# How will I keep a straight face during roll call? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396 "2003-01-13T22:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/41 "2003-01-16T04:22:05Z")
Drs. Toothaker and Payne at [UNMC College of Dentistry](http://app1.unmc.edu/dentistry/pro.cfm). -mdf ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/42 "2003-01-16T06:11:25Z")
You gotta wonder what people are thinking of when they name their children. A friend of mine has told me some names he has come across in his job: Female, pronounced Fee-MAH-lay. Brain sturgeon there, folks. Mom=Linda, Dad= David. Children: Linvid, Dalin, Davda. Or there’s the customary naming your kid after cars: Porsche, Mercedes, Audi, and (not kidding you) Chevrolet. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/43 "2003-01-16T07:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*I had a caller a while back whose first name was Pusey. Pronounced “pussy.” Which wouldn’t have been so bad if her last name wasn’t “Kuntz.” Kuntz was her married name. Personally I’d have made my husband change his name. \*\* * * * Oh my God, this thread is getting funnier by the minute. A colleague once had a student whose last name was DeCunto. By the way…Ms. Tampon of the OP did not show! I had to drop her and add someone else. How disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/44 "2003-01-16T07:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*“Your name is Gaylord Fokker?” > > “Oh my, if he does marry Martha, her name will be…” > > * * * > > In 1915, Anthony Fokker invented an interrupter gear which timed machine guns to fire through the propeller arc without damaging the propeller. That’s one smart Fokker. \*\* * * * Nice to “see” you again, dearest NCB. I was beginning to wonder where you were. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/45 "2003-01-16T07:38:39Z")
I know a guy named Bora Uçok. Gay guy, actually. Mercifully, the last name is pronounced “u-chalk”. He works as a motivational speaker. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/46 "2003-01-16T09:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MissTake \* > \*\*Or there’s the customary naming your kid after cars: Porsche, Mercedes, Audi, and (not kidding you) Chevrolet. \*\* Mercedes was a common Spanish name long before it was a car. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/47 "2003-01-16T13:20:22Z")
Some friends had a Dr. Beavers as their gynaecologist. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/48 "2003-01-17T07:26:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nice to “see” you again, dearest NCB. I was beginning to wonder where you were. \*\* Had two remodels I was trying to close out before I go skiing. WoooHooo! WinterPark! I smoked Mary Jane! Yeah, baby. Save all the good threads for me. :dubious: Peace. And long life. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396/49 "2003-01-17T07:39:38Z")
I work as a telefundraiser, and for the past two days, the auto-dialer has connected me with the residence of a guy named Semen. I haven’t actually talked to Semen, but I’m bursting with anticipation! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-i-keep-a-straight-face-during-roll-call/148396.md?page=2)