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Post by WDB on Mar 24, 2021 11:09:12 GMT
I was hoping Nigel might have gone the way of Adolf.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 11:11:24 GMT
Variants of Adolf still appear surprisingly popular in Spanish speaking countries.
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Post by WDB on Mar 24, 2021 11:28:19 GMT
They like Jesus too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 11:30:13 GMT
So do we, but we say it differently. Joshua.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 11:34:49 GMT
I remember getting very childishly hysterical with a work colleague on an aeroplane when the cabin attendant came to serve us. His name badge was the trigger.
The poor fellow had apparently been named Jesus Mycock.
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Post by WDB on Mar 24, 2021 11:45:39 GMT
I used to work with a Michael Hock. Unaccountably styled himself Mike.
(Don’t try to say, “I used to work with a Mike Hock” in a Joe Dolce Italian accent.)
There. I knew you wouldn’t.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 11:51:19 GMT
I have previously worked for a Dick Organ, and worked alongside a Mike Hunt. The latter of whom went by the nickname Warwick.
I had promised myself I would never tell anyone that, but hey, it's lockdown and we need all the smiles we can get I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 12:47:45 GMT
I remember getting very childishly hysterical with a work colleague on an aeroplane when the cabin attendant came to serve us. His name badge was the trigger. The poor fellow had apparently been named Jesus Mycock. Sadly the last time I uttered those words I did actually end up in hospital and needed stitches followed by surgery. No, I'm not telling you the story. I used to quite like the name of a former German lady colleague, Silke Busch. No, I never asked. In my sales days I had a customer in Thailand whose secretary was called Tittiporn. And a bloke in Malaysia called Low Kok Khing, not to mention Dr Wanka in Austria. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 12:48:48 GMT
I used to work with a Michael Hock. Unaccountably styled himself Mike. (Don’t try to say, “I used to work with a Mike Hock” in a Joe Dolce Italian accent.) There. I knew you wouldn’t. Try getting an Italian to say "household". Most amusing. |
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Post by bpg on Mar 24, 2021 12:54:48 GMT
I worked with a German who's family name was Lipp. Nothing unusual in that. He had a cleft palate. The irony of formerly addressing a German as Herr Lipp with a cleft palate got me once or twice. Childish I know.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 13:00:04 GMT
I wouldn't have coped very well with that either BPG. But, I am about 12 in terms of my sense of humour.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 13:03:54 GMT
At school, my German teacher ( a German national ) was Mr Willy Wand.
Not at all a problem if pronounced correctly of course.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 13:12:07 GMT
Used to work for a large US corporation, so out of boredom one day I looked up all the Randys in the address book. My favourites were Day, Knight, Lott, Bunch and Burns.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 13:23:27 GMT
Probably done this before but, oh well...
You know how to get your porn star name? Take the name of your first pet and the name of the road or street you first lived in.
Mine is Rusty St George.
My wife's is Micky Jubilee
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 13:25:57 GMT
I thought it was pet and mother's maiden name? Better for obtaining internet security question answers.
Anyway once I heard a friend's entry was Percy Grindrod, I declined to enter the contest as it was over.
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