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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: jillruss on Monday 20 February 06 13:05 GMT (UK)
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I have an ancestor called RICHARD KNIFE.
Unusual name! Just discovered from his will that he was a surgeon! How appropriate!
Any other fitting surnames? ;D
Jill
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My grandfather was a seaman called Shipp.
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Three brothers,two ,my Uncles,one my Dad,all named Kay,all worked on the docks,docks=quay,pronounced Kay.
Old maps of Liverpool show miles of riverside land as Kay,sadly.not ours!!
Goggy. ;) ;D
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A whole family of carpenters called..... wait for it..... Carpenter (and one of them married a Miss Wood which is why I'm here today)......
;) Veron
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Well I've got Smarts and Brights so obviously they fit ;D, but I've also Stiffs and Crumps... ??? ;D, no comments please! ;D
I've got a Smith called Smith ::) ;D...at least I think he's mine :-\
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Found an interesting piece of info.in a St Clare/Clair/Sinclair history.
Smith's,from Egypt,many moon's ago,very much respected by the Nobility.
Nowaday's called Gypsie's!
Goggy. ;) ;D
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Cooper's too Goggy!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Not my family, but I know the estimator for a local company is a Mr. Price
;D
Wendi
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I used to drive for a living and on my travels to county Durham in the North of England I came across a butchers van with the proprietors name address & business emblazoned on the side.
A. Thief,
Butcher,
Crook.
Cheers
Guy
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I always had a laugh at the estate agent's boards I saw in Worcestershire - Doolittle & Dalley!
They must be good to stay in business with a name like that!
Monica
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If we are talking about non family, then there used to be a butcher near where I live called A Veale :o 8);D - honest!! ;D
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If we are talking about non family, then there used to be a butcher near where I live called A Veale :o 8);D - honest!! ;D
Spooky, my Dad's Brother George Veale was a butcher in the Army and then in Whitburn, Co Durham just after WW2
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My mate had a very delicate operation about 3 years ago and the surgeon was called Mr Sharp 8)
Joe
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As I've said on this site somewhere before:
many of my Joneses were smiths!!
RuthieB
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Did know a STAKE family years ago. They had a dearly loved, unexpected late arrival, daughter but I didn't know her first name.
I suppose she was MissStake
Russell
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Well if we are gona get silly,
wasn't Jasper Carrot who said that if he had a daughter he was going to name her
Nora
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I recently saw the name "Justin Tynne", I don't know where I saw it, but it makes me :) when ever I think of it. What story lies behind that name?
Pipkim
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For those of you who enjoy a belly-bursting laugh this thread is the best.
Even those who have already read it its still just as funny
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,88693.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,65920.msg268400.html#msg268400
Joe
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On a slightly different note, how about this old chestnut ?
Notice seen in the window of a chemist's shop: "We dispense with accuracy". Kindly leave the stage ?? O.K. O.K. Just trying to bring a little laughter into your lives !
Isles.