Wednesday, 9 May 2007

eBay Broken!

It's always funny when large internet companies such as Google and the like make blunders on their sites. One that springs to mind is when someone at Google accidentally deleted the official Google blog from blogger.com, (requiring and address to change from http://google.blogspot.com) which an astute member of the public claimed while it was free.

The latest slip up from eBay happened today when they have obviously made changes to the site, be it to increase user security or whatever, it doesn't matter. At the moment the site is unusable to Mac users, with the site asking if you wish to download the eBay isapi dll when trying to log in...!

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Funny Names

I came across a page on the internet the other day that had a list of funny names, some of which are real people. I thought I would add to this list myself, with a few more from personal experience, and some more info for the existing ones.


  • Adam Baum (Atom Bomb)
    Adam Zapel (Adam's Apple)
    Al Bino (Albino)
    Al Dente (All done)
    Al Fresco (Outdoor dining?)
    Al K. Seltzer (brand of heart burn medicine)
    Alf A. Romeo (make of car)
    Amanda Lay (real person)
    Amanda Lynn (a mandolin)
    Amber Green
    Anita Bath, Anita Bohn, Anita Friske, Anita Knapp, Anita Lay, Anita Mann, Anita Mandalay
    Anna Prentice (an apprentice)
    Anna Recksiek (anorexic) Anna Sasin
    Anne Teak
    Annie Howe, Annie Matter
    April May (a real person I knew in high school)
    April Schauer (real person)
    Aretha Holly
    Armand Hammer
    Art Major, Art Painter, Art Sellers
    B.A. Ware
    Barb Dwyer
    Barbara Seville
    Barry Cade
    Beau Archer, Beau Tye
    Ben Dover, Ben Down, Eileen Dover, Skip Dover
    Ben Marcata (a musical term)
    Bess Eaton (donut shop chain)
    Biff Wellington
    Bill Ding
    Bill Foldes
    Bill Loney
    Billy Rubin
    Bob Apple
    Bob Katz, Tom Katz
    Bonnie Ann Clyde
    Brad Hammer (carpenter joke)
    Brandon Cattell
    Brighton Early
    Brock Lee
    Brooke Trout
    Bud Light
    Bud Wieser (real college math teacher)
    Buster Cherry, Buster Hyman
    C. Good (alledgedly a real eye doctor)
    C. Senor
    Candace Spencer (can dispenser)
    Candy Barr, Candy Baskett, Candy Kane, Candy Sweet
    Cara Sterio (alleged real person)
    Carrie Dababi ("carry the baby" - Dababi is an Egyptian name)
    Carrie Oakey
    Casey Macy
    Cheri Pitts, Harry Pitts
    Chris Coe
    Chris Cross
    Chris P. Bacon
    Chuck U. Farley
    Chuck Waggon
    Claire Annette
    Constance Noring
    Count Dunn, Count Orff
    Coyne Flatt (real person)
    Craven Moorehead
    Crystal Ball
    Crystal Claire Waters
    Crystal Snow
    D. Liver
    Dan D. Lyons
    Dan Druff
    Dan Saul Knight
    Darren Deeds
    Dick Bender (real sports person)
    Dick Burns
    Dick Bush (real person)
    Dick Finder (real name of a urologist)
    Dick Head
    Dick Hertz
    Dick Hunter (my junior high principal - really!)
    Dick Mussell
    Dick Pole (real major league baseball player)
    Dick Rasch (real person)
    Dick Tator
    Dick Trickle (real person, a NASCAR driver)
    Dilbert Pickles
    Dinah Soares
    Dixon, Cox, and Peters (law firm)
    Don KeyDonny Brook
    Doris Schutt (Doris Open...)
    Doug Graves
