# Funny Name Alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 1999, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691 "1999-10-17T20:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/21 "1999-10-18T06:18:00Z")
A foreign student here in this Southern town was: Po Thang In a Louisiana phonebook: Wyatt Splane +++ The phonebook game is fun to play when yer travelling, to kill time in the motel. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/22 "1999-10-18T10:39:00Z")
There is a well respected urologist in Toledo with the name of… Richard (Dick) Tapper. I swear this is true. * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/23 "1999-10-18T12:54:00Z")
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this thread, The LION has been home on vacation all last week , and he is a computer hog. Anyway, satan, come here honey, now you are too big a devil to walk around pouting like that. Yes , I know we spoiled your fun. And we are almost sorry. Now here, dry your eyes and buck up. There’s my big devil boy. Let’s see that big evil grin, come on, I know it’s there somewhere. Ah there it is, thats better. Now run out and play in the brimstone box, but be careful, ok ;). * * * Ayesha - Lioness * * * I’m out of my mind, but, feel free to leave a message ---
**Author:** ![JoeBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JoeBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeBlank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/24 "1999-10-18T12:55:00Z")
Richard Nathan Hand, but I always thought of him as: Dick N. Hand. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/25 "1999-10-18T13:15:00Z")
I read a magazine article by Richard Head. I only thought of high school,“Hey dickhead!” I knew a guy named Monte Carlo in school. There was a Rev.Harry Kuntz in the phone book. * * * If you can read this,youre too close. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/26 "1999-10-18T14:41:00Z")
I saw this topic and just new I had to chime in. Thanks to my grandma for thelping me out with these. First, the background. My grandma lives in Russell, KS (Yes, where Bob Dole is from). She lives next to a woman (a dottering old lady now) who would dream her kids names. So, here they are, although I would hope they have all changed their names by now. Molly Mac Magoligan Marshall Martin James Grundy Dolison Marshall Martin Corey Allay Rolligon Marshall Martin Basil Duke Kabobken Marshall Martin Ulysses Safrona Came Out of Bellzona Marshall Martin Hezekiah Preeor Prior Havis Navis Javis Marshall Martin Sad but funny but true. * * * Yes, the weather is the same up here. Yes, I play basketball. No, never heard a tall joke before. Aaaargh. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/27 "1999-10-18T14:51:00Z")
I once knew a Jack Butt. * * * Most common question I ask: “What?” Most common question I get: “Are you really hearing impaired?” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/28 "1999-10-18T15:08:00Z")
I know Jack Shit 🙂 ## Sorry, couldn’t help myself. As stated in another thread, the P.M. of the Netherlands is called Wim Kok. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/29 "1999-10-18T15:14:00Z")
There’s a lady who works for my company named Summer Camp. I used to know a sister & brother named Cedar & Chester. I contemplated naming my daughter “Jennitalia”, & calling her “Jenny” for short. ---
**Author:** ![Absynthetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Absynthetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absynthetic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/30 "1999-10-18T19:09:00Z")
Many years ago I went to school with a Koffi Roach. ---
**Author:** ![Donj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Donj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/31 "1999-10-18T19:40:00Z")
Rob D. Kradle ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/32 "1999-10-18T20:09:00Z")
A not-too-uncommon surname in this area is Wunderlich. Drags my mind into the gutter every time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/33 "1999-10-18T21:34:00Z")
For a (mercifully) brief time, I attended a private boarding school (Webb School) in Bell Buckle TN. You can check all this out for yourself on their webpage ([www.thewebbschool.com](http://www.thewebbschool.com)) - I would have been in the class of '77, but knew kids from the class of '74 through '79 (which is where these names come from). Here are a few to get you started, but you really should visit their website (click on Webb Directory, then view by class year) to get the full effect): McIntyre Bridges Quintin Stimpson Woody Johnson (really and truly) Jet Tune and his brother Julian Holt Hall Buzzy Wolfe J. Hill (no name, just the letter) and his brother… wait for it… MOE HILL! Dickie Park Casey Jones Fay Binning (this was a guy) Lep Andrews Tuck Hord Kendall and Knox Hayes Forrest Ladd (goes by Frosty) John Hurt (not THAT one!) Alton Oschner Hutch Carter Crit Currie Minos Fletcher CHIP MONK!! Perkins Trousdale (poor kid!) And many more… Tyler ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/34 "1999-10-18T21:38:00Z")
My dentist was named Dr. Gassman I also knew a chick named Katie Wrottenbusch * * * “She’s nothin but a little lyin’ ass bitch… I know she says she loves you but you know she don’t care…” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/35 "1999-10-18T21:38:00Z")
Kid in grade school, looked like Alfalfa–Robert Koepke. The other kids called him “Cupcake.” (They called _me_ “McGumball Machine.”) Orthopedist Dr. Bonebreak. Plumber Rusty Pipes. Kid in high school Thurman Eversole. We found a name in the phone book: Elspeth M. Lightbody. ---
**Author:** ![Jenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Jenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/36 "1999-10-19T00:36:00Z")
My mom’s dentist is Dr. Payne. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/37 "1999-10-19T02:40:00Z")
I do believe there is a Darth Vader in El Paso, Texas. It’s been a while since I looked him up though. ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/38 "1999-10-19T02:52:00Z")
I just thought of another one. We went on a field trip in my aviation tech class to Vancouver and Seattle. There was a kit plane company, and the late owner (manager?) was named Dick Hiscocks. That poor child growing up… ---
**Author:** ![Steelwhip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Steelwhip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steelwhip)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/39 "1999-10-19T03:31:00Z")
Names I can vouch for: Dick Uhr - sounds good on intercom. Dennis Dick and his wife Sharron. Dustin Rhodes. Legend: Richard Whiskey aka Dick Liquor. ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/40 "1999-10-19T04:23:00Z")
I know of a manicurist named Sherri Finger. * * * MaryAnn Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691.md?page=3)