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My friends dad served in WWII with a guy named Milo Harry Hole. Until the day he died he couldn't tell the story without laughing so hard he was crying.
OCA was and still is Oregon Cattlemen's Association. OCA is Oregon Citizens Alliance prominent for anti-gay stances. Every time one speaks the other has to clarify it's position.
BLM = Bureau of Land Management BLM = Black Lives Manner
My friends dad served in WWII with a guy named Milo Harry Hole. Until the day he died he couldn't tell the story without laughing so hard he was crying.
True story: There was a guy in town here named Harry Peter DeLong.
Of course whenever he got in trouble (which was often) and had to go to court, when his case would come up the bayliff would call out for "DeLong, Harry Peter" to appear.
My son and his friends (in jr. high school at the time) used to crack up every time they saw a particular realtor's name on a For Sale sign. Her name? Anita Dick.
I was attending a presentation at a beekeeping symposium. The speaker was discussing various honey bee related diseases.
One of the diseases in question was Parasitic Mite Syndrome (PMS). Given that all of the worker bees in a beehive are female, you REALLY have a problem if your bees have PMS.
Had a patient years ago named Harry Butts. Mom knew a Rose Petal and I went to school with a Mike Hunt. Some parents were incredibly cruel to their child subjecting them to a lifetime of ridicule.
I went to HS with a guy named Lundon England, not London. We had a substitute teacher one day who had everyone sign in. He sent Lundon to the office because he though he was trying to be a smart ass.
I know a brother and sister named Rocky and Pebbles from the Flintstones.
I worked with a girl for a while who grew up between Hopeful and Climax GA. She lived in Cumming at the time.
Teaching for 30 years I had a few with odd names. My favorite was Shadow. He wanted to join the military and become a CIA agent.
I didn't teach this kid, she went to a different school but her name spelled was La-a. Pronounced Ladasha.
I coached football and years ago we played another team that had a Beaver Packer on the team.
A co worker of mine had the last name Ebeling. He insisted (to his wife's wonderment) that their fraternal twins be named Sam and Janet. And she cringed ever after when he introduced them in song. (Think "South Pacific" here...)
A co worker of mine had the last name Ebeling. He insisted (to his wife's wonderment) that their fraternal twins be named Sam and Janet. And she cringed ever after when he introduced them in song. (Think "South Pacific" here...)
Sam and Janet Ebeling...
Part of a knock-knock joke too.
Knock, knock. who's there? Sam and Janet. Sam and Janet who?
Went to elementary school with Joyanne Love, went to Basic training with an E2 named Partz. Hard not to laugh when the drill sergeants called out "Private ... oh you have got to be sh--ting me !" Had a politician around the time Wayne's World was popular that couldn't figure out why his signs were getting stolen. His name was Dick Schwing. Last, but not least, exit 69 off of I75 in MI is Big Beaver Road.
Dept of mismatched: in Iowa, there are many towns that aren't located in counties of the same name: for example Iowa City - not in Iowa County, Des Moines - not in Des Moines County, Emmetsburg - not in Emmet County.
Almost forgot - in BE&E school (Navy - San Diego) back in 'early '67 we had a classmate named Santa Claus... Middle name was Michael - so that's what he went with..
The P.Os at morning muster never believed it; about 2-3 times during the training they'd call him forward to look at his ID card.. Dang nice kid - and from TX..
Young engineer where I worked was named Jimmy Gay. When he and his wife had a son, they changed the family name to her maiden name; Jimmy had had enough teasing. Unfortunately, when someone looked at designs he had worked on, and didn't realize who J. Gay was, they were told it was Jimmy --, he used to be gay.
My wife works for a Periodontist who shares the same last name as a Urologist who has an office two doors down. She has some entertaining stories about gentlemen who walk into her office by mistake.
I have a young lady living across the street named Envy. Who names their kid after one of the seven deadly sins??
In college as a bank teller I cashed a check for a kid named Peter Wacker. No lie. Poor dude said he was in the process of changing his name when I busted out laughing and asked him if his parents were hopelessly naïve or just hated him.
Local politician and ex-police chief was named Red Nutt. he ran once against a guy with the last name of Gay. so, all over town there were Gay/Nutt signs competing for real estate.
