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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:29 PM
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What surname do you think would be the most embarrassing?
My vote goes to "Buttram"
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:30 PM
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1. I'd be pretty embarrassed if my name was Bush
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:14 PM
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46. I was going to say that
x(
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:33 PM
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2. Willfahrt
as in the recording artist "Whoopee" John Willfahrt.
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NoMoreMrNiceGuy Donating Member (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:36 PM
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3. Hunsucker....sticks in my mind from a company employee listing.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:36 PM
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4. "Dumfart"
Also "Butkus."
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:36 PM
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5. Dung. It's a Chinese family name, that isn't funny in China, of
course, but is kinda funny here in America.

I know people named Dung.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:11 PM
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44. A friend of mine is Vietnamese, and his Mom's name is Dip.
Spelled just like that. And it's her first name. Very sweet lady, but really bad first name.
Duckie
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:06 PM
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57. Hi, my name is dip phuq puket dung!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:37 PM
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6. Putz
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:45 PM
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7. Nipple
There were a couple of families with the name near my mom and dad's home town. I laughed every time I heard it as a kid.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:47 PM
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8. Lipschitz
With apologies to any potential Lipschitzes on the board.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:37 PM
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31. Ha ha!
:)
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:38 PM
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33. That was a character on "Boston Public"
Harvey Lipschitz, a crazy teacher who said he was George Washington in a former life.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:13 PM
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45. He was hilarious
Fyvush Finkle played him
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:15 PM
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47. Cool avatar & sig
:hi:
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PinkTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:48 PM
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9. Fuchs.
Or Hogg, or Pigg, or Hunt if you first name is Mike.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:48 PM
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10. McGroin
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:56 PM
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11. Pugh
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:59 PM
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12. Hitler
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smitty Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 07:59 PM
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13. bad surname
Crapp
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 08:03 PM
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17. Thomas Crapper was the inventor of the toilet.
Queen Victoria knighted him.

His invention certainly improved things.
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FunkyLeprechaun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:15 PM
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39. Actually no...
he invented the flush toilet but not the toilet as a whole.

... and I've been to the toilet museum in Staffordshire

very interesting
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smitty Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 08:01 PM
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14. bad surname #2
Wilfarht (I actually know a guy with this surname)
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 08:02 PM
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15. Bush.
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TOhioLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:26 PM
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26. Yeah no kidding...
...I told my husband last night that if I was Jay 'Bush's baked beans' Bush, I'd start every commercial he does with the line 'No relation...'
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 08:02 PM
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16. Dick. n/t
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:21 PM
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25. Honest, I went to school with a girl named Scarlett Dick.
How mean were those parents?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:36 PM
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30. I used to work with a guy named Rusty Dicks
His given name was "Russell", but he insisted on being called "Rusty". Worse yet, the guy was a life/health insurance agent.

He had a son, too. Rusty Jr. Some people never learn.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 08:04 PM
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18. I have 2
When my mom worked for the Marriott on Marco Island she had to check in large parties. The people would write their names on a 3x5 card. The first one was Ima Cuntz and the 2nd was Richard Stiff (who was funny enough to write his name as Stiff, Dick)
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:13 PM
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19. I'm not sure how it's pronounced, but
when my brother was a bank manager, there was a customer whose last name was Bubes.

As a DD cup, I sure wouldn't want that moniker.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:14 PM
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20. grosskopf
i don't know how to s-tsett thingies
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:15 PM
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21. i went to elementary school with a grosskopf.
:hi:
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newscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:18 PM
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22. Hindlick
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:19 PM
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23. I saw the name "_________________ Rape" today
No joke. I wouldn't like to have that name!
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:20 PM
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24. Kuntz
Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 09:22 PM by Neo
real surname!

m knew another guy named Dick Butt. He wouldn't even call himself Richard!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:29 PM
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27. Screws. I knew two lovely twin girls with the last name.
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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:32 PM
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28. Well, Dick Buttkiss and former congressmen Dick Swett
come to mind right off the bat.
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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:35 PM
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29. Tiddleywinks
Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 09:35 PM by Mobius
or living in england, and the Name Bater
Then they would call you Master Bater :hi:
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tarkus Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:38 PM
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32. I know someone named Niswonger, pronounced "Nice Wonger"
You can imagine how that went over in school.
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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 09:57 PM
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34. living in Bangkok might be hard no matter what the name.
.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:06 PM
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35. Years ago, when I worked for Ma Bell as a directory assistant,
there was a listing in the white pages under the name, Baby Jesus Queen.

How would you like to go through life with that one?
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:07 PM
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36. O'Penisbrittle n/t
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:12 PM
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37. Dickgraber.
And there was apparently someone named "John le Fucker". (Earliest recorded use of the word "fuck", from 1278...)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:03 PM
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38. Well, I know of two last names that aren't the absolute worst..but
they rank right up there: my maiden name of Love...

And the married name of a friend of mine: Virgin...

She likes to joke that she had to get married to become a virgin...


:shrug:
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really annoyed Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:58 PM
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40. "Glasscock."
I got that from "The Simpsons." :)

I don't really know if that's a real surname....
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:17 PM
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48. My roommate in college had the last name
Woodcock.

She was a... popular girl, too.

Then there's the bird....

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really annoyed Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:29 PM
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49. Aw, I love birds!
Even with funny names. :)

I did a quick internet search.... Glasscock is a real last name.

My last name is quite humorous though - more when I was in elementary school though.
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Mick Knox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:59 PM
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41. smellywelly
:eyes:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:06 PM
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42. Peed n/t
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:10 PM
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43. Heard a name today: Colon...
Yeah. That sucks.
Duckie
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:36 PM
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50. Cummings, Seaman
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:07 PM
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58. There's a cologne called "Cumming"
By Alan Cumming. Not appealing. Not at all.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:09 PM
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51. Weinerholder.
I win.

Except for "Bush."
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Danmel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:12 PM
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52. I knew a woman whose last name was Fallik
That's pretty bad. I also knew a guy in college whose last name was Pecker.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:15 PM
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53. I knew a woman who's last name was Pickup.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:16 PM
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54. Cox is never good
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:22 PM
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55. Dilbert Dickweed; Dick Wang
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 07:23 PM by JohnLocke
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:36 PM
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56. Dick Trickle. n/t
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:11 PM
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59. I actually got a letter with offer for some property of mine: Ready?
Her name was Sandy Butts!

I had to call her...
While I felt kinda sorry for her, I had to try not to laugh when I called and had to ask for her...
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