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     Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 552 Registered: 5-2004  |
Lizziecat, I assume this is the one you mean. From a local email list:
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| wharfrat Citizen Username: Wharfrat Post Number: 1478 Registered: 6-2001 |
Jacques Lipschitz-famous artist Caleb Blue Cross-a sister of an acquaintance And of course these names, all punch lines to bad jokes- Claude Balls Seymour Butts Jacque Tootite | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1981 Registered: 5-2001 |
A friend's friend: Mrs. Hiscock. (Sue Hiscock) | ||
| Ignatius J Citizen Username: Ignatius_j Post Number: 346 Registered: 8-2003  |
I forgot about another girl in my high school named Leah Dick. People either prounounced it 'Lay-a Dick' or just called her 'Ate-a Dick' | ||
| redY67 Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 538 Registered: 2-2003 |
I went to school with a Mike Hunt as well.. and of course there was my friend Dick Weiner | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 4436 Registered: 5-2001  |
Makes you wonder what these parents were thinking when they conceived these poor kids.  | ||
| Ignatius J Citizen Username: Ignatius_j Post Number: 347 Registered: 8-2003 |
Is there any doubt that some people were made for each other???  | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1982 Registered: 5-2001 |
My late grandfather in-law was Red Rice. (Never met the guy, but he was so named for his hair.) | ||
| Brett Weir Citizen Username: Brett_weir Post Number: 509 Registered: 4-2004 |
Former Seton Hall star softball pitcher Misty Beaver | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1983 Registered: 5-2001 |
The inner middler-schooler is coming out of all of us! | ||
| vor Citizen Username: Vor Post Number: 356 Registered: 9-2003 |
Ain't it fun, though | ||
| Joan Supporter Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 4608 Registered: 5-2001 |
Another local resident: London England. | ||
| vor Citizen Username: Vor Post Number: 357 Registered: 9-2003 |
Oh, come on! | ||
| StringsTeacher99 Citizen Username: Blue_eyes Post Number: 260 Registered: 4-2004  |
Joan is not kidding... I went to school with her. | ||
| LibraryLady(ncjanow) Supporter Username: Librarylady Post Number: 2085 Registered: 5-2001  |
Doesn't she have a sibnling named Button England? | ||
| ML Supporter Username: Ml1 Post Number: 2136 Registered: 5-2002  |
One semester when I was teaching at Rutgers, my class roster included both Ed Sullivan and Kim Novak. | ||
| Barbara Citizen Username: Blh Post Number: 401 Registered: 5-2001 |
Okay, in Kennebunkport I knew the Barr family and their children Clark and Candy. In college, I saw a gyn named Dr. Clapp. A friend studied guitar with Harvey Strumm. A student at a university I worked at had an uncle who was a moyel - her last name? Foreskin, of course! | ||
| monster Citizen Username: Monster Post Number: 469 Registered: 7-2002  |
went to high school with a Dicky Super, seeing his name on forms was always good for a chuckle (Super Dicky). As far as name changes go, I just got married and checked the box on the back of the application form to change my maiden name. I figured my wife wasn't going to change her name, so being the nut I am, I changed mine. All I had to do was use it, and change my SS#, credit cards, etc. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 4978 Registered: 1-2003  |
Seriously, monster? I went to college with Fotis Zissomatis. A guy worked down the hall from me named Chuks Ndukwe ("choox nnn-DUKE-way"). Well, if you're used to African names, it doesn't sound odd. I went to high school with Dorcas Bravo. And she became a very good singer. Too bad it wasn't Brava. I had a taxi driver in NYC named Kuffour Frimpong. These are all collected in a list I keep with me. I am NOT offering you the whole list here, at least not all at once. | ||
| nan Citizen Username: Nan Post Number: 1659 Registered: 2-2001 |
I once worked with a guy named Neil Dick and he was as weird as his name. --but-- I have a perfect book for this thread. It's filled with bizarre names and titles and bizarre combinations of names & titles. I wish I could upload the whole thing: Bizarre Books by Russell Ash, Brian Lake Here's the Amazon discription: Editorial Reviews In the course of their writing and publishing careers, Russell Ash and Brian Lake have collected hundreds of the book trade's most bizarre titles. From unintended double entendres (Making It in Leather) and astonishingly specialized subjects (Great Locomotive Boiler Explosions) to weird books on sex (Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition), and religion (Hell: Where Is It?), the authors have left no page unturned in their quest. Along the way, they have also catalogued some noteworthy authors, including Violet Organ, Fernando Poo, Bishop Frediricus Nausea, and O. Hell. A final section looks at publishing curiosities, from unusual book bindings (a "fireproof" edition of Fahrenheit 451 bound in asbestos boards) to unfortunate tributes (Venereal Disease and Its Prevention, "affectionately dedicated" to the author's wife). Now revised and updated, Bizarre Books is a guaranteed good laugh. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/186205102X/qid=1104454779/sr=2-1/ref=pd_k a_b_2_1/104-4845760-0002333 Here's a personal selection of favoriates from Chapter 2. Names to Conjure With. These are all REAL author's names. The authors of the book include a caution that humor is relative and "names such as Prick van Wily will be funnier to an English reader than to a Dutchman. So, as an American I found these amusing: Pierre Anus Nellie Badcock Ludwig von Baldass Yoshimoto Banana Rebecca Hammering Bang A. Farto J. Hogsflesh Violet Organ Urban Grosskipper von Wipper From Chapter 3: The Right Person for the Job. (These are real books) The Cypruss Garden Jane Arbor Mills and Boon, 1969 Punishment Robin Banks Harmondsworth; Penquin, 1972 About Raw Juices John B. Lust New York; Benedict Lust Publicaitons, 1982 Anatomy of the Brain William W. Looney Philadelphia, Pa; F.A. Davis, 2nd Ed. 1932 The book has 214 pages of this stuff! |
