I.P. Freeley, Seymour Butz, and others

and the lost tribe of pygmies in the long grasslands of the serengeti who wander around and introduce themselves as “we’re the phukawi”…

Hugh G. Rection, Phil McCrevasse, Dick Trickle (oh, wait, he’s real!)…

Xavier Onassis

I hope I spelled that right.

Guy Wire
Pete Moss
Amanda Reconwith

Listen to NPR’s Prairie Home Companion (Saturdays, in the US, check local listings :slight_smile: ). Garrison Keilor does a slew of them at the end of the show (the rest of the show is darn funny as well).

and the car dealership in Georgia; Pinkley Taurus
and the meat market in Michigan; Beecher Meat

Well, one of the ministers in an Australian government is called Richard Face. And that is the way it is written in all the newspapers and so on. Quite amusing really. (just checked preview, for a picture of him, find him under all by name, or minister of gaming)

Argus Tuft

Years ago, I found a site dedicated to this kind of thing. The address is:

http://www.eskimo.com/~dobe/

Growing up there was a listing in the phone book for I.P. Rainwater.