Interesting/Unfortunate Names

[Blue_eyes]

Probably been posted, but there is a high ranking police officer/spokesperson on tv sometimes called Cressida Dick.

 

[peoffrey]

I’ve always understood it’s illegal to change your name to Lord as to avoid confidence tricksters. You could pretend to be a wealthy baron and have ID in that name. Cash worthless cheques or something.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Mike Hunt, Mike Hunt, has anybody seen Mike Hunt?
(Wendy in Porkies )

No, But i know his brother Isaac

 

[manclad]

No, But i know his brother Isaac

Yes you are!!!

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I’ve always understood it’s illegal to change your name to Lord as to avoid confidence tricksters. You could pretend to be a wealthy baron and have ID in that name. Cash worthless cheques or something.

Baron von Peoffey does have a ring to it

 

[peoffrey]

Baron von Peoffey does have a ring to it

There’s one in Fawlty Towers whom Basil is determined to impress.

I’m quite well spoken and have found people often want to listen when I speak about certain things. A trustworthy opinion? I don’t think so.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

I can't be the only one that sang this in the voice of Tina Turner.

I'm dressed like her. :)

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

I'm dressed like her. :)

Where's the ike button when you need one?

 

[ray21]

Dont stand behind this guy.

 

[ray21]

Lol

 

[peoffrey]

Willie Stroker! I was going to do that this morning.

The only reason I remembered my last property conveyancer's name was because he shares it with an 80's Liverpool footballer. I won't say it but I collected Pro Set cards as a kid and knew every player by that.

 

[MikeF]

When I was studying, I had a Saturday job at Asda and the fun we had getting the receptionist to announce over the PA ‘would Mike Hunt please report to the warehouse’

She fell for Stanley Knife as well!!

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

There is a Wankhede Stadium in India

Wankhede Stadium - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Not sure if I have already posted it in this thread but there was an Ashwin and Madhuri Wankhede at my old job. Peter Wanke too.

 

[mackenzie]

I knew someone once and they were called Wasil Iwankin.
Think he was Polish. Or from that area anyway. He has probably been dead for years as this was about 35 years ago and he must have been 60 even then.

 

[Bradley82]

Had a music teacher at school called Phillip Hier or P. Hier for short.

 

[blue aura]

I worked with a fella called Merlin, his full name was Merlin Arthur Saint George Gard.

He had a brothers called Chopin and Rijn and a Sister Delft.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Went to school many moons ago with a lad called Humphrey Dunphy.
I know a girl whose father i think is German and her name is Chrystal Meth. She's about 17 now so born well before Breaking Bad started.

 

[elbearos]

I know of someone called Rory Lyon, and work with a bloke called Richard Kiss

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

I used to work in medical records in a hospital and came across quite a few...memorable ones...

Fanny Feeley
Winter Snow
Phelim Daly

And there was a Cardiology Consultant called Professor Love :)

 

[Chippy_boy]

Finance Director at Towcester Building Supplies used to be Ray Gunn.

And a colleague at a former company where I worked was Don Wank (pronounced Vonk).