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09 February 2011
Oh dear. So I'm back working at the photo place and I run across the worst name on record.→[More:]
Surname: Dickle
Firstname: Tess
There's no way that's not deliberate, right? Does it count as child abuse??
Not quite the worst. I am still regretting not taking a photo of a shingle which hung...briefly...outside a dental office in the 'hood (she later edited it by
including her middle initial, "C," which destroyed the
initial impact) Anyway, the dentist's name:
I ran into a 4th grade teacher named Van Vlungas once. I thought, man, couldn't you have picked a different career? Why would you pick the one field where you are going to be called Mr. Fungus for the rest of your working life? Masochism incarnate.
One guy in my fraternity had a first name-middle name combo of Richard Justin. Luckily he had a bawdy sense of humor and didn't mind being called "Dick Just-In".
I just can't help feeling, though, that this little girl is in for a world of hurt. She's just starting school this year according to her class info. I'm just looking down all the years ahead of her and wondering why the FUCK her parents would do this to her. Character forming? I'm laughing at the name, but it's actually really depressing me.
Time to become a hermit somewhere up a mountain, I think...
You know, my dad was a psychiatrist. I still remember one poor patient of his, who was named Sandy Clause. He said that Sandy's parents reportedly were still delighted with their own humor long after Sandy had grown up into a thoroughly screwed up adult. My Dad, who sorta specialized in helping young adults with dreadful parents, was able to assist, but it would have been nice if Sandy hadn't had to start with the name handicap.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
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