Amusing names

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:56 am

I was wondering if we'd had this before, as I seem to recall telling of a colleague of a friend whose name was Ian Littler, and as such signed everything I. Littler.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:57 am

Had a maths teacher called Horace Shipperbottom. Imagine what a class of fourteen year-olds did with that one.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:07 pm

Just recalled a former colleague with the ordinary enough name of Harry Dyer ... but he ALWAYS answered the phone with " ... Dyer 'ere ... ".

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:12 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:I was wondering if we'd had this before, as I seem to recall telling of a colleague of a friend whose name was Ian Littler, and as such signed everything I. Littler.

Did he have a mate called Andy Hoch?

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:36 pm

There's a journalist called Yuri Bender

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:47 pm

There's also an Aussie expat somewhere called Eileen Dover.

Le Snake · Post by **Le Snake** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:02 pm

My dad likes telling stories about the time when he used to do business with an American chap named Randy Riddle. He once has his name announced over the tannoy at Manchester Airport, and couldn't understand why people were giggling.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:32 pm

Le Snake wrote:My dad likes telling stories about the time when he used to do business with an American chap named Randy Riddle. He once has his name announced over the tannoy at Manchester Airport, and couldn't understand why people were giggling.

One American who played football in Montreal was called Randy Rhino - I wouldn't want to meet a randy rhino personally.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:50 pm

My dad used to have dealings with a Guido Ramsdonk from Holland, and also a Phat Boy from Singapore.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:55 pm

In our US base we have a Pam Handwerk, a Karen Gotto and a Stacey Goodbody. Plus a Harriet Herb.

A German called Walter Kuntz also exists.

I once had an e-mail which was also copied to both Gail Twatt and Sharon Clitty. Apparently both had married into those names. Why take the name ??

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:23 pm

Ah, mentioning married names reminds me of a woman who works in the same school as my mum. She's called Gay Males. Before she was married, though, it was the far more acceptable Gay Gash

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:26 pm

I knew a girl called Genna Taylor.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:37 pm

blurred wrote:Ah, mentioning married names reminds me of a woman who works in the same school as my mum. She's called Gay Males.

I wonder how many times she's Googled herself? I bet it's no more than once.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:38 pm

Worked with a Dutch guy once called Frederik Sheite.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:44 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Worked with a Dutch guy once called Frederik Sheite.

Was he Muslim?

walkingdownthemannyroad · Post by **walkingdownthemannyroad** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:45 pm

I don't know why, but I get a strange feeling that one or two of you are telling porkies here.

Eileen Dover............yeah right Tango!!

She existed back in my primary school play ground, along with Theresa Green and the ubiquitous Mike Hunt...

In football Nyron Nosworthy, at Sunderland, is my favorite, sorry Nossa

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:07 pm

walkingdownthemannyroad wrote:I don't know why, but I get a strange feeling that one or two of you are telling porkies here.

Eileen Dover............yeah right Tango!!

She existed back in my primary school play ground, along with Theresa Green and the ubiquitous Mike Hunt...

In my school days (doubtless before yours) it was the authors of books:
Accident on the cliffs, by Eileen Dover
How to get rich quick, by Robin Banks
The Russian flea, by Ivan Ellovanich
Baby's revenge, by Nora Titzoff
etc., etc., etc.
So i wouldn't buy Ms. Dover either

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:33 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote: In my school days (doubtless before yours) it was the authors of books:
Accident on the cliffs, by Eileen Dover
How to get rich quick, by Robin Banks
The Russian flea, by Ivan Ellovanich
Baby's revenge, by Nora Titzoff
etc., etc., etc.

Not forgetting the seminal 'Babysitting For Dummies' by Justin Casey Howells

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:24 pm

Little Green Man wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote: In my school days (doubtless before yours) it was the authors of books:
Accident on the cliffs, by Eileen Dover
How to get rich quick, by Robin Banks
The Russian flea, by Ivan Ellovanich
Baby's revenge, by Nora Titzoff
etc., etc., etc.
Not forgetting the seminal 'Babysitting For Dummies' by Justin Casey Howells

Indeed, even after 50 years I can still remember a bunch more, though rather too vulgar or scatological for this forum.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:29 pm

I work at a travel operator

you get some classics

Mr Santosa Shithole is one of my faves, oh, and Mr Nicholas Childharmer.

Class

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