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Does anyone else suffer these?
I was brought up thinking my name was Ball. When I discovered it was really Balls, I was naive enough to believe my father's explanation that people were always forgetting to put the "s" on, so we didn't bother with it. This was in the 1950s when the world was a more innocent place (at least where I lived).
Both father and great-grandfather got some fun out of the name. In WW1, great-grandad was hassled by an officious warden when his shop blackout was not perfect. He asked for g.g's name and told him not to get cheeky when he gave it. Grandad just shrugged and pointed to the shop front "It's up there in writing, mate".
My father was told to stand to attention and give his name when he didn't stop chatting quickly enough in the mess hall when he was called up in WW2. After shouting his name loud and clear, he was frogmarched to the commanding officer, where he explained in a perplexed way that he didn't understand why he was in trouble, he had only given his name. "And what is your name, man, asked the officer" ....
The really surprising thing is that for four generations (at least) the first son in the family was called Aaron (in one case Aaron Thomas)! Luckily our family was all girls.
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Just think yourself lucky your first name wasnt William then umm Willie for short
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Liked that on Shanko.
Might have been worst if they had the first name Sean/Shaun.
Jacquie.
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Jacquie
Liked yours to
I have an ancestor Alfred James Stiff and for those who dont live in Australia we have a funeral place called Alfred James Funerals get it Stiff/funerals
hahaha
Sorry I just think thats funny
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;D My Mums got a friend called Rhoda Dailey ::)
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There was a poor man on the radio yesterday whose name was Pocock. (Wonder if that will be accepted) He had terrible trouble on computers.
Reminds me of when I was trying to put an address C o c k Street on here not long ago. When I read my posting it said Thingy Street.
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There's a girl over here named Penny Copper. I knew her in school. There's also a NASCAR driver named D i c k
Trickle. See at that point...I would have to change my name. ;D I think parents just don't think when they come up with some of these names..either that or they want to see how much their kids can endure. LOL
Minime
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Just remembered a girl I went to school with - Gaye Pratt, don't know if it had quite the same meaning in the early 50's - we also had a Raymond Sole, unfortunately for him the register was called by christian name letter and surname.
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I have an Eliza Lavinia Lush, and an Ivor Hardy! :o
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I once worked with a Isaac Hunt...
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pah! i used to work with a Micheal Hunt ...Mike for short.......onist! :-X
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Fitty, I think I know him. Did he work for that famous firm of solicitors Norfolk and Chance?
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NO! even worse than that! he worked for Swinton Insurance :-\
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Thats too funny, if i was Mike Hunt i'd move out of yorkshire to a place where they pronounce the 'H'
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My personal favourite is poor little.....
CHRISTMAS C O C K!
No need to ask when his birthday was...I kid u not
How could they do it..LOL
Kris ;D
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just read that back and realised how it looks :o ha ha ha Think its safe to now say if i was Mike Hunt i'd just shoot myself
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when i worked in a shop one of my customers was a Mrs Anus,i managed to keep a strait face sylvia
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When i was working on patients discharge lounge, the ambulance arrived to take a group of out patients home. Shouting out "WAN-KIN WAN" was a killer
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ROFLMAO!
when i worked in a shop one of my customers was a Mrs Anus,i managed to keep a strait face sylvia
I could'nt have done it! i would have lost the will to live!
When i was working on patients discharge lounge, the ambulance arrived to take a group of out patients home. Shouting out "WAN-KIN WAN" was a killer
I love it!! LOL!
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Not a rude name, but I see that there were loads of people named DEATH living in Suffolk in the 19th century.
I suppose that's one way of ensuring you remain single, especially if you're a man! Mrs. Death!
K :o
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I thought I was going potty last night when I did a posting with the name C o c k Lodge. It kept coming up Thingy Lodge. At first I thought I had had a blackout as I didn't remember typing it.
Su
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Hi
Went out to get pizza tonight and while waiting was reading the names coming up on the screen to see how long before my order was ready and what should I see but the name Death. Thought to myself this weird just read a posting on Rootschat with that name mentioned. While still waiting for my order the person came in to pick up theirs and pronounced the name as Deeth. Think the guy behind the counter wasn't sure it was the right order until he spelled the name.
Jaki
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Mrs Bucket springs to mind here! lol
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For a short while in the sixties I did have a doctor called Death!!
I think its pronounced Dee ath
I did once work with three people called Waggett, Suggett and Howgego.
And yes he was called Willie Waggett
Sylviaann
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LOL!
