What’s the first thing you think of when I say “Slippery Dick”?
You don’t actually have to leave a comment telling me what you thought of. We probably don’t know each other well enough (yet) to start sharing dick stories.
I bet you weren’t thinking of the fish named Slippery Dick unless you pay attention to science & other ocean-y things like that.
I saw this in an aquarium & said out loud, “Alright, who the hell is in charge of naming shit around here?”
The description of this fish tells us that an adult may grow up to be 8 inches long. Ahem.
Was this intentional? I really hope so.
I am a fan of infusing humor into every aspect of our lives. Including names.
Here are some other names of things & people that make you stop & think if their namers were smoking drugs:
Dick Trickle (a race car driver)
Blanket (Michael Jackson’s youngest)
Urethra (a band in Indonesia that I made friends with on the internet).
Jermajesty (Jermaine Jackson’s daughter)
Ho Ho (the white monkey on that cutesy asian kid’s show)
I really love odd names. They’re amusing & different & memorable.
Take for example our Wii’s Mii names. My husband Zack named his Nutzack. And mine is Dicklickr. It’s always fun to say, “Alright, Nutzack, it’s your turn to bowl. Yay, Nutzack! You got a strike!”
I know of a cat named Wesley Snipes.
My homegirl Sarah has a dog named Patsy Cline. Patsy just had puppies. The puppies are named after characters on LOST.
One time I had a hamster named Kitty.
Anissa even has a tail-less cat named Puppy.
My husband’s mother used to call his childhood penis his “poodle.” (By the way, he doesn’t like that nickname anymore).
I’m sure there are logical explanations behind all of these but my curiosity only goes so far. And I’d rather just think that they chose them based on the amount of hilarity it would bring into the world.
We recently asked our Facebook homeys for gerbil name suggestions. Here are some of the answers:
I’m not quite sure if that Carter Harry dude was actually telling us to fuck off or if he wanted to name the gerbil “Fuck Off.”
Someone else revealed in another thread on facebook that they once had a dog named Sexy. I’ll leave that one alone.
And I knew we had chosen the perfect name for our own child when her initials turned out to be R.A.P.. Which is appropriate because she was conceived while we were listening to Snoop Dogg. True story.
What about you? Do you know anyone or anything with an atypical name? Please share so we can point & laugh at them! I mean WITH. Laugh WITH them.
About Robin Plemmons
My little boy named his cat Captain Bananapants. Sadly, she ran away when we moved.
Twitter Name: Im_Wendy
Aww, how sad! Captain Bananapants obviously didn’t appreciate your son’s fantastic sense of humor.
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
And I knew we had chosen the perfect name for our own child when her initials turned out to be R.A.P.. Which is appropriate because she was consumed while we were listening to Snoop Dogg. True story.
I really, really hope that you meant conceived and not consumed. Love your stuff, by the way!
Lmao I was thinking the same thing!!
Twitter Name: MBonn
Thanks, Renee! Yes, conceived NOT consumed. There’s a huge difference. Thanks for alerting me!
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
My last name is pronouced “hawk” we don’t have any Mikes in my family, which is tragic really because I think Mike Hawk has a certain ring to it. Of course it looks fine on paper, but when you say it out loud, hilarity ensues.
My dad and his 5 brothers came up with the ultimate name: William Ulysses Patrick Michael Hawk…Will U Pat Mike Hawk
Twitter Name: perkyerky
SHUT UP. I kinda want to go change my name to William Ulysses Patrick Michael Hawk.
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
We have a Mike Hawke at my university. He gave his son the same name….
Of course, Mike Hunt is always a classic. I’ve known at least one in real life.
Twitter Name: betadad
I know a guy named Wayne Kerr.
We had a fish we called Col. Fuckface. Don’t ask me why. There is no why.
Twitter Name: CaryMcNeal
I thought the iPad was possibly the dumbest naming thing ever. Clearly named by a bunch of GUYS.
Used to know a Dick Berne and a Mike Hunt. They could have at least been Richard and Michael. But no.
