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Yupper, this would be a problem for naming a government building...

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  1. brndirt1

    brndirt1 Saddle Tramp

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    The many times elected politician from Fort Wayne Indiana will likely NOT get his name posted on any building or government facility for fear of the jokes it may inspire.

    Goto:

    News from The Associated Press

    Then again, why not go with the given full name instead of the diminutive/familiar "Harry".
     
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  2. belasar

    belasar Court Jester

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    I am reading a book on obscure SS units and a chapter mentions a gentleman with the name of Fuc*er. Had to be weird to write and edit that man's name.
     
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  3. USMCPrice

    USMCPrice Idiot at Large

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    That's too funny, what were his parents thinking.
     
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  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I took care of a patient named Harry Ball, another named Claude Ball and there is a realtor around here named Dick Short.

    Let's not even talk about a distant relative, whose given name is Richard Head.
     
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  5. Carronade

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    In my area, metropolitan Philadelphia, there was a womens' school called Beaver College which changed its name about ten years ago to Arcadia University.
     
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  6. texson66

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    My friend at work recalls that Harvard refused to honor a Dr. Hore by naming a new building after him. None of the faculty wanted to have a Hore House on campus!
     
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  7. machine shop tom

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    Knew a lady one time with the name Kitty Bilbo........


    tom
     
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  8. Poppy

    Poppy grasshopper

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    I went to school with a guy whose mom's first name was Ilene. Last name Forward. True dat.
     
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  9. C.Evans

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    This is NO ship but, back in the day when I was doing dispatch delivery for Southwestern Bell Phone Company, I had to always call in to get my addresses and such to deliver to. Well, one in particular took almost an hour to get because everybody in the office was laughing so hard at this Chinese students name whom was attending Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas. The students name was and I KID you not? Long Dong Wang :lol::lol: About a month later, another similar thing happened and I had to deliver to a guy by the name of: Won Hung Low.:lol::lol::lol:
     
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  10. Poppy

    Poppy grasshopper

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    If I ever go to Vietnam, I'd like to be Hung Long. I mean, who wouldn't?
     
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  11. luketdrifter

    luketdrifter Ace

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    What I like best about this story is the fact the news story says the name about 19 times, straight faced as can be.
     
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  12. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Just heard on the the Daily Show he now has a street AND a building named after him. Good old Mid-Western voters!
     
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  13. Lady Prime

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    Better than Atomic Zagnut I suppose...
     
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  14. C.Evans

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    Or Dweezel Moon Zappa? Ohhhhhh, THAT name is aleady taken :lol::lol::lol: How's about: Moon Unit? :lol::lol:
     
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  15. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    There was a guy in my high school class named Horace House. I wouldn't have blamed him for killing his parents.
     
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  16. Poppy

    Poppy grasshopper

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    OP is the new bomb.
     
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