Does anyone have a "silly" name? I' m Dick Steele, and I went to HS with "Bonny Bush"...

[Richard Steele]

..and a couple of other folks whose names might be AMUSING...
and it was really not a large High School.

Bonny was 2 years behind me: I graduated the same year as her
big sister Lori.
Never really got to know her, but was aware of her existence.
LOVED her name- it made me feel better about mine.

Seriously, if your name is "Steele", You might wanna
think twice about naming your son "Richard"...especially
if he was born 45 days after NIXON got elected!

And if your name is "Bush", you should probably
think twice before naming your daughters "Bonny" or "Fluffy"....

And if your name is "Lear", PLEASE refrain from the temptation
to name your infant daughter "Chrystal Chanda".

(That's not a joke- I know people who did that, & I stand ready
to offer testimony as a "character witness" when Christol Shanda Lear
is placed on trial for the murder of her parents.)

Life is STRANGE, fellow DUers.
If you don't think it's strange, then you really need to get out more often.

[krispos42]

1. I knew a guy named "Anel Mistry"

Not quite sure how it was spelled; he wasn't my customer, but my co-worker talked about him.


First name pronounced "AH-neel".


:rofl:

[Richard Steele]

2. On behalf of all "dialup DUers", let me say "thanks for the huge JPEG, you moran"

Took 3 tries to download your post.
That was about 3 tries more than it was worth reading.

So, welcome to "ignore".
Bye-bye now: :hi:

[krispos42]

3. You mean the massive 15k pic that's fully in compliance with DU rules?

The one that I've had for about three weeks now? And that takes 4 seconds to download with a 56k modem?







:-|

[orleans]

4. for what it's worth--i am amused with the pie chart. i've often

wondered what that "gay agenda" looks like

although, i must admit i have seen this "gay adgenda"
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/agenda.html

[krispos42]

5. I've gotten four or five positive comments on it. since I changed it about 3 weeks ago..

...which is three or four more than the sum total of all positive comments about my sigline pic since I've been here!


Great link, BTW! :rofl:

[Rhythm]

14. Count this as another 'positive' comment...

It cracked me up when i saw it on GraphJam, and i was hoping someone somewhere would get some mileage out of it.

:hi:

[MajorChode]

6. A guy at work is named, "Dick Butts"

And he doesn't go by Richard.

[EvilAL]

7. My cousin used to go out with a guy named Hugh Moran.

I never thought anything of it until I started laughing at freepers.

[lazyriver]

8. A friend of a friend is named Justin Thyme. I met his parents once

and they were...let's say just to be nice, eccentric.

[ElboRuum]

38. And their names must have been...

"Inda Nichov" and "Stychin"... Stychin rescues unwanted cats from the local shelter... Once she saved nine. Wow. I'm even starting to annoy myself here.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. My real name, before I married

sounds like a stripper's name. It also made for some rather interesting nicknames.

[NewJeffCT]

10. I knew a woman in college named Titi

She was Vietnamese, though, and it was pronounced Tee Tee

[Rosie1223]

11. 2 boys in college --

Roommates, randomly matched by the housing computer:

Jim Stewart and John Wayne.

[sarge43]

18. Throw in Library Valence and it's a party. n/t

[cemaphonic]

36. and I have a friend named Cable

after that Peckinpaugh movie.

[abq e streeter]

22. I actually play in a band with guys named Michael Murphy and Charlie Daniels

Charlie, by the way, completely off the subject , is also a NM state supreme court justice; the most recent one appointed by Gov Richardson, and a great progressive.

[sarge43]

12. NH used to have a politican named Dick Sweat. n/t

[Rhythm]

13. My sunday-school teacher's wife was named Mary Christmas

Frank was the SS teacher for the teenagers... heck of a guy, too. Laid-back and candid in his speech, looked like a biker, and was a Charlotte police officer. His wife Mary was an almost stereotypical southern SAHM type, and we loved the goodies she brought into the teen class and for youth-group parties. Their oldest daughter was one of my best friends.

I asked Mary one day what it was like to have a name like that, and she told me that having that prospective name was the biggest thing she had to deal with when it came to originally getting engaged to Frank. They were apparently engaged for a couple of years before she really decided she could accept having that name. Being conservatively traditional, a hyphenated last name, or keeping her own family name, never entered her mind.

[Richard Steele]

19. Wow, so she had to CHOOSE that name?

She must really love that guy!
Strong work, Mr. Christmas! :thumbsup:



For some reason, your post jarred a memory loose
from my calcified old brain: Back in Junior High,
rumor had it that two of our teachers were secretly dating.

