The head of the TSA is John Pistole (pronounced like the weapon).
I’ve also had a number of patients with the last name of Outlaw. Nomenclature may be destiny for some.
Now this right here is exactly why I love the SDMB. Where else would you find a reference to a Madagascar pop singer tossed casually into the conversation? ![]()
Houston Texans’ linebacker - Whitney Mercilus
NFL QB Coach (and former Tennessee QB) - Jim Bob Cooter
There’s a San Francisco police chief named Jeff Godown
and an actress who appeared in Snow White and the Huntsman called Hattie Gotobed Hattie Gotobed - IMDb
I come from Portland, home of Storm Large and Pontifex Vonhummer.
Here in New York there was a well-known TV weatherman named Storm Field (yes that is his real name!)
There was a reporter on a Boston tv station named Joe Shortsleeves.
In fiction, Sylvia Smith-Smith. (Her parents coincidentally had the last name Smith, and her mother insisted on hyphenating her daughter’s name as well.) Sylvia Smith-Smith by Peter Nelson.
Sgt. Chuck LaRoque (Chuck La Rock)
Car racer Dick Trickle
South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlement Tokyo Sexwale.
I remember reading a high school or college basketball magazine 20 or 25 years ago that listed a player with the most interesting name.
I don’t remember how it was spelled but his name was something like Ancient Lovedrama. I’ve looked all over the interwebs and can’t find it anywhere. Does anyone else know who it is I’m remembering? I’d sure love to find his name again.
ETA: I’m not sure how I learned this but I believe the name was pronounced “ANN-see-ent LUHV-eh-drahm-eh”
The author Crescent Dragonwagon.
Wolf Blitzer
NFL player Barkevious Mingo
Which brings us to the Name of the Year competition. Some past winners: Crescent Dragonwagon, Doby Chrotchtangle, Courage Shabalala, L.A. St. Louis, and of course last year’s winner, Amanda Miranda Panda.
Anybody else remember Cardinal Sin of the Philippines?
Former Morehead State University basketball coach Dick Fick
I delivered mail to Anil Shitole.