Techno Mechanicus. That's straight out of Warhammer 40k.

I worked with a Richard Wacker.

bonfarr said:

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I worked with a Richard Wacker.

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The leading surgeon doing vasectomies in Austin was Dr. Richard Chop but went by his nickname that the filters here will not allow. Easy to figure out, though.

bonfarr said:

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I worked with a Richard Wacker.

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there was an old farmer outside of Cross Plains named Richard Thrasher. Yes he went by Dick and did have that on his mailbox.

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Techno Mechanicus. That's straight out of Warhammer 40k.

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I approve of that one.

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No one ever believes me but I legitimately went to high school with Mike Hunt.

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I went to school with a Debbie Fuchs. The last name pronounced by her correctly rhymed with trucks. Should would constantly correct our teachers on the correct spelling.

Well, they're technically phonetic spellings for noises/sounds you use to get someone's attention or refer to them usually on the third person.

Memes ending in "ston"'are named after a real or fictional town. Weird but not that weird.

I knew an Iman Najjar. I knew a Richard Head. I knew a Crystal Dick. I knew a brother and sister named Starbuck and Athena.

I served in the military with a guy named Phouc Yu. Pronounced as you'd expect.

I have two people in my life who have named their boys, born in the past year, Rory. I asked them both about it and both of them demured, saying they always liked the name.

Yeah, whatever

I was in the Corps with a girl named Candace Barbara Machine, aka Candy Bar Machine

I k we a guy in the Air Force named Richard Haywood Cox III. Aka Dick Woody Cox. He was appropriately named.

I knew a Major Pigg. He had three sons...the three little piglets.

I lived next door to Rain Tree. Her sister's name was Meadow.

I had a teacher in High School named Harry Bull.

And I knew a Haiwhon Quach....pronounced high on quack.

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Never understood why give your kid a name no one can spell. My name is Stuart, not Stewart plus my last name has 2 T's (that anyone in Texas should know how to spell), yet I have had to correct the spelling my whole life. I had a buddy in my AF squadron named Andersen (Danish) rather than the more common Anderson. HIs son was born and he named him Bryon Geoffrey Andersen. I said, "Andy, you've cursed your kid to have to spell all three names for the rest of his life. You of anyone should know"

I saw a Steve Harvey clip many years ago. He was getting on an airplane and the attendant had a very unusual spelling of an otherwise common name on her name tag. He said, "black folks, when you bring your baby home from the hospital, type your kid's name into Google. If it says, 'did you mean...,' change it!"

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Plus the difficulty the child has in school trying to learn to spell his own name. If a kid is named QuayShavidious T'Derrolyn D'QuayQuay Jackson-WIlliams, he can't have learned to spell his name until 7th grade.

One time driving I saw one of those roadside cross shrines and the name on it was Majestic Breeden. I felt bad for laughing at someone who died, but I'm sorry that is a horse name.

Also had a guy at work named Dick Enis. Back in the 90s when they would use the intercom to try to locate someone to call an extension, I always giggled ( and still would) whenever the receptionist would call over the loudspeaker "Dick Enis, please call extension 444".

I am definitely easliy amused

I went to school with a Jack Frost. He was at least a third. My parents played bridge with his grandparents and his grandpa was also Jack Frost.

Same grade had a Hunter Stagg.

Knew someone in Brazoria County who had their first baby soon after Hurricane Alicia came through. The girl was saddled with the name Stormy Summer.

He's dead now but I knew a cattle buyer from Hamilton named Dick Keeter.

Sat through 9 graduations as a HS teacher and I saw both Bruce Dragon Lee and Harrison Potter walk the stage.

I met a man in Fort Worth named Dick Eudaly. And yes, he had a wife.

Harold (Harry) Cooter was an elderly man at church when I was a kid

Darold Ayers (went by Darry) was younger than me in high school and ended up in both male on male and male on female pornography

My home town, yeesh

Mowdy Ag said:

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No one will ever top Frank Zappa.

- Moon Unit
- Dweezil (officially Ian Donald Calvin Euclid)
- Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
- Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen

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I knew there would some way to blame Boomers for this.

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Mowdy Ag said:

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No one will ever top Frank Zappa.

- Moon Unit
- Dweezil (officially Ian Donald Calvin Euclid)
- Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
- Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen

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Elon Musk...