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Our local football team has players named Death and Grief - what a double act!
Darcy
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How about Penalope Candace called "Penny Candy"!
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Near my home is a dentist w/last name Hurt, I wouldn't go to him! But there is also one named Smile so you know he will make you look good.
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;D Yea theres a Bed and breakfast place near us called,,
KILLMORE ,,,,
I won't go there either !!! ;D
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I just started at the top and read all these. Some are so funny I laughed till I cried. We'd best be careful least moderator kicks us all off!
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Years ago I started a list of names of people and their occupations such as the aforementioned Dr's. Hurt and Smile the Dentists. I still have it somewhere and will dig it out and post it here soon.
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Another hilarious thread!!!
I really liked Ticker's reference to "Norfolk and Chance" ;D ;D ;D
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Jan! Why have you got GRACELANDS Picture on your messages? ( GUFFAW!!)
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Fitty, so sorry to upset you ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I was just nosing round the animated gif sites for Halloween pics and found these!!!!!!
Just slightly off the topic of rude names - Whenever you're in a restaurant don't ever ask for a 'fork and knife' (if you know what I mean)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o Sorry moderators!! LOL
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;D yea jan its gettin scarry in here allready and we got a week to go yet !!
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Graceland, perhaps you should start a new Scary Halloween Pics thread! ;D LOL
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Someone mentioned restaurants. Anyone live in Chester? Or remember the chinese restaurant near the station called Poo Hing
I swear I remember it as a kid - 1970s?
It isn't exactly rude but my name is FALLON - there you go identity theft people have field day, pay off my overdraft ;D
It turns out that my name is actually FALLEN but around 1880 ish all the women of my family started to use FALLON but all the men kept FALLEN?
I guess they didn't want to be FALLEN women anymore?
O an I saw a rude name in an OPR recently, I'm sure one of the boss mods will delete this... Fanny Knocker.
Pam
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No. I daren't post what I was thinking about that one Pam! ;D
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Don't know if I dare send this one
My hubby swears he went to school with an Ophelia Balls, onnist!
Anne
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~annesgenealogy/index.html.
Researching Websdale, Jillings, Egmore, Lovett, Savage, Seymour, Graves and Plunkett in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
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One of my Scottish ancestors was known as "Farting Pate"!!!!! (Pete) His poor son was known as John, son of Farting Pate! (Just as well he was a farmer!)
Suzy
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Kidderminster Estate Agents - Doolittle and Dally
Malvern Dentist - Mr Pullen
Dorset Dairy - Tetts Dairy ( Say it uth a broad accent tets get it?)
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A nick-name (I hope) for a fellow from my great grandmother's diary- Pea Beans. She called him a pest.
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Hate to admit this but my surname is W O O D C O C K, not so uncommon, but it gets better as my cousins are C O B B L E D I C K.
Having been to a private school you can imagine that I grew up with some very "original" nicknames. It certainly taught me to have a thick skin.
Good job they didn't know my grandmothers surname was COX, and they had even managed to shorten it from Cox-Maunder!!! Is this a record as being the only name shortened to a rude word????
I always thought I got off lightly as there was a P. Nurse at our school whose sister was Alison, A. Nurse. Their father was a doctor, you'd have thought he would have known better!!!
Other cousins from my mother's side are the Blacks and the Whites.
Oh, almost forgot on my Mother's side are Thomas and YUP ther's a John!
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Arthur R Sole refused to sign with his initials.
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John Thomas
Su
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What a co-incidence, my nephews is actually called John Thomas. His brother is Richard guess his short form nickname. D**k.
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i used to live next door to a lady called Penny Sweet
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Hi All,
I'm new to the forum and I have to say I have been in stitches reading this!! ;D
I am actually connected to the family of Howgego's (but only through marriage thank god!)
I used to go to school with a couple of girls who have hilarious names. One was Faye King and the worst thing was she had problems with her legs so nobody ever believed her!! Sorry if you're reading this Faye :-\
The other was Ruth Tyler and yes, you guessed it, her dad was a roof tiler!!!!!!
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Oh dear, oh dear, how did I miss this thread when it started :D
I have my own tale of names, mods and deletions...and its scarey...
I spend a bit of time on another board, where things do not run as smoothly as they do here, A very big thumbs up to RootsChat.
After a very time consuming search I found the 1851 census for one of my ancestors. His widowed mother was head of house.
Full of joy I proudly annouced this in...the other place.
The message was blocked. A word that could cause offence, naughty naughty, big smack of the knuckles. Go and iron your hands!
