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

8 next to ) makes 8)

If you care to learn how to make smileys you can click on any of them and it'll take you to the smiley page.

Thanks - I was just surprised to see them there. I thought smileys would take some effort and now I've come up with some inadvertantly!

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I umpire cricket and football (that's Aussie Rules, not soccer or gridiron or rugby). The Umpire's Adviser for the cricket is Bill Wood and the one for footy is Mike Ball.

An 8 folllowed by a closing bracket ) will turn into a wide-eyed smiley 8)

I met a Mr Boothman who fitted shelving systems into cupboards and wardrobes. My mother knew two women called Ivy Berry and Holly Berry. The best has to be the one reported in New Scientist: two doctors involved in prosthetic surgery, in particular, penis enlargement. Dr Long and his assistant, Dr Stubbs.

I knew a man called Richard Cox, who was generally referred to as 'Dick Cox' ('nuff said).

On the subject of surgery, I recently saw a titbit that said, 'Women interested in breast enhancement surgery should contact the British Association of Plastic Surgeons at [URL removed by moderator]' . How's that for an appropriate web-site. (Moderators, please don't hide this. I know we're not supposed to have links, but this is a quote, not a link. Honest!)

Yesterday I was talking with a fellow researcher *waves to Magic Sam* about two people we know who had an affair.

I won't use first names, but one surname was Cummings, and the other was Cox...



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The moderators have removed the URL, even though I asked them not to. Suffice to say that the 'British Association of Plastic Surgeons' gets abbreviated to 'BAPS'!

A lecture entitled "Life in the Antarctic" at our uni was given by one Dr. Daniel Snowman. Honest!

Name seen on door- Alan Bunkum.
Names heard of: Miss Lusty, Jade Painting (male).
Proposed name for unfortunate child: Trent Othaniel Osborne Leedham (the attraction's in the initials.)
Someone here's got a copy of Bizarre Books, then- this one was the best: Physical Dimensions of Consciousness (or something) by Edward Garrigues Boring.

The guy who invented the flush toilet was John Crapper.
But WAIT, truth is, that's a case of the thing taking its name from the creator of the thing. (Like Zeppelin and Zamboni.)
It's 150 years ago now, many people don't know him, and it gets a laugh when people discover it because it's an unusual name which has since taken on a hole new meaning.
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It must make him happy to have become a household name Every time something bad happens people mention him.

I had a yoga teacher once called Lyn Fitness

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I'm sure there must be a spelling mistake somewhere in this but I got an email today signed Thx Dick Smith (last name cchanged to protect the innocent.)

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PS And it was a business message not junk mail.

In Exeter the is a shop called "Mr Mattress - the Mattress specialist" I've always thought it was lucky he went into te bedding bussiness - it would look very odd "Mr Mattress - The undertaker"

(to make a smily click on any that have been made and you will go to the home of the smilies )

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There's a butcher in Aachen, Germany who goes by the last name of F**k (well, actually there's not really an * in the name... ).
A friend of mine has a clipping from the local rag which states Else von Hinten is dead. A name which translates as Else of/from Behind . And in the small German town of Ritterhude (Zip Code 27721) lives a Woman called Wilma Ficken which translates as Wanna F**k.

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That Mattress guy could probably also have been a good pornstar :D But I don´t think we should count Germans in this, they have the weirdest surnames imaginable. Don´t be surprised to meet a guy named Tableleg or Murderer.

I'd love to meet one of those- imagine counting a Mr. Tableleg amongst
your friends.
I had a teacher called Julian Wrigley.
Superb!
And there's some woman in some program whose name is Pookey Quesnal.
Searching through the phone book for funny names is great if you're bored, specially when there are finds like 'Wankling' and 'Van Loon'.

My sister went to school with someone called Lesley Bean, you can imagine the stick she got.