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Unfortunate name

#1 Post by MartDude » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:15 pm

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#2 Post by Samray » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:22 pm

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#3 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:44 pm

I visited Ford in Germany and the nameplate on someone's desk proclaimed "Christian Zarce"

...... face could not be kept straight .......



and also at a conference I attended a few months ago was .....

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#4 Post by Willopotomas » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:04 pm

Me old man got in trouble once for asking a bloke if he was taking the piss when asked his name.. Wayne Carr..

And I chap I sometimes by longbow stuff from is called Richard Head. :smt003
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#5 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:15 pm

Willopotomas wrote:Me old man got in trouble once for asking a bloke if he was taking the piss when asked his name.. Wayne Carr..

And I chap I sometimes by longbow stuff from is called Richard Head. :smt003
I was at school with a Richard Head.


At work we have a Michael Hunt - Mike to everyone.
Now we've all seen Porkys when the call goes out "has anyone seen Mike Hunt" ..... but we had that in real life when our administrator needed to find him and she gave the call out on the tannoy ...... priceless
That was years ago but some things you just don't forget .....
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#6 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:54 pm

When I went to work for the Min of Ag many years ago I didn't beieve the name of one of the vets, so they showed me the official register.

Surname - Dick

Forename....



Wait for it........


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#7 Post by HowardQ » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:33 pm

I've known a lot of Richard Heads over the Years. :smt003
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