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People marrying each other just for the funny name



dannyboy

tfso!
Oct 20, 2003
3,651
Waikanae NZ
a person at my junoir school (in my sisters year )had the surname michael . yes! they called him michael. but this is true they also gave him the middle name michael . thus michael michael michael .
 






jakarta

Well-known member
May 25, 2007
15,738
Sullington
a person at my junoir school (in my sisters year )had the surname michael . yes! they called him michael. but this is true they also gave him the middle name michael . thus michael michael michael .

They were obviously Joseph Heller Fans and had read Catch 22...... "Who made Major Major Major?"
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,273
I once heard of a Timothy Hyphen-Hyphen... not sure if he was having a laugh as his name then read Timothy Hyphen Hyphen Hyphen

oh and I can confirm that a Mrs Ann Orange exists !
 




pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,040
West, West, West Sussex
My surname is Hall. When I married my Dutch ex, we considered a double barrel surname but...

Hall is pronounced in Dutch as Hol - which colloquially in Rotterdam (where she was from) means bumhole. Her Dutch surname was van den Heuvel (from the hills), so Hall-van den Heuvel (in Dutch pronunciation at least) would have made us Mr and Mrs Bumhole from the Hills. We gave it a miss :laugh:
 


Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,513
Worthing
I did hear that Fenella Fudge of radio 5 live fame was walking out with James the son of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer.
 


GT49er

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Feb 1, 2009
49,188
Gloucester
a person at my junoir school (in my sisters year )had the surname michael . yes! they called him michael. but this is true they also gave him the middle name michael . thus michael michael michael .

Somebody here is taking the michael.....

One from real life - I once new a girl who's surname was Hoare - she longed to get rid of it when she got married. Unfortunately, although she met the man of her dreams, it did mean that she became Mrs. Hooker.
 




Gully

Monkey in a seagull suit.
Apr 24, 2004
16,812
Way out west
In a previous job I did some docs checks on an employee, whose maiden name was Butt...she had a sister called Anita!
 




One from "meet the parents" when ben stiller character, Greg Focker marries his wife, who has the middle name Martha, her full name becomes Pamela Martha Focker...
 




Danny-Boy

Banned
Apr 21, 2009
5,579
The Coast
I just wondered ..

If Desmond Dekker of the Iraelites had two sons and they met up and got engaged to the daughters of Mike and/or Tony Buss the old Sussex cricket brothers, would they be planning a Double Dekker-Buss ceremony?
 


Soul Finger

Well-known member
May 12, 2004
2,294
A mate of mine worked with a couple that eventually married.

Their surnames; Goodhead and Lovett.
 


Gully

Monkey in a seagull suit.
Apr 24, 2004
16,812
Way out west
A mate of mine worked with a couple that eventually married.

Their surnames; Goodhead and Lovett.

If the person whose surname was Goodhead married Shay Given and hyphenated their name...
 






Fungus

Well-known member
NSC Patron
May 21, 2004
7,160
Truro
Ther used to be a Carol Carole at our place. Or it might have been Carole Carol. I assume it was her married name.
 




Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,299
If My family Actress Zoe wanamaker married ex-footballer Brian Kidd she would become Wanamaker Kidd
 




Phoenix Arrow

Mitoma Enthusiast
Aug 18, 2009
295
Sverige
When I was at school, there was a kid in the year below called Liam Noel Gallagher. Born before Oasis, obviously.
There was also a kid who was genuinely called Ben Dover. Why would you do that? The first time I heard it was when a teacher called it out too. I was like "what the f*** is going on here?"
 


Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,299
When I was at school, there was a kid in the year below called Liam Noel Gallagher. Born before Oasis, obviously.
There was also a kid who was genuinely called Ben Dover. Why would you do that? The first time I heard it was when a teacher called it out too. I was like "what the f*** is going on here?"

didn't he write an adult book with Phillip McCavity?
 


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