# Silly Names: Nursing Holmes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903 "2015-10-17T14:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/1 "2015-10-17T14:50:31Z")
Just pranking around with name possibilities for something to do on a Saturday. Cutting Bates Katt Fisher Norma Conquest Alice Forgiven Surely you can beat these lame attempts… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/2 "2015-10-17T16:25:49Z")
Well, there is the classic name of the Russian chauffuer. from _Car Talk_. Pikup Andropov ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/3 "2015-10-17T17:01:49Z")
Amanda Hugginkiss ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/4 "2015-10-17T21:05:25Z")
Shirley Youcanbeattheselameattempts mmm ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/5 "2015-10-17T21:07:07Z")
Seymour Butz. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/6 "2015-10-17T21:20:40Z")
Zubin Mehta Liquid Metal ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/7 "2015-10-17T22:11:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, there is the classic name of the Russian chauffuer. from _Car Talk_. > > Pikup Andropov Heywood Yabuzzoff. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/8 "2015-10-17T23:18:13Z")
Weldon Rumproast. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/9 "2015-10-17T23:29:14Z")
ACTUAL married couple. I lean and Ben Dover. Spelled I lean because I don’t know the actual way to spell it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/10 "2015-10-17T23:59:03Z")
Isn’t there a poster here that goes by **Satisfying Andy Liscious**? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/11 "2015-10-18T16:50:19Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Heywood Yabuzzoff. Margie Naverra (the statistician). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/12 "2015-10-18T16:56:29Z")
Theophilus Punoval ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/13 "2015-10-18T17:06:44Z")
back in … well a while ago, in irc chat, I used the screen name Stu Pidasso took the name from my friend’s pet rabbit ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/14 "2015-10-18T17:32:23Z")
Leader of the town Mayor May Knott. Hard to trust that woman, never know what she is going to do. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/15 "2015-10-18T17:53:47Z")
At one time I considered moving to [**Eckville, Alberta**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Keegstra), and opening a barber shop called Hair Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/16 "2015-10-18T17:57:39Z")
I wanted to run a gas station called Highway Petrol. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/17 "2015-10-18T18:03:07Z")
There used to be (may still be but I haven’t found it yet) a list of writers and staff for _A Prairie Home Companion_ that had at least 30 of these sorts of names. A few I remember: Rex Karz Amanda B Reconwith Sarah Bellum Erasmus B. Dragon Anybody have that full list somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/18 "2015-10-18T18:10:38Z")
A couple of silly names I’ve had in mind if I ever decided to change my user name: Darth Vader Ginsberg Elrond Hubbard ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/19 "2015-10-18T19:03:37Z")
Helena Handbasket ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/20 "2015-10-19T13:12:03Z")
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