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Old 08-12-2004, 02:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Dan Theman
I wonder if some names are the results of a) parents bereft of creativity, b) parents who are sadists and enjoy watching their kids be tormented throughout their lives, or c) parents that really ARE creative and just deciding to buck convention.[/i])
Real people:

Justin Case
Rose Pillow
(they got married; her married name was Rose Pillow Case)
Rusty Gates
Rick Shaw
Happy Beaver (he changed it the day he turned 18)
Sandy Bottoms
Brown Trout
Lake Trout
Brook Trout
Rainbow Trout
Bigby Hinds
Phuc Yu Tseng (pronounced just as badly as you can imagine)
Joseph Phuc Lee (ditto)
Cole Black

and the worst of all:

Pez Dispenza
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