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Re: Silly names (was: Re: Challenge - Build the rest of the shuttle?!)
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Wed, 31 May 2000 04:09:00 GMT
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Peter White wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Peter Callaway writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Julie Krenz writes:
> > > > In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> > > > > I went to high school with a girl whose name is (no kidding, I've seen the
> > > > > birth certificate) Pancake Turner.
> > > >
> > > > lol! Did people actually call her that?
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> > > > I thought of another funny name in my life, (from long ago) - a gradeschool
> > > > friend was named Bobby Pin.
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> > > lol! A kid in my sister's former class is named Ram Ze'ira, which literally
> > > means "tall shortie". Talk about oxymorons! ;-)
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> > 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 ;-)
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> Pete.C, what about the state member of Parliament in New South Wales who is
> called 'Richard Face', who prefers to be addressed formally !
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
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