*I* (almost *C*) Embarrasing names
Adam Jones
OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
met, or can prove exist...
Jack Russell
Moon Unit <anything>
Dweezil <anything>
Richard Head
John Thomas
Christopher Unwin Michael Staines
Richard Weed
Richard Edward Broadley
<anything> Bates
Moly Polly
<anything> Fag
Tuppence Moore
Theresa Green
<anything> Tosser
Wayne Keene
Anastasia McBride
Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly
<anything> Pratt
Starting here - the afp baby names collection. Order in advance to
avoid the rush...
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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sort of commando operation."
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LI Endell
Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
: your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
: met, or can prove exist...
Sean Lamb (really, a baby born while I worked in the medical records unit)
P C Richard Whittington (I met him)
William Brown (not quite Just William... and he's 5 years old, going on
20)
Sam Brown (his newest brother)
Can't think of any others, but must wonder what parents think of - and I
*know* Will and Sam's parents...
Lindsay
Lee Ann Rucker
Adam Jones wrote:
>
> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
> met, or can prove exist...
> John Thomas
Which is my brother's name, though in American it's meaningless.
Another one:
Dr Sample, who is in charge of drug testing at the Olympics
Dave Le Good
Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
> met, or can prove exist...
>
My father had a friend called Arthur Foot (1) - known to his friends as six
inches.
Dave
1 - Arthur came from East London, where in the local accent, Arthur comes
out more like Arfer.
Adam Jones
The list grows and grows...
>Jack Russell
>Moon Unit <anything>
>Dweezil <anything>
>Richard Head
>John Thomas
>Christopher Unwin Michael Staines
>Richard Weed
>Richard Edward Broadley
><anything> Bates
>Moly Polly
><anything> Fag
>Tuppence Moore
>Theresa Green
><anything> Tosser
>Wayne Keene
>Anastasia McBride
>Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly
><anything> Pratt
Santa Claus
Richard Less
Trout Fishing
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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When designing something foolproof, one
often underestimates the ingenuity of
complete fools
Keith Willoughby
In article <960730225...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>, Adam Jones
<Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk> writes
[list snipped for brevity]
Annette Ball
Tilly Squelch (honestly)
I had two English teachers in the second form. Miss Buck and Mrs Rogers.
--
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Dave Stone
Lee Ann Rucker <leeann...@eng.sun.com> wrote:
> Another one:
> Dr Sample, who is in charge of drug testing at the Olympics
I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I and Laura know a gay couple
called Quinten and Tarquin. Real names, and it begs the question of
whether they're gay because, or whether their parents somehow knew from
birth ...
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LI Endell
LI Endell (li...@york.ac.uk) wrote:
: Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: : OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
: : your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
: : met, or can prove exist...
: Sean Lamb (really, a baby born while I worked in the medical records unit)
: P C Richard Whittington (I met him)
: William Brown (not quite Just William... and he's 5 years old, going on
: 20)
: Sam Brown (his newest brother)
: Can't think of any others, but must wonder what parents think of - and I
: *know* Will and Sam's parents...
I knew I'd forgotten one.
Dr R Jeavon Hood, anaesthetist and colleague many years ago. Go on, guess
what the R stands for... Yep! Robin...
Lindsay
Mr Alien X. Xenomorph
We had a guy at work doing something or other a month or so ago.
His name was Wayne Kerr :-)
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"Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> writes
>We had a guy at work doing something or other a month or so ago.
>His name was Wayne Kerr :-)
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John Tatchell
In article <960730225...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>, Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk says...
>
>OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
>your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>met, or can prove exist...
>
[snip other names]
If the Jack Russell to whom you refer is the current England wicket-keeper,
then I have to inform you that his real name is Richard[1]. He just gets
called Jack 'cos it's funny. Yes I know, but we're dealing with cricketers
here.
--
John Tatchell
[1] Or possible Rupert or Roderick - it's R.C. Russell.
Stephen Bates
Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
>> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>> met, or can prove exist...
I know someone called Annette Fish [1].
Steve.
[1]. Well, it's almost funny.
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NiceHair
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Lethargic Man wrote:
> >
> >Annette Ball
> >Tilly Squelch (honestly)
> >
> >I had two English teachers in the second form. Miss Buck and Mrs Rogers.
>
> tall and blond, called Bill Oates and Richard Barley. Going to Cambridge added
> Bill Mayes and Richard Korn[2].
My family was very ammused when one of the 100m qualifying heats had a Mr
Douglas and Mr Bada in lanes 5 and 6. [1]
Paul
[1] For those who don't know, Douglas Bader (?sp) was a WW2 "flying ace".
This I've never understood, 'cos he crashed loosing both legs...
H1 software (Stephen Burke)
In article <4u573f$e...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>, s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk (Stephen Bates) writes:
> I know someone called Annette Fish [1].
>
> Steve.
>
> [1]. Well, it's almost funny.
"I live next door to a couple called Stank and Moulina Stopfroth; their
children are called Gengulphus and Pantygrace. I giggle every time I
see them. Yours etc., Frillady Waistsplender (Mrs)."
A ppoint (at least) to anyone who knows where that comes from ...
(although the style might give the author away, at least).
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Hannes Reinecke
=>"LI" == LI Endell <li...@york.ac.uk> writes:
LI> LI Endell (li...@york.ac.uk) wrote:
>> Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote: : OK people, here is
>> the list so far of names you'd really like to call : your
>> children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've :
>> met, or can prove exist...
>> Sean Lamb (really, a baby born while I worked in the medical
>> records unit) P C Richard Whittington (I met him) William Brown
>> (not quite Just William... and he's 5 years old, going on 20) Sam
>> Brown (his newest brother)
>> Can't think of any others, but must wonder what parents think of -
>> and I *know* Will and Sam's parents...
LI> I knew I'd forgotten one.
LI> Dr R Jeavon Hood, anaesthetist and colleague many years ago. Go
LI> on, guess what the R stands for... Yep! Robin...
Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
Never seen it meself, only heard from a friend of mine.
Have fun
Hannes
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Keith Willoughby
In article <4u4uuo$k...@tilde.csc.ti.com>, John Tatchell <jo...@ti.com>
writes
>>your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>>met, or can prove exist...
>>
>[snip other names]
>
>If the Jack Russell to whom you refer is the current England wicket-keeper,
>then I have to inform you that his real name is Richard[1]. He just gets
>called Jack 'cos it's funny. Yes I know, but we're dealing with cricketers
>here.
>
Robert Charles Russell (also Harold '!Dickie' Bird.
Lethargic Man
bl
A long time ago, on a Usenet fa,r far away, Keith Willoughby scribed:
>In article <960730225...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>, Adam Jones^
>Tilly Squelch (honestly)
>
>I had two English teachers in the second form. Miss Buck and Mrs Rogers.
FWIW[1], my mother was always amused by the fact I had two schoolfriends, both
tall and blond, called Bill Oates and Richard Barley. Going to Cambridge added
Bill Mayes and Richard Korn[2].
ttfn,
Mchl Grnt
[1] Which is probably not very much.
[2] Though he was short and dark-haired. Probably a wild variety.
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Patricia Reynolds
My friend Angela named her son Aran (really, she wanted Beren,
but thought that was a _bit_ much). Not that Aran's a silly name ...
but it inspired the new mother in the next bed, who went for the
more traditional spelling Aaron. Nothing silly in that.
But her name was Sharon, and dad? Darren.
It is another case of Life imitation Art: Robert Westall has
a short story called 'Darren, Sharon and Warren'.
--
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p...@caerlas.demon.co.uk
Franko Franicevich
Another login I just discovered...
dogi002
(David Olgilvie...)
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Franko Franicevich
How about funny login names?
At out unix system, the login name is taken from your first initial plus
the first 3 letters of your last name.(plus an number) For example, mine
is
ffra001
(And what happens if you take the initial of my last name, and use the
first three letteres of my first name..?? Doh!)
But anyway, here are some of the login names at our place...
swat001
scar005
slit002
mmoo002
The list goes on...
Dinah Dunavan
Patricia Reynolds <p...@caerlas.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>My friend Angela named her son Aran (really, she wanted Beren,
>but thought that was a _bit_ much). Not that Aran's a silly name ...
>but it inspired the new mother in the next bed, who went for the
>more traditional spelling Aaron. Nothing silly in that.
>But her name was Sharon, and dad? Darren.
I have to add to this.
I was at school with a girl whose mother's name was Shirley Turley.
The Dentist in the same building as my physio in Wellington is a Mr
Paine.
And for those New Zealander's out there another old school friend has
named her daughter Abigail Kate Ranfurly Shields.
Dinah
LI Endell
Hannes Reinecke (Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE) wrote:
: Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
: Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
: Never seen it meself, only heard from a friend of mine.
Whoop! Whoop! Urban Legend Alert...
Lindsay
Roger Barnett
In article: <wf4tmhv...@vroomvondel.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de> Hannes Reinecke
>
> Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
> Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
Err, no.
--
Roger Barnett
Paul Mc Auley
GRA...@BRAVO.aston.ac.uk (Lethargic Man) wrote:
bl
|A long time ago, on a Usenet fa,r far away, Keith Willoughby scribed:
|>In article <960730225...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>, Adam Jones^
|><Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk> writes
|>[list snipped for brevity]
|>Annette Ball
|>Tilly Squelch (honestly)
|>I had two English teachers in the second form. Miss Buck and Mrs Rogers.
|FWIW[1], my mother was always amused by the fact I had two schoolfriends, both
|tall and blond, called Bill Oates and Richard Barley. Going to Cambridge added
|Bill Mayes and Richard Korn[2].
Somebody I went to school with was one of three brothers:
Michael, William and John.
and there was a Richard Bolger at the place where I did summer work....
Paul.
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Glenn Brady
On Tue, 30 Jul 96 22:59:15 GMT, Adam Jones <Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
> met, or can prove exist...
>
> Jack Russell
> Moon Unit <anything>
> Dweezil <anything>
> Richard Head
> John Thomas
> Christopher Unwin Michael Staines
> Richard Weed
> Richard Edward Broadley
> <anything> Bates
> Moly Polly
> <anything> Fag
> Tuppence Moore
> Theresa Green
> <anything> Tosser
> Wayne Keene
> Anastasia McBride
> Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly
> <anything> Pratt
Richard Sole (initial R. Sole) Tasmanian wicket keeper.
.
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Tony Finch
In article <wf4tmhv...@vroomvondel.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de>,
Hannes Reinecke <Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE> wrote:
>
> Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
> Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
Captain Pugwash's crew did NOT have rude names.
> Never seen it meself,
Hardly surprising, really.
> only heard from a friend of mine.
FOAFOAF...
FTony (who's keyboard #is now randomly hash#ing up h#is typ#ing).
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Triple Quadrophenic
In article <4tq03q$6...@netty.york.ac.uk>, li...@york.ac.uk (LI Endell)
says...
>
>Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
>: your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>: met, or can prove exist...
>
>P C Richard Whittington (I met him)
>William Brown (not quite Just William... and he's 5 years old, going on
>20)
>Sam Brown (his newest brother)
>
>Can't think of any others, but must wonder what parents think of - and I
>*know* Will and Sam's parents...
Larry, brother of acquaintance Kay Lamb.
Q Cumberpatch, supposedly went to school with my collegue Mike.
Nora Dick, ex-washing up lady in my previous labs.
U. Fuk, student whose application was processed by ex-boss's ex-wife.
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Dick Eney
Lethargic Man <GRA...@aston.ac.uk> wrote:
<crunch>
> my mother was always amused by the fact I had two schoolfriends, both
>tall and blond, called Bill Oates and Richard Barley. Going to Cambridge added
>Bill Mayes and Richard Korn[2].
