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Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:07 pm
by Lenny Godber
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090325/tu ... 6b408.html
Are funny surnames really in decline or have the porn stars taken them all!?
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:40 pm
by colonel
The original word that now means 'grapefruit' was gropecunt.
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:39 pm
by Arginald Valleywater
Used to work with Trevor Hardon and Wayne Wankling. Fortunately not at the same time.
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:51 pm
by Guilbert
I remember a lady called Wankling on University Challenge once years ago.
Every time she presed the buzzer for a starter question the guy would shout out "Wankling, Cambridge" (or whatever universiy it was).
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:43 pm
by colonel
I remember Ron Cocking.
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:31 am
by steve56
Christopher Lillicrap
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:34 am
by Bronson Lee
Paul Dickov & Jonny Ball........
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:19 am
by steve56
Terry Dicks!
Re: Funny surnames in decline
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:53 am
by Steve R
In the 1960s, Everton had a footballer called Mike Trebilcock, which gave us some considerable amusement.