tells me that that's not very funny at all.

I was in school with a guy whose second name was Gamble. His mother was called Betty Gamble...

and yes, she worked in a bookies office.

Not at all comical, but I used to know a guy by the name of Marion Wancio, needless to say the poor sod had had a stutter since childhood.

But I don't get it.

Kind regards

Richard Assman.

Well, better than Lon Moore, I suppose.

There's a guy at HP in the US that's called Richard Bossack but prefers to be called Dick Bossack

Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee

I used to work with a guy called Austin Martin

I've always been quite happy with mine. None of this 'name of pet and road" rubbish for some of us to come up with their pr0n star name for some of us...

Paris, because her name is more than a name too.

In my life I've known a few good ones. As a kid I knew a guy called Peter Gotobed. Seriously! I sat next to Roger Bannister at school - although he couldn't run a mile in his life, let alone 4 minutes.

If you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer you should spot a couple of humorous names in the titles. Brian Wankum is there from the start, and Thomas Wanker makes an appearance later on.

I did some contract work for a German called Dr. A. Kunt, who joked that his brother was an Inspector in the local police.

My father went to school with a James (Jimmy) Riddle.

Gerard King. He was insisted that his name was Gerard, not Ger... why do parents do this to their children?

My uncle worked in insurance for 30+ years and collected a large number of odd names. His favourite was Orson Carte.

I wonder if anyone's ever said to her, "well go ahead, don't hold it in on my account"

I once knew a Joanna King who was sick of people chatting her up at parties with the opener 'You must be Jo King'.

Rather scarily, I just googled "orson carte" and was presented with teh following snippet

"Orson Carte, our man on the tools, ponders life's great mysteries ... Orson Carte ... Orson Carte, Security Installer columnist, writes on security ..."

What about Randy Bender?!

go to school with Richard Head!

Paris because, well you've seen the video...

a girl called Shelly Beach

...but have you met a Wayne King???

( I haven't, but there must be one or two about )

She was called Stella Foster. That much is true.

I dont get it.........

I once took a support call from a Wan King

and his father was Lee King.

I also new a guy a called oliver klosov

Ivor Bigun

Mike Hunt. He's actually a surgeon at a nearby hospital (but he goes by Michael, go figure).

I don't know, is there?

Mines the one with the green & black stripes.

I also went to school with a Jimmy Riddle, and once worked with a Teresa Green.

My daughter went to school with a John Lennon.

we find that someone is actually called Warrick Hunt...

Say it quickly...

"I've no tool"

It took a sec, but I got it. Phil McCrackin is better, imo.

When I worked in customer service, we had an account under the name of Mr. Diesel T. Truck. No shit. Diesel Truck! His middle name was "Tractor". That's right, Diesel Tractor Truck.

And he named his son "Mack".

His name was Bob O'Link. I worked with him.

...to Miles O'Toole.

Paris, because she's been there and done that.

I knew a kid called Wayne Kingham. He had a massive chip on his shoulder and a weird superiority complex, so he always felt he had to intimidate people. Being a short-arse didn't help him, but his two big mates did. I'm pretty sure his name turned him into the dick he became, a bit sad really.

Every time I hear the end of Gardener's Question Time on Radio 4, the announcer states that the "producer was joking".

Mr and Mrs Dyck, living next door to a friend of mine, named their son Randy*. They must have really hated him.

*: Seriously. Search for "randy dyck".

a woman named Anne whose maiden name was Redican, which only became marginally better when she married a Merry (Meradeth) Player. My wife knew a woman called Rose Rose (her married name) and I swear I went to school with a girl called Theresa Green!

...the organizational board outside the offices of the School of Public Health listed the lead researchers in the communicable diseases section as Dr. Clapp and Dr. C. D. Cox.

miles!

Anita Cox.

...that a GP once had to persuade Mr & Mrs Janus not to call their son Hugh.

Who cares if it's true, it's such a nice story

I used to work with a network engineer named Michael Kok. Yes he went by Mike. Lead to all kinds of derisive snorts and chuckles when he would join a conference call and announce himself.

Then there's also the race car driver Richard Trickle. Yes, he goes by Dick.

Patricia Hogg

Harry Cox

Richard (Dick) Eaton

David Derryberry

Patricia Screws

I went to school with all of these very warm bodies....some very warm indeed.

...called Everard Koch.

Fine upstanding fellow too.

Years back I took a call from Joy Center who lived in (wait for it..)

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.

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Climax North Carolina.

The American racecar drive, Dick Trickle.

...called Ken Hunt. We had to change his email address and username as he didn't like the regular one very much!

At one of the Hospitals I support, there is an estates engineer called Wayne Kerr!

Also my step daughter who is called Erin, refuses to accept my surname because it's Dawes!

