h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

G'day Platypus

You forgot to mention the problems that your surname presents on sites that have child protecting filters

Hi Feisor,

Oh yeah, NetNannies and other kid friendly programmes will not accept our name on messages.

P2

Just had to add this one to the thread .....

The longest serving minister in the New South Wales State government (in Australia) is the Minister for Racing and Gaming - he is retiring - and his name is ..... and this is true ..... his name is .....

Oh!! I can't say it!!! Yes I can!!!

His name is

Richard Face

TRUE!!! I swear it!!!

It must have been hell for him at school

OOO. During my time at school my friends that went to Air Cadets was willing to swear that there was a Private Parts

My mother used to know of someone called Dudley Nightshade. A mentle patient aparently

And finally, my names were nearly Tom, Dick and Harry but my parents realised and put a Peter in there as well. (I have 2 middle names)

My initials are, as you can probably figure for yourself ARF... Which was interesting the first time I heard it, until I began to hear myself being called a dog because of it.

I do data entry, so I key in a lot of names daily. You wouldn't believe some of the names these people have. Richard Richards, William Williams, etc. Had a B McAnally, Mercedes Forty Forty, James Bastard, among some rather dirty others.

We have a Dr. Feng Shui here. I'd point you to his webpage, but the Faculty of Science website seems to be down.

Dr Death pronounced Deeth and an Optometrist Dr Wong See both practise in Canberra

a have a friend of a friend who's studying to become a dentist. His second name is Pain

I went to school with a Peter Bogg... no really!

I have also known and worked with an Andrew Nurse and a Paul Nurse, unrelated but both qualified nurses. And two Drs. Payne, one and Anaesthetist (anaesthesiologist for all you Americans out there) and one a Pain specialist.

I have also looked after a Michael Jackson, a James Brown (AAaw!...I feel good!), Anita Harris, Richard Prior, to name but a few.

turvy

yes, i know a guy called ray strack, and a woman called kim ono (she married into that one).

My niece has a teacher called Wayne King (the kids have fun with that one ) - he swears he has a brother Joe

I think I'd disown the parents

Joe King isn't the chief technician in the Food Biosciences Dept in Reading University where I work by any chance?

I had a professor named HM Brinkley Sprunt. He did a lot with Intel so you can find a lot of references to him if you search.

I recall another poor unfortunate, a nursing officer in my early days (end of the 1970's).

Her name was Miss Hunt. She was very large indeed. Her two forenames were Brenda Frances!


Her abbreviated nickname was BFC. It rhymed of course.

turvy

My sister went to school with a Peter Enis (P.ENIS)
and there used to be a dentist near by called Dr. Pullen.

I just remembered that one of our top swimming coaches for many years was Joe King too. It seems far to common.

At Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney Australia - the man in charge of the aquatic mammals (and sharks) is John West.

I hope he feeds them rather than feeds them to us!?

I was at school with the talented sci-fi author China Mieville. I remember him saying that a. he was the only male China in the UK, although there were five female Chinas. b. his hippie parents had looked through a dictionary (not a name dictionary, a regular one) to find a beautiful word, and China was the second one that they found. Much as he'd had to get used to all the East Asian and ceramic taunts, he was pleased not to be called Banyan.

I went to school with a Rosie Hogsflesh.

She was actually a pretty and charming girl, but I chiefly remember her for her name and the fact she fainted once in cookery.

And I once met a chap called Arthur Pong. Ooh, that ain't arf a pong... His pals were merciless. He swore that when he got married he'd take his wife's surname.