Problem Names

[Woodwerker]

The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street (pronounced Peek-A-Boo) is not just
an athlete....she is now a nurse currently working at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital. She is not permitted to answer the
hospital telephones. It caused too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say,
" Picabo, ICU."

[Tom Miller]

That one deserves company:

Remember when Prince Charles married Diana? It was rumored they were going to name their first child "Up", so the family could be introduced as...

...wait for it...

"Up, Chuck and Di".

Next?!

Regards,
Tom

[bigsteel15]

There is an engineer that I deal with whose name is Po Fok
No kidding.
My dad used to work with a guy named Peter Dyck.
He was a drunk...I wonder why.

[JoeyGee]

I once worked with a guy...

I once worked with a guy whose name was Richard Fiddler. He went by Richard and I don't blame him.

[Pappy]

My dad used to work with a guy named Peter Dyck.

One of the guys working in the Austin Hogan Woodstore is David Dick.

See some good ones handling the mail. A Vietnamese gentleman named Dung Cao. A lot of his mail was addressed to "Coa, Dung"!

[Ken Massingale]

My dad used to work with a guy named Peter Dyck.

We have a fellow named Dick Painter, he lives a hard life!

[crokett]

There is a guy at work named Dick Pound. Also used to work with Harry Dingy.

Think about what you name your kids fellas.

[RayintheUK]

I worked with a Police Constable Constable, who went on to become Sergeant Constable. There was also a Police Constable Sergeant on the next Division, but as far as I know, he wasn't keen to get promoted.

There was also an Inspector Sole in charge of a Surveillance Unit, whose parents had named Richard. No problem, until you addressed a letter to him, using his initial and family name.

Ray.

[just4funsies]

My mother worked in a stock brokerage with a guy named E. Bascomb Dingus. Nobody knew what the "E." stood for, but if it was worse than "Bascomb" or "Dingus", it must have been a doozy! She also showed me her high school yearbook (I insisted), in which were printed the photos of the Hogg sisters (identical twins), whose first names were Ima and Eura. Fact is stranger than fiction.

[jspelbring]

Military slant

While in the Navy, one of my shipmates had the last name of Sargent (different spelling, but sounds the same as Sergeant).

"Hello, this is Petty Officer Sargent." caused some confusion, especially as we were stationed on an Air Force base. (He later made E-7, becoming Chief Sargent)

[Russianwolf]

I dated a girl named Angie Semen. She was in the navy at the rank of Seaman. Seaman Semen. you don't even want to heard some of the jokes I heard.

Friend in College was named Happy. Not too bad until you found out her last name. Hussie. Nice girl, she went by her middle name Ann. Happy Hussie would not introduce me to her parents. I just wanted to ask, WHY?

The best one I've ever heard is famous though. You NASCAR fans know who I'm talking about. Dick Trickle.

[Tundra_Man]

I once worked with a guy whose name was Richard Fiddler. He went by Richard and I don't blame him.

About 20 years ago I came across a TV anchorman who was named Richard Siemen. I'm sure he didn't say, "call me Dick" either!

[jwd12]

How about Jack Hammer employeed by the American Screw Co

[DUD]

There is or was a Real Estate company in Memphis called Gip Youen Go. Bill

[Mrs. Wallnut]

There is a guy at work named Dick Pound. Also used to work with Harry Dingy.

Think about what you name your kids fellas.

That is why Mark wouldn't let me name our daughter Annabelle, which I love that name. But I wanted to use my mothers name as a middle name. Which would have made her name Annabelle Sandra Stripes, which the sounds of that are fine. But Mark pointed out the intials she would have for the rest of her life A.S.S. And Mark wanted to name our daughter......

Wait till you hear this....
STARS ANN STRIPES...

Of course I had to tell him that was definately a big NO.