?) really is named after a firm of Estate Agents in London |
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19 Nov 04 - 08:07 PM (#1332975) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Auggie Stock car racer Dick Trickle (always wanted one of those hats with his name on it) |
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19 Nov 04 - 09:53 PM (#1333073) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Bert I used to know an electrician named Ted Flicker. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:01 PM (#1333082) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Ebbie In Oregon there is a dentist, Dr. Payne, and a surgeon, Dr. Schneider. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:06 PM (#1333087) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Padre In the seventh grade, a girl transferred in whose name was Fonda Peters. |
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19 Nov 04 - 10:07 PM (#1333089) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: frogprince Long ago we had TV ads for "Your local Culligan Soft Water Man, Sandy Leak, in Minnesota Lake". Honest. |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:06 AM (#1333231) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Cluin On a van seen in a small community in Eastern Ontario on the way to a gig in Kingston..... Mumby Septic Pumping. We saw it while we were listening to a book on tape, W.O. Mitchell reading an assortment of his "Jake & the Kid" stories. Septic Pumping Mumby just sounded too much like a W.O.M. character. So we started composing a song about when Septic Pumping Mumby met Floozy Balloon. |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:07 AM (#1333233) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Cluin Yep, lotta road between gigs in Canada.... |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:20 AM (#1333236) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: CarolC My favorite of all time and forever, painter and puppetmaker... Michael Carmichael Carr |
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20 Nov 04 - 06:46 AM (#1333404) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Nemesis Oh, how could I forget .. slight thread drift (on a bright red van in town) ''Andy's Aerials'' ... ''Satisfaction with every Erection'' |
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20 Nov 04 - 07:57 AM (#1333440) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: The Fooles Troupe I knew someome called Wayne Kerr.... And a Aussie Take-Away Shop called 'The Taik Hawaii'... |
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20 Nov 04 - 08:14 AM (#1333447) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Micca There was an Indian supermarket in East London called "The New Delhi-catessen" |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:15 AM (#1333589) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: mack/misophist Used to know a Peter Bent who always introduced himself last name first. |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:25 AM (#1333601) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,Cod Fiddler If you go to www.yournotme.com you can type in names and see if people with mad names really exist. You can also see how many others there are with your name. Tess Tickel always tickeled me but sadly it's not real. I do have a Dutch colleague called Dr. Cock Van Oosterhout though! Richard. |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:30 AM (#1333607) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Chris Green My surname is Green. I decided a long time ago that if I ever have a son I shall name him Soylent! |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:33 AM (#1333610) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Chris Green And if I ever have a daughter I shall spurn the obvious Teresa and name her Latrine. I've always thought it sounded more like a girl's name than a toilet. |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:53 AM (#1333624) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Georgiansilver Sort of name she might get bogged down with though!!! Best wishes. |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:54 AM (#1333625) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Georgiansilver Might be the sort of girl who gets easily flushed.... |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:02 PM (#1333635) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Sttaw Legend Shop in Hull called "Bob Sewell" apparently he didn't like "R Sewell" |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:04 PM (#1333641) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Firecat Hotblack Desiato the character in Hitchhikers/ Red Dwarf I can tell you that character is definitely not in Red Dwarf! Must be in Hitchhikers. Back of the subject of names, I used to be taught cello by a man called Mr. Tune, and the school he tatught at before going private had a Head of English called Mr Shakespeare. Nominative determination or what! |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:19 PM (#1333654) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Snuffy Not forgetting the Warwick firm of Solicitors, Wright, Hassall & Co |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:36 