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Elon Musk has 14 children with four different mothers. [1]
A breakdown of his children by mother is as follows:

With First Wife, Justine Wilson [1]

• Nevada Alexander: Born in 2002, he tragically passed away from SIDS at 10 weeks old.
• Griffin and Vivian Jenna: Twins born in 2004 (Vivian filed to change her name in 2022).
• Kai, Saxon, and Damian: Triplets born in 2006. [1, 2, 3]

With Former Partner, Grimes [1]

• X A-Xii: Son born in 2020 (originally named X A-12).
• Exa Dark Siderl (Nickname "Y"): Daughter born in 2021.
• Techno Mechanicus (Nickname "Tau"): Son born around 2021. [1, 2, 3]

With Neuralink Executive, Shivon Zilis [1]

• Strider and Azure: Twins born in 2021.
• Arcadia: Daughter born in February 2024.
• Seldon Lycurgus: Son. [1, 2]

With Author, Ashley St. Clair [1]

• Romulus: Son born in 2024. [1, 2]

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And JFC...

3 kids in 2021 and 2 in 2024, all from different moms?

He needs a vasectomy.

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Not surprised he's a Warhammer 40k fan, "Tau" is a faction within that universe, which i enjoy reading about but wouldn't name my child anything from it.

Richard Blizzard and Richard Cockshott, two I have seen recently.

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There was a kid at Bryan HS named Pimptarius once. I'm not kidding.

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He's a frequent flyer on the Brazos County mugshots FB page. With that name, how could he not be??

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I learned the other day that some cousins in California named their baby Brandur. The couple across the road gave their girl another name I never heard and I cannot remember it. I see that Brandur is an Icelandic name. Do parents give their babies normal names any longer? The strange and unexpected baby name trends taking over 2026

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To answer your question: yes. To respond to your post: Why do you care?

I'm just curious. Sorry if I hurt your feelings.

Deeply and irreparably

In "The Aggieland" yearbook from the early-mid 1980's there was a "Henrietta Rottencrotch." Her picture was very near my now-wife's entry. I always figured it was a joke by the staff. Would have been 82, 83 or 84.

I have an old family name, and site unseen, assumptions are often made about my ethnicity. Several times there have been humorous reactions when decisions were made based upon those assumptions, and it was later discovered those assumptions were incorrect.

Worked with a guy named Kurt Drain. He joined the Navy right out of high school and started as a Seaman.

That made him Seaman Drain

Also know an older lady in our community named Penny Roller.

She works as a bank teller I kid you not.

My dad played football back with Gene Upshaw at Robstown. Looking through his pick, they literally had someone named Harry Guy.

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Wildmen03 said:

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No one ever believes me but I legitimately went to high school with Mike Hunt.

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I believe you. I served with a Mike Hunt.

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He was from NC....a Lumumbi indian ( feathter, not dot), great guy, good controller. Both 2Lts. In Korea.

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Mowdy Ag said:

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No one will ever top Frank Zappa.

- Moon Unit
- Dweezil (officially Ian Donald Calvin Euclid)
- Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
- Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen

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I knew there would some way to blame Boomers for this.

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Ha!

I AM one…

Dad went to high school with Sandy Land who had 2 brothers named Rocky and Baron.

Mom worked with an OBGYN named Harry Peter Froeschke.

I know a family whose patriarch is named Truman. Most or all of his sons and some of his daughters are named Tru-something. Ie, Trulea and Trumichael.

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F4GIB71 said:

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Never understood why give your kid a name no one can spell. My name is Stuart, not Stewart plus my last name has 2 T's (that anyone in Texas should know how to spell), yet I have had to correct the spelling my whole life. I had a buddy in my AF squadron named Andersen (Danish) rather than the more common Anderson. HIs son was born and he named him Bryon Geoffrey Andersen. I said, "Andy, you've cursed your kid to have to spell all three names for the rest of his life. You of anyone should know"

I saw a Steve Harvey clip many years ago. He was getting on an airplane and the attendant had a very unusual spelling of an otherwise common name on her name tag. He said, "black folks, when you bring your baby home from the hospital, type your kid's name into Google. If it says, 'did you mean...,' change it!"

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Plus the difficulty the child has in school trying to learn to spell his own name. If a kid is named QuayShavidious T'Derrolyn D'QuayQuay Jackson-WIlliams, he can't have learned to spell his name until 7th grade.

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And he'll need to sharpen his pencil 6 times to get it all written down.

At the elementary school I work at I was surprised by the number of traditional names coming back. Not a ton but there were some Kevin's and Louise's and some other old school names.