What were your parents thinking?

[nwcove]

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"We have clearance Clarence." "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

best comedy movie of all time!!! lol

 

[Stephenatx]

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We had a sergeant when I was in the service his last name was Glasscock. Everyone called him crystal d**k.

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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My surname is also a christian name. My christian name is also a surname (usually with a S on the end, and many people assume that).

My 3 brothers suffer the same fate.

We have all discussed it and came to the conclusion it was amusing watching peoples confusion.

Mother refused to allow anyone to abreviate or slang our names.

Back in the 70's there was a long reigning olympic long distant runner whose name was made up of half my christian and half my surname, and people would accidentally call me that.

But hang on, what do your indigenious peoples do for names? Down here, and in New Zealand, some have hilarious names. I realise you shouldn't laugh, but boy, some of them are down right amazing.

Cheers
Phillip

 

[drrpm]

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I knew a woman named Sno White. Richard Head was always good for some laughs too. I like the creative made up names for the various assistants et al. at the end of Car Talk.

 

[TilliamWe]

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In the area where I grew up, the Beaver Creek runs through it. The last name Beaver also belongs to several families. My wife didn't believe me that I had a classmate named Harry and his sister Lacey, until I showed her my yearbook. At least their little sister Miranda didn't have such a difficult time!

 

[Slide]

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My last name is Shepherd, and it is a neverending curse that nobody ever spells it right. Shepard, Sheperd, Shephard, many other ways. It was wrong on my first driver's license (that I kept for almost 3 years before moving to Indiana).

Good grief people... it's just like Jesus spells it!

 

[GA_Boater]

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the Detroit Tigers baseball team had a player named Rusty Kuntz...(pronounced Koontz)....no lie, i read his name when he came up to bat the first time and laughed so hard i spotted a little. lol

I was in the service with his relative Harry. Nicest guy in the world too.

 

[dingbat]

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I have 1/2 brother out in the Chicago area whose name is name Michael Hunt. He goes by Mike

 

[ngt]

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I worked with a guy named BB Polikus. His little brother's name was "Freakus Polikus" and his sister's name was "Groovy Nipples Polikus". I always wondered what "BB" stood for. All really cool/nice folks. Parents were just hippies.

I'm with the whole "think about your kids name" thought, but even I made a bit of a mistake. My son's name is "William Timothy Hudson". First and middle are family names, but I wasn't thinking about his initials being "WTH", which in texting stands for "what the hell?" :facepalm: Oh well, could be worse I guess and sometimes you can't cover every angle.

 

[coastalrichard]

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I worked with a guy named BB Polikus. His little brother's name was "Freakus Polikus" and his sister's name was "Groovy Nipples Polikus". I always wondered what "BB" stood for. All really cool/nice folks. Parents were just hippies.

I'm with the whole "think about your kids name" thought, but even I made a bit of a mistake. My son's name is "William Timothy Hudson". First and middle are family names, but I wasn't thinking about his initials being "WTH", which in texting stands for "what the hell?" :facepalm: Oh well, could be worse I guess and sometimes you can't cover every angle.

ah...Roger Wilcoe to that:facepalm:

 

[greenbush future]

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Had a customer with the last name Boughner... pronunced like you think it would be!

First name wasn't richard or anything, but maybe has a family member....

I knew a woman who's first name was Anita, last name was the same as above.

 

[ajgraz]

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I have 1/2 brother out in the Chicago area whose name is name Michael Hunt. He goes by Mike

A good buddy of mine in High School had that name too. Except "Mike" was his middle name, his first name was "Phillip." (Say that whole name in order fast :facepalm: ) His mom remarried and they changed their last name, but then his initials became "PMS." Kid couldn't catch a break.


Wanted to name my son "Frank Alexander" but those initials would not go well with a last name starting with "G."
(Of course my wife's initials became "NAG" )

 

[ngt]

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A good buddy of mine in High School had that name too. Except "Mike" was his middle name, his first name was "Phillip." (Say that whole name in order fast :facepalm: ) His mom remarried and they changed their last name, but then his initials became "PMS." Kid couldn't catch a break.


Wanted to name my son "Frank Alexander" but those initials would not go well with a last name starting with "G."
(Of course my wife's initials became "NAG" )

Who remarries and changes their son's last name?

 

[Fishing Dude too]

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Who remarries and changes their son's last name?

A guy I use to work with, his first name was Harry, his last name was what is left when you smoke a cig. His dad was a Church of God minister.

 

[ajgraz]

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Who remarries and changes their son's last name?

He was like 14 at the time, his mom's new husband legally adopted him.

 

[coolbri70]

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my high school principal was named Wendall ****, his wifes maiden name was Anita Long, she worked at the school board and signed our report cards A.L. ****, they had a son named Richard. no bs

 

[BonairII]

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my high school principal was named Wendall ****, his wifes maiden name was Anita Long

Hopefully, she didn't hyphenate her last name after she married him.

 

[Eric 3.7LX Alpha 1]

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Some of these posts are so crazy funny almost hard to believe, a person would have a tiny baby and agree on some of these names here. Knowing what they sounded like, all these poor kids growing up.

 

[coolbri70]

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this is a picture of an article from my high school yearbook it does not mention her maiden name but we were teens so dont wonder why

 

[fat fanny]

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Well I have it pretty bad so to say Richard Kimble and my dad is of course Richard Kimble and so I past it on to my son Richard Kimble. But I realy don't have a clue what my mom was thinking when she named my sister Dewilda! wtf did that come from? I used to work with Jeffery Dahlmer went to school with Paul Mall and work with get this **** Boyl and Lisa Lickamashaft and my cousins best friend is Candy Cane!