Account Options

  1. Sign in
The old Google Groups will be going away soon.
Switch to the new Google Groups.
Google Groups Home
« Groups Home
What's in a name?
There are currently too many topics in this group that display first. To make this topic appear first, remove this option from another topic.
There was an error processing your request. Please try again.
flag
  Messages 1 - 25 of 54 - Collapse all  -  Translate all to Translated (View all originals)   Newer >
The group you are posting to is a Usenet group. Messages posted to this group will make your email address visible to anyone on the Internet.
Your reply message has not been sent.
Your post was successful
 
From:
To:
Cc:
Followup To:
Add Cc | Add Followup-to | Edit Subject
Subject:
Validation:
For verification purposes please type the characters you see in the picture below or the numbers you hear by clicking the accessibility icon. Listen and type the numbers you hear
 
gimbals  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 11:09 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "gimbals" <gimbals...@thisaddress.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:10:49 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 11:10 am
Subject: What's in a name?
Excuse me, Mrs Cart, are you SURE you want to call your son Orson.

We welcome Mr and Mrs Techican, and their daughter Pam.

Your hosts for tonight are Mr & Mrs Driver, and their son Lawrie.

(from  I'm sorry, I'll Read That Again, ©BBC (but who cares?))


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Gilbert  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 11:40 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Gilbert" <ant...@m.con>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:40:43 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 11:40 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

"gimbals" <gimbals...@thisaddress.com> wrote

> Excuse me, Mrs Cart, are you SURE you want to call your son Orson.
> We welcome Mr and Mrs Techican, and their daughter Pam.
> Your hosts for tonight are Mr & Mrs Driver, and their son Lawrie.

Mr & Mrs Socks and their daughter, Susan.

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Andrew McGee  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 12:27 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Andrew McGee" <andrew-mc...@millcroft-house.fsbusiness.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:27:32 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 12:27 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
On local radio recently I heard a contestant in some competition or other
who said her name was

Dawn Allday.

I did wonder whether she had  sister called Eve.

And my wife, a ex-teacher, once worked with a Mr Warmer, whose parents had
seen fit to call him Richard.

"Gilbert" <ant...@m.con> wrote in message

news:ao1ils$63$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
David Saltmer  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 12:59 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "David Saltmer" <d...@saltmer51.fslife.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:59:22 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 12:59 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
What about that mr and mrs ongatwighlight and their judge son Justice
ongat.... I'll get me coat.

"Gilbert" <ant...@m.con> wrote in message

news:ao1ils$63$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
black-dog  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 1:01 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: black-dog <$...@ckdog.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 18:01:44 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 1:01 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Message-ID: <ao1le9$l2j$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> from Andrew McGee
contained the following:

>On local radio recently I heard a contestant in some competition or other
>who said her name was

>Dawn Allday.

>I did wonder whether she had  sister called Eve.

They have a producer called Jo King.  I often wonder if that's a wind
up.

--
black-dog

A dog does not care about the previous dogs in your life.


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Clive Worrall  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:03 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Clive Worrall" <sheenanig...@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:03:12 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:03 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

David Saltmer wrote:
> What about that mr and mrs ongatwighlight and their judge son Justice
> ongat.... I'll get me coat.

Mr & Mrs Jet and their overweight son known as Jumbo

Mr & Mrs Cord and their daughter Constance (known as Con for short)


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Arthur Buse  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:11 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Arthur Buse <zath...@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 19:12:20 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:12 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:40:43 +0100, "Gilbert" <ant...@m.con> wrote:
>Mr & Mrs Socks and their daughter, Susan.

Mr & Mrs Hardy and their daughter, Laurel Anne

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
black-dog  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:12 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: black-dog <$...@ckdog.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 19:12:29 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:12 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Message-ID: <Xb_o9.1875$5u2.142215@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net> from
Clive Worrall contained the following:

>David Saltmer wrote:
>> What about that mr and mrs ongatwighlight and their judge son Justice
>> ongat.... I'll get me coat.

>Mr & Mrs Jet and their overweight son known as Jumbo

>Mr & Mrs Cord and their daughter Constance (known as Con for short)

Mr & Mrs Stalsis and their son Perry (hard to swallow, I know)
--
black-dog

A dog does not care about the previous dogs in your life.


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Paul Giverin  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:26 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Paul Giverin <p...@giverin.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:21:43 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:21 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
In message <ao1le9$l2...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, Andrew McGee
<andrew-mc...@millcroft-house.fsbusiness.co.uk> writes
>On local radio recently I heard a contestant in some competition or other
>who said her name was

>Dawn Allday.

>I did wonder whether she had  sister called Eve.

>And my wife, a ex-teacher, once worked with a Mr Warmer, whose parents had
>seen fit to call him Richard.

Up until last year there was a guy called R. Sitch in the Norwich
telephone directory.