    Doug Witherspoon
    Douglas Furr
    Dr. Harry C. Beaver (real OB/GYN, retired now, see HERE)
    Dr. Bender (Chiropracter)
    Dr. Butcher
    Dr. DeKay, DDSDr. & Dr. Doctor (real married doctors from Norwalk, CT)
    Dr. E. Ville
    Dr. Gass (allegedly a real anesthesiologist)
    Dr. Gutstein
    Dr. Hanus
    Dr. Hurt (real pediatrician in Saginaw, MI)
    Dr. Hymen
    Dr. Kauff
    Dr. Look (real opthalmologist in Hawaii)
    Dr. Looney - a psychiatrist of course!
    Dr. Payne (plastic surgeon in Sandusky, OH)
    Dr. Pullham
    Dr. Surgeon (another real doctor from Stamford, CT)
    Drew Peacock
    Duane Pipe
    Dusty Rhodes
    Dusty Sandmann (real person, submitted by his dad Roger Sandmann)
    Edna May (or may not)
    Earl E. Bird
    Earl Lee Riser
    Easton West
    Eaton Wright and Liv Good
    Ella Vader
    Eric Shinn
    Estelle Hertz (it still hurts)
    Evan Keel
    Faith Christian
    Fanny O'Rear
    Ferris Wheeler
    Ford Parker
    Forrest Green
    Dr. Frank Bonebreak (real doctor)
    Gae Hooker (allegedly real surgical prep nurse)
    Gaye Jolly
    Gail Storm
    Gene Poole
    Geoff L. Tavish (Gefilte fish)
    Gil Fish
    Ginger Rayl, Ginger Vitus
    Gladys C. Hughes (glad to see you)
    Hamilton Burger (Ham Burger, character on the old Perry Mason TV series)
    Harry Armand Bach, Harry Balls
    Harry Caray (famous sports announcer)
    Harry Hooker
    Harry Cox, Harry Johnson, Harry P. Ness, Harry Peters
    Harry Rump (a real plumber from Freemont, Maine!)
    Harry R. M. Pitts
    Hazle Nutt
    Heidi Clare
    Helen Waite (credit manager - if you want credit go to Helen Waite)
    Holly McRell
    Holly Day, Holly Wood
    Hugh Jass
    Hugh Jorgan
    Hugh Morris (a "humorous" name, thanks to Shaun Oriold)
    Hy Ball
    Hy Lowe, Bea Lowe
    Hy Marx (scholar)
    I.D. Clair
    I.M. Boring
    I.P. Freely, I.P. Daly
    Ileane Wright, Ilene South (West, East...)
    Ima Hogg (a real person, daughter of a Texas governor)
    Iona Ford
    Iona Frisbee (alledgedly a real person)
    Ivan Oder
    Ivana Mandic (a real basketball player)
    Jack Goff (my uncle - no kidding!)
    Jack Hammer
    Jack Tupp (the perfect name for a car mechanic)
    Jay Walker
    Jean Poole
    Jenny Tull
    Jim Laucher (gym locker)
    Jim Shu, Jim Sox
    Jo King
    Joe Kerr (joker)
    Jordan Rivers
    Joy Kil
    Joy Rider
    June Bugg
    Justin Case, Justin Hale, Justin Inch, Justin Time, Justin Miles North (just ten miles north)Kandi Apple
    Kelly Green
    Kenny Penny
    Kerry Oki
    King Queene
    Lake Speed (a real person, NASCAR race car driver)
    Lance Boyle, Lance Butts
    Laura Lynne Hardy
    Laura Norder (law and order)
    Leigh King (leaking)
    Levon Coates
    Les Moore
    Lisa Carr
    Lisa May Boyle, Lisa May Dye
    Lois Price (bargain shopper) and her husband Hy Price
    Lou Pole
    Lou Zar (loser)
    Luke Warm
    Lynn C. Doyle
    Lynn O. Liam
    M. Balmer
    Marlon Fisher
    Marsha Dimes (march of dimes)
    Marsha Mellow
    Marty Graw
    Mary Annette Woodin
    Mary Christmas
    Matt Tress
    Maude L.T. Ford
    Max Little
    Max Power
    May Day
    May Furst
    Mel Loewe
    Melba Crisp (real person who emailed me)
    Melody Music
    Mia Hamm (a real person)
    Mike Easter
    Mike Hunt
