http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20050585-52.html
by Daniel Terdiman
I wonder what he got called at school, poor guy. He probably just got used to it eventually.
I used to know a Dang Dung.
My dad used to have a business card stuck to the refrigerator, from a Realtor named Rose E. Kuntz. The fact that she put her middle initial on the card indicates to me that she had a good sense of humor about her name.
I went to school with a girl by the name of Anita Wang.
I had a roommate named Peter Dick. Down the hall lived Peter Jock.
I kinda cringe when I think of Peter Boyle’s name.
I knew of a Geraldine Scleavage (say it out loud, makes me laugh)
How about former Detroit Lion Harry Colon?
Also, San Francisco pitching coach Dick Pole.
About 13-14 years ago I occasionally had to work with a guy by that name via telephone. He worked for a company we did work for, in another city.
When I bought my house 20 years ago, one of my neighbors was an elderly gentleman named Norbert Putz.
Today I spoke to a guy with the last name of Looney.
Dr. Bonnie Beaver. Yes, she’s a gyno.
Astrida Penis. And yes, it’s pronounced “astride a penis.”
ed - [Changed my mind, decide not to reply.]
From this week’s B3TA:
AUTHORS WITH SILLY NAMES - Gerd Bohner and
Michaela Wanke, it’s like a marriage made in
masturbation heaven.
There is an insurance agent whose office is on Grand Ave in Oakland. Her name is…
Charming Ho.
A guy I have occasion to email back and forth with works for a company that does the first-initial-last-name thing, making him “turdan@…” which makes me giggle every single time.
A friend of mine was related to a fellow named Orel Sexton. That name was in our phone book growing up.
I used to work with a guy named Dick Orifice.
On the scholarly side of things, there’s a geologist by the name of R. A. Fuck.
Kind of makes me wish that were my major; it’d make writing a dissertation a lot more fun!
A friend of the family is Candy Barr. Fortunately, it’s her married name.
One that’s unfortunate in a different way: I was googling an old friend so I could sent her an email and I found something in a newspaper that said “[friend’s name] lured men in for sex, then robbed them.”
I was a bit relieved to discover it was a book review. A FICTION book review.