This isn't an urban myth, I heard about it on one of  Steve Wright's
radio shows and as I work in Norwich, I checked and there it was. Seems
to have gone now though. I wonder why :)

--
Paul Giverin

British Jet Engine Website
http://www.britjet.co.uk


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Trev  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:41 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Trev" <t...@trevbowdenDOTtele2.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:41:22 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:41 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Mr & Mrs Champion and there son Wee Arthur

---
-- --
Trev
Bradford
West Riding of Yorkshire

Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.394 / Virus Database: 224 - Release Date: 03/10/02


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
chesster  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 2:55 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "chesster" <d...@jaundy.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:53:21 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 2:53 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Mr & Mrs O'Dors and their daughter Patty.

Trev <t...@trevbowdenDOTtele2.co.uk> wrote in message

news:uq8u2sg3ktvr70@corp.supernews.com...


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Brian Dominic  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 3:43 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Brian Dominic <nbrum...@lineone.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 20:45:01 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 3:45 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 19:12:29 +0100, black-dog <$...@ckdog.co.uk> had a frenetic dose of key-bashing

and wrote:
>Message-ID: <Xb_o9.1875$5u2.142...@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net> from
>Clive Worrall contained the following:

>>David Saltmer wrote:
>>> What about that mr and mrs ongatwighlight and their judge son Justice
>>> ongat.... I'll get me coat.

>>Mr & Mrs Jet and their overweight son known as Jumbo

>>Mr & Mrs Cord and their daughter Constance (known as Con for short)

>Mr & Mrs Stalsis and their son Perry (hard to swallow, I know)

Mr & Mrs Drogenous and their daughter (?) Ann...................

Brian L Dominic

NB Rumpus

Web Sites:
NB Rumpus: http://www.nb-rumpus.com
Golden Valley Light Railway: http://website.lineone.net/~gvlr/index.htm
Friends of the Cromford Canal: www.cromfordcanal.org.uk


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Basil  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 3:56 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Basil" <black...@basil22.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:56:24 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 3:56 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Hi
I have a daughter called Jenna, what if she married a Mr Taylor.
Baz

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Liz & Andy  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 4:19 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Liz & Andy" <lizna...@liznandy.freeNOSPAMTAserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:29:16 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 4:29 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

gimbals <gimbals...@thisaddress.com> wrote in message

news:ao1gr6$gdl$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Excuse me, Mrs Cart, are you SURE you want to call your son Orson.

> We welcome Mr and Mrs Techican, and their daughter Pam.

> Your hosts for tonight are Mr & Mrs Driver, and their son Lawrie.

> (from  I'm sorry, I'll Read That Again, ©BBC (but who cares?))

I've a mate from Witney, who was at school with an Isaac Hunt (and the local
dialect makes that even worse...)

Liz>


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
AndrewEllis  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 4:44 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "AndrewEllis" <and...@mrwriter.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:44:14 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 4:44 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

"Basil" <black...@basil22.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:ao21ld$qq1$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi
> I have a daughter called Jenna, what if she married a Mr Taylor.
> Baz

I have a friend called Shona, what if she married a Mr Dick?

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Del The Obscure  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 5:21 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Del The Obscure" <revelationYOURCLOTHES...@iolfree.ie>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 21:21:24 GMT
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 5:21 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

"John T" <joh...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message

news:q0%o9.16692$La6.11978@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...

> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:41:22 +0100, "Trev"
> <t...@trevbowdenDOTtele2.co.uk> wrote:

> >Mr & Mrs Champion and there son Wee Arthur

> Mrs Curtin and her daughter Annette

100% honestly I went to school with  a girl called Annette Kirton...

Del.
--
'Life - loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it'
If you want to e-mail, you'll have to remove YOURCLOTHES


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Brian Dominic  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 5:35 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Brian Dominic <nbrum...@lineone.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 22:37:02 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 5:37 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:29:16 +0100, "Liz & Andy" <lizna...@liznandy.freeNOSPAMTAserve.co.uk> had a
frenetic dose of key-bashing and wrote:

>> Excuse me, Mrs Cart, are you SURE you want to call your son Orson.

>> We welcome Mr and Mrs Techican, and their daughter Pam.

>> Your hosts for tonight are Mr & Mrs Driver, and their son Lawrie.

>I've a mate from Witney, who was at school with an Isaac Hunt (and the local
>dialect makes that even worse...)

....... and in my team at work, we have a Mike Hunt!!

Brian L Dominic

NB Rumpus

Web Sites:
NB Rumpus: http://www.nb-rumpus.com
Golden Valley Light Railway: http://website.lineone.net/~gvlr/index.htm
Friends of the Cromford Canal: www.cromfordcanal.org.uk


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Mike Fleming  
View profile  
 More options Oct 9 2002, 10:09 pm
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Mike Fleming <{mi...@tauzero.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:09:05 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 9 2002 10:09 pm
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
In article <ao230u$d2...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Liz & Andy"

<lizna...@liznandy.freeNOSPAMTAserve.co.uk> writes:
> I've a mate from Witney, who was at school with an Isaac Hunt (and the local
> dialect makes that even worse...)

