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A Rose by any other name....

from JoeUser Forums
So the topic of horrible names came up today. How many people do you know who are saddled with a name to honor Great Grandma Ethel and really wish they could have been a Jane? Do you know anyone named John Johnson or Mike Michaelson? What about Justin Case? Or Justin Time?

We've all seen people with crazy names and I'm wondering what ones you have thought of. I know you secretly toyed with the idea of naming your kids something hillarious. Let me hear it!

Just to get the ball rolling. My sister in law joked about naming her daughter Poppy. Last name Cox. Let's just say, her husband and brothers came up with good names if it was a boy....not that they used them!

My last name is Stone. We thought of Roland for a boy and Rosetta for a girl. Once again, temptation was tempered by love for our kids.

So let the puns fly and the horrid name list start!
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Seaman Guzzler!


At DLI, there was a female Seaman Guzzler. Also, a female Seaman Stain.
You'd think they'd join the Air Force with those last names...

We had a SGT Sargent, who was married to another SGT Sargent.
I knew a Private Major in Basic.

I heard tell of a CPT America while I was at DLI, too...

Friend of mine in high school: Richard Payne. Used the diminutive when amongst friends, as well.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was appalled when I learned that kids in the Navy are referred to as Seamen at all. What an awful title. I can think of a hundred reasons NOT to join the Navy, topping the list are their goofy uniforms that are never even UNIform.

Anyhow, in one of my college classes was a lady named Cinnamon Candy. Some parents just can't resist playing with a funny last name.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was appalled when I learned that kids in the Navy are referred to as Seamen at all. What an awful title. I can think of a hundred reasons NOT to join the Navy, topping the list are their goofy uniforms that are never even UNIform.


Firstly only SOME are refered to as seamen....others are refered to as "airmen" and some as "submariners". And when was the last time you checked on their uniform? It's been uniform since 1980 when they changed back to the old style crackerjacks!
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top

Firstly only SOME are refered to as seamen....others are refered to as "airmen" and some as "submariners". And when was the last time you checked on their uniform? It's been uniform since 1980 when they changed back to the old style crackerjacks!

I always liked the Bell bottoms best.

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Firstly only SOME are refereed to as seamen....others are refereed to as "airmen" and some as "submariners". And when was the last time you checked on their uniform? It's been uniform since 1980 when they changed back to the old style crackerjacks!

I always liked the Bell bottoms best.


Me too. I was SO glad when they changed back to the crackerjacks. I now have 3 sets in my closet. My grandfathers set (WW2), my fathers set and mine (and of course mine no longer fit my fat butt). The ones they had when I first joined in 75 look absolutely "stupid"! Damn suits is what they were. I gave mine away when they went back. I ran "right" out and bought a set of dress blues! Good thing my grandfather never lived to see that fiasco!
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
My last name is now Ivie. Almost immediatley after i was married the people at work came up with an oh-so-original name for me...Poison Ivie. *sigh*
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ray Nagin.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
I do believe I have the winner.

Claude Balz.
Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
Claude Balz


I don't get it. But with a last name like Balz any name is funny.
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top

I don't get it. But with a last name like Balz any name is funny.

Tigers revenge, by Claude Balz.

Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tigers revenge, by Claude Balz.


Brilliant.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was originally going to hyphenate my last name when I got married.  It would have been: Towne-Marshall.  Combined with my first initial:  A. Towne-Marshall.   I decided against it........
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was originally going to hyphenate my last name when I got married. It would have been: Towne-Marshall. Combined with my first initial: A. Towne-Marshall. I decided against it........


It would go very well with your current role!

I had a lady working for me whose name was Carrie Land. She married Jeff marsh. We all told her she just had to hyphenate her last name (she did not). C Marsh-Land.