People With Funny Names

We went to do a job for a Caribean woman called Mary Christmas, I thought it was a joke at first but it was true.

 

During research of my family tree, I discovered that my maternal great grandmother was called Isabella. Her second husband was called James Bell, so she became...

 

My first school (teaching) in Scunthorpe had -

Dr Organ & his wife Mrs Organ taught Biology
Mrs Tune was the music teacher
Mr Wood , was a woodwork teacher (still in touch with him)

The art teacher also had a fitting name but currently can't recall !

 

As a rather naive 17 year old I became a trainee computer operator at Littlewoods Mail Order Stores in Crosby, Liverpool, in 1967. In those days - and certainly in that particular environment - computer operators were a somewhat unruly, wild and wayward bunch .... mostly university rejects, drop-outs (or kicked outs!) and the like. On my very first proper shift I was assigned all of the usual crap jobs - decollating lineflo; rewinding punched paper tape; changing printer ribbons, etc., etc., and I inevitably cocked up most of it! What wasn't rigged to fail by my coleagues for humorous effect, I managed to screw up to tumultuous applause. I was, of course, told that I was pretty useless - "not even worth a Jodrell Bank (i.e. wank)" was the expression used and so my Shift Leader immediately decided to call me "JOD".

That nickname stuck so hard it kind of became my name. I took the name with me when I moved to Devon in 1976 and worked for a large assurance company for over 12 years. Most of the people at that company that knew - and still know - me, call me by the name JOD to this day, and many of them think it is actually my given name!

It does get a little bit difficult when people ask how you got the name "Jod" when you sign your name Adrian, and even more difficult to tell them that, actually, you got the name because, fundamentally, you were deemed to be of significantly less value than a quick handjob ............

Regards,

Jod

AKA Adie

 

Isabella Bell?

 

Or an Asian police informer, Wazim.

 

If Mad'am Heidi Fleiss married singer Don Ho - her new name would be - Heidi Ho!!!

 

Or that Italian woman Isabella Onabika

 

I am sure you have heard this...

If Whoopie Goldberg married French actor Gerard Depardieu
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Whoopie Doppie Doo

(Coat & door)

 

Or if Britney Spears married Brian Ferry she'd be ... Britney Ferry!
Right I'm off before anyone throws tomatoes!

 

Had an Italian mate at School - his name was Guiseppe Bollavani.
He was always known as "Bollock Varnish"

 

Years ago, about 1995 1 of my early emails (still in use now) was WYSIWYG**@***.com (wizzywig), that name stuck, was usually refered by it and still to this day some who knew me then still use it!
Not quite as good as Dilligaf but...................

 

My Grandmothers Main Coon cat was given a Welch name named -

Wassamaru (spelling?)

meaning - What's the matter with you.

 

Lad at one place I worked had one of those faces that looked like he was straining to think.. You know constant confused look. He wasn't too bright either. So, I christened him TAPS.

He thought it was something to do with the bugle call, but no. Everybody knew it was an acronym... Thick As Pig S##t.

 

Unfortunate names.

 

We had a gaffer who we nicknamed “thrush”, not because he was as sweet as a garden bird but because he was an irritating c#nt