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Hot on the heels of discovering that the latest round of security leaks in the USA was by a lady named [color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Reality Leigh Winner, it now seems that one of Cardinal Pell's sex-abuse accusers is Lyndon Monument.[/font][/color]

[color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Presumably his older brother is named 'Washington'?[/font][/color]

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Somewhere I have a slim volume called Remarkable Names of Real People. I haven't seen it in some years, but a few of the entries stand out in my memory:

Heidi Yum-Yum Gluck
Zita Apathy
Mrs. Belcher Whack Whack

and my personal favourite...

Gaston J. Feeblebunny

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Years ago, I took down the details of a customer called Penny Less. When she noticed me trying to suppress a smirk, she explained that "Less" was her husband's surname, and that apparently it could have been worse - before he met her, he nearly married a woman called Ruth.

My sister also reported receiving an inquiry from somebody called Breezy Pleasance, which sounds like some kind of air freshener.

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I used to work in Macon, Georgia for a guy called Richard. His secretary was filipina and called Ephaniah. They liked shorter names and asked people to refer to them as Dick and Phanny.

Honestly.

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I have come across a few at work over the years but sadly can't mention them, one I came across not work related that stuck in my mind was a lad called Dwayne Pipes, to be fair his mother had remarried but you would think they would have stuck with his original name. When I first heard it I thought someone was pulling my leg.

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[quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1498826683' post='3327377']
Whoaahhh Black Betty

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That made me laugh.

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