PM (#1333670) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Chris Green Moonunit's doctor is called Dr Treacher. |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:39 PM (#1333679) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,toenails john This is not me, somebody sent me this ages ago, it is true, it did happen, but my involvment goes as far as copy & paste. Enjoy This is the story..... We'd go and sit on the balcony at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport, directly under one of the PA speakers where we put a tape machine in a bag with the microphone poking out of the top. Then we'd look for a flight that had arrived in the last 40 minutes from somewhere where you'd expect people with unpronounceable names i.e. Saudi Arabia, We would then go to the Airport Help Desk with a prewritten note containing the names of fictitious passengers and ask them to read out the names over the PA system. The passenger's names looked innocent enough on paper but they sounded like something else when read out loud. Looks Like… Arheddis Varkenjaab and Aywellbe Fayed sounds like I hate this fucking job, and I will be fired Looks Like Arjevbin Fayed and Bybeiev Rhibodie sounds like I've just been fired, and bye-bye everybody Looks like Aynayda Pizaqvick and Malexa Krost sounds like I need a piss quick, and my legs are crossed Looks like Awul Dasfilshabeda and Nowaynayda Zheet sounds like Oo-ah, that ' s better and now I need a shit Looks like Makollig Jezvahted and Levdaroum DeBahzted sounds like My colleague just farted, and left the room, the bastard Looks like Steelaygot Maowenbach and Tuka Piziniztee sounds like Still, I got my own back and took a piss in his tea We got rumbled doing the "My colleague just, etc. " They actually threatened to arrest us as apparently they'd received complaints over the previous weeks! |
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20 Nov 04 - 12:45 PM (#1333685) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Chris Green That was on a satirical programme in the UK in the mid-90s called "The Day Today" written by Chris Morris, of "Brass Eye" fame (or notoriety, if you prefer!) |
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20 Nov 04 - 09:08 PM (#1334106) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: HuwG There was a firm in Sheffield (UK), named : "Shufflebottom & Co. (Wire Drawers)" |
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20 Nov 04 - 10:09 PM (#1334138) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Mudlark A teacher I had: Elizabeth Coffin Graves A clerk in a local health food store: Helen Pancake A British author: Nigel Pinfold |
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20 Nov 04 - 11:36 PM (#1334180) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Nemesis Not forgetting the German pilot I met in South Africa .. goes by the glorious moniker: Capt Frank Herpes His co-pilot was Danish .. something Renko) Sounds like an alternative comedy show 'Renko & Herpes' And the elderly lady tea plucker on the Tea estate where I lived called Rhoda Dick .. apparently she had had a long career on many of theother estates in the district. |
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21 Nov 04 - 05:17 AM (#1334282) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: John MacKenzie In the days of The Hanging Lamp FC in Richmond Surrey, the minister's name as written on the board outside was, Rev. A. C. Upstill. At least he knew whether he was AC or DC! Giok |
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21 Nov 04 - 07:19 AM (#1334340) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Sooz A student friend of mine was Diane Sage and her boyfriend was Dave Onions. What a partnership! |
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21 Nov 04 - 09:09 AM (#1334394) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: John MacKenzie Stuffing anybody? |
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21 Nov 04 - 09:53 AM (#1334417) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST I knew a bartender up north named Jerry Alexander who named his daughter Brandy. |
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21 Nov 04 - 02:30 PM (#1334572) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Juan P-B When I was in the Royal Navy the Petty Officer Marine Engineers had the title POME (Pronounced Pommie) On HMS Ark Royal there was a POME (Mike) Grannitt I also knew a WRN by the name of Tracy Hoar who used to get a bit of stick until she married Dave Trollope Juan P-B |
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21 Nov 04 - 02:49 PM (#1334585) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,jacqui.c I once worked with a guy, in an insurance claims department, called Brent Cheetham. |
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21 Nov 04 - 03:01 PM (#1334597) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Blowzabella There was an 18th Century showman we 're-created' for an event, who was called Mr Nicholas Hoare....took us ages before we realised...! |
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21 Nov 04 - 04:16 PM (#1334633) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: *Laura* When I had my orthodontic treatment a while back the doctor was called Dr Skinner, and the dentist - Miss Atack!!! Aargh! And I could be English-Rose (angelic smile) :-) |
