Ha!
Double Ha! Every time someone compliments me on some off the wall thing, I say “Thank You,” but am secretly thinking, “Is he saying I’m ugly?” Last strange compliment I received from a guy was on my eyelashes. That’s sort of like “Nice eyes.” 
I had a dog who I referred to as Blackie for several months because I couldn’t be bothered to come up with a name. My mom said, “You can’t call the dog that!” I said, “Why not?” When she just kind of grimaced at me instead of answering, it dawned on me, oh yeah, that. We might have gotten less flak for shouting “Blackie!” in public because we were (still are) black, but I would still imagine it would have been an unpleasant thing to hear for some people.