Time yet again for another installment of " Amusing Names"

I believe I posted this here before, but a friend in an organization I belong to is named Richard Hickey, but he goes by:

Dick Hickey

No shinola!

While teaching Dawn Wands
While in College Anita Bone

Currently there is a realtor in Tucson by name of Dick Surges.

And she’s usually appeared in a thread like this by now…who can forget our former Governor’s daughter, Ima Hogg (no, she did not have a sister named Ura).

I went to school with a Kelly Green and a Homer G. Homer III. Also a Myron Aloysius Werbowecky, which I still think is the most fun name in the entire world to say out loud. In business I met a Juan Schmidbauer, a Julio Frankiewicz, a Mike Litt (who corrected me every single time I called him Michael) and a John Dodo. As for the last, I was never sure whether to pronounce it Doe-doe or doo-doo, so I never ventured to try.

Whoops! Forgot to include another favorite – there’s a local dentist with a thriving practice, which I do not understand, because his name is Dr. Vicious. (His first name is not Sid, though - it’s Andy.)

I once did a repair job for a customer named Plernpiss Poteet. I’ll never forget calling him when the job was done and having to say, “Hello, can I speak with Plernpiss?”

I know a man named Heinrich who goes by Heini (yes, pronounced how you think). He’s from South Africa so perhaps his first language was Afrikaans or something, so that the English pun was not obvious. We hope so, anyway. He is a very funny guy, but I attempt to ignore the strangeness of the name when speaking with him. After a while it gets to be just like any other name.

Justin Case

I just had a document here at work and one of the parties involved was a resident of Texas by the name of Mohammed Islam.

My Mom told me about an orthopedist named Dr. Bonebreak.
There used to be a dentist in Redondo Beach named Dr. Chu.
Famous odd names in U. S. government:
Harry Byrd
Felix Frankfurter
In The National League Story, baseball historian Lee Allen noted that the Cubs had a player in their minor-league system named Wuffli. He never made it to the majors; nor did the batteries of Backoff and Dye or Stikk and Mudd. :smiley:

The doctor who did my husband’s vasectomy was Dr. Paine.

The one who did the reversal was Dr. Cockburn. [pron. CO-burn, thank god.]

Did a great job, though…

I wondered where this thread got to. I just came across a bizarre one a few nights ago. I ran down to a nearby convenience store to buy some cigs and pulled up next to a pickup truck loaded with equipment. I glanced at the name on the side: Dick Colon. The business? Sewage and septic repair. I shit snicker you not.

:smiley:

Harry Hole - Alberta Solicitor General Lois Hole’s relative.

Dr. Reckum[sup]{sp?}[/sup] - Local M.D. who I once heard paged at a hospital years ago.

Juan Dom Phuc - Seen this one on a credit card.

William Wong - My co-worker and proofreader - who says his nickname is “SumTing”.

He prefers just “Sushi” - rather than be called… Sum Ting Willy Wong :smiley:

There’s a guy who works at the Costco here-- his name’s Porn.

I always knew it was a name, but I’ve never known of anyone unfortunate enough to have it.

-My father had a high school teacher by the name of Mr.Honeybuns

-Local dentist: Dr. Ivan C. Wambera …said with a thick Australian accent will drive me into hysterical laughter

-My father had a high school teacher by the name of Mr. Honeybuns

-A local dentist: Dr. Ivan C. Wambera (said with a thick Australian accent will drive me to hysterical laughter)

One of my father’s doctors is Dr. Demento. No kidding.

My wife claims that there was a client of the law office where she worked named Iona Glascock.

There used to be a Charles Manson where I work.

E. Pluribus Eubanks

I’m not kidding. It’s a real guy’s real name. What were his parents thinking?

Julie Bologna , the local weathercaster- use your imagination.

I used to work with a Justin Tyme.

An old acquaintance is named Levon Hendy. His girlfriend? Wendy. I don’t know if they got married.

As far as unusual names go, on the same TV channel is an anchor named Newlin Archinal. Never heard one like that before.