I also went to school with sisters named Tuesday, Wednesday, Tomorrow, and Yesterday. Those aren’t so much funny but kind of cool.
And then my husband went to school with Rivelis Glasgow, which sounds like a minor character in Harry Potter or something.
Twitter Name: phetched
How about Mariah Cary’s baby’s name: Moroccan. Nice.
Twitter Name: betadad
Julia Roberts.
Need I say more?
Twitter Name: juliaroberts1
My kids–like most two year olds–have trouble with consonant blends, so crocs become cocks, and clocks become cocks, and, inexplicably, a rock concert became a cock roncert. . . or maybe they just like chickens?
Twitter Name: lickthefridge
My mother was born in Holland. She and her sisters have Dutch names that are English names with ~tje at the end. I think it’s a dimminuitive thing, like calling Jim Jimmy. Our childhood dog was named our dog Freddetje, because we liked to make fun of our mom. The dog was also female, so it was a female dog named Fred.
I *did* have two gerbils as a teenager. They were named Gumby and Pokey. My mom “accidentally” sucked Pokey up with the central vac. I think she was just bitter about us naming the dog Freddetje.
When I was in my early 20s, I wanted a cat. My brother in law was allergic to cats, so I got a fish instead but named it Kitty.
A few months later my hubby and I decided to get a cat anyways because we’re assholes like that. We named the cat Fish.
Twitter Name: aimeewhitbread
Wesley Snipes the Cat? You’ve got a bear trap memory there, Rawbin. Niiiice. You maka me laugh, you maka me love.
My old school superintendent was Harry Pitt. Some friends of my parents had a dog named “Shithead.” Other than that, I’ve got nothin’
Twitter Name: MamaKaren
I worked with a girl called Titiporn. No, not that kind of establishment! She is Thai and asfix porn means gift of God( so I was told) What I thought was funny is that she ended up marrying an Englishman with a very regal last name. Titiporn Winchester or something.
Twitter Name: NorthWestMommy
And of course my spell check disagrees with the word affix and changes it to asfix. Because there was not x rated words in that comment!
Twitter Name: NorthWestMommy
My cousin’s middle name is his mother’s maiden name. Once he hit middle school he thought it HILARIOUS to talk to his father, Richard, as if they had done the same thing…
Dick Head.
Decades later, we still call Uncle Dick, Uncle Dick Head.
And he responds.
Twitter Name: LoLately
Hahaha. My dad has a friend named Richard Dicker. Not even Frank Zappa would pull that shit.
Twitter Name: sassycurmudgeon
As a receptionist years ago, I frequently had to pass along calls from one Dick Hunt. He was always Mr. Hunt to me.
WELLLL, one of the pharmacists in our town is named Harry Gong. I swear I can take a pic of the sign with his name on it at CVS. And a had a friend growing up whose dad was named Richard Dick. Well you know that Dick is a nickname for Richard? So yeah, DICK DICK. The other parents referred to him as Double Dick. Which really makes it sound like I was raised by some white trash folks, but I didn’t learn about Double Dick til I wa a little bit older. Like 10. Cuz that is way more classy.
Twitter Name: robinobryant
I once meet a man in Knoxville, TN named Nosmo. His last name was King.
Apparently, his mother saw “Nosmo” on one door and her last name “King” on the other as they wheeled her into the labor room . . . some things are just meant to be.
Yes, I’m late to the party.. sorry.
I went to school with brothers named Bay (yes, that was his first name) and Stormy.
A friend of mine had a hamster missing a leg, they named it Yardstick (get it… 3 feet??)
I have heard of several dogs named Deogie (D-O-G)
My ex husband’s best friend named his cat Spot. (it was striped)
Is that enough???
Twitter Name: msbatman
Love freaky names! OK, here’s my 2 cents:
I worked with a guy named Randy Stickrod.
A friends cat, of course it was black, named “Toner”.
:-)
This has nothing to do with gerbils. I want a dog and name him “Stains”. That way when I’m taking him for a walk I can yell, “Come Stains!!!”