There are some real beauties out there.....
I used to think that Goodluck Jonathan and Benjamin Netanyahu had the coolest names amongst national leaders.... until Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono upped the ante.
But nobody did it better than the late former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Sin. Although he didn't become really amusing until his elevation to the rank of Cardinal.
I always thought ungeheuer was pretty cool...
8)
... whaddya mean.. "was"?
;D
Quote from: alfisti on October 05, 2013, 04:51:15 AM
I always thought ungeheuer was pretty cool...
8)
But it depends if you think of it as an: adjective, noun, adverb . . . or think of it as an acronym . . .
Cardinal Sin...... [laugh]
I always liked this one: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on October 05, 2013, 08:01:14 AM
I always liked this one: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
[thumbsup]
So nice, they named him twice.
Who could ever forget Magnus ver Magnusson, 4 time Wold's Strongest Man champion?
(http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Keg1.jpg)
Don't remember the first name, but I met a sailor by the name of Master Chief Rape in Guam a little over a year ago.......
Quote from: Buckethead on October 05, 2013, 08:37:43 AM
Who could ever forget Magnus ver Magnusson, 4 time Wold's Strongest Man champion?
(http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Keg1.jpg)
[laugh]
While I'm not a fan of the A's especially right now, Coco Crisp always makes me chuckle.
He had no choice but to be someone famous or an athlete.
Quote from: ItsaDuc on October 05, 2013, 07:35:53 PM
While I'm not a fan of the A's especially right now, Coco Crisp always makes me chuckle.
He had no choice but to be someone famous or an athlete.
Great name and a badass ball player.
I always thought two of the participants in John Brown's raid (on Harper's Ferry) had very cool names:
Shields Green
Dangerfield Newby
Usain Bolt's name is quite appropriate.
Quote from: ItsaDuc on October 05, 2013, 07:35:53 PM
While I'm not a fan of the A's especially right now, Coco Crisp always makes me chuckle.
He had no choice but to be someone famous or an athlete.
Old enough to remember Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom, and Vida Blue? Had to have a cool name to pitch for the A's back then.
edit: Almost forgot Rollie Fingers.
A teacher in my daughters school is named William Wacker.
He was destroyed in middle school. No doubt.
I grew up with Jon Weed, David Bush and Paige Gardner......all in the same class.
Also knew Dusty Gunn, Lincoln Park and Kristen Heyniger.
My dad had a client whose last name is Fangboner.
Dick Trickle, the Nascar driver was always good for a sophmoric chuckle.
Rusty Kuntz played outfield for the Indians.
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 06, 2013, 06:50:57 PM
Rusty Kuntz played outfield for the Indians.
[laugh] [laugh]
Really? Nah... you're taking the piss mate...
Really? [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: ungeheuer on October 06, 2013, 07:53:15 PM
[laugh] [laugh]
Really? Nah... you're taking the piss mate...
Really? [laugh] [laugh]
I had the wrong team
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Kuntz (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Kuntz)
Rusty K [laugh]
I knew a Debbie Fookes at university.
AKA the Mad Stork
(http://www.fulcrumgallery.com/product-images/P252667-10/ted-hendricks-1981-celebration-super-bowl-xv.jpg)
Quote from: Desert Dust on October 06, 2013, 09:45:21 PM
AKA the Mad Stork
(http://www.fulcrumgallery.com/product-images/P252667-10/ted-hendricks-1981-celebration-super-bowl-xv.jpg)
He was a beast
I knew a girl called Angie Fortune.
A Fortune.
She wasn't exceptionally wealthy though.... so we used to call her...
Miss Fortune.
Had a friend in college named Penny Lane.
Quote from: memper on October 06, 2013, 04:48:03 PM
A teacher in my daughters school is named William Wacker.
He was destroyed in middle school. No doubt.
Wouldn't happen to be Delaware Valley School district?
There was one there too, had a son named Richard if I remember right. [laugh]
a co-worker's name is Dick Buenger.
I can't believe he at least doesn't go with Rich... [laugh]
Reminds me of a workmate asking the receptionist to page Harry P. Ness.
Our current fav.- Johnny Football
I once worked with software engineers named Winston Winton and Ching Ching.
How about Sean Doolittle. Another Oakland A's, and I hope he stays true to his name pitching today. ;D
Col. Rector
He's an officer in an unnamed branch of an unnamed military force.
This guy doesn't take guff from anybody.
They called him "Wild Thing." But what was his real name?
(http://www.nationalsarmrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/WilliamsMitch-fallingoffmound-unknown-via-insidesocal.com_1.jpg)
Quote from: Desert Dust on October 08, 2013, 06:25:08 PM
They called him "Wild Thing." But what was his real name?
(http://www.nationalsarmrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/WilliamsMitch-fallingoffmound-unknown-via-insidesocal.com_1.jpg)
Mitch Williams and he's a hoot to listen too.
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 08, 2013, 06:38:21 PM
Mitch Williams and he's a hoot to listen too.
I can imagine. Does he have a radio show in your area?
His style: Walk the bases loaded and then strike out the side, throwing nothing but gas.
Quote from: Desert Dust on October 08, 2013, 10:00:58 PM
I can imagine. Does he have a radio show in your area?
His style: Walk the bases loaded and then strike out the side, throwing nothing but gas.
I hear him on Dan Patrick's show, he is hilarious and knows more about the game then all of the experts. :D
That pic you posted is not a reaction to a hit, that's how hard that make the beast with two backser threw. [evil] He laughs at a lot of the new pitchers.
I watched him pitch (on tv) and every pitch was an adventure.
Mitch sort of disappeared from Philly after that blown save in the World Series.
Quote from: Desert Dust on October 08, 2013, 10:28:15 PM
I watched him pitch (on tv) and every pitch was an adventure.
Mitch sort of disappeared from Philly after that blown save in the World Series.
What have you done for me lately. Sports fans a brutal, although none of them have ever played the game at that level. :-[
Nino Niederreiter. Swiss born Hockey player that plays for The Wild.
Many years ago in another job, a guy turned up looking for work.
His name was Sun Tan... Boss didnt need any more guys, but we begged the boss to hire him. [evil]
About ten years ago I worked with Barry White, a skinny white guy with red hair and a red beard. He couldnt sing either [laugh].
CCH Pounder...
(http://www.alicemarvels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cchpounder.jpeg)
Being in the military I've come across a few winners:
Mike Hunt
Owen Owens
Mark Marx
But I always liked the name Yakov Smirnoff...
Mike Hunt, Im recalling the film from my youth "Porky's".
Quote from: koko64 on October 10, 2013, 09:19:21 AM
Mike Hunt, Im recalling the film from my youth "Porky's".
Yeah, that was a no shitter though. First time I heard it, i almost died laughing...
Shame on his parents if this is the name they gave him when he was born.
(http://www.digital-radio103.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bsides2.png)
Quote from: NAKID on October 10, 2013, 01:12:12 PM
Yeah, that was a no shitter though. First time I heard it, i almost died laughing...
True Story. That's my neighbor's name.
At my old workplace- Kelvin Chin Fat. Couldn't afford to be overweight with a name like that.