Depends what kind of "corn". Maize 'beard' turns dark when it begins to
ripen, and I believe there are varieties of wheat that have dark 'beard'
as well (used for certain kinds of corn dollies).
=Tamar (sharing account dick...@access.digex.net)
Adam Jones
The list grows and grows some more...
Jack Russell
Moon Unit <anything>
Dweezil <anything>
Richard Head
John Thomas
Christopher Unwin Michael Staines
Richard Weed
Richard Edward <anything>
<anything> Bates
Moly Polly
<anything> Fag
Tuppence Moore
Theresa Green
<anything> Tosser
Wayne Keene
Anastasia McBride
Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly
<anything> Pratt
Santa Claus
Richard Less
Trout Fishing
Annette Ball
Tilly Squelch
Dick Trickle
Dick Palmer
Robin Hood
Wayne Kerr (Well _someone_ must be called it...)
Simon Staines
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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Thunder rolled... It rolled a six.
-Guards! Guards!
Dick Eney
Patricia Reynolds <p...@caerlas.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>My friend Angela named her son Aran (really, she wanted Beren,
>but thought that was a _bit_ much). Not that Aran's a silly name ...
She could have named him Berengar. IIRC that's a legitimate (medieval)
name.
=Tamar
Adam Jones
On 5 Aug 1996 16:22:07 GMT, Stephen Bates is alleged to have written:
>Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
>>> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>>> met, or can prove exist...
>
>
>Steve.
>
>[1]. Well, it's almost funny.
I've just had a mail from a Mr. Keith Neufeld (neu...@fast.pvi.org)
who reminded me of the american racing driver Dick Trickle... oh dear!
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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Mr Alien X. Xenomorph
In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960805195529.3875A-100000@hawk>
pj...@le.ac.uk "NiceHair" writes:
>
> [1] For those who don't know, Douglas Bader (?sp) was a WW2 "flying ace".
> This I've never understood, 'cos he crashed loosing both legs...
Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
he did :-)
Stephen M. Walker
Charlie Brown,
R. Herring,
Herr Dumfart,
All representatives of companies that I've had to deal with -
you just try keeping a straight face phoning up and asking for
Charlie Brown when someone nearby keeps whispering "Good Gracious!"
And I've just remembered Art Titus.
Steve W.
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Gordon Steemson
I'm really not sure why I bothered remembering this.
GtM (gste...@sfu.ca)
Down with negative thinking!
Andromeda
In article <ffra001-0608...@uglc4.cs.auckland.ac.nz>, Franko
Franicevich <ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz> writes
>Another login I just discovered...
>
>dogi002
>
>(David Olgilvie...)
>
And mine - ache006...
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In article <4u7tl7$g...@access1.digex.net>
dick...@access1.digex.net "Dick Eney" writes:
> She could have named him Berengar. IIRC that's a legitimate (medieval)
> name.
As in Hugh I suppose. You have been reading Ellis Peters' books. Or not.
Wayne Kerr make audio and other electronic test equipment. Expensive stuff
that has to be calibrated every year.
ObName: Annette Curtain was two years ahead of me at school.
Mike
Darrell Ottery
In article <ffra001-0608...@uglc4.cs.auckland.ac.nz>
ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz "Franko Franicevich" writes:
> How about funny login names?
How about 'em?
I'm repeating myself again here, but at work the system used to assign
usernames according to (1) faculty, (2) department, and (3) status
within dept. The remaining 5 letters were taken from surname and/or
first name, if the surname was really common. These days it's less
interesting, with the setup being 1-3 as above, two digits for year of
entry, and three letters of the (l)users initials.
Now, if you have S for faculty of Science, C for Chemistry and R for
Research postgrad, add five letters of my surname...
OK, so it's not quite as bad as Emily Cummings' username, but it's not
too far off.
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Our mood is scenery / It won't stop bruising me,
I've had enough of grey skies raining tears.
Hello, Mr Faceless Creature of Evil. Will you be my friend?
Katrina Hill
No joke.
My grandmothers name is Rose Thorn. (actually thorn is her maiden name
but imagine growning up and going to school etc and Rose Thorn.
She doesn't see the humour ... maybe no one ever laughed...i did:)
trina
--
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Katrin...@antcrc.utas.edu.au
Antarctic CRC, Tasmania, Australia
Franko Franicevich
In article <3206f854...@news.ftech.net>, ma...@monark.ftech.co.uk wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> At dawn of the third age of mankind Franko Franicevich posted. The
> date is Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:12:28 +1200, the name of the place is
> alt.fan.pratchett:
>
> >Another login I just discovered...
> >
> >dogi002
> >
> >(David Olgilvie...)
>
> Didn't he play the lead role in "The Saint"?
I doubt it... He's a second year student here at Auckland Uni in NZ... :)
snail
"Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960805195529.3875A-100000@hawk>
> pj...@le.ac.uk "NiceHair" writes:
>> [1] For those who don't know, Douglas Bader (?sp) was a WW2 "flying ace".
>> This I've never understood, 'cos he crashed loosing both legs...
>Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
>he did :-)
And he did it damn well too!
tata
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snail
Katrina Hill <kh...@ice.antcrc.utas.edu.au> writes:
>My grandmothers name is Rose Thorn. (actually thorn is her maiden name
>but imagine growning up and going to school etc and Rose Thorn.
At the church I grew up in there were two sisters who had the surname
'Plant'. They were named Violet and Rose. I also used to know a family
from the US with the surname 'Blue', they named their child 'Denim'.
I kid you not.
Colm Buckley
> == Hannes Reinecke <Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE>
> Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
> Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
The wheel turns, does it not?
FWIW,
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\ / \| | | | \ / |
/_ _\ |\ | |_| /_ _\_|
\/ |_| \_|\___/ \/ (_)
There wasn't. A widespread myth is that the animated series "Captain
Pugwash" contained these characters (along with "Roger the Cabin Boy"),
but it is actually untrue. Check the rec.folklore.urban list for
further information.
