Amusing names
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A very comprehensive list of dirty place names in Aotearoa New Zealand:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-09- ... n-aotearoa
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-09- ... n-aotearoa
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She looks like she loves a bit of liver for dinner. With a nice chianti.
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Didn't keep taking the meds
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Spotted on an invoice from an IT subcontractor:
Man, Mr. Wing
Man, Mr. Wing
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Never there when you need him, and if you can find him, he'll just disappearing without warning.
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I’ve had an email today from:
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https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/7 ... el-crocock
Michael Crocock
He plays for the Guildford flames, apparently they always refer to him as Mike on the PA system...!
Michael Crocock
He plays for the Guildford flames, apparently they always refer to him as Mike on the PA system...!
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That could only have been worse if he'd been female and named Michaela.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Sherpa ?
I guess it's like the names Miller, Cooper, Smith, etc over here. I wonder if anyone with that forename was born out of wedlock.
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There’s a bird called a ‘fluffy backed tit babbler’
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffy- ... it-babbler
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffy- ... it-babbler
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I’m disappointed that it’s actually a bed and not a woman as I thought it was going to be as I clicked the link
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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARKS !
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Brilliant thread, particularly loved this one that my brain narrated in a Scottish accent
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Nomnomnomnominative determinism.
Hmm...I wonder what examples there are of nominative Darwinism (awards)?
Hmm...I wonder what examples there are of nominative Darwinism (awards)?