# Robertson Caruso **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482 "2014-07-31T13:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/21 "2014-07-31T17:56:59Z")
Garrison Keillor turned me on to some of these: [http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Amusing-Name-Combinations/1256493](http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Amusing-Name-Combinations/1256493) As well as Amanda Reckonwith Sarah Bellum ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/22 "2014-07-31T18:23:41Z")
Prince Rebus ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/23 "2014-07-31T18:57:13Z")
Sam Francisco, Sam Antonio, Sam Diego Pete Boggs ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/24 "2014-07-31T19:00:47Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Prince Rebus A true jewel! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/25 "2014-07-31T20:21:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Garrison Keillor turned me on to some of these: > > [http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Amusing-Name-Combinations/1256493](http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Amusing-Name-Combinations/1256493) Then there’s the [Car Talk credits](http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits). I submitted a few but they never got listed. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/26 "2014-07-31T20:33:29Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Then there’s the [Car Talk credits](http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits). I submitted a few but they never got listed. Do you remember yours? (Those are great!) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/27 "2014-07-31T23:54:27Z")
Oh I see. If that’s your kick, have this, courtesy of _The Goodies_ Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Muss Jess Likedee Juan Swee Hugh Sterno Wendy Treetops-Glissen Ann Children Liz Ann “Two Ears” Laybelle Cindy Snow Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Musswith Avery Crease Miss Carr Dai Wright Mayor Dazebee Mary Ann Bright Ann May Hall York Rhys Mrs B White ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/28 "2014-07-31T23:58:52Z")
^ Ladies and gentlemen, Bing Crosby! ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/29 "2014-08-01T00:00:53Z")
Lucinda Joints, Contortionist Matt Burns, Wrestler Both stolen from New York Magazine competitions ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/30 "2014-08-01T00:09:46Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > Oh I see. If that’s your kick, have this, courtesy of _The Goodies_ > > \<\< trimmed \>\> That’s the spirit! Good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/31 "2014-08-01T04:22:37Z")
I’ve An Ho’. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/32 "2014-08-01T04:29:35Z")
A not-so-obvious one but one I see pop up over here from time to time: John Hopkins. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/33 "2014-08-01T05:54:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > A not-so-obvious one but one I see pop up over here from time to time: John Hopkins. Ods bodkins! But mostly, yeah, “Baul Plair” is great. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/34 "2014-08-01T06:10:39Z")
At work I sometimes have to enter fake data for testing purposes. Sometimes I’ll put in a silly name just for fun. Here are a few: Mary Whanna (also her friend Jay Toker) Hugh Mungus Meg Abyte (who lives at 256 Hard Dr., Circuit City) Frank Enstine Ray Elrhodes Juan Moore – X. L. Lent ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/35 "2014-08-01T06:31:13Z")
The Lord of the Rings Engineering (as in Auto Engine Repairs.) … could also be unfortunately miss understood as the name of a bar. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/36 "2014-08-01T06:33:33Z")
Amanda Huggenkiss Oliver Clothesoff Mike Rotch Hugh Jass Ivana Tinkle Bea O’Problem Ahmed Adoodie Maya Normousbutt ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/37 "2014-08-01T07:32:34Z")
One day (yeah, sure) I am going to write a comedy murder mystery screenplay/sketch/joke. Here are the character names I have come up with: POLICE Inspector Ivor McGuffin Constable Tom Constable GUESTS Herr Redmond Herring, the Victim Lord Morgan Merder, Master of the House Lady Megan Merder, Matriarch Maximillian Pound-Sterling, a Wealthy Investor Major Sir Clive Something III, VC, DSO, and Bar Dame Winnifred Something, his Wife Captain Roger Bravo, dashing Biplane Pilot Miss Prudence Strangely-Quiet, a Schoolteacher Ms Paige Turner, Mystery Novelist Professor Dean Cambridge, of Oxford University Master Jasper Astor, Gentleman Bachelor Miss Vanessa van Vamp, a glamorous Hollywood Actress Doctor Oslo Norway, a Scientist Father Vernon Vickers, a Clergyman DOMESTIC STAFF Mr Basil Parsley-Chives, the Butler Mrs Rosemary Parsley-Chives, Cook and Housekeeper Miss Jasmine Parsley-Chives, Housemaid Miss Lavender Parsley-Chives, Scullery Maid Old Granger Thicket, Greenskeeper Young Matt Finish, Handyman Mr Ned Zeppelin, Chauffeur VARIOUS Smedley, a lackey Gerald P Nutbutter, a Travelling Salesman Graeme Cracas, Grocer ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/38 "2014-08-01T13:44:33Z")
There was a period at my old job when it was the fashion to come up with surnames for some of the co-workers that would enhance their likeability. Some were: Sonja Mind Marie Zoniz Steve Adore Bill O’Vlading Lewis Stulz Tara Raboomdeay Patty O’Chair Wanda Darround Dan DeLion Ginger Oot Rob Banks Rex Karz and dozens more… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/39 "2014-08-01T14:47:08Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Do you remember yours? (Those are great!) Curator, Antique Vehicle Collection: Mihorngo Aruga Motion Picture Director, UK Division: Orson Wales Procurer of Korean Autos: Edgar Rent-a-Kia Rap Specialist: “Funky” Cole Molina Jewelry Supplied By: DeGears ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482/40 "2014-08-01T14:54:36Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > Oh I see. If that’s your kick, have this, courtesy of _The Goodies_ > > Emma Dreaming > \<\< trimmed \>\> > Ann May Hall York Rhys > Mrs B White Surely you must have seen [Ladle Rat Rotten Hut](http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/ladle/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482.md?page=3)