Unfortunate (genuine) names

[Supersuperleeds]

Local tax office used to have an inspector called Mr Death.

Also went to school with a girl called Teresa Green

 

[Brains]

Costa is an Italian cruise line. One of its ships is named Costa Fortuna.

M/V 'TITAN URANUS' was a well known one within the industry,
until some spoilsport pointed out the meaning of the name to the owners, at which point she was promptly renamed K. COSMOS

 

[DRM]

There's a detective serving with Durham Constabulary called Death.

Strictly, it's D'eath.

I've never met the guy to inquire about how his name is pronounced, but I think it's 'Dee-ath'.

it’s to be hoped he doesn’t get killed in the line of duty, Durham Constabulary regretfully inform you of the death of Death

 

[Mr Celine]

The head of chemistry at my skool was Norman Conquest.

 

[bruce1530]

Irene, the secretary in our health & safety office, had the surname "Burn".

So we regularly got memos on fire prevention signed "I Burn".

 

[DRM]

Funniest one was signing in at a customers in Barnsley, now long since closed, a bloke with an American sounding accent came in and said he was here for a job interview, the Security Guard said what‘s your name as he had a list of expected interviewees, it’s Matt Dillon says the Yank, quick as a flash the Security Guard said “bloody hell it’s Gunsmoke!” He got the job and the nickname too

 

[Mr Celine]

There is a commonwealth war grave at the Seafield Cemetery in Edinburgh belonging to a Canadian Infantryman, the name I Forget.

 

[Peugeotrider]

Matt black used to work in our place.

 

[KnittyNorah]

I've known a Doctor Boozer (he wasn't), Doctor Nurse (neither was she), Doctor Surgeon (he wasn't either) and a Doctor Doctor (she was). When I was a child my dentist was a Mrs Puller. I also knew a Doctor Sergeant and a Nurse Major; good thing neither of them wanted to join the army medical service or there might've been some confusion about ranks!

 

[Fnaar]

I knew a woman called Webb who married a bloke called Page. They didn't do the double-barrelled thing

 

[FrankCrank]

Used to work with a fella called Robert Plumber, he was known as Plumb-Bob.

At another place there was a fella called Eric. No matter what conversation you were having, he always steered towards chatting about the weather. He was known as Atmospheric Eric.

 

[battered]

I had a Mr Bedwell and a Miss Topliss at school. Worse still, I know a German woman who works in a secondary school. Miss W@nke. Pronounced "Venk", but that won't help.

 

[Dirk]

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M/V 'TITAN URANUS' was a well known one within the industry,
until some spoilsport pointed out the meaning of the name to the owners, at which point she was promptly renamed K. COSMOS

Well........it is full of sailors, so it was probably good advice.

 

[Dirk]

I once came across a young Asian woman with the unfortunate name of Zahira Khunt.

 

[matticus]

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That is SO childish, but still SOO funny.