Dr. Sanjay Gupta He’s the medical reporter for CNN and works with Robin Meade alot on Headline News. I think she likes to say his name because she never calls him Dr. Gupta, it’s always Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Englebert Humperdink
Harry Barker (for my dogs) Forget Mr. Barky Von Schnauzer
Countess Louisa Von Astorbitch
Yvan Cournoyer Prounounced E-von Corn-Y-ay. A legendary hockey player when I was growing up. I can still hear the radio announcer: Goal by EEEEEEEE von Corn y aaaaaaayyyyyy.
HA! I am SO proud to be a Crumpacker. When I first met my husband (he was my boss at a temp job) I thought it was so funny I could hardly say it. His friends call him Crampecker, Fudgepacker, Rump Packer, etc. Whenever I call up to make restaurant reservations, I always use our last name instead of a first name. I once called a place to confirm a reservation for a dinner/concert I had made months earlier, and when I gave our name, she said “Oh, I remember YOU!”
@futsal: oh yeah, all those names! @Kirk: Real people with names who have names that can be suggestive have it tough. Like Crumpacker! @Gretchen: I’ll remember Harry Paratestes… SIL will love it!
LOL – great! all the variations!
HA! I am SO proud to be a Crumpacker. When I first met my husband (he was my boss at a temp job) I thought it was so funny I could hardly say it. His friends call him Crampecker, Fudgepacker, Rump Packer, etc. Whenever I call up to make restaurant reservations, I always use our last name instead of a first name. I once called a place to confirm a reservation for a dinner/concert I had made months earlier, and when I gave our name, she said “Oh, I remember YOU!”
@futsal: oh yeah, all those names!
@Kirk: Real people with names who have names that can be suggestive have it tough. Like Crumpacker!
@Gretchen: I’ll remember Harry Paratestes… SIL will love it!
Oh! Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. You sort of gargle the “kh”. It is SO fun to say.
Radio host Jonathan Brandmeier once called up a Greek restaurant on April Fool’s Day and asked them to page “Harry Paratestes”. That was pretty good.
Chris Dingledine
Charlie Gluck
Petty Officers Seaman and Sailor (just for the record).
All real.
You missed Mike Hunt and Mike Hawk.