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My name really is Ivan O'Toole, admits Ivan O'Toole

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Daniel

Sir Conn Medic 

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tells me that that's not very funny at all.

Billy Gannon

Appropriate names... 

I was in school with a guy whose second name was Gamble. His mother was called Betty Gamble...

and yes, she worked in a bookies office.

Anonymous Coward

Spare a thought... 

Unhappy

Not at all comical, but I used to know a guy by the name of Marion Wancio, needless to say the poor sod had had a stutter since childhood.

Anonymous Coward

I think I'm being thick... 

Coat

But I don't get it.

Kind regards

Richard Assman.

thomas k.

better than ... 

Well, better than Lon Moore, I suppose.

Anonymous Coward

HP 

There's a guy at HP in the US that's called Richard Bossack but prefers to be called Dick Bossack

theotherone

guess who called his son 

Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee

Gordon Stewart

Another... 

I used to work with a guy called Austin Martin

Sarah Bee

Re: Another... 

(Written by Reg staff)

Clifford Edge.

I kind of like Audio Science, but Pilot Inspektor is up there with Zowie Bowie.

Dick Lovewell

Real names 

Paris Hilton

I've always been quite happy with mine. None of this 'name of pet and road" rubbish for some of us to come up with their pr0n star name for some of us...

Paris, because her name is more than a name too.

Dave_H

Names 

Happy

I did some contract work for a German called Dr. A. Kunt, who joked that his brother was an Inspector in the local police.

My father went to school with a James (Jimmy) Riddle.

Anonymous Coward

Funny names 

Happy

In my life I've known a few good ones. As a kid I knew a guy called Peter Gotobed. Seriously! I sat next to Roger Bannister at school - although he couldn't run a mile in his life, let alone 4 minutes.

If you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer you should spot a couple of humorous names in the titles. Brian Wankum is there from the start, and Thomas Wanker makes an appearance later on.

Daren Nestor

I knew a guy called... 

Gerard King. He was insisted that his name was Gerard, not Ger... why do parents do this to their children?

William Wallace

Re: Another 

My uncle worked in insurance for 30+ years and collected a large number of odd names. His favourite was Orson Carte.

William Wallace

Re: Another 

Rather scarily, I just googled "orson carte" and was presented with teh following snippet

"Orson Carte, our man on the tools, ponders life's great mysteries ... Orson Carte ... Orson Carte, Security Installer columnist, writes on security ..."

Simon Williams

Check out the shortening before naming the baby 

I once knew a Joanna King who was sick of people chatting her up at parties with the opener 'You must be Jo King'.

Mark

Ivana Trump 

I wonder if anyone's ever said to her, "well go ahead, don't hold it in on my account"

Frank

Just call me... 

What about Randy Bender?!

Anonymous Coward

I really did.... 

Paris Hilton

go to school with Richard Head!

Paris because, well you've seen the video...

Sarah Bee

Re: Check out the shortening before naming the baby 

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I've met a Jo King. There's a lot of it about.

I knew an Andrew Rowsell. Mr A. Rowsell. His sister was called Louisa. Naughty, naughty parents.

pctechxp

least he wasn't called 

Happy

Ivor Bigun

Anonymous Coward

what wrong with Ivan o toole? 

I dont get it.........

I once took a support call from a Wan King

and his father was Lee King.

I also new a guy a called oliver klosov

Matt

MY SIXTH FORM TUTOR MAY HAVE BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC 

Boffin

She was called Stella Foster. That much is true.

Solomon Grundy

Don't Forget 

Mike Hunt. He's actually a surgeon at a nearby hospital (but he goes by Michael, go figure).

Anonymous Coward

"Sarah Bee" 

Joke

I don't know, is there?

Mines the one with the green & black stripes.

Anonymous Coward

I went out with... 

a girl called Shelly Beach

Mark

Jo King... 

...but have you met a Wayne King???

( I haven't, but there must be one or two about )

GrahamT

@Dave_H 

I also went to school with a Jimmy Riddle, and once worked with a Teresa Green.

My daughter went to school with a John Lennon.

