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Post by lesleysm2 on Apr 29, 2023 20:00:36 GMT
One of my friends at school was Hattie White who ended up marrying a guy called Simon Jakes
When I worked in sexual health one of the consultants was called Willie and the odd thing was his first name was James and William was his third name
The department was named after one of the two founders of the sexual health service a certain Dr Jefferiss and one of my consultants wondered why it hadn't been named after the other whose name was Dr Wellcock until I pointed out that would make it the Wellcock clinic
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Post by lesleysm2 on Apr 29, 2023 20:01:35 GMT
One of the camera crew who worked for the BBC a few years ago was Dick Head
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 29, 2023 20:16:20 GMT
There is a brand of electronic test instruments called Wayne Kerr.
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Post by geoffr on Apr 29, 2023 20:55:48 GMT
I worked for an O'nion and a Bean at one time. Neither with any sense of humour though. Wasn’t by any chance Alan Bean was it, (A O Bean)? I knew an Andy O’nions. |
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 29, 2023 21:17:07 GMT
I had a doctor examine my gentleman’s parts. He was Dr Hancock. I worked with a lad whose surname was Mycock. His nickname was Tug.
I think I have told the story before about a guy who I arrested once . His surname was Hiscock. In my statement was a line about the arrest “I took hold of Hiscock…..” wasn’t so bad on paper, but read out in a court, lol.
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Post by kate on Apr 30, 2023 6:25:12 GMT
I worked for an O'nion and a Bean at one time. Neither with any sense of humour though. Wasn’t by any chance Alan Bean was it, (A O Bean)? I knew an Andy O’nions. It was when I was in the RAF. |
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Post by mike40 on Apr 30, 2023 7:03:51 GMT
I was at school with a boy named Alcock........not surprisingly, his nickname was 'no balls'.
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Post by geoffr on Apr 30, 2023 7:37:23 GMT
Wasn’t by any chance Alan Bean was it, (A O Bean)? I knew an Andy O’nions. It was when I was in the RAF. Obviously not the same Bean. |
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Post by andy on Apr 30, 2023 7:42:16 GMT
Years ago I bumped into a girl I went to school with whose married name was Cox which she thought was funny because she "always loved those".
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Post by mick on Apr 30, 2023 7:47:53 GMT
We advised friends against calling their son Justin. Their surname was Sted.
My sister swears that her music teacher was called Melody Beat.
Mick
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Post by kate on Apr 30, 2023 8:14:07 GMT
Years ago I bumped into a girl I went to school with whose married name was Cox which she thought was funny because she "always loved those". Yeah, but picked too early, look good but no keeping power. Ha! |
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Post by zou on Apr 30, 2023 10:11:25 GMT
A girl at sixth form allegedly turned down a proposal because she didn't want to be Mrs Hoare.
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 30, 2023 10:29:40 GMT
I'm assuming nobody calls this guy Dick because he could kill them at 300 yards: www.english-longbow.co.uk/Going right back to the OP, Rhun ap Iorweth just means Rhun, son of Iorweth. Its the old Welsh system of naming, much like c the Icelandic -son or -dottir. |
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 30, 2023 10:33:40 GMT
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Post by El Sid on May 4, 2023 11:53:46 GMT
There is a brand of electronic test instruments called Wayne Kerr. Rats - you beat me to it!  Their factory is fairly local to me... |
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