This lie is still floating around? After all these years? Pretty sure I first heard this in 2007 but back then it was

Jan 8, 2021
11:39:25pm

Zach Morris “Be great, cause it’s good

originally from a teacher, eventually heard it an experience of a boss at a company and now this one.

Pretty impressive how long this thing has had legs.

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What is the weirdest name of a person you've ever heard?

DanSmith...BYU

1/8/21 1:10pm

Saw on the internet someone named their daughter 'Felony'.

BlueVU

1/8/21 1:11pm

a lawyer named Sue Yoo

bruincoug

1/8/21 1:12pm

Went to high school with a girl named Soo Im. I would always tell her she

O Gaucho

1/8/21 1:52pm

Venereal Thompson. My SIL talked with her when working at a call center.

Coug Eastwood

1/8/21 1:15pm

Random

Adwight

1/8/21 1:15pm

From my sister in law who is a nurse

collin7

1/8/21 1:15pm

My BIL went to school with her

LeonMarek

1/8/21 1:23pm

Your sister-in-law either has a brother named John, or reads Freakonomics

Greg Kite's 'stache

1/8/21 1:27pm

wow you guys are good haha

collin7

1/8/21 1:30pm

Abcde - Abseedee is the pronunciation.

firstclass

1/8/21 1:32pm

and the brother obcde

Chester Copperpot

1/8/21 1:36pm

You have to have another baby just to name it Elemenopee

BlooGeek

1/8/21 2:02pm

i knew one of these, she went by AB-suh-dee

Cougarclaw

1/8/21 3:16pm

Isn't this the name that got an airline agent in trouble for teasing the girl with that name? Anyone remember this in

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:09pm

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Traveshamockery

1/8/21 1:56pm

This lie is still floating around? After all these years? Pretty sure I first heard this in 2007 but back then it was

Zach Morris

1/8/21 11:39pm

Pro-Life

Martin Van Nostrand

1/8/21 1:15pm

So pronounced Prodashlife right?

FootBackwards

1/8/21 1:38pm

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Zedhead

1/8/21 1:16pm

I had a friend withe the last name of Butts & his brother named his daughter Rosey.

Real G Man

1/8/21 1:16pm

Twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello

tarzan15

1/8/21 1:18pm

I've heard of this. Urban legend or you know these people?

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:09pm

Hey are you from Virginia? The Jackson twins ran track down but in Richmond

BYU Grounds

1/9/21 6:13am

Orby Fudpucker

My4Sons

1/8/21 1:18pm

Maybe not the weirdest but the funniest,Harry Boner, the last name was French so it was pronounced differently. The kid

Nuke

1/8/21 1:18pm

Lol...cuz junior is so much better 😂

cougarim

1/8/21 1:19pm

Lol yup. Should have used Harold

Big Daddy D

1/8/21 1:20pm

Junior Boner?

Chester Copperpot

1/8/21 1:21pm

They called him peewee for short

cougarim

1/8/21 1:22pm

nomenshrinkage?

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:11pm

There was a guy at my high school named Harry Dangler.

Beest

1/8/21 6:49pm

"It's bone yay not boner!"

BYU Grounds

1/9/21 6:16am

The Southwest Airlines issue when the attendant laughed at the name abcde

cougarim

1/8/21 1:19pm

Here it is! I was just asking about this.

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:12pm

Here are a couple

Sea Chicken

1/8/21 1:20pm

A-A prounced Adaysha

Druick

1/8/21 1:21pm

Ra-a = Ra-dash-a (this is not a joke)

rivercitycoug

1/8/21 1:21pm

TNT....

Cougar TD

1/8/21 1:23pm

Sassafras Saphire Saphronia and Superstar 5 jemima (two sisters)

wisconsincougs

1/8/21 1:24pm

Glad you specified. I thought this was going to be at least 4 sisters.

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:13pm

we have a person that works for us in china named Rainbow Wang

Cougz19

1/8/21 1:25pm

Sounds like a great CB handle, but you'd never stay out of the clink

IAmSpartyCoug

1/8/21 1:33pm

Long Duk Dong

BYU Grounds

1/9/21 6:19am

MIL’a cousin: Rolla Long

tander123

1/8/21 1:28pm

I went to school with Harry Tung.

GSwarriorcoug

1/8/21 1:28pm

I know of a Harry Beaver and a Harold Balls.

Chester Copperpot

1/8/21 1:29pm

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4th and Niner

1/8/21 1:29pm

There have been about 100 of people employed with my company

Belboz

1/8/21 1:30pm

First name, Cutter.

IceCreamButt

1/8/21 1:31pm

Last name Mendenhall?

BYU Grounds

1/9/21 6:54am

Former CEO of the great supermarket chain H-E-B - Howard “Harry” Butt. Weird name, great grocery store.

Texas Hammer

1/8/21 1:31pm

So glad they went with the initials and I don't have to go to Butts every week.

Tare

1/8/21 1:35pm

Yes, “I love H-E-B” sounds much better than “I love Butts”.

Texas Hammer

1/8/21 1:39pm

Sir Mix-a-lot would like a word

Tare

1/8/21 1:47pm

BTW the Butt family still owns HEB and is one of the wealthiest families in US

Tare

1/8/21 1:42pm

And H-E-B consistently ranks as one of the top grocery stores in the country.