Pardon? All I put was...
Fanny Bartlett, head of house.....
Well, that's what it said on the form and that's what I put down...
so I had to change it to the propper name and thus put up a false transcription...........
Ah me... :D :D :D :D :D
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My husband was warned not to laugh when he was being intorduced to a new colleague whose name was
Dick Basher..
wini
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;D sorry wini, tried not to, but I couldn't help it ;D
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I wonder how many families by the name of Head had a Richard in them? ::) .....dee
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If you enjoyed this thraed you will certainly enjoy this one ;D
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,88693.msg374244.html#msg374244
Joe
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I have a Fanny Duff Stevens in my family. Like Paula Too I was blocked on another site for posting her name
I also knew a girl called Iris Tew and a friend Aunt named her daughter Penelope Victoria noot such a good idea as her surname was Plumb
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English/P.E. teacher at my son's school a few years ago was Dick Painter. Imagine the fun they had.
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My mum found the name "Fanny Robbins" Hilarious..... ;D
Also, I found the name "Hockhead" but it was mistranscribe.
I'll let you use your imagination with that one.
And without being too rude, my RE teacher was called Ophelia,
and she married a Mr. Kok.
I aint saying NUTHIN!
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I wonder how many families by the name of Head had a Richard in them? ::) .....dee
I did go to college with a guy named Richard Head.....
sallysmum
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Ok, I can't resist sharing this one any longer & I hope I don't get into trouble for this...
From a census search on Ancestry...trust me it's there;
Fanny Damp :o
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:o :o :o Well you wouldn't get away with that one, on that notorious 'other side' :o :o :o
Good old RootsChat, we can still have a laugh on here, and let's face it, after all the hair tearing, chasing the ancestors, sometimes you need a laugh.
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:o :o :o Well you wouldn't get away with that one, on that notorious 'other side' :o :o :o
Good old RootsChat, we can still have a laugh on here, and let's face it, after all the hair tearing, chasing the ancestors, sometimes you need a laugh.
Laugh? I blushed when I typed it & then blushed even more when I posted it ;D :-[ ;D :-[ ;D :-[
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Whats "The other side"?
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Apart from the five Fanny Buggs ;D in my tree ,I had the maiden name of Pratt.
I used to attend Sea Cadets and three of us GNTC's used to always team up together to do anything ,our names were........Lin Pratt ,Sharon Bullocks and Susan Balls . Our instucters had to refer to us by our surnames .great fun at HMS Ganges when they would shout at us.
;D ;D ;D
..........and it still goes on as my poor niece has the initial A Pratt
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Oh ,forgot to mention ,Fanny had a brother called William (fondly known as Uncle Willy) :D
Lin
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Paul, what I lovingly call 'the other side' or 'in another place' is another Family Trees Messageboard run by a rather famous broadcasting company. It's good. It's very, very good, and the people are brilliant, but it is flawed. Mods either leap in with both feet and and make mistakes or sit on their hands when people are screaming for help. You can't talk to them, and you are very much on your own. You don't know how lucky you are with RootsChat.
I started searching over there, it was the first messageboard I had ever been on. Luckily one of them had a 'dual passport' (came over here as well,) and told me about this site. I'm so glad they did.
Just to show you how bad things can get, someone was censored once for talking about the Johns in her family tree. You can guess what they were talking about, and you can guess what the mods thought... ;D ;D ;D
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oh, THAT site, don't get me started on THAT site.
I recently removed myself, as I found out my information wasn't safe.
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This subject is hilarious. I used to work in schools and during my time came across the following,
Pearl White, Orson Carte, Dye Blewe, Lily White, Justin Toon, Annette Kirton, Mike Cousin, Shaun and Sean ( pronounced Seen by mother) Connery twins. Francis Maybee ( known as Fanny), William Shakespeare,
Ivor Hampton, Sandy Seaman. Dickie Fallis.
I worked with a woman called Belinda Olive Gartside she had her initials on her briefcase BOG. A local owl sanctuary had it's van printed with the initials of the named sactuary it read BOBBARS, and finally of those I can remember in the schools, Elton Flute that desperately wanted to change his name because he was being bullied. When he was asked what he would like his name to be he said 'Andy Flute' after his Grandad. How I did not fall about laughing I will never know. This was over thirty years ago and I still find it funny today.
Pennine
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I worked with a teacher colleague called Ian Bates.
When we were being all modern and allowing the students to call us by our first names, Ian insisted on the more formal Mister.
The students changed Mister to Master and had lots of laughs with his name.
