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  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) lol! A kid in my sister's former class is named Ram Ze'ira, which literally means "tall shortie". Talk about oxymorons! ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) With the names some parents lump on their kids (time to lay off the substances, people!) I think we can safely leave out the "oxy" part ;-) Pete Callaway (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) Pete.C, what about the state member of Parliament in New South Wales who is called 'Richard Face', who prefers to be addressed formally ! pete.w (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) Or former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Richard Headlee...whose preferred address was, in fact, the colloquial form you're chuckling about right now. Needless to say, he didn't win. best LFB (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) Yeeeikes! ROTFL!!! I'll bet he doesn't like it when people mouth off to him either. ;-) --Todd (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) literally (...) I can't believe his parents doing that. One Sydney newspaper news/satire/gossip column continually referred to him by his less formal name when doing items on him ! pete.w (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) the (...) gradeschool (...) literally (...) If he did win it would have been by a ......head (no doubt). Reminds me of the old Veronica Lake movie 'I married a witch', where Veronica is the witch dating someone up for election, she casts a (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) I personally know a man named "Richard Short" .. no fooling. And he's often informally referred to at church (dunno where else). But I'd hate to be around during roll call. He's an older guy who's had a successful career as a military officer. (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) My high school's stock substitute teacher: Dodd Gammit. He had learned to never actually tell anyone anything but his first initial, but his full name appeared in the yearbook. I would have changed it at the first legal opportunity. Bruce (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) Here's a silly name I came across on the job... This is a real law firm. (URL) 8^D (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) ^^^^^^^^ I think you mean "lutefisk", which is a rather (in)famous Norwegian dish. Actually, it tastes very good in my opinion, but a lot of people hate it. On the topic of silly names, you would probably find a lot of Norwegian names funny. (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) I worked for a CPA firm named Dewey, Cheatham & Howe And there were the Dover twins, who were two years after me in high school - Ben & Eileen Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 
  Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
 
(...) have known in grade school and high school is Rebecca Peed. I would hate to have that as a last name... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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