Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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I hereby post my vote for Korean soccer player.... Lee Dong-Gook.
Poor bastard... and he's pretty good too from what I understand. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Atlanta
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I put in my vote for this pole vaulter.
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Environmental Bloodhound
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I vote for Chinese speedskater Manli Wang, a medalist even.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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They're even funnier together.
Kim Yoo Suk Manli Wang Poor bastards. |
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Edit: Removed the quoted link which didn't work Last edited by turbulentfurball : 2006-04-22 at 14:52. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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*LMAO* I knew this thread had potential.... |
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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The town Sheriff in the burb where I went to HS was named Harry Cox... he named his daughter Wanda
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Along the same lines, I knew (of) a girl in college named Polly Boner. For real. She was quite popular, as I recall.
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I knew a Tina Bimbo and a Jason Bonner (have to deliberately mispronounce the last name). Manli Wang takes the cake I think, considering her gender... or so we think!
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
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i vote Roz Ho |
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I think I wrote this in another thread. One of my friend's father is called Andrew Peacock, and he gets called Drew. Rather unfortunate
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Now in lower-case™!
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Harry C. Beaver...a gynecologist that my dad was friends with.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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My mom tells me she knew a guy named Phil Ness. His son was named John Phillip Ness. Or, if you just want to use the middle initial, that's John P. Ness. She also knew someone named Betty Bang.
I went to school with a kid named Willy. His younger brother is named Peter. Another person I went to school with was Becky Buckles. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Betty Buckles... Sweet. Sounds like a 40s cartoon character.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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That's BECKY Buckles. Works even better.
She was pretty cute, too. I had a bit of a crush on her. But I never really knew her that well. |
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On Pacific time
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Moderator's Pub
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I've known people named Susan Body, Candy Treat, and a PE teacher named Harry Wong. A dentist named Dr. Hurt.
Also a kid with the legal first name of Nimrod. But yeah, Manli Wang is rough. Probably sounds terrific in Chinese though. Of course, it helps that she's female. I cannot EVER imagine going to a gynecologist named Harry C. Beaver. I only go to female gynecologists anyway. My last one 'was' actually of Korean extraction; but, fortunately, her name was NOT Cee Up Yoo. |
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Now in lower-case™!
Join Date: Feb 2006
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What I have always wondered, ever since my dad told me about Dr. Beaver, was what on earth were his parents thinking? And then what was he thinking when he decided to be a gynecologist..."hmmmm...I could possibly have the best business card EVER!"
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On Pacific time
Join Date: May 2004
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I suppose they'd go to him if he were the only gynecologist in the county. His parents acted inexcusably; he was no better. I mean, REALLY! |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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What possesses these people to pursue medical careers? That's like a guy a named Harold T. Stingy opening up a mortgage loan company.
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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Other bad names from the sports world:
Dick Trickle (sp?) Mia Hamm ...and while it's not unfortunately crude, like most of the names here, I think the name of famously bad filmmaker Uwe Boll has always been, well, famously bad. I know, I know, he's German, but still...Uwe?!? Screen names were invented for a reason, Mr. Boll. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Ewe. Reminds me of a more bad-ass German name:
Udo Dirkschneider! Which... I have to say... he and Lou Lamoriello may have been... Separated at Birth ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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i drive by this place every time i go see my friends in Iowa
every time i see a car with the dealer plates on them, i keep thinking "Heh, they got dicked with" Name is pronounced With'em |
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Apple Historian
Join Date: May 2004
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I'll never forget this girl's name from high school...Catherine Blindly....she was actually blind!
I think I saw her sorting Skittles by color once, though... "We are reviewing some 9,000 recent UNHCR referrals from Syria. We are receiving roughly a thousand new ones each month, and we expect admissions from Syria to surge in 2015 and beyond." - Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: "Chambana", IL
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You can find these boards going through indiana. My norwegian teacher's last name was Longballs in high school. That always used to crack me up Tom Raper Homes Edit: For some reason the image does not show up on the forum so i just linked it Last edited by ironlung : 2006-04-22 at 20:23. |
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Not sayin', just sayin'
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My dermatologist is named Dr. Scales, I lived near a podiatrist in NJ named Dr. Foote, and I went to a school with a John Payne, whose dad was a doctor.
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Join Date: May 2004
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I recently had to clue a student in on the fact that his chosen English name (provided by a previous teacher I presume many years ago) was not appropriate. Sure, it could mean the Greek God of Marriage, but most Westerners don't think of that when they hear Hymen.
Aside from that, I've come across some other English names that Chinese students pick for themselves, that, although not side-splittingly funny, are interesting choices nonetheless: Rocky, Dragon and Bush come to mind - and these are just a few that I taught yesterday. |
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formerly "trav"
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Behind you
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I work with a guy named Gary Hunt (not funny) and he has a brother named Michael. Poor Mike Hunt.
And there was a Dr. Pain in a place i worked a few years ago as well. It seems quite common. There was also a Chinese Restaurant named Mun-Shing there as well. Last edited by Phoenix : 2006-04-22 at 23:03. |
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I shot the sherrif.
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A friend's younger brother had the name Harry Dong. His parents wanted him to have an "american" first name. Oops.
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