Dave Ross

I hope for the day... 

Happy

we find that someone is actually called Warrick Hunt...

Michael

You don't get it? 

Say it quickly...

"I've no tool"

It took a sec, but I got it. Phil McCrackin is better, imo.

When I worked in customer service, we had an account under the name of Mr. Diesel T. Truck. No shit. Diesel Truck! His middle name was "Tractor". That's right, Diesel Tractor Truck.

And he named his son "Mack".

coozoe

This guy got the bird from his parents 

Alert

His name was Bob O'Link. I worked with him.

Doc Technical

I wonder if he's related... 

Paris Hilton

...to Miles O'Toole.

Paris, because she's been there and done that.

Anonymous Coward

There are consequences 

I knew a kid called Wayne Kingham. He had a massive chip on his shoulder and a weird superiority complex, so he always felt he had to intimidate people. Being a short-arse didn't help him, but his two big mates did. I'm pretty sure his name turned him into the dick he became, a bit sad really.

William Wallace

Re :Jo King 

Every time I hear the end of Gardener's Question Time on Radio 4, the announcer states that the "producer was joking".

yeah, right.

bad names 

Mr and Mrs Dyck, living next door to a friend of mine, named their son Randy*. They must have really hated him.

*: Seriously. Search for "randy dyck".

Anonymous Coward

I once knew.. 

Coat

a woman named Anne whose maiden name was Redican, which only became marginally better when she married a Merry (Meradeth) Player. My wife knew a woman called Rose Rose (her married name) and I swear I went to school with a girl called Theresa Green!

Mike Moyle

At a university I attended... 

...the organizational board outside the offices of the School of Public Health listed the lead researchers in the communicable diseases section as Dr. Clapp and Dr. C. D. Cox.

Peter Johnstone

I bet he wished he'd been called... 

Joke

miles!

Alan Ferris

There is a story ... 

IT Angle

...that a GP once had to persuade Mr & Mrs Janus not to call their son Hugh.

Who cares if it's true, it's such a nice story

damonlab

My vice principal in school was named 

IT Angle

Anita Cox.

Anonymous Coward

More bad names 

I used to work with a network engineer named Michael Kok. Yes he went by Mike. Lead to all kinds of derisive snorts and chuckles when he would join a conference call and announce himself.

Then there's also the race car driver Richard Trickle. Yes, he goes by Dick.

Doug Glass

Real Names 

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Patricia Hogg

Harry Cox

Richard (Dick) Eaton

David Derryberry

Patricia Screws

I went to school with all of these very warm bodies....some very warm indeed.

Tom Ware

There is a vet out there... 

...called Everard Koch.

Fine upstanding fellow too.

John Watts

Support call 

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Years back I took a call from Joy Center who lived in (wait for it..)

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Climax North Carolina.

Anonymous Coward

Let's not forget... 

Happy

The American racecar drive, Dick Trickle.

Anonymous Coward

We have a bloke at work... 

IT Angle

...called Ken Hunt. We had to change his email address and username as he didn't like the regular one very much!

gaz

Couple of names 

Paris Hilton

At one of the Hospitals I support, there is an estates engineer called Wayne Kerr!

Also my step daughter who is called Erin, refuses to accept my surname because it's Dawes!

Paris - cos well why not, and she has a famous name

Ishkandar

I knew a guy... 

... of very diminutive stature christened Richard. All who knew him made heroic efforts NOT to call him "little/tiny dick".

And then there was this guy in Hong Kong who thought that Ivan was a real cool christian name. Unfortunately his surname was Ho !!

However, a real cool pseudonym, most often used in various shows and conventions to fox the aggressive salespersons, is Ivor Ardon !!

Jason Harvey

yeah... 

I knew a girl names Lisa in high school... last name Moorehead

I work with a guy named Mike Hundt and does go by Mike.

My name was rather the boring thing until the Friday the 13th movies came out.

skelband

Funny names 

I kid you not, at my school there really were two pupils called Paul Styrene and Tammy Paxman - what on earth were their parents thinking about?

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