Worst Bad Names

I started laughing during a meeting when I read John Tierny’s Worst Bad Names Contest on the NYTimes. He collected people who had names based upon puns or just unfortunate coincidences. My favorites are “Unnamed Jones” (pronounced you-NAH-med), “Justin Credible”, and:

…a girl whose father was an auto mechanic but somehow didn’t realize he was effectively giving her the name of a tire: Michele Lynn

On an unrelated note, the Daily Show had a segment last week that I found quite entertaining. You’ll only like it if you’re amused by potty humor and/or Monty Python, but here it is:

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The first couple of minutes are slow, but when John Oliver starts naming “Britain’s fallen”, it’s really good. It was later revealed in the show that the names had been changed since the last rehearsal, hence Jon Stewart’s inability to control himself. John Oliver’s delivery is excellent, though.