An old friend of mine is called John Thomas, and an ex-colleague had
been labelled with Ivor John Thomas.

--
Mike Fleming


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Keith Willoughby  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 1:59 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: Keith Willoughby <ke...@flat222.org>
Date: 10 Oct 2002 06:54:36 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 1:54 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
"Del The Obscure" <revelationYOURCLOTHES...@iolfree.ie> writes:

> "John T" <joh...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:q0%o9.16692$La6.11978@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:41:22 +0100, "Trev"
> > <t...@trevbowdenDOTtele2.co.uk> wrote:

> > >Mr & Mrs Champion and there son Wee Arthur

> > Mrs Curtin and her daughter Annette

> 100% honestly I went to school with  a girl called Annette Kirton...

http://www.ex.ac.uk/telematics/staff/a_ball.htm

Annette Ball. I ask you . . .

--
Keith Willoughby | http://flat222.org/keith/
"If the world doesn't understand,
 then the world has got to learn"


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Calyx  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 3:17 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Calyx" <no-...@home.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:15:29 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 3:15 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

Basil <black...@basil22.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:ao21ld$qq1$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Hi
> I have a daughter called Jenna, what if she married a Mr Taylor.

Perhaps you should have thought of that when naming your sibling?

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Wobbly  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 4:09 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Wobbly" <wobbler...@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:06:12 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 4:06 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

"Calyx" <no-...@home.com> wrote in message

news:jQ9p9.111$%e3.14603@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net...

> Basil <black...@basil22.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ao21ld$qq1$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi
> > I have a daughter called Jenna, what if she married a Mr Taylor.

> Perhaps you should have thought of that when naming your sibling?

are you suggesting incest :)
^^^^^ means brother or sister.

Wobbly

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/10/2002


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Wobbly  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 4:15 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Wobbly" <wobbler...@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:11:02 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 4:11 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

"Wobbly" <wobbler...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:uqad7o66288367@corp.supernews.com...

> "Calyx" <no-...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:jQ9p9.111$%e3.14603@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net...

> > Basil <black...@basil22.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:ao21ld$qq1$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > Hi
> > > I have a daughter called Jenna, what if she married a Mr Taylor.

> > Perhaps you should have thought of that when naming your sibling?
> are you suggesting incest :)
> ^^^^^ means brother or sister.

drat blody microsofts formatting. it was pointing at sibling
wobbly

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/10/2002


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Bryan  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 4:22 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Bryan" <At_l...@BB.cat>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:23:09 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 4:23 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
No Monarys were hurt in the making of this message:
to gimbals's garble:

> Excuse me, Mrs Cart, are you SURE you want to call your son Orson.

> We welcome Mr and Mrs Techican, and their daughter Pam.

> Your hosts for tonight are Mr & Mrs Driver, and their son Lawrie.

> (from  I'm sorry, I'll Read That Again, ©BBC (but who cares?))

I was re-building  pc's and I asked a collegue for the name of the user , he
said "Richard Head", did I believe him?
I walked up 5 floors to meet Dick before I would enter *that* into the user
name
Bryan

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
AndyC the WB  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 6:48 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: AndyC the WB <s...@cunningham.me.uk>
Date: 10 Oct 2002 11:54:14 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 6:54 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?

>>>>> "black-dog" == black-dog  <$...@ckdog.co.uk> writes:

    black-dog> They have a producer called Jo King.  I often wonder if
    black-dog> that's a wind up.

I used to work with a Chris King who said he wanted to have three
kinds - at least one of each sex.  Partly so he could answer "how many
kids do you have" with "Three - one of each", and so that he could
call them Fay, Lee, and Wayne.

--
AndyC the WB
Replace SPAM with Andy to reply


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Bryan  
View profile  
 More options Oct 10 2002, 6:53 am
Newsgroups: uk.rec.humour
From: "Bryan" <At_l...@BB.cat>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:53:54 +0100
Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 6:53 am
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
No *Things* were hurt in the making of this message:
to AndyC the WB's garble:

>>>>>> "black-dog" == black-dog  <$...@ckdog.co.uk> writes:

>     black-dog> They have a producer called Jo King.  I often wonder if
>     black-dog> that's a wind up.

> I used to work with a Chris King who said he wanted to have three
> kinds - at least one of each sex.  Partly so he could answer "how many
> kids do you have" with "Three - one of each", and so that he could
> call them Fay, Lee, and Wayne.

I'm B C Holden
People used to say, "BC Holden, before Christ Holden, ha ha ha!" you're an
olden eh?, like I've never thought of it before!
So I dropped the C
Now I'm beholden to everybody!
Bryan

 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Messages 1 - 25 of 54   Newer >
« Back to Discussions « Newer topic     Older topic »