During my school days we had a kid called Head who was obviously not wanted & perhaps even hated by is parents as they christend him Richard - poor sod had 7 years off having the piss ripped on an almost daily basis.
Also worked for a similarly afflicted chap in my first job who was called John Thomas
One has to wonder what possesses parents in these situations
Confession time. I didn’t ‘get it’ yesterday. It was the witching hour (12.23 am) and “I can well believe it” was just a gently mocking instant comment off the top of my head but, I repeated the name (in my head) a couple of times as I was dropping off and realised how brilliant it was. And, because it has generated some other classics (and one I’d not heard before from @Malone) I scrolled back and gave you a thumbs up.
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The team principle of Aston Martin F1 is named Mike Krack.
Principle? We were always taught to think of the boss as our pal. Never did of course.
It's principal, not principle.
I used to send stuff to Terry Wogan on Radio 2 as Rudolph Hucker.
I can well believe it !! 🥸
Usually threats of legal action.
My hotel check-in name is often Toby La Rone
So Biggus Dickus is out then..
So poor little Wayne Kerr won't get a shout out either (unless he is the ref 🤣)
A colleague revelled in saying how his old boss's surname was actually Cockhead.
Tough gig that one.
I knew a Mike Hunt and a friend of mine claims he met someone called Goodhead - with the surname of Job.
Roger the cabin boy and Master Bates were, contrary to myth, not characters in Captain Pugwash.
It's apparently a fairly common name in India, but the first time I saw the name Shak*nt I was a bit taken aback!
During my school days we had a kid called Head who was obviously not wanted & perhaps even hated by is parents as they christend him Richard - poor sod had 7 years off having the piss ripped on an almost daily basis.
Also worked for a similarly afflicted chap in my first job who was called John Thomas
One has to wonder what possesses parents in these situations
Shout out for all those poor women called Jenny Taylor as well.
Neither was crew member Seaman Staines.
Confession time. I didn’t ‘get it’ yesterday. It was the witching hour (12.23 am) and “I can well believe it” was just a gently mocking instant comment off the top of my head but, I repeated the name (in my head) a couple of times as I was dropping off and realised how brilliant it was. And, because it has generated some other classics (and one I’d not heard before from @Malone) I scrolled back and gave you a thumbs up.
So there.
Thank you sir, you are a true gentleman.
I work with one of them.