Colm
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Franko Franicevich
> bl
> A long time ago, on a Usenet fa,r far away, Keith Willoughby scribed:
> >In article <960730225...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>, Adam Jones^
> ><Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk> writes
> >
> >[list snipped for brevity]
> >
> >Annette Ball
> >Tilly Squelch (honestly)
> >
> >I had two English teachers in the second form. Miss Buck and Mrs Rogers.
>
> FWIW[1], my mother was always amused by the fact I had two schoolfriends, both
> tall and blond, called Bill Oates and Richard Barley. Going to Cambridge added
> Bill Mayes and Richard Korn[2].
*ROTFLMAO*
Mike Knell
In article <3206f83f...@news.ftech.net>,
Murky B <ma...@monark.ftech.co.uk> wrote:
>X-No-Archive: Yes
X-Paranoia: Yes
>>Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
>>Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
>
>Captain Pugwash - the characters mentioned above were in his crew.
*LART* *LART*
Hooooowww many times do we have to go through this one? No, they weren't.
5 pedant points are hereby deducted from Mr. Burbidge's score, for
wilfully spreading urban legends which have been discussed here before. This
seems to come up every few months [1] -- is it worth putting it in the
FAQ?
This has been thoroughly investigated by those nice people down the
hall in alt.folklore.urban. Dissenters are referred to....
http://www.urbanlegends.com/tv/cpt.pugwash/
Mike "I hope I don't have to say this *again*" K
[1] No pune intended..
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Gordon Steemson
I was at the same high school as a girl called Irene Klitiris
(relatives were Greek). She really didn't deserve it; she was much
less unpleasant than most of the other morons in that pit of idiocy.
PPD
And might I ask what's wrong with Greek names?
John Brownie
Then there were the two people I worked with in my first job:
Andrew Andrew (known as Andy)
Thomas Thomas (whose wife called him "Tom Tom")
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g.l.wilson
In article <3207DA...@ice.antcrc.utas.edu.au>,
kh...@ice.antcrc.utas.edu.au, Katrina Hill says...
>
>No joke.
>
>My grandmothers name is Rose Thorn. (actually thorn is her maiden name
>but imagine growning up and going to school etc and Rose Thorn.
>
Haven't seen most of this thread (haven't seen most of a.f.p., for
that matter - so what else is new?) ...but...
I once worked with someone with the unfortunate name of Candi Cain.
--glinda
Stephen Bates
Adam Jones <Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk> writes:
>On 5 Aug 1996 16:22:07 GMT, Stephen Bates is alleged to have written:
>>
>>
>>Steve.
>>
>>[1]. Well, it's almost funny.
>Almost...
>
>I've just had a mail from a Mr. Keith Neufeld (neu...@fast.pvi.org)
>who reminded me of the american racing driver Dick Trickle... oh dear!
I just remembered another one.
My sister is called Julie Clare [1] Bates.
Her initials are quite amusing.
Steve "it's *Mister* Bates" Bates.
[1]. Notice the non-'Miss Whippy'/'Her Velocipedeness' spelling.
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Mark Lowes
On Tue, 06 Aug 96 23:38:12 GMT, in <839374...@lspace.org>
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org>
(Otherwise know as fluffywuffy >:) wrote.....
>In article <ffra001-0608...@uglc4.cs.auckland.ac.nz>
> ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz "Franko Franicevich" writes:
>
>> How about funny login names?
>
>How about 'em?
>
>I'm repeating myself again here,
but we're used to that
[rend]
>Now, if you have S for faculty of Science, C for Chemistry and R for
>Research postgrad, add five letters of my surname...
and your point ? ;)
>OK, so it's not quite as bad as Emily Cummings' username, but it's not
>too far off.
<shudder>
>Hello, Mr Faceless Creature of Evil. Will you be my friend?
Hmm, does Mr Fox write your tag lines?
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Michael Ashton
In article <4u9ula$m...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>,
Stephen Bates <s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk> wrote:
>Steve "it's *Mister* Bates" Bates.
>
>[1]. Notice the non-'Miss Whippy'/'Her Velocipedeness' spelling.
That's *Mrs* Whippy.
Mike.
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>Charlie Brown,
>R. Herring,
>Herr Dumfart,
>
>All representatives of companies that I've had to deal with -
>you just try keeping a straight face phoning up and asking for
>Charlie Brown when someone nearby keeps whispering "Good Gracious!"
>
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LI Endell
g.l.wilson (gli...@eskimo.com) wrote:
: In article <3207DA...@ice.antcrc.utas.edu.au>,
Who saw Mastermind last night, with the contestant Viv Acious? Made up
name if ever I saw one...
And BTW, Glinda, Ta for the photos...
Lindsay
Lizzie Deighton
In article <DvrzC...@eskimo.com>, "g.l.wilson" <gli...@eskimo.com>
writes
>
>
>Haven't seen most of this thread (haven't seen most of a.f.p., for
>that matter - so what else is new?) ...but...
>
>I once worked with someone with the unfortunate name of Candi Cain.
An ex boyfriend's Mom spent many years with the Maiden name of Bar, and
the first name?
Gay.
She got quite bitter and twisted about it in the end.
Lizzie Deighton
LI Endell
Mr Alien X. Xenomorph (Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960805195529.3875A-100000@hawk>
: pj...@le.ac.uk "NiceHair" writes:
: >
: > [1] For those who don't know, Douglas Bader (?sp) was a WW2 "flying ace".
: > This I've never understood, 'cos he crashed loosing both legs...
: Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
: he did :-)
: --
And he didn't lose them for long - didn't the RAF air drop him a new set
each time this happened? :-)
Lindsay
lip...@pacbell.net
Murky B wrote:
>
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> At dawn of the third age of mankind Franko Franicevich posted. The
> date is Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:12:28 +1200, the name of the place is
> alt.fan.pratchett:
>
> >Another login I just discovered...
