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I'm so sad now that I have learned from the thread that you can list yourself any old way you want in a phone book. When I was a kid (and I'd like to blame this on the fact that I grew up in the 80s but really we were just dumb kids) my siblings and I found the name 'Obediah Wheatfish' in the phone book. We were so delighted with the name that we would call the number, ask for 'Obediah Wheatfish', scream with hysterical laughter and hang up. Poor old Obediah. We even decided that this lanky, awkward kid who ran the cash register in the pro shop of our rec/tennis center was in fact the fabled Obediah Wheatfish (the kid's name turned out to be Alex). I still think about that name every now and then.
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I know this sounds incredibly stupid and made up but I ran track in high school with a kid named Michael Hunt. (Mike Hunt = My oval office) I won't give the exact school name, but it was in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. As far as I know, he hasn't changed his name or anything, and he never insisted on going by Michael. I think he just gave up. So mind numbing to think that his parents either didn't realize what they were doing - which seems pretty unlikely even if they were really out of touch - or that they knew what they were doing and did it anyway. I guess the first explanation is more likely - but why wouldn't he insist on going by his middle name or something? I didn't go to the jr. high or elementary school with Mr. Hunt, but by high school I think everyone was more puzzled than entertained. I mean... how can this happen? When my wife and I were picking out names for our son, I spent quite a bit of time brainstorming possible ways to make fun of his name. You can gently caress your kid's life up with the wrong name. It's kind of important!
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Oct 4, 2012 04:53
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Fredrick "Baer" Seemann. Seeing Eye Duck has a new favorite as of 05:07 on Oct 4, 2012 |
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Oct 4, 2012 05:03
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Dr. Notadoctor posted:I work at a call center for my university. Today I called someone named Jasmine, spelled "Jaz-Munn." Best part though? Jaz-Munn is a guy. Tyler has become fairly popular with girls. Not nearly as much with boys, but I've had multiple Tylers in my classes. Some names from parents who really needed to go outside: Rylan Gohan-Lizardo Anakin Alexander, also Anakin Orion Kal-El - the father's name was Jor-El. Really. Jacob Alexander Keirnan Obi-Wan. I don't mind this one much. He'll never use the fourth name officially, so it's up to him if he wants people to know. Aslan Phoenix. A girl named Aslan. Siblings were Cademon, Genesis and Journey. B'Elanna MoNay Amidala Baleu Beau. Pronounce this out loud, and then dread to think what middle school is going to be like. Harley Davidson Zion Atreyu Kouga. Inuyasha. Michaila-Mae T'Pol Morticia Jade Miracle Sulu Amity Aerith Cloud Angilus
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Oct 4, 2012 17:05
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There was a guy at my high school named Billy Bonebreak. I never met or spoke to him, so my mental image of a huge dude on a Harley remains untarnished. An acquaintance's father was Heping Wang, and I'm friends with a John Doe (I'm not sure if it's used beyond the US, but unidentified corpses are often called John Doe).
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Oct 4, 2012 18:17
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Got a package from Tai Wan yesterday. Not the state. It was shipped from an Amazon fulfillment seller in New Jersey. The seller's name was actually Tai [middle name] Wan. I guess they're common Chinese names, but I still got a kick out of it.
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Oct 4, 2012 18:38
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At my last job, we came across a man with the name Odor King. I got to meet him as well--very lovely Nigerian man that did not smell at all bad.
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Oct 4, 2012 18:49
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All these Eowyns and Berens and Luthiens and Aragorns make me really really happy I didn't get anyone pregnant when I was 12.
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Oct 4, 2012 20:25
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Key & Peele tell the La-A story on their new episode. At the end of what felt kind of like a massively racist bit on football players' names.
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Oct 5, 2012 02:15
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Uncle Salty posted:I'm so sad now that I have learned from the thread that you can list yourself any old way you want in a phone book. When I was a kid (and I'd like to blame this on the fact that I grew up in the 80s but really we were just dumb kids) my siblings and I found the name 'Obediah Wheatfish' in the phone book. We were so delighted with the name that we would call the number, ask for 'Obediah Wheatfish', scream with hysterical laughter and hang up. Poor old Obediah. We even decided that this lanky, awkward kid who ran the cash register in the pro shop of our rec/tennis center was in fact the fabled Obediah Wheatfish (the kid's name turned out to be Alex). I laughed so hard at this that I'm making little hiccup noises and my cat is scared. Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod. Mods, requesting name change to OBEDIAH WHEATFISH
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Oct 5, 2012 10:37
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Christoph posted:There was a guy at my high school named Billy Bonebreak. I never met or spoke to him, so my mental image of a huge dude on a Harley remains untarnished.
