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Had contract meetings with a company who's auditors are Sitki Sukurer and Bumin Anal (both Turkish). How the hell do I keep a straight face when confronted with that? I would google it to check its not made up but I might trigger alarms.
they having you on?
are you being scammed?
facejacker?
I always struggled when talking to Wayne P. Kitkat.
I was account manager for a chap called Mr.W.Ankers once.
I also utterly lost it once when meeting an American colleague who quoted aloud from Oprah Winfrey during a meeting. I had to pretend that I was choking.
Genuine, written into the company annual reports and everything. I thought I did quite well not to fall off my chair.
deffo a wind up
went to school with Alison walley, and at work had dealings with a reginald Sole and Peter Ennis
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at work had dealings with a reginald Sole and Peter Ennis
Similarly, I used to live across the road from Mark Barass.
Russell Sprout was my favorite.
I used to work with a bloke (part french) who was called Hugh Bollcohe, affectionately renamed 'big nads'
Had to ask for a guy on the phone called Ainars. No idea how to pronounce it properly or without making everyone around me laugh
Michael Hunt - never ever called Mike
Teressa Green - to be fair it was a married name
There was one lad Nicholas something or other
You'll be telling us about Nicholas Girlsshouldntclimbtrees next.
Carol Cokeglass, Mike Hunt and Mr Fiddler are just a few that I have come across recently... If I hadn't met them I'd have thought it was a piss take!
On reflection she may have bee Theresa wood but it was a result of marriage either way
Uren is quite a common surname in Belgium, pronounced OOREN.
Working in Hotels you got the best names:
Mr & Mrs Sowerbutts
Mr & Mrs De'ath - yeah right.
Tony Cocaine
Dracula Chang
Met Willie Fiddler at uni
Just googled bumin anal, and he's not lying its a genuine Turkish name 😀
When I worked in a Uni library we had calling at the front desk:
Richard Head
John Thomas
John was a huge big guy from Papua New Guinea so I had no trouble keeping a straight face, fear saw to that.
I used to work with James bond at work
He was a police officer
Guess what his collar number was
Used to know someone called Ian Mycock, his mothers first name was Pat!
Not rude but funny none the less: Dickon Horsey
There used to be a contractor that sat in the office I'd sometimes frequent called Richard Fiddler. The problem was he preferred to be called Dick.
Absolute genius 😀
It turns out Amegashitsie is a real surname, this despite Deed Poll.
As a teenager a great source of amusement for me was the Crimewatch credits, which included one Dick Pull.
My dad worked with Anthony (Tony) De'ath, and I used to have a guy called Des Lillycrap and a client, used to know John (Johnny) Fiddler and an old work colleague was adamant he went to school with Nesta Crows.
There was a Hammond Pickles in the ex's family somewhere - none of the miserable buggers thought it was remotely amusing though.
Used to deal with a guy called Genius in China. Sadly for comedy he was actually quite clever.
Des Lillycrap
Christopher Lillicrap used to present a kids TV show back in the 80s, some Jackanory rip-off or other.
There was a Hammond Pickles in the ex's family somewhere
Tremendous.
our old (french) french teacher was Miss Patricia Nuss.. yet she always insisted on signing her name "Miss P. Nuss".
i had to deal with a guy called Jürgen Bleibinhaus. his surname: stay-in-haus
Used to call Edinburgh Zoo and ask for Mr C Lion when I was a kid,, ohhh how we laughed.
Mr & Mrs De'ath
I used to know someone called andy de'ath. An utter ****er if ever there was one.
old workmate called campbell baxter, nickname was two soups 🙂
My brother in law is called Chris Peacock, I'm hoping they have a son and call him Drew 😆
Worked with a Tracy E Acup.
Also an Ailsa Craig (small island off the Ayrshire coast).
Once introduced to an Architect called Mr Croch who insisted we call him Dickie !
Another colleague called Mrs Kerr had a son Joseph. But of course, shortened to Joe.
And finally, a customer wearing a celtic FC top. Ask him for his name, and inevitably it's....Walter Smith.
Mrs Kerr had a son Joseph
Not Wayne, then. Or Juan.
Claimant at work had a son called Kuntal Sogi - referred to only as "your son" when I met him..... 😳
Year below me at school had a Mycock and a Hardon.
Year above me had a cracker called Teresa Green
I worked at the beeb in a previous life with John Wayne, Pete Townsend and Michael Jackson.
Sorry for being thick but why is Teresa Green funny? Or are we just listing any old name now? 🙂
Trees Are Green.
Good god man, my gran used to tell that joke, and she's been dead twenty years.
That qualifies as a joke? Crikey some people are easily amused. 😐
🙂
guy at our college at uni was called R C Brownsword
Cougar - MemberMrs Kerr had a son Joseph
Not Wayne, then. Or Juan.
A chap that works at one of my clients is called Wayne Carr.
I also worked with a guy whose surname was Penistone.
Moderately humorous but even funnier was his IT login that was the first 5 letters of the person's surname
I also worked with a guy whose surname was Penistone.
Moderately humorous but even funnier was his IT login that was the first 5 letters of the person's surname
Brother-in-law taught a Tamara Knight.
Wasn't Cameron met by someone called Randy Bumgardner when he went to catch up with Obama the other month?? 😳
[url= http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/pm_and_obama_to_discuss_afghanistan ]Assistant Chief of Protocol[/url], apparently.
Wikipedia has him as 'Baumgardner', but I haven't seen that spelling anywhere else.
Bloke I used to work with just changed his name, by deed poll, to Dark Knight. He is, it must be said, a very odd man.
Times like this I think of Daniel. Or Dan. Poor Dan.
His surname was Gleeballs.
Met a bloke called Kwa Kwa-Kwa once at some do and sit next to a Jon Thomas at work. Also had to phone some called Dr Ng once, wasn't sure I should say 'nnng', 'nug', 'nnnnn' or 'ing'
Bloke I used to work with just changed his name, by deed poll, to Dark Knight.
That's brilliant. Does he get out of bed every morning crying "The Dark Knight rises!!" ?
My mate is a Ng, it is pronounced like "ung" I believe.
Colleague's sister is Jo King.
My mate is a Ng, it is pronounced like "ung" I believe.
My primary school teacher was an 'Ng', pronounced "ing"
on my delivery (i am a postman) i have got a Damien Darklord and a Foster Boddington
pretty sure there is a cockhead somewhere at my work
Used to have a customer called Alec Dick. A good bloke who had had a tough life.
Another client was a Mr Liquorice, he worked for International Flavours Ltd. It always made me smile.
King family at my school. 3 kids: Lee, Jo and Wayne.
Bloke I met through work once called Tod ****. american - but even so, life must have been hell at school.
Friend produced an album for some norwegian artist called Lars Hole.
Also at work, a Japanese worked whose email alias was takashit.
Oh the fun we had...
My wife had an art teacher at school called Mr Pen.
We have Bubba Bumgardner in the US. Also Dick Botch made me pause when I met him.
De'Ath means your family come from the town of Ath in Belgium. Not funny, but true.
In my previous job...
Tobias ****
Wilhelm ****um
Rich Stawars
and my favourite
Raul Acosta