Some folks claimed that Ms. Legg had been seen "out and about" with Mr. Foote.
(Yes, it's pronounced "foot")

I should google them- I wonder if she's Mrs. "Legg-Foote" now.

[Cannikin]

15. I went to school with Harry Buffalo and Dick Pearson

[rurallib]

16. Back in the glory days of Iowa girls HS basketball

they would televise the finals. At the finals the all-tournament team would be announced. Back in the late '60s the team included one Fonda Dicks. Ms. Dicks was a good player BTW.
Years later i was talking about the tournament with a co-worker. I asked him if he remembered Fonda Dicks (because I thought I had maybe dreamed it up). He remembered her also.

ETA - she's on the IGSHAU all time scoring list around #20 or 30:
http://www.ighsau.org/history/basketball/six-playerrecords/6on6points.html

[TheMightyFavog]

20. My Public Speaking/Theatre prof in junior college had her in one of his classes a long time ago.

He talked about her in Public Speaking alongside an exercise where we had a list of fictional names, and we had to guess the person's socail class, occupation, etc, from those names.

[Jokerman]

17. I used to work with "Penny Wise".

Her parents had an odd sense of humor.

[TheMightyFavog]

21. There used to be a professor at my Alma Mater, years before I attended named Richard Faze

The students always referred to him as "Dick Faze".

[abq e streeter]

23. Graduated H.S. with Bonnie Parker in '68, the year Bonnie and Clyde was the hit movie

felt really bad for her at all the giggling from the audience when her name was announced at graduation....Also a friend swears that ( also quite a few years ago) one of the tellers at his bank was Joy Swallow.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. In Australia there used to be a State MP called Richard Face

[Richard Steele]

27. Wow. And I thought -my- school days were rough!

What a hard time he must have had!

[styersc]

25. Friend Eileen married a man with last name Dover.

His name was Ben.

Also rented an apartment from the town ob/gyn whose name was Dr. Fingers. His first name was Cole. Dr. Cole Fingers the gynecologist!

[Richard Steele]

28. You just can't make this stuff up! nm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Local news had a story about a redneck couple charged with a hate crime.

The woman's name was Mita Reeder.

[mitchum]

29. I had a stoner buddy in high school named L.B. Greene

[Initech]

30. Seriously, Dick Steele is the ultimate porn name.

Just sayin! :evilgrin:

[Richard Steele]

32. I prefer to think of it as the ultimate "Film Noir" name....

As a porn name, it just seems so JUVENILE and obvious...

But "Dick Steele, Private Eye": That sounds like a guy
who could hold his own with Sam Spade!

And I look GREAT in a black fedora!

[Initech]

34. It could go either way.

That's what she said.

[GaYellowDawg]

31. No... but I met a girl named Ginger Root one time.

Seemed like a really sweet gal. Wish I'd gotten a number.

[mwooldri]

33. Talking of Richards...

I had a good friend at university, his name was Manley. That was his last name. He never went by his first name of Richard.

Also there was a lady who I occasionally served at the supermarket I worked at as a teenager. I didn't care much for her, she was a bit rude to me. But then her name was Mrs. Vile.

And following on from a thread elsewhere... I feel sorry for any young boys with the last name of Bates. In the UK it was (and in some circles still is) a convention to give young boys the title Master (rather than Mister, which is for adult men). You'd have your mail address to Master Bates. It also gets worse - there's a guy whose name is William Ankers. Mail would be addressed to a Mr. W. Ankers.

Mark.

[cemaphonic]

35. Had a friend with the last name Payne - his dad was an Army Major

That poor guy's never getting promoted again no matter how good a job he does.

[abq e streeter]

37. I 've taught ( as a sub) a kid actually named Indiana Jones

apparently he was stopped by the cops once and when he insisted that was his name, they almost beat him up before he was able to get his license out and show them.

[MrScorpio]

39. There used to be an Air Force General named Richard Head

http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5751

Does he look like a Dick Head to you?

[charlie and algernon]

40. you gotta hear Lewis Black's rant on kids named Shithead and asshole

its insane what people name their kids

[Dogtown]

41. Had a boss named "Dick Small" once

Not Richard, Dick. Military, too, so it always printed as "Small, Dick".

[Ikonoklast]

42. Knew a young girl named Margeret, that everyone knew as Peg.

Who married a guy I worked with whose last name was Legger.

She became Peg Legger.