Paris - cos well why not, and she has a famous name

... of very diminutive stature christened Richard. All who knew him made heroic efforts NOT to call him "little/tiny dick".

And then there was this guy in Hong Kong who thought that Ivan was a real cool christian name. Unfortunately his surname was Ho !!

However, a real cool pseudonym, most often used in various shows and conventions to fox the aggressive salespersons, is Ivor Ardon !!

I knew a girl names Lisa in high school... last name Moorehead

I work with a guy named Mike Hundt and does go by Mike.

My name was rather the boring thing until the Friday the 13th movies came out.

I kid you not, at my school there really were two pupils called Paul Styrene and Tammy Paxman - what on earth were their parents thinking about?

I work for a major pharmaceutical company and we really do have a Wayne Carr at our place along with a Richard Bollock

I went to school with a guy named Mike Penix, and you can guess his school nickname!

For many years the District Attorney in our county was Buddy Phallus!

you usually get to plant the evil SOB's who did that to you.

Feel free to point that out to them while they are alive and add "by the way, thanks for the stupid name".

I went through boot camp with James Dean, and Kirk James.

Went to college with a guy named Royal Champion. He went by Roy. I'd have gone by, "Boy who killed his parents for giving him his stupid name and no court would convict him" myself.

Not quite so bad as a teacher from the 50s in my home town. Ima Smith. She married Bill Hoar. I still shake my head when I read of someone named Ima.

Chesty Honeybun (yes, it was on her passport) came to buy something a while back.

Someone at my uni graduation was called Larj Wang Dong.

A good few years ago I had to set up an email address for a new member of staff called Gay Boyes. Absolutley true.

A support guy at a vendor of ours is called Scott Evil. I asked his coworkers if he'd changed his name especially and they told me no, and not to mention it.

Yes, I'd love some chocolate ass-cream.

there was a Python sketch involving a character called Smoketoomuch, who apparently wasn't aware of the significance of his name until pointed out to him...

Michael Myers... and no I prefer Mick to Mike but still get all the Halloween quips, indeed last year I bit the bullet and bought the outfit for a fancy dress party!

Mary Christmas - a London Pub/bar manager

"That's life" on the BBC. Some Post Office telephone workers put one of there co-worker phone numbers in the phone directory but changed the name to "Wong Number".

Know some guy in the Sealed Knot, whose name is Dick Crack, seems he had to goto hospital a while back, not sure on the reason but liquid intake of some sort was involved....

After the nurses stopped laughing, he had to show them some id to get them to believe it :)

by Hugh Toole.

Paris, because maybe she does?

an officer in the army about his time in Afghanistan who rejoices in the moniker Major Spares!

;)

ROFL!

Who gave us such classics as:

Delbert the Dynamite Dude

Ivor Lott

Lucky Dick

Lucy Lastic

Lazy Bones

Milly O'Naire

Penny Less

Tiny Tycoon

Toy Boy

Tony Broke

Conclusive proof really that if you get them when they are young, comic wash them, then they will turn out as brainless adults naming their sprogs for a lifetime of ridicule.

Though actually Delbert the Dynamite Dude may have been quite a good name to have, where is that deed poll.

...was a girl living in SE London.

The Major was, in fact, Major Slack which is even better;).

Paris, because she's not slack, at all.

A friend was about to call her (unborn) baby Drew until someone pointed out her surname was Peacock.

New a rather fetching young lady in Limerick, Éire called Annette Curtain.

...for someone I knew in University. His name was Wayne Kerr. Wayne Bevin Kerr to be exact. Poor bloke. Not only for the obvious joke, but the fact we kept making Muppets "mihmihmih" noises every time someone mentioned the "B. Kerr" part of his name. ^_^

Kept on wishing our Physics lecturer was named "Honeydew".

My first job's corporation (GRCI) had a subsidiary with an even worse name than you can possibly conceive (at least for marketing purposes).

But there was someone in the phone book by the name of Foo Kyu Chen. I kid you not. I used to call the lab and hope I'd be answered by Fu Kyu.

But then, the even worse name I mentioned above was "Beagles for Research."

is (truely) Dr Payne...

I know of a man called Wayne Kerr, runs his own company called wayne kerr test. Quite a big company. See http://www.waynekerrtest.com/

Poor old sod, who would give anybody a name like that????

is called Dick Pound, something that Roy and HG were endlessly delighted by (google them if you don't know them already)

When my wife was expecting our second child, the Ob-Gyn see saw a couple of times was Dr. James Coffin...

@ John Watts

How could you forget Intercourse, Pennsylvania?...

Paris, because, well, you know....

@ John Watts

How could you forget Intercourse, Pennsylvania?...

Paris, well, you know why...

Cosy Quarters.

My University graduation ceremony. We all had sheets listing the people who were being awarded degrees, and none of us could wait to see how the Chancellor was going to pronounce the name of a certain Oriental woman who's name was spelled "Fuk Yu". Really.

