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The former minister for racing and gaming in NSW was called Richard Face.
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funkybottoms posted:Was this around Macon? I've done a notary for a dude named Z with a Georgia driver's license. Z's dead baby. Z's dead.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:15
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Met a small girl at work named Pooran Ghai. She enters junior high next year, and if I was the praying sort, she'd get all of mine. On the opposite end of the scale, another kid I know from work is named Steel Roughjobb. He has a long and promising career in gay porn ahead of him.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:29
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Just remembered the old golf coach at my schools name was Richard Dickey... All the teachers and staff called him Dick, but he was Mr. Dickey to all the students.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:30
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There is someone on Toddlers and Tiaras who named her kid Camari because she craved calamari while she was pregnant.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:39
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While waiting for an appointment at a doctor's office, a nurse came into the waiting room, looking puzzled and skeptical, and called out, "poo poo head?" at which point a very tall man shouted back in a baritone, "It's 'Shi-theed!'" before following her into his appointment.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:40
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Oh, I have some of these. My karate instructor when I was a wee thing was a massively huge black man whose last name was Gridiron. I knew a couple who named their son Ascii. Yeah, you know, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII Went to school with a girl named Your for several years. My very southern family background is a favored source of inspiration though. How can you argue with a name like Signal Tandy Bond?
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Sep 14, 2012 00:55
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One of my best friends has the unfortunate name of Mike Hunt but the all time best name was Mike's roommate in college Likitung Lsongsang. He looked nothing like the pokemon.
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Sep 14, 2012 01:08
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A girl named Tyranny. I have no idea if that was intentional or just sort of sounded like a girl's name. A family with the last name of Belch. Not quite terrible enough for this thread was a kid with the last name McIvor. He lived his life by the philosophy of 'Who needs a first name when you can just have everybody call you MacGyver?'
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Sep 14, 2012 01:08
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Used to work at a hotel and got to see lots of names. Had one guy named Bungbroy and another Rutheford Ripburger.
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Sep 14, 2012 01:14
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For all of you confused about the name Eowyn: it's an old English name, and is most commonly associated with the Lord of the Rings. Remember the blonde chick that killed the Witch King at the end? That was Eowyn. We named her that because my husband and I met at an oscar party the year Return of the King swept the awards. We were both there for lotr, so it's why we met. My husband just told me he teaches a student named Raven. This wouldn't be noteworthy except that Raven is a boy. Should have just named him "Target".
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Sep 14, 2012 01:47
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Our local news team in Tampa has a field reporter named Ferdinand Zogbaum. And he always acts like he would rather be pulling off his own testicles than reporting.
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Sep 14, 2012 01:55
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legendaryRev posted:Our local news team in Tampa has a field reporter named Ferdinand Zogbaum. And he always acts like he would rather be pulling off his own testicles than reporting. Well of course he'd act like that. How would you feel if you had to start everything with "And now we're going to Ferdinand Zogbaum who is actually there right now." and ending with "For Channel 4 Tampa, I'm Ferdinand Zogbaum." That would get demoralizing 
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Sep 14, 2012 02:01
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My ex-landlady has three kids: Dustin (son), Indigo (daughter), and Cactus (son). I was in the hospital for a couple nights back in July, and one night the nurses on shift were named Karma and Sunshine.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:13
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I check IDs as part of my job and my favorites thus far: Viktor Deathrage Sweet Medicine Nation Delicious Chocolate Pudding Song Song Song Sleeping Bangman 
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Sep 14, 2012 02:15
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My college roommate swears she went to school with two girls whose last names were Poon and Tang (standard SE Asian names, I think...?) and they were best friends.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:19
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Samfucius posted:...and twins Lemonjello ("leh-mon-ja-loh") and Orangejello ("o-ron-ja-lo"). I also wonder how many people with silly names start going by more sensible ones when they grow up. David Bowie's son Zowie Bowie (Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones) Went by the name Joey from age twelve and has been known as Duncan Jones (his real name) since 18.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:39
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ExplodingSquid posted:One that I can remember though:  Wa-aa-it a minute... 
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Sep 14, 2012 02:51
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I got this year's list of amazing names from a local preschool teacher! They are as follows: • Theron • Zalo • Kaydn • Nazim • Zavanya • Kadrea and her mother Qadriyya. • Kidd Keep in mind, I live in a small town in the US that is excruciatingly white. These aren't immigrant names, these are "my child is special" names. I have confirmed that every one of these kids was white and had American parents. Oh, more names from previous years: Tuesday Noscel (pronounced Nozzle) and her friends Tony Crap and Brona Maloney. Cymbal Monkey has a new favorite as of 03:06 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Sep 14, 2012 02:53
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Taeke posted:My parents nearly named me Arjen after my grandpa, pronounced pretty much the same way as in the OP. It's not an uncommon Dutch name, and pretty normal around here. Yeah I went to school with a dude called Arjaan (ar-yahn). A friend of mine claims that his dad worked with a guy called "Cleanboy".
