Unfortunate (genuine) names

[Richard A Thackeray]

We used to have a Doctor Pepper in A&E, as a SHO
She was a wonderful lass

Plus, there was a Dr D’eath
Honest!!!!

 

[Chris S]

For some "unfathomable" reason, he was the only client, that was always referred to in the office by his initials and surname.

We used to use initials in our office as well, but not for Phil Dawes and Victoria Duncan.

 

[pjd57]

My Mrs goes to see a Dr Nowell.
Probably pronounced Now ell.
But in Glasgow it's no well

 

[Rusty Nails]

There was an engineer in a company I worked for called W.C.Vile.

 

[bruce1530]

My wife had a child in her class when she was a teacher who was named Wenceslas McGinty.

It was Pocahontas McGinty when I heard that story. Perhaps they were sisters....

 

[bruce1530]

i wonder if there is a scottish cloak room attendant somewhere called Angus mc coatup

Allegedly there is a "Joanna Pye" serving in Greggs....

 

[wheresthetorch]

My late father was delighted to discover that the consultant urologist to whom he was referred rejoiced in the name of Mr Dick.

 

[oldwheels]

It was Pocahontas McGinty when I heard that story. Perhaps they te

It was Pocahontas McGinty when I heard that story. Perhaps they were sisters....

This was in Clydebank in the early 1960’s. There was another strange name. It was Beowulf but cannot remember the surname and not in her class.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My daughter went to junior school (or 'prep school', as they called themselves) with a girl named Portia
(most people thought of the fast VWs, not the Shakespear charactor)

 

[srw]

A German colleague came over to us on an exchange one year and we had to co-travel with him for six months. His name? Herwig Spazzwank.

Unlike this gentleman, to whom the only reference online is on this forum, this one's real.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/odd-magnus-barstad-957116

O M Barstad was a McKinsey's consultant when he did some "work" with my company. What that actually meant was that we spent a very long day telling him stuff and he wrote it up in great detail and tiny print on a PowerPoint slide overnight while we went to the local Munich Bierkeller and got pissed. The following day - rinse and repeat.

 

[Brains]

A friend I had when i was young was called Caractacus, his sister was called Boadicia

(There parents were well know people of an artistic nature)

 

[Brains]

Carl Hester, the Olympic dressage gold medal winner, has a sister, her name is Polly.
Polly Hester

 

[geocycle]

Is Ed Balls sister called Ophelia, or is that just a rumour?

 

[Electric_Andy]

During the fuel crisis, they sent a reporter to a petrol station. The reporters name was Phil McAnn

 

[BrumJim]

Would Mr Smallbone be from the Erdington area? Many years ago I had a girlfriend whose surname was Smallbone, I'm sure her brother was a teacher and lived in Birmingham.

My local garage in Birmingham is run by a Smallbone family.