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Oct 6, 2012 13:13
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I knew a kid called Sherlock Oliver Wendell Holmes. Yes, his name was Sherlock Holmes, as was his father's, and his grandfather's. He also had two sisters named Tammy and Tammi. He claimed they called them Tammy one and Tammi two (or the other way round... er... you get the idea), so naturally we assumed he was full of poo poo. Alas, his parents confirmed this with my mother (who was the principal of the school at the time). Also, he was a total rear end in a top hat.
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Oct 6, 2012 13:56
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A customer at work today was explaining his severe dyslexia, when his newborn son's name came up. Tubiyas, pronounced Tobias. I saw government ID for the poor kid.
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Oct 6, 2012 17:57
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bringmyfishback posted:I laughed so hard at this that I'm making little hiccup noises and my cat is scared. Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod.
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Oct 6, 2012 18:36
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Years ago when my wife was at air cadet camp she had a friend with the last name Horney. His father was an officer at the base, and his official title was Acting Major Horney.
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Oct 6, 2012 18:52
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Uncle Salty posted:Well, I scared my cat and dog both laughing at your insane roommate/her mom stories in the other thread, so we're even. I just did a people search for Obediah Wheatfish and I can find no record of his existence. He's real,I swear (or was real). I don't want to live in a world where he's NOT real! Burning Sensation posted:He also had two sisters named Tammy and Tammi. He claimed they called them Tammy one and Tammi two 
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Oct 6, 2012 19:11
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Middle math school teacher Mr. Hanna. His first name? Hanna. Hanna Hanna. He called himself "Hanna squared" which was awesome.
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Oct 6, 2012 19:35
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:Middle math school teacher Mr. Hanna. His first name? Hanna. Hanna Hanna. He called himself "Hanna squared" which was awesome.  There was a math teacher named Hanna Hanna where I went to middle school, too!e: lovely grammar stimulated emission has a new favorite as of 19:45 on Oct 6, 2012 |
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Oct 6, 2012 19:37
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Oct 6, 2012 20:08
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Well that's pretty rad! We probably went to school together and were best buddies and poo poo.
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Oct 6, 2012 20:21
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Worked at a call centre a few years ago and the dept I was on had to do any security checks if people wanted to change names, asking for photocopies of wedding licences etc, and now and again someone would change their name my deed poll, and if that happened we asked for a copy of the paperwork. We had a few odd ones, only two spring to mind, one was, Bo Duke and the other was Mr Kingkonglongdong Kingconglongdong. Mr KK as I will call him became quite famous, I was planning to close his account because I thought his name was innapropriate, but he spoke to my boss who caved and allowed the account to continue. Over the next year or so he became a legend in the company, he phoned in every day, often multiple times and always placed orders and paid on time etc, but he would always ask any girls who answered him to check if the account had his name spelled correctly and would ask them to read it back to him, this obviouisly either floated his boat or he thought it was the hight of humor, he still had the account when I left the job.
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Oct 6, 2012 20:29
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When I was young there was a local nut who changed his name to Graham Gramophone. It may not sound too bad, but he named his son Gabriel God Galaxy Gramophone.
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bringmyfishback posted:I don't want to live in a world where he's NOT real! I don't get the joke? Tammi one and Tammi two?
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Oct 7, 2012 02:03
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I once met a girl whose first name was Naw'Tey.
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Oct 7, 2012 02:37
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I have two young cousins named Zeeden and Zahli. Also know someone who name his kid Halo Dali
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Oct 7, 2012 02:46
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I used to drive by a house with a real estate sign in the yard from Gerard Doody. Damned if I didn't grin like a 5 year old every time I went by.
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Oct 7, 2012 04:12
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I used to dance with a girl named Heidi Daly. Not that bad, but it sounds weird when you say it out loud. My high-school best friend's sister's name is Dayle Doyle. Another friend of mine, her father is named Ronald McDonald. He was born after the restaurant got famous, too.
