tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post1695162395674337687..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: Phonebook NamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-13806467916092665362010-08-11T07:37:01.658-05:002010-08-11T07:37:01.658-05:00I would like to exchange links with your site ward...I would like to exchange links with your site wardsix.blogspot.com<br />Is this possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-80509571364627013632010-07-28T15:09:34.345-05:002010-07-28T15:09:34.345-05:00Fern Tiger exists in Oakland CA. She has a firm th...Fern Tiger exists in Oakland CA. She has a firm that works with nonprofit and public sector organizations, and she is a professor at Arizona State University. You can find out more at www.ferntiger.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-14758353037713050832010-07-03T10:33:18.227-05:002010-07-03T10:33:18.227-05:00I work in a bookshop, which seems to attract peopl...I work in a bookshop, which seems to attract people with made-up names. My favourite was Mr. Gonzalez Dust. <br /><br />Also, on the London tube the other day I heard a station announcer send out a call for a Mr. Graham Fingers.EmilyCleaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960861445445746212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-22202862913368259512010-07-02T14:53:25.464-05:002010-07-02T14:53:25.464-05:00there there, Diana, there there...there there, Diana, there there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-55231003360497188982010-07-01T12:01:36.245-05:002010-07-01T12:01:36.245-05:00...and then there....sheesh......and then there....sheesh...Diana Holquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259451067929029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-46893535378887490752010-07-01T12:00:18.893-05:002010-07-01T12:00:18.893-05:00We need a whole post on pen names. My fave romanc...We need a whole post on pen names. My fave romancelandia author is Destiny Booze. I guess I shouldn't assume that's a pen name...<br /><br />And there there are my facebook "friends." I would so love to meet Shingles McFancy in person.Diana Holquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259451067929029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-24164819598776645902010-07-01T11:35:45.130-05:002010-07-01T11:35:45.130-05:00As an administrator of an engineering-themed bibli...As an administrator of an engineering-themed bibliographic database, I’ve seen my share of gems. A few that I’ve kept close to the heart have been: Ronald O Hamburger, Marco Pasta, Toshikatsu Ichinose and . . . wait for it . . . Onkar Diksh!t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-76587356309190722162010-06-30T05:54:02.840-05:002010-06-30T05:54:02.840-05:00Reminds me of the old joke about dreaming of eatin...Reminds me of the old joke about dreaming of eating a marshmallow and waking to a missing pillow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-70109004499086080292010-06-29T23:29:15.994-05:002010-06-29T23:29:15.994-05:00In the Missoulian and the University of Montana Ka...In the Missoulian and the University of Montana Kaimin there used to be a classified ad for a typist, "Fast and Accurate Verna Brown". <br /><br />And I have a distant ancestor from Cheswick, PA named "Ada Pillow."ed skooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03031257497473281838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-57338998720299546172010-06-29T15:53:12.817-05:002010-06-29T15:53:12.817-05:00I cleaned my office last fall, and I had about 5 y...I cleaned my office last fall, and I had about 5 years' worth of papers "to be filed." I bought a shredder and spent 3 days cleaning, filing, sorting. Then I Googled "office feng shui" and used some of those principles to rearrange. I think it did make me a better person. So go! And keep writing.Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-26434779720258065892010-06-28T15:35:44.679-05:002010-06-28T15:35:44.679-05:00Hmm. If that's where we're saying we got ...Hmm. If that's where we're saying we got his name, he's lucky we didn't name him Throop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-71666541829249701792010-06-28T13:46:47.512-05:002010-06-28T13:46:47.512-05:00Strange, my grandmother used to say she knew a gir...Strange, my grandmother used to say she knew a girl named Iva Violet Bottom. <br /><br />And someone I knew had a student named Aquanetta, after the hairspray. It's actually a beautiful name, and I can see how, looking at a name every morning when you do your hair, you might get attached to it. Whenever we visit JR's parents, we pass the Tobyhanna exit on 380. Not a coincidence we have a son named Toby.rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-89121594931430991042010-06-28T12:40:01.169-05:002010-06-28T12:40:01.169-05:00How about Sissy Allman? There's at least one o...How about Sissy Allman? There's at least one out there. (I found that one by thinking up an oxymoronic but plausible name then searching for it; et voilà. A game to play at wits' end.) [Bermuda Schwartz can't be topped; La-a is wonderful too, but in a different way.] All this reminds me of Steve Martin's run-of-the-mill bastards. Run-of-the-mill these names are not.Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-32932595753552083382010-06-28T12:18:42.341-05:002010-06-28T12:18:42.341-05:00wait wait, Bermuda Schwartz, are you kidding me? ...wait wait, Bermuda Schwartz, are you kidding me? Good god. That just now sunk in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-13936405921656812032010-06-28T12:10:33.762-05:002010-06-28T12:10:33.762-05:00I don't trawl through phonebooks (yet!) but I ...I don't trawl through phonebooks (yet!) but I used to work in the mailroom for a company that sold magazine subscriptions, and the best customer name I remember was Joanne Peed. Also, my schoolteacher mom once had a student named Ima Violet Cloud.Petehttp://www.petelit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-40117462115313487712010-06-28T10:01:49.190-05:002010-06-28T10:01:49.190-05:00The change in the office is extraordinary--it has ...The change in the office is extraordinary--it has never been so clean! Not even the day we moved in, when it became a Random Paper Repository.<br /><br />Spanky Scrunchly is the one that still blows my mind.<br /><br />It was in Missoula where I had a student with the most beautiful name I have ever heard: Daylight Horse Capture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-23476559639232201152010-06-28T09:02:14.079-05:002010-06-28T09:02:14.079-05:00On the teaching theme, my buddy teaches high schoo...On the teaching theme, my buddy teaches high school math and has a student named La-a. It's pronounced Ladasha. Get it? The dash isn't silent. <br /><br />My neighbor came over the other day to ask my kids to babysit and introduced herself with, "Hello, my name is Mrs. Weathercockle." After she left, they were on the floor in hysterics. All they have to say now is "hello" in just the right voice and they're set off again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-5378773209900450782010-06-28T08:17:11.594-05:002010-06-28T08:17:11.594-05:00My high school class had a Tiffany Glass and Rober...My high school class had a Tiffany Glass and Robert Roberts, and I currently have to reference papers by the collaborative team of Asphaug and Kraal.MendotaSteinwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833271500805729513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-63929828566935515692010-06-28T08:15:57.241-05:002010-06-28T08:15:57.241-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.MendotaSteinwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833271500805729513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-19877361558665439552010-06-28T07:45:11.501-05:002010-06-28T07:45:11.501-05:00Teaching gives you the same experience as looking ...Teaching gives you the same experience as looking in the phone book. I had a devilish boy named U'Majesty. I don't think any first names can compete with that.5 Red Pandashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625556395114591952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-9952918422437419082010-06-27T22:20:14.164-05:002010-06-27T22:20:14.164-05:00Bermuda SchwartzBermuda SchwartzKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-11083895800906490062010-06-27T13:33:58.033-05:002010-06-27T13:33:58.033-05:00I once worked for the fraud department of a phone ...I once worked for the fraud department of a phone company and had to investigate calls to Nigeria by a Mrs Adepo O. Shitta. I'm not even joking.Mr London Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05141191628680903646noreply@blogger.com