Texas Hammer

1/8/21 2:08pm

Ima Pigg

LBCougar

1/8/21 1:32pm

*Ima Hogg

Texas Hammer

1/8/21 1:33pm

Vendetta

Vernon Dozier

1/8/21 1:36pm

Via Getty

SD_UTE

1/8/21 1:36pm

Dick Johnson and Richard Woodcock

Greg Kite's 'stache

1/8/21 1:44pm

Reality Winner. Furthest thing from the truth.

panacablue

1/8/21 1:45pm

That's nice that she smiled for the camera though

TNT

1/8/21 1:46pm

Used to be a Bud Wiser in SG. Favorite was Crystal Bottoms who worked w/ Mom. They called her

Soupie

1/8/21 1:47pm

Peter Whacker. Kid who went to high school with my wife. I've seen the yearbook

atlcougar

1/8/21 1:48pm

you gotta take a picture of that.

Mayor of Cougartown

1/8/21 2:06pm

I misspelled the last name. There's no "h"

atlcougar

1/8/21 2:47pm

amazing.

Mayor of Cougartown

1/8/21 6:41pm

jzzlvr

YIsForBrigham

1/8/21 1:51pm

Is this a license plate you saw or an actual name?

DanSmith...BYU

1/8/21 2:19pm

CB legend.

Malathion

1/8/21 2:36pm

Abcdef Owens (1892–1953) He was the father-in law of my 4th Cousin 2x removed

Y'zMan

1/8/21 1:52pm

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Y'zMan

1/8/21 2:03pm

I had Jack Frost on my team several years ago

Tare

1/8/21 1:53pm

Penny Nichol.

O Gaucho

1/8/21 1:53pm

Taught 2 Korean boys named Urim and Thummim.

O Gaucho

1/8/21 1:54pm

I know a Korean girl named Urim. Yes, she's LDS.

Division Bell

1/8/21 1:59pm

Ima Rottencrotch

Geldir

1/8/21 1:56pm

Araya Sunshine

KingDave

1/8/21 1:57pm

LachAnne Key (pronounced Lock and Key)

Traveshamockery

1/8/21 1:57pm

Dweezle and Moonunit

Frank Castiglione

1/8/21 2:01pm

Little boy named Boy and a guy named Chick Henn.

Malathion

1/8/21 2:03pm

I also knew a girl in elementary school named Penelope Hore. Went by Penny

Frank Castiglione

1/8/21 2:03pm

Isabelle Tower

BlooGeek

1/8/21 2:04pm

Not weird, but funny: Abinadi Burns (never met him personally, but had some

Lalau

1/8/21 2:06pm

Mister (first name)

flyzag

1/8/21 2:13pm

In real life? A friend of ours cousin named their child Traeger after the grill.

CougarTailDevourer

1/8/21 2:23pm

Actually don't mind that.

Soupie

1/8/21 2:24pm

If it wasn't for the fact that they named their child after a smoker, I don't

CougarTailDevourer

1/8/21 2:28pm

Also, I had two sisters that went to my school. Their names were Amanda Gravitt

CougarTailDevourer

1/8/21 2:27pm

Sister laughed out loud 1st week in new ward when Jim Shorts was announce to say the prayer. Nice impression, Sis.

Soupie

1/8/21 3:15pm

First and last name pairing is important. Lol.

CougarTailDevourer

1/8/21 3:28pm

There is a scandnavian murder novelist that the main character is translated to

Cougz19

1/8/21 2:41pm

I first heard about Harry Hole at the restaurant-schrøder in Oslo

CBaass

1/8/21 4:57pm

Anita Hoare - a realtor during my mission.

orangepitbull

1/8/21 2:48pm

Met a woman named Joke on my mission

CougarVeteran

1/8/21 3:05pm

I know someone who just named their child “Blix”

Gerald-DeGroot

1/8/21 3:07pm

Bob Rapid Tackleberry

mcnasty

1/8/21 3:13pm

Office. And it's pronounced that way.

Adrielle

1/8/21 3:15pm

Also used to work with Dick Cook. We called him weenie roast

mcnasty

1/8/21 3:17pm

Try deposing a guy named Dick Champion. That was hard.

RalphWiggam

1/8/21 3:22pm

Loyal Pett

sethj250

1/8/21 3:28pm

Meow

Lip Gallagher

1/8/21 3:33pm

King Kwong. He was a Medical Oncologist at the NIH

EQD2

1/8/21 3:52pm

Porn Pan

IceBlueCoug

1/8/21 3:55pm

RE: Porn Pan

Cougz19

1/8/21 4:00pm

Alister McAlister (wife grew up with him), Dorcas Fife (in our ward), Joe Butts

calcio

1/8/21 4:28pm

My stake president growing up was Robert Roberts. He did go by Bob.

FootBackwards

1/8/21 5:52pm

Long Duk Dong

Adrielle

1/8/21 6:49pm

Erjola Rama. Albanian name and the "j" is pronounced like a "y".

mvtoro

1/8/21 11:20pm

Seth Pool, Fonda Melon, Rusty Bench, Summer Sweat.

IceBlue

1/8/21 11:23pm

Royal Valentine

Jeffacka

1/8/21 11:28pm

Quaelii or Utahna

conetah

1/8/21 11:43pm

Orangejello pronounced Ah Ron ja low

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