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In high school I met a kid from a neighboring high school with the name Mike Hawk... No kidding.
Nice kid, but unfortunately he took a lot of crap. What the heck were the parents thinking when they plastered that name on him?
A gal I went to school with had the nickname BJ (you can guess why). Everybody called her Beej though. Kinda weird to see this gal 20 years later and I almost called her by her nickname.
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Family I knew by the name of Pankey named a son Hankey and a daughter Kissee. GW
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. MACHIAVELLI
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A lady in eastern Wyoming working as DJ at a local radio station aptly named " Melody Songer."
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Stumpy, I think I know Mr. Heine, and a few of his relatives. He lives just north of town in what used to be the �sticks�.
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Here's one for real from "Classmates."
Balls Claude 46-54 Beck Shirley 49-61 Beckloff Stanley 51-55
Bradford Carol 41-53 request info Choate David
I think Claude really enjoyed his name!
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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There is a family of native Canadians on a reserve north of here whose surname is "Nothing." One of the boys has a given name of "Johnson" and the other has a given name of "Minus."
Imagine being stopped by the police and asked for your name.
LEO: What's your name? GUY: Minus. LEO: Don't play smart with me, son. What's your other name? GUY: Nothing.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23) Brother Keith
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A high school friend named Bobby. When it came time to have our diplomas printed, he was forced to bring a birth certificate to school, as admin insisted his proper name was Robert. In good southern form, his real name was Bobby Ray - I remember we had the same thing happen in grade school. Teacher kept calling this kid "William", but his name was actually "Billy". Parents sent in confirmation of some sort. Aqualung
"Bambi's Good Eatin'!" - Me
"...Somewhere, there are Brownings in a two-hand hold, Cocked and locked, one up the spout..." - Jethro Tull
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These names come to mind, and they are all real people that I have known or at least met.
Theophilus Leapheart
Harry Chew (Classmate of mine from elementary thru H.S.)
Dick Hollopeter and his son Willie Hollopeter
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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There is a family of native Canadians on a reserve north of here whose surname is "Nothing." One of the boys has a given name of "Johnson" and the other has a given name of "Minus."
Imagine being stopped by the police and asked for your name.
LEO: What's your name? GUY: Minus. LEO: Don't play smart with me, son. What's your other name? GUY: Nothing. Good Lord! Parents, please think about what you're doing to your kids when you passing out the names. They are not pets, it's not cute, and they gonna have to live with and explain all these goofy names throughout their lives.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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Oh, I forgot the best one in the family:
My Uncle Horace Heine. No kidding. Great old rancher from Waxahachie!
Boggy, that Fuch fellow wasn't a biologist, was he?
stumpy Don't remember. He went on to grad school and got a doctorate. Taught at Sam Houston for a while but I don't remember what his field was. BCR
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Adolph O. Bush the O is for Oliver
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I remember reading an anecdote in the Reader's Digest many years ago about a man who had only initials (R. B.) instead of a name. He got a job for some governmental agency and was filling out the required forms and put his name as R. B. Jones. The form was returned with instructions not to use initials but to use his entire name. He filled it out thusly, R.(only) B. (only) and resubmitted it. When he got his first paycheck it was made out to Ronly Bonly Jones.
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my middle name is josef my parents had a heck of time with teachers in the grade school telling me that was not how my name is spelled
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
I LOVE MY COUNTRY IT'S THE GOV'T I FEAR
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One of my grandfathers was named Trellis and I always liked his name. He had a sister named Lodusky and a brother named Rodell. I'd say old Trell' faired the best out of that bunch.
Now with even more aplomb
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i knew a guy whos name was R B garza.same thing only R B.he got pulled over and charged with dui in la. when he went back for court they could only find stuff on a arby garza not R B so he left and never heard anything of it again
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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