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  1. 08rbut's Avatar
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    I feel really stupid saying this but I don't get how Jenna Taylor is funny.


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    I get it now, just saw previous posts!


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    I used to have a neighbour called Harry Bush, and I went to school with a boy called Justin Uthman and everyone always made "Just enough, man" jokes. It wasn't actually that funny, but you had to be there...
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    i once knew a woman called sandy balls.
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    I used to get called Medicine at primary school because no-one had ever heard the name Madison used before :lol:
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    Apparently there's a BBC reporter called Peter Files...

    Reminded me of this:

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    I do actually know of a Richard Head.

    What were THOSE parents thinking?!
    I know of a Richard Willey. Pretty sure he was a teacher as well.
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    Someone I know who was in the Army said he had a huge, beefy 7 foot tall drill instructor called Sergeant Brickhouse.
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
    (Original post by Gob Bluth)
    Apparently there's a BBC reporter called Peter Files...

    Reminded me of this:

    I love that episode!

    "You could move to America. It's pronounced Peddofile there."
    "He's not moving to America!"
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
    I knew someone with the surname "cockburn"
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
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    I knew someone with the surname "cockburn"
    So do I, but apparently it's pronoucned Co-Burn. Stupid pronunciation, sucking out all the fun! Still, it looks lulzy written down.
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
    I once had a music teacher called Mr Barr.
  13. lelikins's Avatar
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    Someone who works in the tanning shop near me is called 'tanya'. Imagine if it was 'tanya brown'.
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    Someone who works in the tanning shop near me is called 'tanya'. Imagine if it was 'tanya brown'.
    That would be the greatest surname she could ever have!
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    Gurtrude.


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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
    Donald Neilson's original surname was Nappy.
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    Lol... I got negged for having my name...
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    I can see the entertainment value but I'd never try and make them feel conscious about - more laugh quietly to myself

    Next year for AS-chemistry I have Dr. Butt; I assure you, he's going to be the BUTT of many jokes :nothing:

    Okay, that was bad. I know.
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
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    Someone who works in the tanning shop near me is called 'tanya'. Imagine if it was 'tanya brown'.
    Hahaha! I was laughing so much at this, and my mum asked what was so funny so i told her. She then said, "at least her name's not Tanya Tillit-Burns" :rofl:
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    Re: laughing at 'silly' names
    My first name is India, so when I was younger I often got called Scotland, England, Spain etc
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