Kevin
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Hello, what funny names.. ;D
here is my family which I do not have much on, but still in all my family..
my 3rd gr grandfather was
Moses Hadcock, he married Olive Mudge
their issues were
James Hadcock
Mary Hadcock
Ida Hadcock :o
Olive Nancy Hadcock she married William King, my line
and
Susan Hadcock
After that what can a person say
;)
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Do you think any of the children with the appalling names ever sue their parents for cruelty.
:-[ :-[ :-[
wini
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Booger
Going back to your Name in Suffolk
In Needham Market in Suffolk there was an undertakers
Yes you've guessed it
DEATH UNDERTAKERS
The family changed the pronunciation to DEE 'Ath
But nobody used that ;D :)
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This is the first time iv'e looked at "The Lighter side" of Rootschat.i'm
usually chasing ancestors.
Ive had a good laugh at some of the names.
I used to live near a family of Crappers---honest.
I think they all changed their name by deedpoll!!
My dad's workmate was Alf Tit.
My dentist used to be Savage----and he was.
And last but not least my sister was C Horne,she was forever getting
letters addressed to Miss Seahorn!!
Merry Xmas
MM
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Hey! Whats wrong with Savage? lol :)
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Ooops sorry!!!
MM
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Marysma - don't look at other topic postings on The Lighter Side or you might not get off RC for a while. ;D There are some wonderfully funny people on RC and a lot of different topics, including Quizes and Caption Competitions amongst other things. It's very very addictive... ;D ;D
Have fun.
Tony
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I've just spent the last half hour reading this wonderfully funny thread and have to add my own. I used to know a policeman called Peter Colin Peacey. PC PC PC - honest ;D
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Did he live in Letsbe avenue ? ;D :D ;D
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Well, he would certainly be making the right decisions, they wouldn't be non P C from that PC :D
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I suppose Dave Clarke would have said....
"I'm in PC's bits and PC's" ;D
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Oh dear oh dear oh dear
meles
(and no reindeer jokes either!)
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Sorry - I think I'm reaching into the bottom of the barrel today :(
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I suppose Dave Clarke would have said....
"I'm in PC's bits and PC's" ;D
:o :o :o :o
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I too have had a few rib chuckles reading this thread. May I add a few of non family tree members I know of?
In Bakersfield, California there is the Swift family who lovingly named their daughter Ophela. And in Bethlehem, New York there used to be an Elsie Belchwinder- can't remember her sister's name but it was equally worth saving. Then I used to have a boss whose last name was Syrygly (pronounced Shrigley) and lastly there is Shaker Razook who used to hand out business cards embossed in gold. Worth having just for the unusual name.
Alas, my tree is just full of all those normal names, James, David, Alexander William, John, Thomas, Joseph, Elizabeth, Anne, Sarah, Jane, Agnes, Mary, with boring surnames that drift off into obscurity here and there.
Granma Anne
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I knew some folks who were very involved with "New Age" beliefs and they called their daughter "Iona Marina", to which I always wanted to reply "Iona Vauxhall Viva" . Rumour had it she was later nicknamed "Rusty".
Fred
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No names but my best friend,s son's initials are ARS!
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Ohhhhh, nasty!
I'll bet he doesn't put his initials on many things. :o
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Hello there was scrolling through and having a giggle when i had to add to it all
I went to school with a lass called Carmen Ghettit
my mum worked for a family with the unfortunate surname of
Buckenfussier
the kids in the neighbourhood would tear pass the fruit shop shout the name but putting the F where the B is and viceversa
and a couple months a go on Roots chat was doing a lookup or a Cook in Sa
and found it as Cock first name fanny
now now now stop that gigling
regards jenn
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this is way to much fun and funny !!!!!!!!!
I know a person alive, who had to have his dad help him get his name off the back of his gym shirt...
"S. Hitt "
onnistly now :o
Are we allowed this much fun on site ??
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LAH
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hello all
now this is a true story
there was an artifical limb maker in Sydney
named
Growcock
he was in the phone book
regards jenn
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I once met a Richard HEAD, the New Soouth Wales Minister of Racing or something like that. When introduced to him I said G'day Dick, he smiled at me.
I wonder how many families by the name of Head had a Richard in them? ::) .....dee
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I wonder how many families by the name of Head had a Richard in them? ::) .....dee
Met an american once. - they don't really use the term dick that much - apart from tricky dicky that is.
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I have a Janet DICK, and a number of BOZOMs :-\
Those names amuse my DH and offspring no end.
Kate