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21 Nov 04 - 06:38 PM (#1334728) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Micca The base Quartermaster in the British Army is always referred to as "Q" this was fine until Mike Cumbers was appointed He was then officially addressed as Q Cumbers, |
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22 Nov 04 - 05:29 AM (#1335086) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: JennyO When our choir toured in 2001, we found a firm of solicitors in Sligo, called Argue and Phibbs. Got a photo somewhere of a couple of friends standing in front of it, but taken with an ordinary camera unfortunately, and I don't have a scanner - so this will have to do. Also there is a dentist in Sydney that I have been to, called Dr Pang - ooh the pain! I had a teacher in High School called Merry Chrismas (without the t). |
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22 Nov 04 - 07:05 AM (#1335135) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,Mingulay There's a builders firm in Finedon, Northamptonshire called R C Tann. |
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22 Nov 04 - 07:24 AM (#1335152) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: mooman And the cobbler's in the King's Road, Chelsea, called R. Soles |
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22 Nov 04 - 07:28 AM (#1335154) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Gervase Sounds like the fun you can have with PA systems at big events. They've become wise to paging Mr Hugh Jarse and Mike Hut, but an friend caused uproar in an England/India test at Lord's by getting the PA chap to page a Mr Chodha Banchaud. The English didn't get it, but the Indians pissed themselves - as it translates as something like 'white motherf***er"! |
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22 Nov 04 - 08:10 AM (#1335188) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Theres am undertakers in Hull called Boddy's. |
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22 Nov 04 - 08:26 AM (#1335198) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: freda underhill Two doctors opened offices in a small town and put up a sign reading "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, Psychiatry and Proctology." The town council was not too happy with that sign, as there was another Dr Smoith and Dr Jones. So the good doctors changed it to "Hysterias and Posteriors." This was not acceptable either, so they changed the sign to "Schizoids and Hemorrhoids." No go, so they tried "Catatonics and High Colonics. Thumbs down again, so they tried "Manic-depressives and Anal-retentives." Still not good, so they tried "Minds and Behinds". Unacceptable again, so they tried "Lost Souls and Arseholes." Still no go. Nor did "Analysis and Anal Cysts", "Queers and Rears" "Nuts and Butts", "Freaks and Cheeks" or "Loons and Moons" work either. They finally settled on "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, Odds and Ends." |
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22 Nov 04 - 04:16 PM (#1335638) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: *Laura* There was a teacher at my old school called Mrs Gail Gale. And one called Mrs Strange.... who was slightly... erm.... dappy. :-p |
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22 Nov 04 - 05:00 PM (#1335691) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Lonesome EJ In one of the Obrien sea-going novels about Aubrey and Maturin, they encounter a very fast, highly armed Spanish Warship called the Cacafuego, which translates to " shit-fire". |
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22 Nov 04 - 05:04 PM (#1335696) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: freda underhill I had an old witch of a sewing teacher in primary school called Mrs Sharkey. |
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23 Nov 04 - 06:02 AM (#1336310) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,Elfcall I had a dentist in north London called Trevor Payne !! Elf |
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23 Nov 04 - 09:56 AM (#1336456) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST I had a school mate called Bowden Paine |
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23 Nov 04 - 05:34 PM (#1336912) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Nemesis America and Britain - one country divided by a language (quote something like that) Buffy the Vampire Slayer - credits ''Thomas Wanker'' - cue UKer sniggers |
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02 Nov 06 - 08:00 PM (#1875083) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Sandra in Sydney On the way to JennyO's folk club last night I dropped my knitting & grabbed a pen & wrote down the name of the shop on my left before I forgot it. The Stool Shop |
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02 Nov 06 - 09:18 PM (#1875103) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: JennyO No shit! |
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03 Nov 06 - 01:10 AM (#1875179) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Peace A bar stool is what Daniel Boone stepped in. FYI. |
