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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] mudmaniac@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Arthur Dent!? THE Arthur Dent!?

[–] Mithre@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

"Late?"
"Yes, late, as in the late Dentarthurdent."

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As usual I refer to KTVU out of San Fran for the best ones: crash

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] mudmaniac@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I found this place on vacation.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nice to meet you, I'm George.

...welp, I gave it a shot.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 6 points 10 months ago
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Richard Head

Now find a good nickname for “Richard”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I knew a Richard Odar. Pronounced odor

[–] mudmaniac@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hugh Jass.

Not my idea tho. I saw that name on the credits of a video game. Never found out if it was a joke or truly the name of some unfortunate soul.

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

I knew somebody who used the more British version in a game - Hugh Jarse

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

There was a Hugh Jass Burgers in Lexington Kentucky.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fokje Modder

Which is a perfectly fine Dutch name, but it's pronounced like 'Fuck your mother'

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

She has a husband, you know...

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago
[–] Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
  • Mike Ox-Long
  • Hugh Jass
  • Ben Dover
  • Mike Hawk
[–] dgmib@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In high school one of my classmates was named Benjamin Dover.

Also had a classmate named Ma Deek.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

5 minutes in a popular VRChat public server and you'll get all the names you will ever need

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 9 points 10 months ago

Harry Baals, former Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago
  • Margaret "Peg" M. Harder
  • Joy S. Cummings
  • Mona Little
[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 8 points 10 months ago

Janny Poepjes, she died this year at 88. There are still over 200 people in the Netherlands with a little poop in their surname.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Paging Dr. SatansMaggotyCumFart...

[–] genuineparts 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I went to school wit a girl named Carrie Hunt

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Harry Balzac

[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Jenny Talia.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Phil McRevis

[–] circledsquare@fedia.io 5 points 10 months ago

My first email handle was poodlecruncher. It was referring to the harmonics shrieks my guitar made when I lightly touched the fret, and had the amp turned up. Got a few strange looks with that one.

[–] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[–] norimee@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I don't have to make anything up. Two people I met in real life:

Pussy Bear
&
Dieter Wank

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 10 months ago
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Hugh Mungus

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Richard Trickle

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago
[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Dick Turner

[–] Boolean@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hugh G. Rection

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Harry Ballsagna (rhymes with lasagna)

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Dont even have to come up with one. Have a friend named Eric Schin

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Asanti Tea Drinker

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