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Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 16:13, 21st January 2003:
 
Just off the phone to a customer and her name was......

Anita Myfanny

No way! I could hardly speak to her without laughing...slightly childish i know, but stil funny.
Posted by Sul, 16:16, 21st January 2003:
 
OMG, I've spoken to a Carol Mycock.
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:18, 21st January 2003:
 
I know an "Isaac Cox"










(Actually, no I don't. Just made that up.)
Posted by chandler, 16:18, 21st January 2003:
 
:D
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 16:20, 21st January 2003:
 
just looked on the works database and there is a guy called Simon Mycock, wonder is he is related to Carol Mycock?
Posted by Rosie, 16:22, 21st January 2003:
 
I spoke to a guy called Mr Woodcock today. It is a bit babyish but i couldn't call him by his name, so referred to him as "Sir" throughout the conversation.
Posted by izb, 16:24, 21st January 2003:
 
At primary school, the school nurse was called Anne Savage. She signed letters A. Savage, nurse.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:25, 21st January 2003:
 
Randy Bender?
Posted by Grim..., 18:13, 21st January 2003:
 
I know a guy called Albert Square.
And my mum works with a guy called Everard Cox.
Posted by angel_mouse, 21:26, 21st January 2003:
 
i had a teacher called Mr Woodcock.
and a woman called Mrs Pollocks taught me clarinet, you had to say it just right to annoy her.
i know a couple of Pratts too.
Posted by cal, 21:51, 21st January 2003:
 
there was a mr pratt ay my school. and a mr p. niece
Posted by November Eclectica, 21:58, 21st January 2003:
 
Someone I work with name is Richard Peck.
Posted by Redmaiden, 22:09, 21st January 2003:
 
My dad got an e-mail off Mina Panic, he deleted it thinking it was some dodgy new virus. She e-mailed him back a couple of weeks later asking why she hadn't heard off him regarding the business they needed to conduct :-D
Posted by wobbie, 09:31, 22nd January 2003:
 
when i was younger i did a paperround for a guy called Mr R. Saul.

t'was very appropriate!
Posted by Victor Menendez, 09:49, 22nd January 2003:
 
My mate richard smith's dad is called john, he says it is particularly annoying when you get pulled over by the police.
"Whats your name sir?"
"John Smith"
"Ho Ho very funny sir, now whats your name?"
Posted by Grim..., 10:14, 22nd January 2003:
 
Oh yeah. Our school bus company was owned by Robert Soul.
Our buses used to have R Souls written down them.
Fortunatly, they're just 'Souls' now.

And, when speaking to the police, my friend Charlotte Pigg must get loads of hassle...
Posted by MonkeyArmada, 13:29, 22nd January 2003:
 
I had a headteacher called chris hunt, his sig. was C Hunt. which can be funny. Oh yeah my surname is Loynes.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 13:49, 22nd January 2003:
 
MonkeyArmada Loynes, that IS funny!
Posted by ilovebeerme, 14:16, 22nd January 2003:
 
I temped at Scottish widows for a while and there was, I swear, a Mr Funkyboogaloo with a pension there. Must have changed it for a bet. Twat.

Found a boarding pass stub for a Mr R. Smellie once. Poor sod.

And my mate knows a guy whos parents officially named him Hedgehog.
Posted by Emperor, 16:53, 22nd January 2003:
 
There is a Doctor Richard Head at Liverpool John Moores Uni and he asks people to call him Dick (not Richard, Rich, Richie, Barbara).

A friend at an insurance firm dealt with a Mr Elvis Presely (an Elvis impersontaor who'd changed his name), Judge Jospeh Dredd (a saddo who'd changed his name) and a Lai Mi Wright (a girl from Hong Kong).
Posted by Uncle Moc, 09:53, 23rd January 2003:
 
Yeah, my old boss was called Joey Santiago!!
Posted by arsepuppy, 10:04, 23rd January 2003:
 
cool
Posted by Grim..., 10:25, 23rd January 2003:
 
We had a school teacher called David Lister.
Posted by chandler, 10:27, 23rd January 2003:
 
wow
Posted by Sul, 10:27, 23rd January 2003:
 
So did we... wonder if he was the same bloke?
Posted by cal, 12:12, 23rd January 2003:
 
So did i - but i did go to school with grim. (i'd completely forgotten about him)