You could not make this up. We've had amusing names before, one-offs, but this is a family set. Three members of the same family called:
Amazing
Praise
Grateful
Which in itself is pretty good in a "I bet they hate their parents" way, but the surname is Johnson. So we've got:
Amazing Johnson !
Praise Johnson !
and then a
Grateful Johnson
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:50 pm
by Mito Man
They need a Magic Johnson.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:17 pm
by Matty
I knew someone called Dick Johnson, which is the greatest name ever. Sounds like a private investigator.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:35 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
"Amazing Johnson"
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:47 pm
by nuttinnew
If female - and it seems to be females that get the quirky-on-acid names - there's a chance marriage could make things worse.
The first three names that spring to mind that I've seen in person are;
Miss C. Gull
Dr. De'Ath
Mr R. Spain
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:25 am
by duncs500
Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:35 pm
Grateful Johnson
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:54 am
by RobYob
Matty wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:17 pm
I knew someone called Dick Johnson, which is the greatest name ever. Sounds like a private investigator.
DJ is a legend!
Infamously stuck it properly hard into an unfriendly bush a while ago.
@1:40
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:30 am
by dinny_g
I worked with an Ashley Starbuck once...
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:50 am
by Jimmy Choo
Rick O'Shey
Randy Royalty
Tony Hancock
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:16 am
by Pete_
A girl in my primary school class was called Lily Savage when Lily Savage was at her peak.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:17 am
by 240PP
When I used to contract at BT there was a good pool of names kicking around the company.
Ken Kong
Bob Sleigh
Santosh Shitole
Beenar Wankar
My personal favourite was Brian Balls. A good, punchy name.
There was also a Bob Sherunkle on the directory but I’m not convinced that wasn’t someone having a laugh.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:34 am
by RobYob
If we're leaping into the cross cultural quagmire then I'll submit.
Duyu Pu, I've meetings with him a couple of times a week.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:10 pm
by 240PP
Think you need to see a doctor.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:20 pm
by RobYob
240PP wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:10 pm
Think you need to see a doctor.
Certainly hard to shift in my experience.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:24 pm
by Ascender
Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:35 pm
You could not make this up. We've had amusing names before, one-offs, but this is a family set. Three members of the same family called:
Amazing
Praise
Grateful
Which in itself is pretty good in a "I bet they hate their parents" way, but the surname is Johnson. So we've got:
Amazing Johnson !
Praise Johnson !
and then a
Grateful Johnson
Are they of African descent? One of the great things about working in oil & gas was the work I did in Africa and all the wonderfully-named people I met there - I'm guessing there's a colonial angle where they'd just pick the most amazing sounding words from our language?
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:54 pm
by GG.
Similar in Hong Kong - except they choose the most in vogue names from c.1923. The number of 20 year old Vincents, Ethels, Enids, etc. is hilarious.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:24 pm
by Ascender
Its fascinating and like people say, brilliant and occasionally funny because of the context. We had an Endurance, Magnificence and Courageous working with us.
We also had a Richard Fiddler who preferred to be called Dick. Top bloke.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:00 pm
by nuttinnew
^ As long as he doesn't name his daughter Adele.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:05 pm
by Barry
My niece has a friend at school that decided they want to be called "Pretzel" from now on. Niece got quite upset when I lol'd. I try to be supportive, but her friend is a moron.
Re: Amusing names
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:53 pm
by Explosive Newt
240PP wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:17 am
There was also a Bob Sherunkle on the directory but I’m not convinced that wasn’t someone having a laugh.
I met a man of this name (there can only be one, surely) - said he had changed it in the 1980s as he thought it was a fun way to get people to remember him?