> >
> >dogi002
> >
> >(David Olgilvie...)
>
> Didn't he play the lead role in "The Saint"?
>
Silly boy, that was rmoo001[1] [2].
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===============================================
Regarding a freak accident at a petting zoo,
"Thumpinty-thump, Pittity-Pat; I never knew death would sound like that!"
[1] Roger Moore
[2] He wasn't the first Saint, was he? [2]
[3] rmoo001 was also jbon003...
lip...@pacbell.net
Adam Jones wrote:
>
> The list grows and grows some more...
> <snip>
> Trout Fishing
His full name is Trout Fishing In America -- cf. Richard Brautigan
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===============================================
ASCII silly question, get a silly ANSI
Stephen Bates
Michael Ashton writes:
>In article <4u9ula$m...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>,
>Stephen Bates <s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>Steve "it's *Mister* Bates" Bates.
>>
>>[1]. Notice the non-'Miss Whippy'/'Her Velocipedeness' spelling.
>
>That's *Mrs* Whippy.
Oh yes. Oops.
D'oh! [1].
Steve.
[1]. ... a deer, a female deer. Ray - a drop of golden sun....
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Tony Haines
"Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
> Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what he
> did :-)
But planes don't have legs...
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Michael Ashton
>>Charlie Brown when someone nearby keeps whispering "Good Gracious!"
>>
>"Good Grief!"
That you Colonel K. ?
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Franko Franicevich
> Murky B wrote:
> >
> > X-No-Archive: Yes
> >
> > At dawn of the third age of mankind Franko Franicevich posted. The
> > date is Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:12:28 +1200, the name of the place is
> > alt.fan.pratchett:
> >
> > >Another login I just discovered...
> > >
> > >dogi002
> > >
> > >(David Olgilvie...)
> >
> > Didn't he play the lead role in "The Saint"? [a]
> >
>
> Silly boy, that was rmoo001[1] [2].
>
> [1] Roger Moore
> [2] He wasn't the first Saint, was he? [2]
> [3] rmoo001 was also jbon003...
[a] Shouldn't this be tsai002 ?
Alan Silver
Stephen Bates <s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk> wrote ...
>Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>> OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
>>> your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
>>> met, or can prove exist...
>
>I know someone called Annette Fish [1].
My wife knew someone at school whose parents, Mr and Mrs Rose, decided
that they would call their daughter Wild (Wild Rose - geddit). This was
fine until she married someone called Mr Bull.
These are true. Honest.
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> == mi...@cobuild.collins.co.uk (Michael Ashton)
>> == Stephen Bates <s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk>
>> [1]. Notice the non-'Miss Whippy'/'Her Velocipedeness' spelling.
> That's *Mrs* Whippy.
Well, it's been nice knowing you, Michael. When's the funeral?
Remington Stone
Triple Quadrophenic said:
}In article <4tq03q$6...@netty.york.ac.uk>, li...@york.ac.uk (LI Endell)
}says...
}>
}>Adam Jones (Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
}>: OK people, here is the list so far of names you'd really like to call
}>: your children. Of coures, all entries must actually be people you've
}>: met, or can prove exist...
}>
}>P C Richard Whittington (I met him)
}>William Brown (not quite Just William.. and he's 5 years old, going on 20)
}>Sam Brown (his newest brother)
}>
}>Can't think of any others, but must wonder what parents think of - and I
}>*know* Will and Sam's parents...
}
}Larry, brother of acquaintance Kay Lamb.
}Q Cumberpatch, supposedly went to school with my collegue Mike.
}Nora Dick, ex-washing up lady in my previous labs.
}U. Fuk, student whose application was processed by ex-boss's ex-wife.
Remington Justice Stover Stone III - me...
Alia Nadia Suzanne Stone - my sister
Zen and Julie O'matic - friends of a friend of mine
Joy Time - Her father's name was supposedly Justin...
Remington Stone Mail Al...@Lspace.Org for newbie info.
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Crowley
Franko Franicevich <ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz> will be inaccurately
quoted below:
>In article <3209EC...@pacbell.net>, lip...@pacbell.net wrote:
>
>> Murky B wrote:
>> >
>> > X-No-Archive: Yes
>> >
>> > At dawn of the third age of mankind Franko Franicevich posted. The
>> > date is Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:12:28 +1200, the name of the place is
>> > alt.fan.pratchett:
>> >
>> > >Another login I just discovered...
>> > >
>> > >dogi002
>> > >
>> > >(David Olgilvie...)
>> >
>> > Didn't he play the lead role in "The Saint"? [a]
>> >
>>
>> Silly boy, that was rmoo001[1] [2].
>>
>> [1] Roger Moore
>> [2] He wasn't the first Saint, was he? [2]
>> [3] rmoo001 was also jbon003...
>
>[a] Shouldn't this be tsai002 ?
>
Houston
Lots of people wrote about amusing names: (but I deleted all that)
There's a woman at our church called Bessie Berry. Elizabeth's her
full first name. But the funny thing is that "Bessie" is afrikaans
for "Berry", so for a few many years her name was fully bilingual.
there were 2 official languages in south africa, you see. Now there
are 11. (yes, eleven.) I'm not going to try and make her name fully
'levenligual.
Chris Houston, who'll just be off now, thanks.
Kat
Warning! Drunken posting. There may well be severe errors. I apologise in
advance.
In article <3209ED...@pacbell.net>, <lip...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Adam Jones wrote:
>> The list grows and grows some more...
>> <snip>
>> Trout Fishing
>His full name is Trout Fishing In America -- cf. Richard Brautigan
There was a guy here in my 1st year who chnaged his name, by deed poll, for
RAG to Sydney Harbour-Bridge. His girlfried, to whom he proposed quite
soon after, refused to marry him for that very reason.
Nuff said.
