Unfortunate (genuine) names

[Dave7]

I had a neighbour once called Jimmy Riddle.

I used ro work with a guy called Jimmy Smelly.
He didn't and was a nice guy.
At the same place the sales director was George Dicker.

 

[simongt]

Many years ago, the Public Health Inspector in Norwich, displayed on the side of all the corporation dustcarts was George Smellie. And the Ipswich Transport Inspector, displayed on the local buses, was Ronald Pickup.
When my eldest son was born, a lass in the next bed; a Mrs. Cross, decided to name her son Chris. Oh dear - !

 

[Bike Tyson]

Used to work in a place that had two engineers called Willie Dick.

Big and wee?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

 

[CanucksTraveller]

 

[Sharky]

One of my son's friends was called David Brent. You can imagine the teasing he received from his other friends.

 

[Juan Kog]

One company I worked at the Union branch chairman was called Stan Still .

 

[furball]

There was an Eileen Down on my Uni course.

 

[Dave7]

There was an Eileen Down on my Uni course.

I wonder if the has ever been a Ben Dover

 

[winjim]

 

[Zanelad]

I worked with a guy who went to school with a boy called Everard Dick. His sister was called Ophelia. I always though that he was pulling my leg until Everard was named in the court pages of the local rag.

 

[Dirk]

I came across a father and son, many years ago, called Ben Down and Neil Down.

 

[Profpointy]

The technical director of a Hungarian based software company was called Attila. So there I was quite literally exchanging emails with Attila the Hun. He was a perfectly nice chap to be fair, and very capable

No doubt the Hungarians see the more famous historic Attila as a great general who kicked the Roman occupiers out, whilst in the West he's seen as a barbarian involved in the sack of Rome

 

[Dave7]

I came across a father and son, many years ago, called Ben Down and Neil Down.

Don't tell me the cousin was Phil McAvity.

 

[PaulB]

A German colleague came over to us on an exchange one year and we had to co-travel with him for six months. His name? Herwig Spazzwank.