# I have an I. P. Freely example, IRL!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748 "2014-02-07T12:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/41 "2014-02-08T02:16:52Z")
That Mike guy gets around. I used to work with Mike Hawk. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/42 "2014-02-08T02:26:11Z")
My mother claims to have gone to school with a girl named Ophelia Rass. Dick Blewett lived on my freshman dorm floor. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/43 "2014-02-08T04:19:20Z")
One of my high school math teachers had the quite appropriate name, Sue Lucheon (pronounced “loo-shun”.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/44 "2014-02-08T04:23:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > One of my high school math teachers had the quite appropriate name, Sue Lucheon (pronounced “loo-shun”.) Eh? 😕 ETA: Oh, “solution?” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/45 "2014-02-08T04:27:57Z")
There’s someone at my workplace named Wang Suk King. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/46 "2014-02-08T04:32:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Eh? 😕 > > ETA: Oh, “solution?” Yeah. The first syllable isn’t perfect, but at a normal conversation pace, her name was pretty close to “solution.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/47 "2014-02-08T04:35:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Lest we forget the now infamous [Dick Assman](Dick Assman)? I don’t know what happened to this link, but I’ll try [again](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Assman). ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/48 "2014-02-08T04:44:26Z")
We have a Harold (Harry) Hole who runs a local green house… and yes, he goes by Harry… ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/49 "2014-02-08T06:46:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > My brother hung around with Mike Hunt. No joke. And I’m so slow on the uptake that I wondered aloud, “What’s wrong with ‘Mike Hunt’?” Oh. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/50 "2014-02-08T13:35:55Z")
Working in a college bookstore, I came across a reservation request from one Anita Hyman. After we stopped screaming and falling down laughing, my co-worker wondered aloud if her husband’s name was Buster. There was also someone on campus named Yuhang Rong. Poor guy. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/51 "2014-02-08T13:54:48Z")
There’s someone I talk to on the phone on a regular basis and she always spells her last name, but the cadence is way off. The first time it threw me, but it was pretty clear. C, OC, KFI, then EL, then a D. C’mon, just say Cockfield. We’ll get over it, promise. I mean, I’m sitting here writing it some it all comes together on my paper. My favorite is still Dr Anil Warrier. (No, he’s not, there’s two of them, one’s a Rheumatologist, the other is an Allergist, neither of them or proctologists) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/52 "2014-02-08T14:53:06Z")
I’ve issued a library card to a Shithead (complete with driver’s license proof!). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/53 "2014-02-08T15:47:18Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I’ve issued a library card to a Shithead (complete with driver’s license proof!). Reminds me of… > **[Have Babies Been Named After Embarrassing Medical Terms?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/funny-names/)** > > Did a woman name her baby with an embarrassing medical term after overhearing nurses use the word? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/54 "2014-02-08T16:05:00Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I’ve issued a library card to a Shithead (complete with driver’s license proof!). Hey hey hey…that’s Mr Shithead to you. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/55 "2014-02-08T16:45:40Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Reminds me of… > [Have Babies Been Named After Embarrassing Medical Terms? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp) I know of the urban legend status of “Shithead,” but that’s what his license really said. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/56 "2014-02-08T17:16:54Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I know of the urban legend status of “Shithead,” but that’s what his license really said. Are you sure it was a real driver’s license? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/57 "2014-02-08T20:53:38Z")
I knew a guy at the U of Evansville (IN) named Richard Dick. His frat brothers called him Double. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/58 "2014-02-09T03:55:04Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Are you sure it was a real driver’s license? I suppose I don’t. But it looked pretty real and the man had a very poor grasp of English, which lends credence to having such a foreign name. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/59 "2014-02-09T04:45:16Z")
What about the NASCAR driver Dick Trickle? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748/60 "2014-02-09T05:04:17Z")
Bill Lear, the founder of Lear Jet, named one of his daughters Shanda. Shanda Lear. I went to school with a Dick Cox. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-i-p-freely-example-irl/680748.md?page=4)