(The One True) Kat
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Random Companion
In article <4udpla$d...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk>, Michael Ashton
<mi...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>In <shQTBDA2...@bombsite.demon.co.uk> Crowley
><cro...@bombsite.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>>Charlie Brown when someone nearby keeps whispering "Good Gracious!"
>>>
>>"Good Grief!"
>
>That you Colonel K. ?
>
Shush, Penfold.
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They reckon it's a codename, and they're having this big flamewar over whether
he could ever be a woman."
-Joel, _Return of the Living Dad_ Kate Orman.
Michael Ashton
>> == mi...@cobuild.collins.co.uk (Michael Ashton)
>>> == Stephen Bates <s...@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk>
>>> [1]. Notice the non-'Miss Whippy'/'Her Velocipedeness' spelling.
>> That's *Mrs* Whippy.
>Well, it's been nice knowing you, Michael. When's the funeral?
I can think of 100 better reasons for Cluur to kill me than the above (make
that 101...)
Gabriel Krabbe
on Thu, 08 Aug 1996 06:33:57 -0700, lip...@pacbell.net wrote
regarding "*I* (almost *C*) Embarrasing names":
[David Ogilvie]
> Silly boy, that was rmoo001[1] [2].
>
> [1] Roger Moore
just to state what everyone thought at this point:
shouldn't that be rmoo007?
Gabriel
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Mike
In article <$WExMHAQ...@demon.net>
liz...@demon.net "Lizzie Deighton" writes:
> An ex boyfriend's Mom spent many years with the Maiden name of Bar, and
> the first name?
>
> Gay.
What about Gay Search on the Gardener's World TV prog?
Mike.
LI Endell
Kat (n...@ic.ac.uk) wrote:(Actuve scissors may have removed too many attributions - I apologise if
this is the case)
: >> The list grows and grows some more...
: >> <snip>
: >> Trout Fishing
: >His full name is Trout Fishing In America -- cf. Richard Brautigan
: There was a guy here in my 1st year who chnaged his name, by deed poll, for
: RAG to Sydney Harbour-Bridge. His girlfried, to whom he proposed quite
: soon after, refused to marry him for that very reason.
Isn't there a chap here who had a row with his bank and changed his name
(rather than his bank) so that every cheque he signed insulted them?
Today I met an Open University tutor called Peter Piper...
Lindsay
Adam Jones
On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:58:07 +0100, Random Companion is alleged to have written:
>In article <4udpla$d...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk>, Michael Ashton
><mi...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>>In <shQTBDA2...@bombsite.demon.co.uk> Crowley
>><cro...@bombsite.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>>>Charlie Brown when someone nearby keeps whispering "Good Gracious!"
>>>>
>>>"Good Grief!"
>>
>>That you Colonel K. ?
>>
>>OOh 'eck
>
>Shush, Penfold.
Cooor blimey!
<fx : descending whistle>
.
.
.
<fx : splat>
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Gabriel Krabbe
on Thu, 08 Aug 1996 17:00:45 GMT, ma...@monark.ftech.co.uk wrote
regarding "*I* (almost *C*) Embarrasing names":
> At dawn of the third age of mankind snail posted. The date is 7 Aug
> 1996 15:46:11 +1000, the name of the place is alt.fan.pratchett:
> >Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
> >he did :-)
>
> "Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >And he did it damn well too!
>
> Am I correct in thinking that Douglas was captured, and after several
> escape attempts the Germans foiled future efforts my confiscating his
> legs?
well, at least you give us credit for being
creative.
i hav enothing to contribute to this thread that
might be of remote interest, this is just my usual
rambling mode.....
Gabriel
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Stephen Wilson
On 6 Aug 1996, LI Endell wrote:
> Hannes Reinecke (Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE) wrote:
>
> : Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
> : Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
>
> : Never seen it meself, only heard from a friend of mine.
>
> Whoop! Whoop! Urban Legend Alert...
Actually, I think it was a comic strip about pirates called Pugwash or
something. Nobody can remember the names of any of them 'cos it hasnt been
on in ages.
Also, it featured
Roger the cabin boy
Shag the cat.
Just passing on what I heard.
Stephen Wilson
James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland
Australia
Stuart Richards
In article <Pine.OSF.3.93.96081...@crab.jcu.edu.au>,
Stephen Wilson <art...@jcu.edu.au> writes
>
>
>On 6 Aug 1996, LI Endell wrote:
>
>> Hannes Reinecke (Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE) wrote:
>>
>> : Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
>> : Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
>>
>> : Never seen it meself, only heard from a friend of mine.
>>
>> Whoop! Whoop! Urban Legend Alert...
>
>Actually, I think it was a comic strip about pirates called Pugwash or
>something. Nobody can remember the names of any of them 'cos it hasnt been
>on in ages.
>Also, it featured
>
>Roger the cabin boy
>Shag the cat.
It was an amimated cartoon series called Captain Pugwash and had a
really good theme tune.
I'd heard that the Seaman Staines and Master Bates names were an urban
myth, but I don't recall their actual names.
--
Stuart Richards
Tim Shuttleworth
In <4uftiv$m...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> Michael Ashton <mi...@unixsoft.demon.co.uk> writes:
>I can think of 100 better reasons for Cluur to kill me than the above (make
>that 101...)
Damn, you've done it now... Some of us have to share an office with She of
the Ultimate Scariness... How am I supposed to work with flames shooting out
of Her ears behind me? ``Mummy, I'm scared...''
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Tony Finch
In article <Pine.OSF.3.93.96081...@crab.jcu.edu.au>,
YM "cartoon on the telly", HTH!
(sheesh! can't even get the urban legends right!)
> called Pugwash or something. Nobody can remember the names of any of
> them 'cos it hasnt been on in ages.
> Also, it featured
>
> Roger the cabin boy
> Shag the cat.
No it didn't. The BBC forced the Grauniad to apologise when they
published this.
> Just passing on what I heard.
