March-9th-2006, 05:38 PM
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Bad Names
I read in yesterday's Wa Post that Sen. George Allen's chief of staff is a fellow called Dick Wadhams. That's a bad name. It's a rule so obvious that it probably has never been articulated: if your last name carries the syllable "wad," go by Richard.
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March-9th-2006, 05:42 PM
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I work with a woman in Grand Junction, CO by the name of Mary Cockshoot. But I happen to think her name is wonderful.
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March-9th-2006, 05:55 PM
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Dick Trickle would likely be the alltime classic.
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March-9th-2006, 06:02 PM
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Registered Eater
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At my age dick trickle is not a good thing or a classic..............
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March-9th-2006, 06:03 PM
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Get ahold of yourself man!!
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March-9th-2006, 06:06 PM
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Registered Eater
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Originally Posted by Scott Dolan
Get ahold of yourself man!!
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I do, as much as I can, but that's another subject altogether......
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March-9th-2006, 07:16 PM
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How I love robbin' banks!
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I remember when there was a major league baseball player (Tigers, I think) named Rusty Kuntz. He should have formed a partnership with Ray Oyler.
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March-9th-2006, 07:43 PM
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Registered User
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Originally Posted by MRS
I work with a woman in Grand Junction, CO by the name of Mary Cockshoot. But I happen to think her name is wonderful.
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There's a guy in the English Dept. at State named Rod Cockshoot.
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March-9th-2006, 07:47 PM
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How I love robbin' banks!
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There's a lawyer in DC named Cantwell Muckenfuss. I once knew a lawyer who defended sexual harassment cases named Al Feliu (his associate was Liz Fealey).
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March-9th-2006, 11:51 PM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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I know a bandleader named Glasscock. Like....why? Why keep a name like that?
And there is a Chinese restaurant down the street from me named - "Young Dong".
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March-9th-2006, 11:55 PM
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Jon
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A foreign girl at the junior high where my mom works had to have her parents brought in to gently explain that the girl's name, pronounced "Prickshit," wouldn't fly 'round these parts.
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March-9th-2006, 11:57 PM
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Reminds one of the name Levitt mentioned in Freakanomics.
Pronounced Shiteed, but spelled Shithead.
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March-10th-2006, 12:56 AM
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funny thread.
in terms of getting through airport security quickly, I'm guessing that Jihad Muhammad, a current University of Cincinnati basketball player, doesn't have the best of luck.
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March-10th-2006, 12:59 AM
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dirty antipodal jackalope
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Back in my early school days - when it was still A-OK to have a gay old time - others kids used to run the first letter of my first name together with my last name. 
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March-10th-2006, 02:56 AM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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I once read that is some Arab countries, Charlton Heston the actor had to be billed with a different surname since in some Arabic language the word "heston" meant "shit".
Confirmation?
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March-10th-2006, 07:07 AM
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Unfocused User
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March-10th-2006, 08:58 AM
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I once represented a client named John Motor in an auto accident lawsuit. The defendant who rear-ended him was a Korean gentleman named Sumi.
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March-10th-2006, 09:35 AM
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Save a tree, eat a beaver
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Haha, this thread rox! There used to be a guy at my school called Mike Hunt. Pretty funny.
-GN
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March-10th-2006, 10:49 AM
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Went to Band Camp for four summers with a guy named Bill Outhouse. Ran into him again Senior year of College when we both stood up for the same wedding, and he had changed his name to Bill Johns..... no kidding!
and... in the Springfield Illinois area (where my Mother came from) there's a whole dynasty of "Funderburks." I was always glad that wasn't MY name.....
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March-10th-2006, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bostontricky
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Wasn't that Peter Marshall (the host of Hollywood Squares) real name, as well?
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March-10th-2006, 10:58 AM
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If you're going to be in politics, a name can be a problem. And I'm not just talking about patently goofy names like Dick Wadhams. Consider the guy who since 2000 has been involved in so many Democratic campaigns, Matt Gobush. Normally that name wouldn't stand out. But it's a wrong name for a Democrat operative. Gobush!
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March-10th-2006, 10:59 AM
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Six decades
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Originally Posted by hornplayer
Wasn't that Peter Marshall (the host of Hollywood Squares) real name, as well?
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Yes, that's his son.
There's a sportswriter I know who goes by Michael Hunt for obvious reasons.
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March-10th-2006, 11:55 AM
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How I love robbin' banks!
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Peter Marshall's sister was Joanne Dru, real name Joanne Letitia LaCock.
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March-10th-2006, 11:59 AM
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The mouldiest of all figs
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Let us not forget the very verstile Dick Johnson.
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March-10th-2006, 12:01 PM
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Victory at sea!
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Stubby Clapp.
OH Canada!, baby!
There was a girl in my HS named,
I kid you not,
and yes she was overweight,
Marcia Mello.
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March-10th-2006, 12:05 PM
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Jon
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Three sisters from my hometown are named Sunshine, Happy, and Star.
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March-10th-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfer
Stubby Clapp.
OH Canada!, baby!
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He came up through our farm system, only had a ham sandwich in the bigs though.
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March-10th-2006, 12:25 PM
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Imagine All The People
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Shanda Lear
Daughter of Bill and Moya Lear (of Lear Jet fame)
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March-10th-2006, 12:26 PM
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Columnated ruins domino
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I once worked with a guy named Ahmad Awada (sounds like "I'm out of water").
Went to college with a Mary Quackenbush.
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March-10th-2006, 01:43 PM
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All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us
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In a theater building where I've done several plays, there was a sign up for a gay-themed evening of theater.
One of the playwrights was:
Jan Buttram.
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