On naming children - are parents insane?

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I had a job at the WMCA when I was in high school. There was a weight lifter there named General Allen Pancake. Allen being his middle name.
 
I feel like I got off easy with being named for the president - Dwight

What is worse are some of the last names I've seen. Kind of hard not to offend some of your family if you change that.

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Originally posted by Wheelgunner840:
The absolutely most ridiculous name I have ever seen was posted here not too long ago. The girl would come home from school very upset that the teachers and staff were not pronouncing her name correcty. The girls name was spelt Le-a. They kept calling her Lea (pronounced Lee-a or Lay-a. Her mom called the school irate and told the school authorities, and I quote,"Her name is LEDASHA! The dash don't be silent!"

I kid you not.

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What would she do with MY family name? (Alan Dash). Would she spell it Alan -?

This Dash don't be silent, but her dash DO be silent!!!
 
I concur with the author of the original post and thank him and all other posters for the great laughs. I've heard of mother's so unprepared at childbirth that they name there child after something they see in the delivery room, i.e. "Oxygen".
 
I'm sure everyones heard the old joke about size 6 7/8 McFadden. I overheard a conversation with a clerk one time and when it was my turn, asked the clerk about the gent who'd been in front of us. Dacron Polyester can't recall the last name.

When I started working at my current employer, they had a real interesting collection of names. Wish I'd written some of the better ones down. I do recall someone continuing the classic name tradition from the 19th century: Octavius Augustus Smythe IV. Dunno what his buddies called him.
 
There's a realtor in this area named Christine "Chris" Christmas.

Not her parents fault though. She married into the Christmas family.
 
I have taken care of a Tinea ( fungus). Her whole family showed up in the ER, you would have thought it was guvmint cheese day. Her mother and siblings all had names taken from Scrabble. One of the other nurses that I work with said she took care of a Shi-thead(YEP)and a Placenta. Thats all folks
 
You can't forget Dick Trickle.
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I once had a job applicant who's first name was Cookie. She cried when I told her she didn't meet the minimum qualifications (not because of her name). This was for an armed security position in a casino. I think it was for the best that she looked for employment in a different field.
 
Originally posted by TNDixieGirl:
There's a realtor in this area named Christine "Chris" Christmas.

Not her parents fault though. She married into the Christmas family.

I worked with a Mary Christmas, she too married into the name! She went by Mary C at work. Really, what's the likelihood of being named Mary and coming across a guy with the last name Christmas and liking him so much that you marry him?!
 
Chris, a real nice feller, used to come into the range. I found out, when he was buying a gun that his name wasn't Christopher. It was Christian. Christian David Orr. When I saw what he wrote on the yellow sheet, I asked him if his mama like fancy dresses.
 
I had to scan all 8 pages here before posting to make sure someone hadn't already posted it..
(Lifted from another forum)

A mother was sitting on the couch reading a book when one of her children walked up to her and said, "Mummy, why is my name Petal?"
The mother replied, "Because when you were born, a petal fell on your head."
The next baby walked up and asked, "Mummy why is my name Rose?" she replied,
"Because when you were born, a rose fell on your head."
The last baby walked up to her and said, "BLAS CLAFLAS YIFRASSAM TASSM POONNFFFIINRTY." The mother replied, "Please be quiet, Refrigerator."
 
My friend is a partner in an insurance agency and a man was applying for insurance over the phone. When asked his first name he replied (phonetic spelling first) "Le MON zha lo". My friend asked him to spell it and it was L-E-M-O-N-J-E-L-L-O. His mother named him Lemonjello!
 
Back in the early '90's while working for AT&T I came across a residential customer's account whose name was "Asta Le Penis." It wasn't a joke either as the bills had been paid promptly every month since the phone company had split up in 1984.
 
I worked with a woman named Gena. Her husband was named Eric. They named their baby Generic. God's honest truth. I remember some years ago when working retail I was making out a receipt for a customer and his first name was Sir Eric. And he was a third too. He told me that I "gots to put those three "eyes" after his last name" because he was Sir Eric the third.
 
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