# Funny Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names/8011 "1999-04-13T21:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
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## Al Bania, Uma P. Chucker, and many more I can’t think of right now… Visit Spedrick’s Playground @ [http://members.xoom.com/Spedrick/](http://members.xoom.com/Spedrick/) ---
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\<\\> Nah, you probably pronounce it “Raymond Luxury Yacht”. * * * Love, Pippy And now, for something completely different. ---
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There was a congressman Pickle. And I’ve heard the name around…it’s not too uncommon. But I went to school with a Pickle girl who’s parents had named her Mary Etta. Not funny in the South. ---
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Mary Etta Pickle: not funny in the South? Well, I’m obviously a damyankee, because I can’t see what’s funny or unfunny about that name. * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
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My eighth grade science teacher’s name was Carol Teach; I had a classmate named Sandy Banks. And there’s an obstetrician in Louisville, Kentucky, named Dr. Baby. And I used to work with David Brinkley and knew his wife, Christy. ---
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When I was in business school, we were once addressed by the daughter of the founder of LearJet (a Mr. Lear). She was a successful businesswoman in her own right, having overcome the fact that her father named her “Shanda”… Talk it out… I kid you not. DE ---
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My ex-roomate dated a girl named Amanda Head, & on the first date he joked to her “Just imagine if your dad’s name was Richard?” Her reply “It is”. DOH! How can we leave out pro hockey player Ron Tugnutt? ---
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In Illinois there was a prosecutor, I believe, who ran for the Senate. Dick Phelan (pronounced Failin’) * * * “Anything is peaceful from one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three feet.” ---
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I once had a customer named Lon Sippi. Not too bad, but his wife… Mrs. Sippi. ---
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I work with a Randy Hooker… Great guy, awful name * * * PS Have a nice day. ---
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Ima and Ura Hogg were philanthropists in Houston TX… FYI… * * * PS Have a nice day. ---
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I work in a hotel, and I blocked Mr Fox next to Mr Chicken. It was silly, but somtimes you have to do silly to get through the day. * * * “On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright…” ---
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A pregnant waitress told me that if her unborn child is a boy he will be called Jeremy. " Not bad. " I said. " What if you have a girl?" " Mariah." “Very pretty. What’s your last name?” “Oriah.” Mariah Oriah. Everyone at my table winced. * * * Bigamy is having one wife to many. Monogamy is the same. - Oscar Wilde ---
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[[[(I saved my favorute for last) An Army aquaintence: Sgt. Dwop. His first name: Wayne.Someone named their kid Wayne Dwop.]]] --Louis Wu Thanks; that made me laugh uncontrollably! I once was browsing through my father’s old yearbook, when I discovered that the epithet “dickhead” must be relatively recent. Yup, there was a guy who was a junior when my father was a senior: Dick Head. I also went to school with a guy named Toby Dick. I hope his parents were illiterate and not sadistic. My name’s not so hot either, but only Lynn knows just hot bad it is. * * * –Rowan ---
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I knew a girl named Holly Johnson. She married John Wood. She seriosly considered not getting married because of it. ---
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I was at a friends house yesterday and saw the wedding announcement for his frat buddy. His buddy is marrying a girl named Tara Lipinski. If only she were 16, a millionaire with a great body. * * * Bigamy is having one wife to many. Monogamy is the same. - Oscar Wilde ---
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I had a teacher in elementary school whose name was Miss Dake. A guy I went to jr high with was Preston Preston. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://fathom.org/opalcat](http://fathom.org/opalcat) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
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I went to high school with a guy who would never divulge his middle name. At graduation, when each student’s full name was called out over the loudspeaker, we found out why. His middle name is Fullalove. * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
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I was watching the credits on “The Nutty Professor” with Jerry Lewis. (Gawd, I just crack up with this version.) and one of the crew members last name was Woodcock. ---
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My last name is Strain. I do stress analysis for a living. Stress & strain - get it? I’ve heard the same joke over and over for the past 7-8 years now (beginning in college) and it just gets funnier EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR IT! People I’ve worked with: Carol Carroll (I don’t know if that’s her given or married name) Steve Perry Peter Pan (he’s Chinese) Neal Young When David Letterman was in San Francisco, he had a Top 10 List of best names from the area. Each person, when it was his or her turn, would come out and introduce himself to the audience, which followed by a picture of his driver’s license on the screen. The ones I remember are: Dick Hertz Dick Weed Justa Duck Phil McCracken Dick Head * * * “I wept because I had no shoes, then I met a man with no feet. So I took his shoes” - Dave Barry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names/8011.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names/8011.md?page=4)