People with Stupid NamesThere are hundreds of unfortunate people out there with silly names desparately coping with the evil their parents perpetrated upon them at birth.
So far, I've met a woman called Rusty Tharp, a child health consultant called Peter Files and have the business card for "Fab Boolaky" on my desk.
We'd like you to tell us about the people you've met or work with that have silly, inappropriate or frankly wierd names.
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chthonic, Thu 26 Aug 2004, 10:54)
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You wonder about some people -- mean or cluelessMy parents bought their house from the Dick family, and the Dicks were aptly named. However, they cruelly named their child "Peter Dick" (in the States, "Peter" and "Dick" are synonyms for penis).
When I worked for a company that did data entry for college financial aid forms, people collected the odd names. The only one that stands out in my memory was Christian Gay.
A friend comes from a family that had 10 children. The parents named the last one Decima, and the older ones teased her that if she'd been a boy, they would have named her "Decimo." Another friend commented, "If they can't think of decent names, they shouldn't be having more children."
Some people clue in, though. My friend worked for a man whose last name was Missen. He told my friend that it was understood that no one in the family should name their kid "Richard."
(, Tue 31 Aug 2004, 0:49, Reply)
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