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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:42 pm ] |
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Did you know silent movie genius Howard Lloyd's brother was called Gaylord Lloyd? That there's a senior IT person in the States called ? And best of all an American (of course!!!) who works at the White House called ... Oh and I've mentioned it before but a colleague swears that when she worked in a Yorkshire benefits office there was an old claimant called Mrs Fanny Batter... |
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| Author: | wurzel [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:53 pm ] |
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At my previous job, I had a client by the name of Randy Bush....another gem from the US. |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:03 pm ] |
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I used to have a list of them when I worked at Lloyds Asset Finance but the 3 that stick in my mind are- Martin McCutcheon Giovanni Italiano (so obviously a fake name) Anne Job (there was also an Anne Gunn) |
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| Author: | Thee SPC [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:50 pm ] |
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My mate used to work with a fella in the states called Manly Loving. |
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| Author: | Chimes [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:55 pm ] |
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Friend of a friend whilst at college was Fanny Hymen... I didn't like her - she was a bit of a c... no, I won't... |
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| Author: | Bola [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:27 pm ] |
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There was a Vietnamese bloke who used to claim at our DHSS office called Monkeywrench Loading Bay. This name seems to be something of an urban myth now but this bloke was genuine as I handed over his giro (cue HMHB song). We also had Freebird Smith and Hyacinth Bluebell! |
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| Author: | Mrs Ray Flicker [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:14 pm ] |
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At work a while back I had to make a call to some called "Richard Head". I thought maybe the data suppliers were having me on, but no, that was his name. He wasn't much interested in seeing a monitored security system, though - the dickhead. |
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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:26 pm ] |
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| Author: | Johnny Anarchy [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:15 am ] |
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| Author: | Vodka-Volauvent [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
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There's a guy in the office down the corridor called Chris Peacock. and the guy in the fire office called: Bernie. and the Radiation Protection Officer is called Fear. ...I also like this actor's name: Rip Torn: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001800/ |
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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:50 pm ] |
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