    Mike Raffone
    Mike Rotch
    Mike Stand (a real person)
    Mike Sweeney (sounds as Mike's weenie), famous baseball player
    Minny van Gogh
    Mister Bates
    Misty Waters (a real person)
    Misty C. Shore (a real person), Rocky Shore, Sandy C. Shore (another real person)
    Mo Lestor
    Molly Kuehl
    Mona Lott
    Monica Monica (real person)
    Morey Bund
    Muddy Waters (famous blues singer, though probably not his real name)
    Myles Long
    Nancy Ann Cianci (real person, wife of Providence, RI mayor Buddy Cianci)
    Nat Sass
    Neil Down
    Neil McNeil (submitted by his cousin)
    Noah Riddle, Noah Lott
    Norma Leigh Lucid
    Olive Yew
    Oliver Sutton (all of a sudden)
    Ophelia Payne
    Oren Jellow
    Otto Graf
    P. Ness
    P. Brain
    Paige Turner
    Park A. Studebaker
    Pat Downe (a real person)
    Pat McCann
    Pearl E. Gates, Pearl E. White
    Penny Dollar (real person)
    Penny Lane
    Penny Nichols
    Penny Wise
    Pepe Roni
    Pete Moss and his son Forest
    Peter Johnson (a real announcer on public radio)
    Dick Johnson (Auustralian V8 race car driver)
    Peter Peed
    Phil Graves (cemetery employee)
    Phil Rupp
    Pierce Deere
    Pierce Hart
    Polly Ester
    Post, Mark
    Price Wright (another real person)
    Priti Manek ("pretty manic", real doctor in Houston, TX)
    R. M. Pitt
    R. Sitch
    R. Slicker
    Randy Guy
    Randy Lover
    Ray Zenz (raisins)
    Rob Banks
    Rex Easley (reportedly a real traffic safety teacher at Kamiakin High, Kennewick, WA)
    Rhoda Booke, Rita Booke
    Richard Bush
    Richard P. Cox (real person)
    Richard Chopp (real Urologist in Austin, TX, does vasectomies)
    Rick O'Shea
    Rick Shaw
    Rip Torn
    Robin Andis Merryman
    Robin Banks, Robin Money, U. O. Money
    Robin Feathers
    Robert and Reginald Soles (allegedly real brothers: R. Soles)
    Rock Pounder, Rock Bottoms
    Rocky Beach, Sandy Beach
    Rod N. Reel
    Roman Holiday
    Rose Bush
    Royal Payne
    Russell Leeves
    Rusty Blades, Rusty Carr, Rusty Dorr, Rusty Fender, Rusty Irons, Rusty Nail, Rusty Pipes, Rusty Steele
    Sally Forth
    Sam Manilla
    Sandy Banks, Sandy Beech, Sandy Brown, Sandy Spring
    Seth Poole (poor guy has a lisp)
    Seymour Butz
    Seymour Wiener (should be a urologist)
    Shanda Lear (daughter of Bill Lear, inventor of the Lear jet)
    Sharon Needles
    Sheila Blige
    Skip Roper, Skip Stone
    Sonny Day
    Sno White (real person)
    Stanley Cupp
    Dr. Steven Sumey (Dr. sue me, real person in Fairmont, MN)
    Sue Flay
    Sue Yu, Sue Jeu
    Summer Camp (allegedly a real person)
    Summer Day
    Summer Greene
    Sy Burnette
    Tad Pohl
    Tanya Hyde
    Tarre Beach
    *Terry Achey (real name)
    Tess Steckle
    Therese R. Green
    Thomas Richard Harry
    Tim Burr
    Tom A. Toe
    Tom Katt
    Tom Morrow
    Tommy Hawk
    Trina Woods, Trina Forest (tree in the woods, tree in a forest)
    Ty Coon, Ty Knotts
    Virginia Beach
    Walter Melon
    Wanda Rinn
    Wanna Hickey
    Warren Peace
    Warren T.
    Will Power
    Will Race (real person who told me he races cars and on foot)
    Will Wynn (Mayor of Austin, Texas)
    Willie B. Hardigan
    Willie Leak (or won't he)
    Willie Stroker
    Winsom Cash, Owen Cash
    Woody Forrest
    X. Benedict