Awful names given to people

[Caveat Emptor]

Customer named Peter Peter. I had to keep myself from saying "pumpkin eater." Or Jack Sprat. I kid you not.

[Mike Taylor]

Try Paul Apostle as a customer. Unusual, but in a way kinda cool.

Back in the day at RPG.net, there were some incredible threads about the awful stuff parents used to inflict on their kids.

[taxguykarl]

I knew a woman named Crystal Ball.

[sms001]

Well, there was this guy who was the brother of a girl in my science class at school. His name was "Richard Head." O_o

A Richard Head owned the largest Toyota dealership in my old home town.

(As mentioned last time this topic came up
I went to school with a guy named Tim Blow. His younger sister was Penny Anita.

That's right, "Penny Ineeda Blow" or "Penny A Blow." Poor girl.

[crazylegs]

I know (of)
Richard Brain
Michael Hunt (I shit you not, this must be the most unfortunate name ever)
Tom Croose.

I once met an airman in the RNZAF. On their fatigues the wear the branch of the military they are from (Air Force) and their name (in this instance, Crapp). How do you explain that one away...?

[PepperElf]

speaking of peter peter

i met Peter Parker once. actually he was cool and didn't mind the spiderman jokes

and michael jackson enlisted me in the navy
tho he looked more like dustin hoffman

and william clinton was on my last ship, some officer

[Bradester]

New Scientist magazine sometimes runs a small column on nominative determinism (where your name determines what job you'll have). Such as Dr Smilie the dentist or Dr Bass who got his PhD studying the sounds various fish make.

One of the dentists at UNL's dental college is named Dr. Toothaker.

My parents went to high school with a kid named Walter Melon.

[AccountingDrone]

Hm, hubby grew up with a kid named Phelan Lo =)

When I was working for Oakleaf, I dealt with an amazingly nice CS person with one of our vendors named Sicko [spelled and pronounced that way, very nice lady] and another vendor had a dispatcher named Fluff .... and at Oakleaf we had a person there named Latrine. I was very circumspect and it took a lot to not snicker, because she is a very nice lady.

[edible_hat]

One of our fuel delivery drivers looks like Terry O'Quin (AKA John Locke from Lost). Today I found out his name actually is John Lock.

[taxguykarl]

speaking of peter peter

i met Peter Parker once. actually he was cool and didn't mind the spiderman jokes

I had a couple of classes with a Peter Parker (physics and geology--go figure).

And economics with a Bruce Wayne.

[fireheart]

Well, there was this guy who was the brother of a girl in my science class at school. His name was "Richard Head." O_o

It took me a while to get this one...until I realised the short form of Richard...

Customer named Peter Peter. I had to keep myself from saying "pumpkin eater." Or Jack Sprat. I kid you not.

[JoitheArtist]

A high school football player in my town was named Bric Wall. And I knew a girl named Smokey Blue.

Oh, and there's a family of dentists in my area...their last name is Fang.

[taxguykarl]

And I knew a girl named Smokey Blue.

Smokey Blue?! Is that a porn star name or what?

[LibraryLady]

I once served on a jury and the court stenographer was named Magnetic Love.

[tropicsgoddess]

There were two sisters named Rainbow and Sunshine when I was in high school...and my cousin (no lie) had a teacher in his school named Harry Dick.