A teeny list...

1. Michael Hunt

2. Ciara Shufflebottom (apparently this surname is quite common but oh how we chortled as kids)

3. and a lady i know married into being Myrtle Turtle...
(bum plops, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:44, Reply)

My mum
knows someone called Art Kraft.
(JamScones, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:42, Reply)

Dick Face
Richard Face Minister for Gaming and Racing New South Wales 1995 - 2003

Why the hell would you call your child Richard??? Like Dick Pound the olympics guy & Dick Spring, former deputy prime minister for Ireland (a personal favourite name of mine) :o)
(Lambswax, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:40, Reply)

Well, I have no-one to blame but myself...
but my name is Maxx Everhard.

It doesn't sound too bad but imagine trying to organize home insurance when the girl on the other end of the line keeps giggling.
(Errol, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:40, Reply)

sidebottom
we had family friends called the sidebottoms.

who insisted it was pronounced

siddy-botham.

as f*cking if.

and my grandma was mary carey. her neighbour was nora nutter. nice!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:39, Reply)

nothing too special
names at old schools featured
r.souls
and johnny breaker.
and someone i knew's mother was called
gay ward.
( Sunshine Elephant, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:39, Reply)

Worst name
When I worked for a computer company I took an order for a Mr. Shittpat...
(Saff, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:38, Reply)

I had a friend...
..called Rupert Lavender once, poor bugger!
( Ambiguous, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:36, Reply)

Ah, More on Brian Upchurch.
He had a wife called Dawn Upchurch. He used to work at the meat works.

Dad jokes that "Brian was up the crack of Dawn". For fuck's sake.
(brazzin, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:35, Reply)

Who wants to be
I remember watching who wants to be a millionaire a few years ago and this bloke called Tony Watt came on....i wonder if Chris Tarrent made the cheque out to T.Watt!
(wozza_c, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:35, Reply)

No so weird
but extremely unfortunate when living in Chav land (the corner near my house in England, in sight of my front door is known as "Chav Corner"). Basically, I lived and worked with chav-tastics for 17 years, trying desperately to avoid getting the crap kicked out of me for a) not wearing a tracksuit for 22 hours a day b) having the most hated science teacher in my town as a father and c) having a bloody stupid long name that no-one can say.
Rhiannon Maria Randle-Conde
Is it really THAT difficult? I get called Leandra, Liana, Leanne, Rhion etc, so I shortened it to "Rhi", now Im called Ray or Wee. Dont get me started on the surname.
Oh yeah an I went to school with a girl called Sam Shufflebotham (said "shuffle-bottom")
(carpediem, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:33, Reply)

My mother knew 2 boys at school.......
Of which one was called Gordon Bennett (This is true, he had a brother called charlie) and the other was called Wayne King. Lovely.
(speedfire, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:33, Reply)

Amusing names
I've just remembered, I have a friend called Becky Gotobed and it is said exactly like it is spelled!
( DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:30, Reply)

Right,
Believe it or not, my mate went to Uni with a guy named Russel Sprout, another mate married a guy called Paul Bytheway and finally and my favourite a mates sister called Jane Salmon desparate to get rid of any fish connotations ended up marrying a bloke called Paul Cod.

Ha!
( theWooinator, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:24, Reply)

Oh that's right
a couple more just got back to me.

There's a german exchange student who plays the flute at my high school. Her name is Belinda Böttle... from Hamburg. She has been affectionately dubbed "Belinda Bottle the Hamburger" by everyone.

My dad informs me that there was a guy that lived across the street from us a while ago called Brian Upchurch. Poor bastard.

Ah that's right... there's a fat girl called Pam Cockfield that goes to my school too. That keeps the gits happy. Funnily enough, her mum's an english teacher. Hours of fun.

Edit: Ooh now I remember another one. There's a junior high school teacher called Sharlene Hole... not that funny until she applied for a job at Greymouth Junior High - and was almost beaten to it by a teacher called Mr. Pitts.