You heard wrong, and you didn't read the thread before posting. How
many times..
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Colm Buckley
> == Kat <n...@ic.ac.uk>
> There was a guy here in my 1st year who chnaged his name, by deed poll,
> for RAG to Sydney Harbour-Bridge. His girlfried, to whom he proposed
> quite soon after, refused to marry him for that very reason.
You're all amachewers! A former Lord Mayor of Dublin (last year, or
the year before, I think), Sean Loftus, has a habit of adopting "causes"
into his name. When concerned about pollution in Dublin Bay, he became
Sean Dublin Bay Loftus. Later, when the perennial Rockall question
came up again[1], he became Sean Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus. Kinda silly,
if you ask me.
Colm
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[1] Tiny bit of rock sticking up out of the sea to the north-west
of Ireland. Insignificant except for the fact that it's surrounded
by thousands of square miles of oilfields, and is hence the subject
of some debate as to whether it's part of Ireland or the UK.
LI Endell
Mike (ze...@myth.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <$WExMHAQ...@demon.net>
: liz...@demon.net "Lizzie Deighton" writes:
: > An ex boyfriend's Mom spent many years with the Maiden name of Bar, and
: > the first name?
: >
: > Gay.
: What about Gay Search on the Gardener's World TV prog?
Did anyone mention the journalist Edward Behr?
Lindsay
Rick
> In article <$WExMHAQ...@demon.net>
> liz...@demon.net "Lizzie Deighton" writes:
>
> > An ex boyfriend's Mom spent many years with the Maiden name of Bar, and
> > the first name?
> >
> > Gay.
>
> What about Gay Search on the Gardener's World TV prog?
My mothers name is Gay Day, although she prefers Gaynor.
At work, a couple of jobs back, we had two people called
Paul Darling and Alan Love. Paul was a real homophobe,
which made it even funnier[1].
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[1] For us at least.
"Hey Bullwinkle, we're in real trouble now!"
"Oh good, Rocky! I hate that artificial kind!"
Adam Jones
On Sun, 11 Aug 1996 15:13:35 +1000, Stephen Wilson is alleged to have written:
>> : Wasn't there a british TV-sequel whose principal characters were
>> : Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
>>
>> : Never seen it meself, only heard from a friend of mine.
>>
>> Whoop! Whoop! Urban Legend Alert...
>
>Actually, I think it was a comic strip about pirates called Pugwash or
>something. Nobody can remember the names of any of them 'cos it hasnt been
>on in ages.
>Also, it featured
>
>Roger the cabin boy
>Shag the cat.
>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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| | |-- +--\ / \ | \ | | | | | | | | |
\_/ | \ |__// \| \| | | | | | | ------
--- Captain Pugwash strikes back.
BTW, it was "Master Mates". Can't remember the rest.
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<quote>
AUTHOR(s): Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
TITLE(s): The English rogue: continued in the life of Meriton Latron
and other extravagants. Comprehending the most eminent
cheats of both sexes ...
Vol. 1 written by Richard Head; v. 4, by Francis Kirkman;
v. 2-3, possibly by both, although Head disclaims
authorship.
</quote>
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Robert Collier
In article <4ul28u$g...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> FTony.
> --
> CHAPTER ONE: Bang!
> CHAPTER TWO: sssss...
> CHAPTER THREE: crunch.
> THE END
Hmmmm. History of the Universe in 3 chapters?
- Rob.
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Richard Kettlewell
Robert Collier <r...@lspace.org> wrote:
>Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>CHAPTER ONE: Bang!
>>CHAPTER TWO: sssss...
>>CHAPTER THREE: crunch.
>>THE END
>
>Hmmmm. History of the Universe in 3 chapters?
Perhaps. Alternatively: an exploding snake eating a pack of crisps?
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Tony Finch
Robert Collier <r...@lspace.org> wrote:
> In article <4ul28u$g...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
> Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > FTony.
> > --
> > CHAPTER TWO: sssss...
> > CHAPTER THREE: crunch.
> > THE END
>
> Hmmmm. History of the Universe in 3 chapters?
Words, actually, as featured in a weird short by Iain M. Banks.
FTony.
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Franko Franicevich
In article <4uqgd0$5...@sfere.elmail.co.uk>, Richard Kettlewell
<ric...@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Robert Collier <r...@lspace.org> wrote:
> >Tony Finch <fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >>CHAPTER ONE: Bang!
> >>CHAPTER TWO: sssss...
> >>CHAPTER THREE: crunch.
> >>THE END
> >
> >Hmmmm. History of the Universe in 3 chapters?
>
> Perhaps. Alternatively: an exploding snake eating a pack of crisps?
>
The story of my life?
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Bjorn.Bjornsson
Colm writes:
[Rockall]
>[1] Tiny bit of rock sticking up out of the sea to the north-west
> of Ireland. Insignificant except for the fact that it's surrounded
> by thousands of square miles of oilfields, and is hence the subject
> of some debate as to whether it's part of Ireland or the UK.
IIRC some people in I**land are also trying their level best to claim it,
also the Danes on behalf of the Faeroes. All good clean fun.
And yes, you can call us greedy b***ards.
Cheers
Bjorn
Steve Shadbolt
There was an antique dealer who according to Thats Life several years
ago was called Robin Bastard.
Steve Shadbolt
e-mail shad...@logica.com
usual disclaimer about my opinions and Logica's apply
Mike Knell
In article <JTfx2FAG...@tundra.demon.co.uk>,
Stuart Richards <stu...@tundra.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <Pine.OSF.3.93.96081...@crab.jcu.edu.au>,
>>On 6 Aug 1996, LI Endell wrote:
>>> Hannes Reinecke (Hannes....@MathI.Uni-Heidelberg.DE) wrote:
>>> : Master Bates and Seaman Staines ?
>>
>>
>>Roger the cabin boy
>>Shag the cat.
>
>myth, but I don't recall their actual names.
