# Anorher "sad story, funny name" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157 "2006-07-04T14:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/21 "2006-07-06T01:36:06Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] [I’m afraid so.](http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/2004/09/oranjello-and-lemonjello.html) [/QUOTE] Well, I have a phone call to make… :o To think, I’ve believed that story for over 8 years, sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/22 "2006-07-06T01:45:12Z")
I wrote this post yesterday, and as I went to post it the boards crashed. Even though it’s now been addressed above, I put too much work into it to just delete it, so here goes! [QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] I knew of two brothers named… lemonjello and orangejello… pronounced: lemonjello: le- mahn-jel-low orangejello: ore-anje-jel-low Yes.. Lemon and orange J-ELLO Parents can be so cruel… [/QUOTE] [Those](http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm) [two](http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20030226&tid=607366) [sure](http://forum.sportruck.com/showpost.pl?Board=offtopic&Number=7783&page=5&view=expanded&sb=4) [get](http://jeremyfreese.blogspot.com/2005/04/never-underestimate-freakonomist.html) [around](http://thinklings.org/?comments_popup=1170). [Seems](http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/2004/09/oranjello-and-lemonjello.html) [like](http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/sightings.html) [EVERYONE](http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/the-nayme-gaimme/) [knows](http://thebabynamewizard.ivillage.com/parenting/archives/2005/04/nameonomics.html) [of](http://bigbadbabynames.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42248&highlight=lemonjello) [them](http://allnurses.com/forums/1627688-post4.html). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/23 "2006-07-06T01:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=cazzle] I wrote this post yesterday, and as I went to post it the boards crashed. Even though it’s now been addressed above, I put too much work into it to just delete it, so here goes! [/Quote] Man, I’m sorry. I thought it was true. My bad. I admit it. I thought I met them. I’m a very trusting person. Does this have to become a pile on??? Perhaps we can stop now??? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/24 "2006-07-06T03:24:29Z")
LOL, sorry IvoryTower. Despite all the evidence that they are an urban legend, there always remains the chance that someone will be inspired by the urban legend to make them fact. Perhaps your flavoursome and wobbly friends do exist and are just very well travelled 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/25 "2006-07-06T03:33:12Z")
[QUOTE=cazzle] LOL, sorry IvoryTower. Despite all the evidence that they are an urban legend, there always remains the chance that someone will be inspired by the urban legend to make them fact. Perhaps your flavoursome and wobbly friends do exist and are just very well travelled 😉 [/QUOTE] Y’know, I’ve always hated J-ELLO. Now I have one more reason! 😃 Thanks Cazze! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/26 "2006-07-06T04:04:36Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Y’know, I’ve always hated J-ELLO. Now I have one more reason! 😃 [/QUOTE] [What’d he ever do to you?](http://www.ipass.net/jthrush/biafra.htm)😕 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/27 "2006-07-06T05:00:56Z")
I used to work 3 buildings down from a Dr. Richard Weiner. Seriously, if you are fully aware that your last name is Weiner, why in the world would you name your kid Richard or Gay or anything like that? I don’t care if my neighbor Richard saved my life in a fire and I had promised to name my firstborn after him, that is not an okay thing to do to your child. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/28 "2006-07-06T11:24:29Z")
My old boss worked with a guy whose last name was **Sexauer**. Phone conversations would go like this: Caller: Do you have Sexauer there? My Old Boss: Oh, I wish. (or) Every day, all day long! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/29 "2006-07-06T11:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] I used to work 3 buildings down from a Dr. Richard Weiner. Seriously, if you are fully aware that your last name is Weiner, why in the world would you name your kid Richard or Gay or anything like that? I don’t care if my neighbor Richard saved my life in a fire and I had promised to name my firstborn after him, that is not an okay thing to do to your child. [/QUOTE] I worked with a Rich Richardson. He was a real asshole. I called him “Dick Dickerson.” Behind his back, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/30 "2006-07-06T12:09:09Z")
We had a school guidance counselor named Richard Stiff. Even the teachers giggled about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/31 "2006-07-06T12:19:08Z")
I work with a lot of people in Thailand. Kittiporn is not a name that works well over here - although I’m sure its a great name in Bangkok… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/32 "2006-07-06T12:22:25Z")
My law firm was hired by a very well-known insurance carrier to defend the company in a lawsuit, so in preparation for litigation we were doing document review for discovery. It involved looking through thousands of client files, each of which contained a cover page with the individual’s name and a great deal of personal information. Anyway, I never forgot one of the client files I came across- that of one Mrs. Sylvia McDildo. The poor woman married into that name. I’m sure her family was so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/33 "2006-07-06T12:34:11Z")
I’ve probably said this before, but my father went to high school with a Dick Hertz - and a Rainbow Trout [lastname I’ve forgotten]. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/34 "2006-07-06T13:48:06Z")
I have spent thirty years lamenting the fact that my last name is, in fact, Weiner. Today, I am just thankful that my parents never thought to name me Gay. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/35 "2006-07-06T14:56:14Z")
As a CSR for the phone company in the 80’s I had to really control myself when repeating a pretty common customer name: Lipshitz. It seemed pretty funny at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/36 "2006-07-06T15:13:08Z")
As I’ve said many times on this board, I know a _girl_ named Randi Bachelor. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/37 "2006-07-06T18:49:54Z")
My mother went to school with some people named Fuchs. Pronounced “fox”. Whenever I see it written anywhere, I _always_ do a double take. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/38 "2006-07-06T18:59:40Z")
I remember watching newscasters try to keep a straight face when reporting that [Ronald Gay shot up a gay bar](http://speakout.com/activism/apstories/9977-1.html). Much as I hate homophobic violence, the story gave me a giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/39 "2006-07-06T19:14:27Z")
There is an expert on the food industry who gets quoted in the trades quite a bit: [Harry Balzer](http://www.npd.com/foodpress/expert.html). I would have changed my name a LONG time ago! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157/40 "2006-07-06T19:27:16Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] My mother went to school with some people named Fuchs. Pronounced “fox”. Whenever I see it written anywhere, I _always_ do a double take. [/QUOTE] I have a lot of relatives named Fuchs. We pronounce it Fooks - though its two generations since someone actually spoke real German in my family - so we all could be mispronoucing our own name. Its the German word for fox. Go visit the middle of Minnesota somewhere, very common. My branch of the family changed it to Fox, specifically to address the “naughty word” problem. A friend in college remarked “its even conjugated!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anorher-sad-story-funny-name/363157.md?page=3)