In the rural Florida panhandle, Mr. Land Ford Jones was charged with domestic assault, and the best defense he could think of for her cuts and bruises was that, hey, she rammed her head into the refrigerator over and over, and what's a poor guy supposed to do? Northwest Florida Daily News
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It "Could" happen.
Posted by amayes614 in the WT"F"-State on 10/28 at 06:26 AM
Ever been up that'a way? You know Perry is located up there so it sure could!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/28 at 06:32 AM
"Mr. Land Ford Jones"
Another case of parents naming their kids after what they really wanted?
Another case of parents naming their kids after what they really wanted?
Posted by Steve K in Westbrook, ME on 10/28 at 07:07 AM
Expat47 - Exactly, anything could happen around the Defuniack Springs area. I am also willing to bet they are related.
Posted by amayes614 in the WT"F"-State on 10/28 at 07:38 AM
Hey, amayes... I see your home state is representin' again today!
Steve K - my sister and brother-in-law teach school. My BIL's first year teaching, he taught in the ghetto. He had a student named Clydelandryus. No lie. Dad's name was Clyde. Mom's name was Landry. And Us made her. I wish I could make that kind of crap up.
Steve K - my sister and brother-in-law teach school. My BIL's first year teaching, he taught in the ghetto. He had a student named Clydelandryus. No lie. Dad's name was Clyde. Mom's name was Landry. And Us made her. I wish I could make that kind of crap up.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 10/28 at 08:24 AM
I had a friend who's parents did that with all their kids last names. The mother never changed her name so all their kids got a combination of mom & dad rather than hyphenating. It actually worked out well.
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/28 at 08:27 AM
I would suspect that an entire blog could be made from the poor choices parents make for their kid's names. Most famous ones I've heard are
Orangejello
Lemonjello
Nosmoking
Orangejello
Lemonjello
Nosmoking
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/28 at 08:38 AM
True Stuff: I (me, personally) went to high school with kids with the following names:
Bich Fong Du
Esuk Dong (e SU)
Diarrhea Mugabe (Nigerian her parents thought it was a beautiful word)
Bich Fong Du
Esuk Dong (e SU)
Diarrhea Mugabe (Nigerian her parents thought it was a beautiful word)
Posted by amayes614 in the WT"F"-State on 10/28 at 09:00 AM
amayes614 - good god, where the hell did you go to high school?!?
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/28 at 09:29 AM
I met two kids in Katy TX:
Dusty Weathers
Stormy Weathers
And I don't think they were nicknames.
Dusty Weathers
Stormy Weathers
And I don't think they were nicknames.
Posted by baseman in New Hamphire on 10/28 at 10:17 AM
A Catholic school in TB. run by fueding sects of priests and nuns. (Jesuits, Augustinian Assumptionist and Third Order of Franciscans)
Thats my excuse for being so messed up.
Thats my excuse for being so messed up.
Posted by amayes614 in the WT"F"-State on 10/28 at 10:21 AM
in TB?
Tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis?
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/28 at 10:38 AM
High school we had a kid named Bao Thai (pronounced "Bow Tie")
Posted by Beckers in Central PA on 10/28 at 10:48 AM
In Texas, we refer to names like Stormy, Amber, Honey, Destiny (Destiny is one of the most popular names for girls in recent years) as "stripper names," since that's about the only career where such names will help you get ahead.
Diarrhea Mugabe must have one of the best cases for a name change ever.
The cruelest (on the part of naming parents) names I've heard of recently, though, were Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig Palin. Poor kids.
Diarrhea Mugabe must have one of the best cases for a name change ever.
The cruelest (on the part of naming parents) names I've heard of recently, though, were Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig Palin. Poor kids.
Posted by Big Gary in Falfurrias, Texas on 10/29 at 06:45 AM
Big Gary - Please add Candy to the list of stripper names. We use that term up here too 
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/29 at 06:48 AM
Jules, my list is by no means comprehensive. I welcome contributions to it.
I also know a girl named "Eden," but her parents are from Ethiopia. Maybe that's a common name there.
I also know a girl named "Eden," but her parents are from Ethiopia. Maybe that's a common name there.
Posted by Big Gary in Falfurrias, Texas on 10/29 at 07:02 AM
When I was a youngin' my father was in the Navy and was out to sea. Well the wife of one of his fellow shipmates was from overseas somewhere and had not lived in America too long. When she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl she did not know what to name it. While in the bathroom she saw a name scrawled on the wall. So she named her child that...the beautiful little sha-thade....only the what she actually read, and matched with spelling was an insult where someone had called someone else a "shithead". Yes, the girls name was spelled shithead
Posted by Soggy French Fry in CT on 10/29 at 09:14 AM
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