Unfortunate names
 

Shamelessly stolen from another forum:

Stolen from The V, but I had to share it because it's just... well, it's the most fun you can have with an obituary.

These people are the alumni of the Electra Independent School District class of 1993. Among them, the fabulously named Demetrius Breedlove, Crystal Gee and Lenka Voltarova. But none of them can match this woman:

Miss Ginger Minge. Fifth row down, fifth along:
http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/dis...ss.aspx?y=1993

Cursed with this unfortunate surname, Ms Minge, daughter of Roe and Mary Minge, must have long looked forward to finding a man whose surname she could take as her own. And lucky Ginger was fortunate enough to fall for a 1991 Electra alumnus - Mr Travis Box.

Miss Ginger Minge became Mrs Ginger Box. We know all this from Travis' obituary. Tragically, Travis Box died just last week, leaving Ginger Box a widow:
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publ...le_31369.shtml

Perhaps she will marry again. My hope is that she'll run into a pallbearer at another local funeral, Mr Pat Beaver:
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publ...le_31165.shtml

Incidentally, Travis Box went to school with Katrina Gribble and Hardy Shelnut. His father's name was Butch. I only pray that Butch Box and Mary Minge can console each other at the funeral.

PMSL :D :D

A mates of mines GP was called Dr Badrashi , maybe he should have specialized in dermotology rather than going into general practice :-k :D

A doctor leaving near me actually has the unfortunate name of Dr Death.

No seriously, apparently its prenounced De'ath.

Whenever this sort of thing comes up I always remember a mate of mine who went to school with a girl called Phillipa Gapp - sounds like a made up name but I assure you its true!! :lol:

I vaguely remember a kids tv presenter called Christopher Lillicrap. IIRC he used to present a programme called Hickory House :oops: :shock:

Okay... I had a friend who was midwife who assisted at the birth of a Duane Pipe. I didn't believe it but it was true as was the fact that there was someone where I used to work who had changed her name to Friday Knight...

When I was at college I knew a Dr Clapp. Can you guess what we suggested he specialised in? :P

Oh and in the other department was a chap called John Thomas. He stayed away from the gentleman above for some reason. :roll:

Dan (Sudoxe) has a Japanese colleague called Mr Itchynosey :lol:

Not sure that's how it's spelt ?

Had a girl at work called Fanny Annache (known as Fanny a Rash). Try walking onto a trading floor asking if anyone has seen Fanny!!!

I also used to go to university with a lad called Mike Hunt :D

Kid in my sisters year called Ben Dober (bend over :roll: ) Got some stick for that one :lol:

i also went to a school with a lad called the same. :)


there was also a girl called holly days.

Well, perhaps they all Have a certain fondness for the common Blackbird

Turdus turdus

:shock:

You mean the CBR XX? :lol:

I remember a friend some years back telling me he'd gone to school with some poor bloke called Richard Head :lol: .


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Now you said that, not me :o :lol:

Or perhaps that's the feeling the pillion gets...........


Come to think about it should the CBR1100XX be called

Squirty turdus

or

Turdus boringus

My mate's younger brother is called Wayne Kerr.

How could you not realise what you were doing when you named your child something like this?

However despite being called that no-one ever took the mickey on account of his being about nine feet tall and possessed of a less than sunny disposition. Whether this was linked to his name was wondered about on many an occasion.

But not in Wayne's presence, he didn't like us discussing it.

Also Darius Battiwalla was in my year at secondary school, that poor ******* must have very unfortunate memories of his schooldays.

ah....... school days :(

justin case
tom thicknesse
**** little

There was a woman called "Ica" something in my old dept.

Pronounced "Ee-tza". She married Doctor Dix. And changed her last name.

And, no messing here, she worked with a guy called: "Austen Powers".
Dude. Austen Powers assistant was called "Eetza" Dix. I think they had a daughter... called, Iona Dix.

Couldnt make that one up really. :roll:

No one said a word about it. You just couldn't go there.

I went to school with a Virginia Dillon

never did see her write her initials down ever :lol:

My best mate is Chris Moss

I once heard a tannoy at a footie match for Drew Peacock (un-likely to be genuine)

and who remembers 'That's Life'? I 'll never forget that they featured a Tax Inspector called Robin B*stard. I'll bet you could still find him.

Ratty

My brother went to svhool with Walter Butt

There was a couple from Bedford in the news recently who named their baby Drew Peacock, before they twigged.

I thought that all tax inspectors were called that :lol:

I worked with a guy called Ron Behan. He told a story of when his brother Leslie was on national service and decked a corpral who had the audacity to shorten his name.

Then again I used to also know a salesman by the name of Richard Turpin. He would alway attempt to fleece us. Typical.

When will parents ever learn.

It is as bad as boys names becoming girls ones. Shirley and Tracy are both male names in some parts of the country, although I don't think modern parents would be that cruel as to stick these handles on their little lads.

my dads mate is called brian Atoe

and his wife is Pat

Pat atoe - true no lies

not hat i know him but what about austin healey, England rugby player and iconic motor.

i do know someone called austin mackie, more commonly referred to as austin maxi. the 1970's BL car designers were not having a good day when they came up with this :lol:

http://www.carsurvey.org/images/austin_maxi_1.jpg

I once worked for someone called Rod Johnson...fondly known by all in the office as double-****...
Also know someone called Richard Wood...used to be called wooden **** at school :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

A chum of mine with that very surname bought me a beer in Deal this lunchtime.

in my year at school we had an Ian Buck and an Anthony Pratt was good when there names were called i remember once a really nice foreign student teacher of the female variety shouting the register class was full of sniggering when ian's name was called

We've got a new bloke just started

A Mr Furniturewalla :lol:

We all call him Frankie as his first name is a bit of a handful as well

A mate says he went to school with a girl called Theresa Green - say it quickly! :lol:

in those far off hazy school days our humanities teacher was MR WOODCOCK
whom we lovingy referred to (behind his back of-course) as SPLINTERDICK
oh the joys of youth :twisted: :wink:

I remember reading a letter in a magazine the week after it had published a feature on this subject. It was from a woman asking parents to realise what a handicap a 'funny' name could be.

Her name was Helen Highwater.

I worked with a guy called Trevor Pratt. He got fed up with the jibes so changed his name by deed poll to Trevor Francis.


From then on he was known as "that prat Francis".


You can't win in the workplace! :twisted:

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a guy in the year above me at scoll was called michael hunt

we called him mike.

quite a common one that...

I was trying to find someone else, but found this instead. Still good for a little joke at their expense.

I give you, Susan Doctor.

Whilst not immediately funny, she was a Professor at the University of Nevada, and as such, had completed a Ph.D to hold the position.

So therefore, she was Dr. Doctor!

Dr. Who? :?

I've got a mate with the same surname, but he's in construction. Ok, he's a builder.