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to think this is the worst name ever given to a child?!

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lollypoplady · 07/11/2010 20:44

Me & DH are thinking of baby names and I've just remembered a boy from my secondary school who was called Richard John Uren and got nicknamed Dick Toilet Piss, what where his parents thinking?!

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sterrryerryoh · 07/11/2010 22:28

Brilliant thread.
Mr sister-in-law (before she married my bro-in-law) was called Helen Back, and my next door neighbour is called Carol Carroll.

PotPourri · 07/11/2010 22:29

I knew a Dicken Head. His father's name - Richard (shortened to Dick!) Head!

And worked with a guy called Bob Sherunkle - LOL

TiggyD · 07/11/2010 22:31

Headmaster of my old school: Paul Dick.

He's one of those £150,000 a year chappies.

thesecondcoming · 07/11/2010 22:33

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greenbananas · 07/11/2010 22:34

Years ago, I had a temp. job as receptionist in a building with about 250 employees. One of the blokes working there was called Mike Hunt... seriously, he was really called that (try saying it aloud). Somebody asked me to put a call out for him over the tannoy, so I did and seconds later my switchboard was totally jammed and the facilites manager ran out and gave me a big hug - he had forgotten to tell me that he was always called 'Michael' over the tannoy Blush Blush

PotPourri · 07/11/2010 22:35

Wow, small world. Knew the son at uni in Edinburgh.

Also knew a Donald McDonald

greenbananas · 07/11/2010 22:35

(I was almost as embarrased by the hug as by the mistake)

ascouser · 07/11/2010 22:37

I knew a Richard Head...dick for short

hogshead · 07/11/2010 22:38

My sister knew a girl called Henrietta Man

DorothyThompson · 07/11/2010 22:39

I used to work with a Pearl who had a twin brother called Dean. Their parents did their courting at the cinema.

4andnotout · 07/11/2010 22:41

My bio gf is a Gordon Bennett.

I went to school with a Mathew Bates, teachers were the worst and would call him master all the time!

There is a mr gotobed who lives in little snoring which I find hilarious!

louii · 07/11/2010 22:43

Was at school with a bloke called Phil McCracken, uni with a guy called Eric Chan and had a colleague called Brian O'Brien.

ascouser · 07/11/2010 22:46

nice thread ..cheered me up no end..PMSL

goplayout · 07/11/2010 22:46

My friend says she went to school with a Polish girl called Anna Rak.

Also when I was in hospital having had DC1, the nurse told me the twin boys next door were to be called Neil & Bob.... surname Down! She swore it was trueSmile

nelliesmum · 07/11/2010 22:47

I went to school with Iona Gunn (Hi, if you're out there Iona!)

FleeBee · 07/11/2010 22:48

My FIL used to work with a Ronnie McDonald... It wasn't for a burger chain.

chixinthestix · 07/11/2010 22:51

I once met a man called Cliff Edge, he ran a charity that looked after a small rocky island (I kid you not).

keepingupwiththejoneses · 07/11/2010 22:51

My mum went to school with a Luce Whore.

dementedma · 07/11/2010 22:54

There is a business manager at business Gateway here in Scotland called Richard (Dick) Harden.
Seriously!

SoMuchToBats · 07/11/2010 23:00

DorothyThompson do you know the same Pearl as I do then? She also has a twin bro called Dean. She plays percussion.

Also, I met a girl once called April Foulger (whose birthday was 1st April).

And my grandmother owned a sweet shop. The lady who used to help her in there was called Mrs Fudge....

KittyFoyle · 07/11/2010 23:02

I know a Dick Head (a major on the army) and a Fanny Hymen.

devonshiredumpling · 07/11/2010 23:09

my previuos doctors surgery had a locum called dr feely i know of a doctot bodger and my home economics teacher was a mrs haddock and my pe teacher was a mrs blewett

Mumcentreplus · 07/11/2010 23:14

Harry Dick Thompson

QueenOfTheNight · 07/11/2010 23:14

Many years ago my boss was called Peter Rabbits.

I used to wonder whether his parents had ever heard of Beatrix Potter....

DirtyMartini · 07/11/2010 23:38

never met them myself, but genuine friends of friends: Iona Butler and her sister Kilda Butler. Scottish island naming theme clearly drove common sense out the window.