How we laughed!

That'd be Jason Lee of My Name Is Earl fame...

When I was in tech support there was a customer called Barry Batman. His account kept getting cancelled and he kept having to prove it was his real name.

... which leads me to wonder (with the obvious conclusion to this sentence galloping toward us very predictably and at full speed) if Peter Fitzrandy?

with the name of "Dick Tester", not sure if his name was really "Richard" but everyone in work knew him as Dick.

About 15-20 years ago there was a news reporter on the TVS/Meridian news called Chris Peacock.

He went by that monicker for several years before 'rebranding' as Christopher Peacock.

He may still be there for all I know/care.....

When I worked for IEEE, eons ago, there was a short paper submitted by a German author whose surname was the F-word. After verifying that, I had to shepherd it through galleys and page proofs (metal in those days), as our typesetters kept changing it to the common German name Fuchs (fox).

I guess this author did not want to disrespect his paternal line. A case of extreme filial piety?

... in the 80's called Dr. De'Ath. No joke ...

One of the well known US AV vendors in the UK, had an account manager by that name...

My parents accountant was A. Swindler. They mentioned asked why he didn't use his first name. It was Adam...

A few years back I saw a Doctor Cartilage who specialised in joints.

When I lived in America one neighbour was called Randy Slicker - and he didn't see anything amusing in that...

I once worked with a Martin Amegashitsi, and I know a Juan King.

Ann R. Sole

Paige Reader

(married name)

I work in insurance, and the following gems have been seen in our cases:

- Mustafa Kok

- Dat Phat Ho

- Fook Yuen

- Fattie Gohbad

- Stephanie Hunsucker

I also went to High School with a Harry Johnson. In college, I had a class with an Araya Sunshine.

... was named Harry Dick.

True story.

Mike Hunt

Went to school with Jimmy Riddle, Joy Jester, Mike Hunt.

Dated a girl named (Jenny) Virginia Peters.

Worked with Anne Marie Ondick (Have you seen Anne Marie Ondick?)

Had a room-mate that we would send mail to (Had an Irish Postman)...

under the name of Richard Wanker. The postman always rang the bell and waited to see if he would open the door, and hand it to him, and just laugh!!!

Met a Dale Rivers.

And I live not far from Climax, North Carolina.

In Pennsylvania, there are 3 towns, in a row, Blue Balls, Intercourse, and Climax!

Rich Hard Stan More Buck

Paris, (made her laugh so hard, she cried)

'cause she knows there is more to a person than just a name,

There is also the money aspect. I've got that covered too!

Used to work as a postie, on one of the deliveries there is a Chinese restaurant called Hing Ho, Kept seeing letters addressed to Fuk Hing Ho and assumed it was just some people taking the piss. That is until I was working on the desk and she came in to get a package... Kept a straight face while looking at her ID and finding the parcel, right up until the point where she walked out the door

Paris, because.... Do I really need to explain?

I Boreham

I also worked with a guy called Richard Teasdale , which took about 30 seconds to change to 'Dick Tease' in the address book.

True -

I used to know a lovely Scottish girl called Isabel Cummings . . . except that she always went by the traditional Scottish short form of . . . "Isa . . ." (Pron: Eyes-ah)

I presume by now everyone else here is mentally tuned into that famous sketch from Monty Python's Life of Brian with "Biggus Dickus and Incontinentia Buttocks"

There was a Korean government minister called Bum Suk. I also believe there was a footballer called Bum Soo. Or how about Danny Shittu? On the NVQ spreadsheets test I did in 1994 the grocer's was called Ivor Orange; surely it should've been Ivan....

The one time we went to VA to visit my aunt and uncle they introduced us to their new acquaintance Dotty Snotty whose son was named Scotty.

There is also a barn not far from my house that has a plaque "A. Hole, D. Hole, 1837".

Also its only Blue Ball, Pa. Unfortunate accident with a pistol that made it singular not plural;). And Rick forgot about Bird in Hand being right there too, and Virginville is right nearby too.

I forgot. I've never seen the town Climax, but Paradise is right after Intercourse.

Uncertain, TX

Looneyville, TX

Boring, OR

Brothers, OR

Sisters, OR

Hell, MI

Defiance, OH

Eighty Four, PA

Hurricane, UT

Okay, OK

Two Egg, FL

Big Bone Lick State Park, KY (no pun intended)

Or the Korean pole vaulter, Kim Yoo Suk

Went to school with a girl named Vicky Vick.

I'm my sort placement within a payroll department i saw a few p45's drifting through the place.. Mr Glasscock caused a few giggles in the department, and i went to school with a tabitha (you can imagine how people called out to her)

We have Dick Witham Chevrolet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA (for our over seas folks)

Also, here in the states, Randy is just a name, not a description.

Paris, just beacuse