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Oct 7, 2012 06:11
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Oct 7, 2012 06:28
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A friend of mine met an Action Facemyer at Model U.N. He never lied about anything, but I didn't want to believe him. I had no choice when, a year later when discussing odd names at a summer camp, I brought poor Action up. That's when a counselor turned to me in disbelief. Turns out she used to babysit him...along with his brothers Jet and Sharp and their cousins Dashell, Blaice, and Scout. Every single one was a Facemyer.
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Oct 7, 2012 07:07
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Kneel Before Zog posted:I don't get the joke? Tammi one and Tammi two? It's a reference to Parks and Recreation where the pictured dude, Ron Swanson, was married to two Tammy's (or three I forget). Also his mothers name is Tammy. In my social psychology class a couple of years ago there was a black dude named Innocent. I never thought he was guilty.
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Oct 7, 2012 07:13
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Cardinal Sin - born Jaime Sin. was archbishop of Manila, etc. From SS death index: Olive Green, Grace Face, Richard Face, Forest Green, Harry Wolf, Uriah D Smellie
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Oct 7, 2012 07:44
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I worked with kids for a while, and most were just "Mckybrynes" and "J/K/H/Aidens", but there were a few interesting ones. In my time, I worked with a California, a trio of adorable sisters named Liberty, Honor, and Victory and a Lucky. I loved Lucky's name because it was straight out of a 1950's suburban sitcom. He told me once that his parents named him that because "They were lucky to have me!" 
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Oct 7, 2012 19:58
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I once had to send some paperwork to a law firm to a certain paralegal. Her name was Jeffiner.
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Oct 7, 2012 21:57
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While bagging groceries at work one day had a family call for their kid and unfortunately I can't remember what the kids name was but my immediate thought was what the hell did you name them that for that's terrible, but it was so bad I've blocked if from my memory. I know it wasn't just a nickname because they did the "full name you're in trouble" call. To have an actual contribution once made up a flower arrangement for a prom or graduation for a girl named Piffany and apparently they liked to call her Piffy. Also at my 10 yr high school reunion I found that one of my classmates had a new daughter and named her Nausicaä after the Studio Ghibli film. (Don't know if it actually has the accent marks or not) Oh and my little sister is named K.L.N. and the initials don't stand for anything.
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Oct 7, 2012 22:54
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Then it should really be KLN. Like Harry S Truman. But more importantly, what the hell is wrong with your parents?
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Oh oh oh, I have some! There were LOTS of pregnant girls at my high school. Letting a 17 year old name a baby sometimes yielded...interesting results. My favorite was "Cash Mo'nay". I'm being completely serious. Pronounced like "Cash Money".  In the 6th grade, I knew a girl named Tara Dactyl. She was involved in a lot of school clubs and activities, and as such you'd hear her name over the PA often, so I wasn't just hearing things. Once, while shopping at Gabriel Brothers, I heard a woman calling her friend "Pinata" from across the room. I don't know if this was a nickname or her real name, but it's a bit odd either way. I also work with a woman who's great-grandchildren are named Cloudy and Stormy. She seems halfway between being exasperated by the names and fond of them.
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Then it should really be KLN. Like Harry S Truman. My dad and grandpa on his side had two middle names so they had four initials, and when he married my mom she ended up with four initials, so he felt that all of us kids should too so my older sister got the initials T.J.R.H. and I got C.A.S.H., but when my little sister was coming along they got stuck on naming her Eloise Anne 'something' <lastname> and couldn't agree on a second middle name so one day dad said, "How about K.L.N.?" and mom thought he said Kay Ellen, and asked what the third name was and so he explained it and her only response was "You tell my mother." So it was decided and so it was even though it pissed off the attending nurse who told mom she couldn't name a beautiful girl that. But they did and it fits her to a T. As for what else is wrong with my parents that's way too long a list.
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dee eight posted:I had a customer today with the last name of Longerbone. That's my last name, and yeah it is fun  e: Oh yeah, you're the cat drugs guy, that was me. Good stuff by the way. Halah has a new favorite as of 23:49 on Oct 7, 2012 |
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