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Strange names

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by GermanKeyser, Jan 20, 2011.

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  1. Walter_Sobchak

    Walter_Sobchak Active Member

    I call bullshit on this one. I've heard these urban legends and not once have I actually seen it.

    That said, my favorite athlete in our coverage area is a football player named Atticus Grinder.
     
    Walter_Sobchak, Jan 21, 2011
    #37
  2. Harry Doyle

    Harry Doyle Member

    At a prep basketball game a few weeks ago, a chubby girl finished singing the national anthem, then retreated to the student section and pulled on a retro team jersey with the name Fatzinger on the back. I can only hope the fat singer was named Fatzinger.

    Also, have run into kids named Aryan. Coincidentally, all have been white.
     
    Harry Doyle, Jan 21, 2011
    #38
  3. writestuff1

    writestuff1 Member

    Call bullshit all you want (and I admit I wouldn't have believed it myself). I've known the woman for about 15 years and she wouldn't make that type of stuff up.
     
    writestuff1, Jan 21, 2011
    #39
  4. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    I was going to say the same thing. I've heard this same story at least 3 other times, and two of them were on this board by other people. Official transcripts or GTFO.
     
    mustangj17, Jan 21, 2011
    #40
  5. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    It's not so much making it up as being caught up in the "friend of a friend" deal, and all of the sudden, it's first person.
     
    SF_Express, Jan 21, 2011
    #41
  6. Ice9

    Ice9 Active Member

    Football - Ayo Yayo

    Basketball - Indiana Faithful
     
    Ice9, Jan 21, 2011
    #42
  7. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    This guy wins. Why?

    His middle name is 'Zucchini'

    Delmonte Zucchini Jones

    http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/sep/04/security-guard-accused-stealing-ellis-park-tvs/
     
    OnTheRiver, Jan 21, 2011
    #43
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    There's allegedly a "Shithead" around here, too, though no one has offered actual proof.

    Dan Jenkins' Pottatus Frye, who played I believe for "Climpson," is my favorite fictional name. Moreso than Orangejello and Lemonjello. Dan Jenkins is the master of names.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 21, 2011
    #44
  9. Pencil Dick

    Pencil Dick Member

    Same school that produced Monalisa and Reprobatus also, I believe, once featured my favorite:

    Tecumseh Mayes.
     
    Pencil Dick, Jan 21, 2011
    #45
  10. Colonel Angus

    Colonel Angus Member

    Colonel Angus, Jan 21, 2011
    #46
  11. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I can't speak for Asshole, but my wife worked in a hospital where a patient named her newborn Shi'thead and it was pronounced Shaw-teed.
     
    Jake_Taylor, Jan 21, 2011
    #47
  12. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    There's a girls basketball player around these parts named Diamond Godbolt. She often "shines" on the court, I'm told.

    Ole Miss recently signed a junior college football player named Philander Moore. Should make a good husband one day.

    But the all-timer has got to be former North Alabama basketball player Reprobatus Bibbs. Fittingly, he's now in the clink for slangin' crack.
     
    Steak Snabler, Jan 21, 2011
    #48
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