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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The winner was Robbie Alan Hanshew, a 13-year-old from Portland, Oregon. It was delivered to him by rail (rather than the Super Guppy) and was donated to the Oregon Museum of Science Industry (OMSI) where it remains on display today
https://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum16/HTML/001242.html
Also https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/revell-gemini-giveaway-in-1967.51863/
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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It’s good that the prize existed. I like the Pepsi Harriet Jump Jet competition.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.
matticus
Guru
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
Good god - those Americans will call their kids anything.
Blooming auto spell checker.
Conrad_K
unindicted co-conspirator
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- Little Rock, Arkansas
Like "Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho"?Good god - those Americans will call their kids anything.
Wait until "corporate sponsorship" works its way down from roads, event venues, and stadiums to 'sponsoring' parents to name their children in return for a lump sum. You'd see kids named "Tesco Ansells Volkswagen" or "Aldi Rothmans Guinness" then.
" Chardonnay! " Heinz!
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Meet my son, Specialized Shimano Smith
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
Or my daughter, Mercedes.
Conrad_K
unindicted co-conspirator
- Location
- Little Rock, Arkansas
Lots of girls named "Lexus" or "Porsche" in the 'states nowadays, after the cars. I think that originally started with "adult entertainment" performer names, going mainstream
When Gottleib Daimler passed away Emil Jellinek replaced him at Daimler-Benz. He and Karl Benz renamed the company, but instead of "Jellinek-Benz" (or vice versa), Jellinek used his daughter's name, Mercedes, instead of his own. Mostly. The two "e"s in her name were accented with an aigu and a grave, but the corporate version used plain "e"s.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
@Conrad_K, @Chris S
My daughter went to Prep School (as they called it, & an odd name for Yorkshire!!) with twins
I think dad was a heavy metal fan, who liked fast VWs (but mum liked Shakespeare)
Saxon & Portia………..
There was also in her year group, & somewhere we have a school photograph that has all the names on it, a Minnie Cooper
Such cruel parents
My daughter went to Prep School (as they called it, & an odd name for Yorkshire!!) with twins
I think dad was a heavy metal fan, who liked fast VWs (but mum liked Shakespeare)
Saxon & Portia………..
There was also in her year group, & somewhere we have a school photograph that has all the names on it, a Minnie Cooper
Such cruel parents
For those of you who are interested and have a lot of time on your hands, Reddit has a sub reddit dedicated to stupid names and their bizarre spellings. https://www.reddit.com/r/tradgedeigh/
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