Yer Friday Funny – Truly Unfortunate Names
Sometimes people just don’t think ahead, or consider how what they do or say will be perceived by others That’s resulted in countless problems – including some hilarious ones involving names.
We’ve all heard of the, um, “unfortunately named” late NASCAR driver Richard Trickle. Well, turns out there are a fair number of others out there with a similar problem. This article lists a substantial number of such unfortunately-named individuals. Some are hilarious.
They missed my personal favorite, though. (smile)
So – what’s the most unfortunately-named person you’ve ever heard of?
Category: Pointless blather, Politics, Who knows
Richard Knibbler.
Also a horizontally challenged four striper, CAPT Dick, referred to as “shorty”.
Texas once had a Governor named Hogg. His daughter was Ima Hogg.
We went to grade school together, and i can’t help but pass this up!:
Somewhere in a box of old vacation pictures is one of me grinning from ear to ear while standing under the the entry sign of a Hong Kong massage parlor owned by Wun Sik Kok.
This was back in the 1920’s. My mother’s best friend had a legal first name of Baby Girl. She was born at home, mama fell asleep after the birth, and the midwife simply put “Baby Girl” in the name block on the birth certificate. It wasn’t checked or even thought about again, and it didn’t get changed until the lady tried to get married and had to produce a birth certificate. She had her name legally changed at that point.
Mike Litoris is an obvious prank. Mike Hunt is credited with playing sax on the J. Geils Band’s “Bloodshot” album; I suspect he’s an alter ego of Magic Dick. Heywood Jablome is another example of a prank name.
But, I can vouch for Destinee Hooker and Dick Tips – both are well known in San Antonio. And, anticipating the Kanye/Kim baby, there is a well-known attorney named North West.
Aiken County Sheriff Mike Hunt. I win.
@57. That’s okay but can be defeated with slow pronunciation. But just how does one defeat Dick Hurtz (white pages link) and Broke, Richard?
http://www.whitepages.com/name/Richard-Hurtz/California
http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/richard-broke/265440
A friend of mine was an X-Ray tech in the Army, and he once had a Sergeant (E5) Major waiting the same time as a Sergeant Major (E9). Called for the E5 to be seen, and then had to explain to the E9 that he still had to wait.
I think the best I saw personally was a superhero… Captain Justice!
I knew a Major Woody and Mike Hawk.
America’s Ace of Aces, “Major Dick Bong.”
During twenty years in the Navy had shipmates named Richard Nixon (we called him Tricky), and Bob Drinkall (great name for a sailor). Last warship served on, USS Tripoli, there was an embarked Marine named Major Miner, or Minor, do not recall the exact spelling. Also had a guy that was an IC2 (E-5), IC2 Cox. Figure over all those years and all the folks whose lives intersect, there are bound to be more than a few oddities.
Malclave, I wonder if he’s related to a CW4 Justice we had in our unit? Yep, we had a “Chief Justice”!
I grew up with a kid named Arthur Wang. He had an older brother named Richard. If you want some real weird names, look to the Philippines. There was a politician there with the first name of Joker, any Manny Pacquio’s wife is named Jinksey, or something similar.
I forgot two names of fellow Marine students at radio repair school. Donald Pigg and another guy named Hamm. They both checked in about the same, and the guy doing their in processing was laughing his ass off.
When I was in the Air Force, there was a Raven driver in my unit (429th ECS) named Murray Woody. He retired as a major.
My friends named their twin daughters, who are now 12 years old, Adara and Alaya. Their last name is Moore. Do people seriously not think about this shit?
Best One I ever saw was Tara Nipple. She was the uninsured motorist we were trying to collect from on an auto claim.
Working for our immigration department, conducting a warrant visit to a sex industry premise I interviewed a lady of negotiable virtue whose parents had obviously visited the soothsayer prior to naming her. Her family name was SUK, given names Ma Ho. So with Korean naming: SUK Ma Ho.
oh, I must second the comment about Filippino names. I dealt with a family with three boys: Napoleon III, Napoleon VI & Napoleon IX.
They also had for years the head of the Catholic Church in Manila being one Cardinal Sin.
My oral surgeon was Dr. Terry Slaughter.
My best friend from HS was in a band called Scooby Dont, his drummers last name was Funk. Drummers Father was a MD…thats right, he was Dr Funk…