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Sep 14, 2012 03:18
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Cymbal Monkey posted:I got this year's list of amazing names from a local preschool teacher! They are as follows: Pretty sure Theron is an actual name people sometimes have. But holy crap Nazim. Best name on that list. He is almost certainly named after someone's D&D character or something.
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Sep 14, 2012 03:26
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A friend of my daughter is named Abcdee, pronounced Absidy. I did't believe it until I went to her Christmas party, and there it was on the chalkboard. My ex's idiot cousin named his kids Mastah and Princess, because then "the teachers would be FORCED to respect them!" 
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Sep 14, 2012 03:32
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I feel bad these kids have to grow up with terrible names.
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Sep 14, 2012 03:52
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I worked in the school system and did sports scorebooks for several years. My personal favorites are the sisters named after Guns n Roses songs. In case you want to try guess which ones, I'll spoiler it. Patience and November Rain Their brother's name was completely normal. Starting at guard for the Trojans, #23, Ebony Butts. I confirmed that one before it was announced. She was a pretty good player. This is Georgia Bulldog country, even though it's 200+ miles from UGA. That hasn't stopped one of the locals from naming his son Athens. Yes, it was for that reason. A kid named Junior. No, not Dad's first name, Jr. Just Junior.
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Sep 14, 2012 03:57
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Someone I used to work with named her kid Oden. You know, like the Norse god, only spelled wrong.
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Sep 14, 2012 03:58
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I went to highschool with LadyDiana Lopez... And two girls named Unique, but I guess that one's not so uncommon.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:08
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kannonfodder posted:Someone I used to work with named her kid Oden. You know, like the Norse god, only spelled wrong. I believe that is in fact just an alternative spelling. Wednesday originates from Woden's Day.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:10
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Rino posted:I feel bad these kids have to grow up with terrible names. That's why a lot of countries have naming laws. Well, some countries. Some of them exist because there were restrictions on giving commoner's children nobel names (Sweden). I think these are really sensible. The only way a name can be thrown out is if it could cause physical harm, eg. Adolf Hitler Campbell. So basically anything short of gently caress You and get away with it.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:13
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A Moose posted:Pretty sure Theron is an actual name people sometimes have. But holy crap Nazim. Best name on that list. He is almost certainly named after someone's D&D character or something. There's a pair of really big D&D fans I know who named their daughter Narnra. Why that name? Because it's the name of Elminster's daughter in the Forgotten Realms. 
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Sep 14, 2012 04:15
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I remember a kid on my bus from high school named Anakin, and I once saw a girl working at a convenience store with Precyous on her nametag.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:21
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Many years ago, I worked at a market research firm. We did business with a man named Weasel Strychnine (I think he might also front a band), and another guy named Goy Messiah. One of the secretaries kept a list, and there were some amazing names on it, but I can't remember any. The two, above, are people we had business relationships with. I, personally, conducted an interview with a woman named Porsche Mercedes Datsun.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:26
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At the Arby's near where I used to live, there works a cashier who speaks exactly like Wesley Willis. His name?  VYGAR He is clearly sent as the herald of Ragnarok to gather up the noble Einherjar from the drive-thru window.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:40
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Sep 14, 2012 04:46
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I remember my father (an elementary school teacher) had a girl named Shithead (pronounced Shith-hEEd) in his class.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:51
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BurntCornMuffin posted:I remember my father (an elementary school teacher) had a girl named Shithead (pronounced Shith-hEEd) in his class. Shithead already came up before in this thread. As with Lemonjello and Orangejello, there is no such person with that name. It's poo poo that never happened 
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Sep 14, 2012 04:56
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Cymbal Monkey posted:That's why a lot of countries have naming laws. Well, some countries. Some of them exist because there were restrictions on giving commoner's children nobel names (Sweden). I think these are really sensible. The only way a name can be thrown out is if it could cause physical harm, eg. Adolf Hitler Campbell. So basically anything short of gently caress You and get away with it.
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Sep 14, 2012 04:57
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I have a part time gig working the service desk at a supermarket, and I once rented a rug cleaner to a Richard C. Butts
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Sep 14, 2012 04:59
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I worked with a woman named Fanny Fiesta. I don't remember what Fanny was short for, but that name always cracked me up. My sister came across an unfortunate soul named Easter Areola at her old staffing agency job.
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Zotwoz posted:Shithead already came up before in this thread. As with Lemonjello and Orangejello, there is no such person with that name. It's poo poo that never happened That urban myth did give us this video, though, which is magical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Ua8iOR0g8
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