Oh, bloody hell! Two postings after someone says "No, it's an urban legend",
what happens? The whole thing start again.. cyclical wossname, must be..
Anyway, to reiterate, the whole "Rude Pugwash Names" business _is_ an urban
legend. Alt.folklore.urban investigated this many years ago.. dissenters
are politely pointed towards http://www.urbanlegends.com/tv/cpt.pugwash/
(bangs head against wall)
In a way, the above is interesting, as it shows a development of the
original legend - someone's added another rude name, viz. "Shag the cat",
which I haven't seen before. Fesssinating..
Mike
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Keith Jackson
In article <JTfx2FAG...@tundra.demon.co.uk>,
stu...@tundra.demon.co.uk says...
>
>It was an amimated cartoon series called Captain Pugwash and had a
>really good theme tune.
>myth, but I don't recall their actual names.
Oh /Lord!/ This old one again! Be aware that the owners of the copyright
are supposed to have successfully prosecuted people propagating this load
of old cobblers.
The programme was called Captain Pugwash and the animation was by
relatively crude, cardboard cut-out, stick puppets. None of the
characters was called Seaman anything as they were all Pirates so the
cast (as far as I can remember) was: Captain Pugwash, the Master *Mate*,
*Pirate* Barnabus and Jim the Cabin Boy who sailed in the Black Pig.
Their sworn enemy was Black Jake. Voices were all by Peter Hawkins.
Keith (old enough to remember it the first time round!)
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Rob Cotterill
Murky B wrote:
>
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> At dawn of the third age of mankind snail posted. The date is 7 Aug
> 1996 15:46:11 +1000, the name of the place is alt.fan.pratchett:
> >Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
> >he did :-)
>
> "Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >And he did it damn well too!
>
> Am I correct in thinking that Douglas was captured, and after several
> escape attempts the Germans foiled future efforts my confiscating his
> legs?
>
Correct. He apparently was in the habit of breaking camp rules, so the
Germans punished him by confiscating his legs, forcing him to arse
around for a while. *g*
When he was forced to bail out of his plane, he had to leave his legs
behind. So by some arrangement, the RAF parachuted a spare pair over a
Luftwaffe compound near his prison camp.
Rob (the ergonomist).
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Jeremy Stark
Murky B wrote:
> At dawn of the third age of mankind snail posted. The date is 7 Aug
> 1996 15:46:11 +1000, the name of the place is alt.fan.pratchett:
> >Have you ever tried flying a plane with no legs? Because that's what
> >he did :-)
>
> "Mr Alien X. Xenomorph" <Al...@sethanon.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >And he did it damn well too!
>
> Am I correct in thinking that Douglas was captured, and after several
> escape attempts the Germans foiled future efforts my confiscating his
> legs?
Only briefly. He lost his false legs when bailing out (they were trapped
after a collision with a German fighter). The Germans allowed the RAF
to drop a new pair and he escaped from the hospital. After another
escape attempt they took his legs away for a while and sent him to
Colditz where he remained (with false legs) until it was liberated.
He flew in the victory flypast over London.
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John Winters
In article <4ui0jj$q...@netty.york.ac.uk>, LI Endell <li...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
>Kat (n...@ic.ac.uk) wrote:
>: In article <3209ED...@pacbell.net>, <lip...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>: >Adam Jones wrote:
>(Actuve scissors may have removed too many attributions - I apologise if
>this is the case)
>
>: >> Trout Fishing
>: >His full name is Trout Fishing In America -- cf. Richard Brautigan
>
>: RAG to Sydney Harbour-Bridge. His girlfried, to whom he proposed quite
>: soon after, refused to marry him for that very reason.
>
>(rather than his bank) so that every cheque he signed insulted them?
That was Mr Yorkshire Bank PLC are fascist bastards IIRC.
John
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Tim Gerrish
li...@york.ac.uk (LI Endell) wrote:
>Mike (ze...@myth.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: In article <$WExMHAQ...@demon.net>
>: liz...@demon.net "Lizzie Deighton" writes:
>: > An ex boyfriend's Mom spent many years with the Maiden name of Bar, and
>: > the first name?
>: >
>: > Gay.
>: What about Gay Search on the Gardener's World TV prog?
>Did anyone mention the journalist Edward Behr?
My wife once met someone with the surname 'Biggen' and the first name
'Ivor'.
(:l)
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Robin Armstrong
In article <4v268j$n...@sol.zynet.net>, Tim Gerrish writes:
> My wife once met someone with the surname 'Biggen' and the first
name
> 'Ivor'.
Sounds like she met the character known later as Doc Cox (used to
feature on "That's Life").
In an earlier part of his career, he appeared as 'Ivor Biggun (and the
Red-Nosed Burglars)' and produced such well known ditties as the
"Winking Song" (misprint) [1]. The songs lyrics were indeed about
winking (misprint) [2].
robin
P.S. I have the record, but currently have no record player (damn CDs)
to transcribe the lyrics. rsa [3]
[1] a for i
[2] ditto
[3] should a postscript precede or succeed feetnotes?
Neil
A postscript can hardly succeed its own footnote.
But should a .sig precede footnotes? [1]
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[1] succeed = how toothless birds eat
Mike Morris
Neil wrote:
>
> Robin Armstrong wrote:
> >
> > In article <4v268j$n...@sol.zynet.net>, Tim Gerrish writes:
> >
> > > My wife once met someone with the surname 'Biggen' and the first
> > name
> > > 'Ivor'.
> >
> > Sounds like she met the character known later as Doc Cox (used to
> > feature on "That's Life").
> >
> > "Winking Song" (misprint) [1]. The songs lyrics were indeed about
> > winking (misprint) [2].
> > [1] a for i
winkang?????????
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Adam Jones
Allegedly, Neil is alleged to have alleged:
>[1] succeed = how toothless birds eat
Well, that description covers most of them, doesn't it... :-)
Adam Jones - Ad...@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk
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