to ask if you know of any 'urban myths' that are actually true?

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a colleague told me the other day that her husband had been to school with a brother and sister called Everard and Ophelia Dick. I was very dismissive, told her I'd heard that story several times before, that it was an urban myth and possibly on snopes.com.

Luckily I stopped short of saying that the story probably had racist undertones.

But I've just googled them and they're well documented in the same town that her husband is from. So the chances are he's right. I'm very and will have to tell her so in the morning.

I get so used to these name tales being false and offensive that I didn't think there was any way it was going to be true.

Does anybody know if any of the others are true?

Wasn't there a Christopher Cross who was a PC on Crimewatch a few years back?

The twin girls called Dolly-molly and Truly-Scrumptious who have been mentioned on here and on things like The Wright Stuff are real - they live near my mum and dad and their family used to be regular features in the local paper for various reasons.

Purple Aki is definitely real. In between remand and prison, he was photographed on the Liverpool metro. Some of the stories about him are fabrications (he never carves his initials on anyone's bum) but the basic ones (obsessed with teenage boys and muscles) are.

I have known a Richard Head, Joanne King (my GP) and a Dwayne Pipe!

I knew a Richard Head when I was at school, NW England.

Richard Long is my BIL.

Many moons ago my mother's area manager at work was called Andrew Dick. As a teenager seeing a letter addressed to my mum informing her of her pay rise which was signed A Dick had me in stitches.

At school we had a Mr Dore, a Mr Rugg, and a Mr Bath. Very juvenile but we used to say things about walking through the Dore, tripping over the Rugg and falling in the Bath

I lived across the road from an Olive Bush (who had an Olive tree in her garden, which really made me giggle when I saw it ) I also know a Richard Dick

One of the best-loved NASCAR (American car racing) drivers has just died - very sad, he took his own life.

RIP Dick Trickle

RustyBear that reminds me of when a colleague had to introduce a Mr Wolff to a Mr Fox

I also knew a Leigh King

And a Sue Lugg (S Lugg)

The most senior judge in England is the Lord Chief Justice. The current LCJ is Lord Igor Judge i.e. I Judge.

I went to school with a girl named Feather Byrd...

I don't understand Theresa Green?

The lady on the Help desk at the campus bank was called Gaye Cummings.

At primary school the village vicar used to come in to assembly regularly. 100 primary school children would then have to chant 'good morning Reverend Willy'

I went to school with Adora Dick. She as a really lovely girl, who was ALWAYS known as Dora - no-one ever used or referred to her full name, even the teachers.

Her brother's name was Ivor.

Theresa Green = Trees are green

Apologies if someone has already mentioned Fanny Chmelar.

On the names thing, a lot of Chinese students at the University I work at give themselves Anglicised names. Some of the girls pick beautiful names (I once taught a Lilly Pearl) and some of the boys take very 'masculine' superhero names (I once taught a Blaze).

One guy this year calls himself Terry Wogan

I come from a long line of Dicks thank goodness my grandmother married my grandfather

Justice Judge? Bonkers

What about Justice Fingers?

Walter Wall
Or
Courtney Fishyet?

My brother had a friend in Florida named Bud Weiser.

There's a Cinderella Smith in my town. Regular court visitor and alcoholic, I wonder if having a stupid name contributed to her shitty adult life

Oh I forgot about Bishop Bishop - as in, his last name was Bishop, and being a bishop was his job. Self fulfilling prophecy?

OMG LaQueen my Mum was Rupert Bear's secretary! She worked in Nottingham and Birmingham supporting my Dad through uni. She often told me about Rupert Bear.