Dood Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 One of my old customers (from an old life) was called Shirley Knott. I don't think she'd ever watched Police Squad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyR Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I work in property. I once sold a house belonging to a mr & mrs Piso. The buyers were Mr&Mrs Shittu. I jest not. This year my office rented a flat to a gentleman resplendent in the name of Mustafa Tug. Most unfortunate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmjos Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I had dealings with a Miss Charlotte Hole who worked for a company called Munters......... I also have a a guy working for me called Krishan Mistry or Krish-mistry...gwan say it. Finally a friend of mine used to be in the forces and reported to a Captain Pine-Coffin. WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I used to work for a company where one of the directors was called Robin Tombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) I used to have a client at work called Dick Standing. My mum used to work with a woman called Jenny Taylor. Recently I did a site visit for work and on arrival was introduced to the project manager, Bob Marley and the fitter, James Brown. Somehow i kept a straight face... Edited June 30, 2017 by PaulGibsonBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 we found a great country singer name from a few missing letters from the sign on the roof of the take-away chicken shop Charco l hickens ONE day I'm gonna use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysmith Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 A company I used to work for had an account under the name of Judith Priest \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin8708 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 We had a chap in school whose name was Robert Sole , poor fella . Our local motorcycle shop is called Dave Deaths Motorcycles ( Triumph and Yamaha dealer ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzy Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 This guys parents didnt think it through when they chose his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Whenever these threads come up I always wonder what the parents of footballer Paul Dickov were thinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I have known a Theresa Green, a Richard Head and two Mike Hunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) - Edited February 24, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Used to work with Mary Christmas... it was her married name so she only had herself to blame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I have a colleague called Chris Peacock ( he's fine with Crispy btw 😀), once opened a bank account for Dr Hu , and still remember the story about a local wag who changed his name to Mr Ha Ha Woof Woof. This just prior to a court case, brought by the local council and who he claimed were laughing at him and treating him like a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 [quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1498893342' post='3327773'] We had a chap in school whose name was Robert Sole , poor fella . Our local motorcycle shop is called Dave Deaths Motorcycles ( Triumph and Yamaha dealer ) [/quote] It's a Welsh name, technically De'ath not death, when I was doing my PhD one of the guys in the chemistry dept was a Dr De'ath, he had heard it a million times and had absolutely no sense of humour at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 (edited) [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1498826683' post='3327377'] Whoaahhh Black Betty [url="http://s36.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWishbone035/media/Mobile%20Uploads/106B5D19-5406-44A0-8289-A477067F7F65.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Coffee. Computer keyboard. EDIT: Isn't that the bloke who used to bastardise guitars for people with sausage fingers? Edited July 2, 2017 by JapanAxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I once had a customer called William Shakespeare. I also worked in an office with a lady called Hyacinth. Thought nothing of it until I found out her real name is actually Hope. Why change it? I asked. "My surname is "Less", she told me. Man, some parents are cruel. Regards Richard Bowtie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1499028643' post='3328739']... Regards Richard Bowtie [/quote] Nice one, Dickie..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyyorky Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I know a man called Wayne Kerr ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I also worked with a guy called Ian Furneaux... or "Disco" as we used to call him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I have a mate who is known to all and sundry as Queasy. For a long time, I never actually knew his real name, it was always Queasy. Real name? Phil Pawley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 [quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1498859489' post='3327681'] Captain Pine-Coffin. WTF [/quote] When I started at my first job (Electricity Board), I had access to application forms, some of which were decades old. I distinctly remember having a little chuckle at Norman Pine-Coffin. There were dozens of belters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planer Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Got a customer by the name of Dick Rust. Sounds nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyKnees Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Once vaguely knew a guy called Paul Meacock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 [quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1498883198' post='3327733'] we found a great country singer name from a few missing letters from the sign on the roof of the take-away chicken shop Charco l hickens ONE day I'm gonna use it [/quote] There's a pub near Bristol Airport called the Airport Tavern. It's never been terribly well-presented, but at one time it looked near derelict and a whole bunch of the letters spelling out its name had fallen off the front, turning 'AIRPORT TAVERN' into '..R.O.T ..VERN'. Somehow it seemed very fitting and I have adopted the word 'rotvern' as a description for any establishment that appears dodgy or unkempt; e.g. "there's no way I'm playing there, it's a complete rotvern" or "the King's Arms used to be nice but it's gone a bit a rotvern since that new landlord moved in". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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