I come from New Zealand by the way, no need to worry anyone.
(brazzin, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:20, Reply)

4 here
A welsh friend of a friend called Merlin (sigh, what cruel parents).

Also a brother and sister, one named James Brown, the other Charlie Brown. Who knew you could do such nasty things with the name Brown.

And a teacher of mine called Catherine Jenkinson-Dix (smirk), her initials are, unfortunate...

Finally, a friend of mine called Christopher Cornelius Columbus Curtis Gibson. Funnily enough he only got nicknamed CC
(little minx, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:17, Reply)

One for the Sailors out there.....
When i was working in a call centre i used to have to ring a lady called Linda Hoy.

Great stuff
(Fat_Baz_turd, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:14, Reply)

Oh yeah.
www.touchnottingham.com/comdir/cditem.cfm/15961
The solicitor named Rupert Bear is a personal favourite of mine. He does a lot of divorce cases apparently.
(tomsk, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:12, Reply)

some more I've remembered
Another boss called David Woodcock,

Adrian Cockburn (i know how its pronounced - moved offices and no-one up there had realised).

Oh - and there is an abboitoire (sp?) in the town of Stalham in norfolk and written on the side of its lorry's (cos thats the name ofthe company):

George W. Bush & Son
Wholesale Butchers

No kiddin.

Bin trying to get a photo of that for a while now - might have to do it this afternoon.
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:11, Reply)

One of our customers
Has a works manager called Richard Fice!
(sidecarsid, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:06, Reply)

A customer came into work
with the surname Inge. Unfortunately we never did learn if her forname began with an M.
( Paper Tiger, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:04, Reply)

I know a few...
... where should I start? I know, my name! My name is Brian Feary (like the singer, no connection). I have a cousin called Steve Martin (like the actor, no connection) and a friend called Mikhael Schumaker (like the F1 racer, no connection). Down the road there's a guy called Ernie Rowse (shortened becomes "E. Rowse")... and I heard of a guy on the internet (hopefully not mentioned already) called Dick Hung.



(oh... and if you didn't believe the E. Rowse bit, here's his letterbox to prove it.)


So there.

Edit: That's right... My grandfather used to go on about a guy called Ernie Commode. That name made me belly-chuckle.

Edit: Here's a picture of me. Off topic? Possibly.


(brazzin, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:02, Reply)

There's a partner at Deloitte & Touche.
His name is Egmond Kock.
The sign on his door says "Eggie Kock".
(popey, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:01, Reply)

a few for yooo
Right. Had to phone up a bloke one - I'd got an email from him signed off:

David Raper

So I called trying to be all tactful about it (is david rapper there). Nope - it was pronounced Raper. Lovely.

Also knew a bloke called Brian Slaughter, someone called Yogi and my old boss was called Gary Strange.
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 10:01, Reply)

Where in the world?
I used to work at PC world in Swindon, not good. The girl on the tills was called Katleen Spray, aka Kat Spray.

And my ex truly did know someone called Wayne Carr.
(Lazy Rich, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 9:46, Reply)

My Surname
My family name is Humby. I didn't think there was anything too unusual about that until my fiance did a google search on my name and discovered that it is slang for an erection which won't go away, making urination problematic. She can't laugh about it too much tho, it will be her name too next august.
(robzilla666, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 9:39, Reply)

did you see last night though
woman in the 3m dive called Loudy Tourky. She was from oz.
( Smashy only 35 years of work to go :), Fri 27 Aug 2004, 9:18, Reply)

Anyone read viz?
Used to have a customer called Terry Witford who was affectionately know around the office as Terry Fuckwit.

He ceased to be customer after a senior member of staff actually phone up and asked for Terry Fuckwit...
(Puzzler, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 9:14, Reply)

WHY...
CAN'T PEOPLE HAVE NOREMAL NAMES!!!
Mines Jamie-John-Cousins.
Whats wrong with that! AHHHH AHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH!
(Dry Crackers, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 9:11, Reply)