glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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- Scotland
Aye, that's him. He also oversaw the investigation of the terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport.
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Aye, that's him. He also oversaw the investigation of the terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
However, I do look more like your current avatar than you!Having met you I would suggest that is very unlikely
winjim
Smash the cistern
At least that's close. I'm from Farnborough which still ends up being 'London'. Unless I'm talking to anyone who likes planes.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
That does actually look like a CC member on here....
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I think it's a good name until she marries Mr Breeze assuming in these PC times she consents to using his surnameMy grand daughters name
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
My friend is named after late summer into Autumn .. Jason
Lee Mack nails it
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
True story. Really.
Where I grew up, the local vet and one of my early sailing coaches was called Everard Cock.
*It is true, but if the mods think this is inappropriate, please remove. Or Google it (carefully).
Where I grew up, the local vet and one of my early sailing coaches was called Everard Cock.
*It is true, but if the mods think this is inappropriate, please remove. Or Google it (carefully).
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Oldbloke
Guru
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- Mayenne, France
Cue the stiff breeze jokes...
winjim
Smash the cistern
Assuming it's the same guy, he's something of a celebrity in the field of nominative determinism, having famously authored the paper: Flaccid trunk paralysis in free-ranging elephants.
Some names are unfortunate but short of changing them there's not much to be done about it:
I used to know a young woman who worked in the Inland Revenue office in Leeds, in the days when you could actually turn up and speak face to face with someone.
Part of her job was to deal with the drop in enquiries. It was always busy and she picked up the next folder and without checking the name she stepped out into the waiting room, looked down and read the name. She was horrifed.
She stood there folder in hand and called out
'Err. Umm. Mrs er? er? Mrs Tight'
A small older lady at the back spoke up in a broad Yorkshire accent.
'It's TIT luv, but never mind Ahm used to it'
I used to know a young woman who worked in the Inland Revenue office in Leeds, in the days when you could actually turn up and speak face to face with someone.
Part of her job was to deal with the drop in enquiries. It was always busy and she picked up the next folder and without checking the name she stepped out into the waiting room, looked down and read the name. She was horrifed.
She stood there folder in hand and called out
'Err. Umm. Mrs er? er? Mrs Tight'
A small older lady at the back spoke up in a broad Yorkshire accent.
'It's TIT luv, but never mind Ahm used to it'
Interestingly - did you know this before posting? - one of the co-authors of one of the lead papers on the subject is named Kock, but the Everard bit does not fit the initials.
Kock, ND; SA Goedegebuure; EP Lane; V Lucke; D Tyrrell; MD Kock (1994). "Flaccid trunk paralysis in free-ranging elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Zimbabwe" (PDF). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 30 (3): 432–435. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-30.3.432.
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Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Anything to avoid being thought of as a Londoner and potentially mistaken for @Markymark
Having met you I would suggest that is very unlikely
Having met you both I can confirm none of the above is accurate.
@Dayvo ......
Don't hate me, that was an open goal.