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    There really is an unfortunately named US Senator Dick Swett!

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    Yep. Unfortunate alright. You have to wonder who really thinks about kid's names before Registering their names.


    I never know whether Smeg Appliances are ridgy dij or abbreviated from Smegma.

    Would put me right off buying anything with that name spread across the Appliance Lineup in a kitchen.

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    I had a school friend whose surname stated with "W". You would think his parents should have thought before naming him "James Alfred". But wait! His younger sister was named "Jennifer Elizabeth". And neither parent had noticed until my mother pointed it out after we had become friends in high school.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    I had a school friend whose surname stated with "W". You would think his parents should have thought before naming him "James Alfred". But wait! His younger sister was named "Jennifer Elizabeth". And neither parent had noticed until my mother pointed it out after we had become friends in high school.
    Qld. Main roads some years ago issued new plates beginning GOY and JEW. No-one noticed or cared until some busy body bunged on about racism. Then the dept. decided to recall the offensive plates and found that many plate holders liked them and refused to bring them in. Surrender was made compulsory with a fine for non-compliance.

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    Marvelous! They unthinkingly instigate that system, probably at great expense, & then fine you if the plates aren't returned.

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    I once made a delivery to a Germanic fellow named Laudfagt, I don't recall the exact spelling. His pronunciation differed significantly from my phonetic plus faux German accented interpretation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Crap? Try "
    a blue whale was capable of producing up to 200 litres of excrement with each bowel movement"


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    That explains rising sea levels. I should link your post, in the climate change thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Crap? Try "
    a blue whale was capable of producing up to 200 litres of excrement with each bowel movement"


    Blue whale, world's largest animal, caught on camera having a poo - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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    I can see it coming, the next David Attenborough doco, "Crill to Crap.'
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Yep. Unfortunate alright. You have to wonder who really thinks about kid's names before Registering their names.


    I never know whether Smeg Appliances are ridgy dij or abbreviated from Smegma.

    Would put me right off buying anything with that name spread across the Appliance Lineup in a kitchen.
    Cheers Des, that fairly put me off me bacon, eggs and fried slice.
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    Cheers Des, that fairly put me off me bacon, eggs and fried slice.


    That'll be a first for you then. But only if you are sitting at the kitchen table looking at your cupboard lineup, shirley.

    I know I know, don't call me shirley.

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