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03 Nov 06 - 08:43 AM (#1875315) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Becca72 I have tons... My Biology teacher in high school was William Blood. I had classmates called Chris Crangle, Andy Griffin, Jimmy Dean, Iva Head (all the boys called her "gimme"). We've had clients here at work called Barry Stem and a married couple whose last names are Beer and Grass.... |
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03 Nov 06 - 09:38 AM (#1875353) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Scoville Was helping clean out duplicate psychiatry texts at our library and ran across psychiatrist/author Hyman Spotnitz, which sounds like an expendable Simpsons character if ever anyone did. There's a weight-loss clinic near my house run by a Dr. Eaton. Had a client at one of the vet clinics named Cinnamon Barley. I thought it was the dog's name but one of the technicians was an old friend of hers and confirmed that it was, in fact, the owner ("Barley" was her married name). My mother went to graduate school with Sandy Beech and Sandy Rhodes. |
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03 Nov 06 - 10:55 AM (#1875400) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Uncle_DaveO In the Army, many years ago, I had a sergeant whose parents had bequeathed to him the family name "Faddis" You can imagine, I suppose, what the troops under his care called him (behind his back, of course). And by the way, it WAS descriptive! Dave Oesterreich |
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03 Nov 06 - 11:57 AM (#1875444) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,C-flat My brother married twice. Both his brides had the same first and second name, which is odd enough, although funnier than that is they were called Beverly Hill. As my brother is a policeman that made him Beverly Hills' Cop. One & Two!!!!! One day he will here the last of it, but not yet!! C-flat. |
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03 Nov 06 - 12:37 PM (#1875468) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: catspaw49 I know I've posted this one before but I went to school with a girl named Sharon Peters. I have no idea what her parents were thinking but a friend of mine's father quipped, "What is that? A person or a kind of bathroom game?" Now what really makes that humorous is that when he said it we were in the 8th grade and that aspect of her name had never occurred to us. We were so much more naive and innocent back then.......... Spaw |
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03 Nov 06 - 07:37 PM (#1875731) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: terrier I remember passing a doctors surgery on my way to work, the name on the board outside was Dr.Spectre.....spooky eh! I did meet Errol Flynn once, but not the famous one. |
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04 Nov 06 - 12:16 AM (#1875827) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Slag Dentist in Tulare CA in the 60's, Dr. Pullen Doctor in Bakersfield CA, Dr. Doctor Helen Bakke Sandy Beach "Spud" (nickname) Tate And for just "different" sounding names I ran into in the USAF, Ditterlizzi and another fellow named Clapsaddle. And Erle Stanley Gardener had a flare: Perry Mason, Della Street, Paul Drake, Hamilton Burger and Lt. Tragg. The transitory charachters in his novels also had clever names but none come to mind right now as it's been over 30 years since I read them. Ian Flemming waxed clever also. |
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04 Nov 06 - 11:24 PM (#1876467) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Gurney I had a teacher at primary school named Mrs. Daft. Dutch, I believe. I met a magistrate named Crippen. He had a doctorate, but didn't use the title. |
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05 Nov 06 - 10:01 PM (#1877156) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: GUEST,Adrianel My third grade teacher was Olive Branch. |
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05 Nov 06 - 10:36 PM (#1877173) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: bobad I've known a Dr.D.Merrett and a Dr.D.Tector. |
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06 Nov 06 - 12:43 AM (#1877204) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: JennieG There is a company in Sydney, whose business is fireplaces, called Amazing Grates Cheers JennieG (whose middle name is Grace - not Grates!) |
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06 Nov 06 - 02:11 AM (#1877219) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: Doug Chadwick When I was an apprentice, there was a welding instructor called Mr. Burns. I was at college with both Curry and Rice. I used to work with an Eyes and a Ball. In fact, Mr Ball's name was Ian, so he signed his name as I. Ball I work with someone whose wife was Good until she married him and became an Angel. DC |
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06 Nov 06 - 03:17 AM (#1877230) Subject: RE: BS: Best(?) names From: fat B****rd My mother told me her family doctor in Sunderland (c. 1915) was called Dr. Poisner. |