I went to HS with a guy named Lundon England, not London. We had a substitute teacher one day who had everyone sign in. He sent Lundon to the office because he though he was trying to be a smart ass.
I know a brother and sister named Rocky and Pebbles from the Flintstones.
I worked with a girl for a while who grew up between Hopeful and Climax GA. She lived in Cumming at the time.
Teaching for 30 years I had a few with odd names. My favorite was Shadow. He wanted to join the military and become a CIA agent.
I didn't teach this kid, she went to a different school but her name spelled was La-a. Pronounced Ladasha.
I coached football and years ago we played another team that had a Beaver Packer on the team.
My daughter in law is a teacher and she had a girl in her class named La-Rah. On the first day of school my DIL mispronounced it of course and she was promptly corrected, "it's Ladashra. The dash don't be silent".
I lived next door to Jesse James in the late 60's. My wife went to school with Baylor Baylor Baylor. I guess they liked their last name so much they used it as a first and middle name for their son.
Lots of fun Crow, Blackfeet,Salish and other tribal names here in Montana. From the tough sounding Black Wolf, Bear Shield, and Mankilling to more fun names like Calf Boss Ribs, Skunkcap and Weaselhead.
had a brig general in the pentagon nmcc when i worked there that was named richard c head. bald as a cue ball and rather florid. he lived up to his name as well.
Wife was telling me just yesterday about filling out some paperwork in the family business....asked the customer his name, he said Dick Glasscock. Said she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In the Vancouver phone there used to be a listing for Rection, Hugh G. It took about four years before someone in BC Tel (now Telus) questioned the listing.
I worked at a lumber yard while in high school. We had a regular customer named Justin Case. I didnt believe him the first time I saw it on a pull ticket. He showed my his DL and said he gets it all the time. The best part was his wife's name is Sue Case! No joke!
Had a professor named Dick Walker. Never could figure out if that meant that he traveled on the thing like a pogo stick or if he took it our for exercise on a leash.
I was subbing in the middle school and some smart ass looking kid told me his name was Casper when he walked in. He was pale white. I was just about ready to call BS until I looked at the attendance sheet..
There was doctor Phister around town that practiced proctology.
I know a guy named Richard Magnus. He's a lawyer.
I married one of the Ball girls from McCreary County. She has an Uncle Richard. They have a place down there called Granny Holt's Knob. It's on Rt 92 There's also Pine Knot and Mudcut.
I recently joined a company that has a fellow named Dougshat working the IT Help Line. That's his first name.
One of the more tragic stories I heard was the family named Hore up the street. The daughters got so teased in high school the family changed its name to Hearn.
However, the ace #1 tragic name I can say with certitude is Anna Borchine. Her family was Russian. She worked as a teacher with my first wife.
This is no lie (God strike me dead) but I had customers at a major university (Husband and wife research team) whose names were Luong Dhong and Wi Wi Wang.
Cool Aid : Jim Jones Hora : Kurdish female name, I explained to her several times what it means but she didn't want to change it Gaz : a popular candy in Iran Nasi : a popular female name in Iran ( means cute or soft )
Two guys that I worked with in a butcher shop with years ago were named Herdt and Payn. The joke was that they would be a great wrestling tag team, but that they should never take up dentistry and open an office together.
Miami of Ohio University has a top tier D-1 Hockey team.
You missed the best part- it's located in Oxford (OH). Can really confuse some people. They think you went to Miami (FL) or are super smart and went to Oxford. MU Ohio is my alma mater.
I know an Amazon employee who's user name (official work name, computer-generated) is 'manure'. Yeah, no schitt, I had a hard time believing it when I saw it at first. Luckily, English isn't her first language, or she'd be really pizzed off.
Two patients years ago in the ER. Her name is Sh/tonya. His is Sh/thead. (Substitute i in there.) Not related that I know of. Talking with a couple of the deputy sheriffs last year and asked if they heard of him. "Oh, yeah. He's a regular." Not sure what became of her. Talk about set up to fail. Two brothers were Lemonjello and Oranjello. Don't know where they ended up, either.
Guy lived down the street from us while I was growing up, name was Jack Sass... never seemed to bother him, guess he took a little ribbing but was a good guy, names mean nothing!