Funny or weird names of people in your high school...

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We had a Paul Gasser. Nobody ever seemed to know him, we would only read his name from time to time in the school paper.

[TK421]

1. I had a math teacher named Bruce Quier

pronounced "Queer" Quite an embarrassing first day for me, I can tell you.... I tried calling him Mr.Quier ( although I pronounced it as choir )

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2. I'll bet he never saw the end of the jokes.

[TK421]

5. No, he didn't.....and he wasn't a very nice guy ( I can understand that )

probably given all that he has been through with a name like that.....but I never had serious problems with the guy....he was just a hard-ass........whoops!










I meant that he was a bit harsh and foreboding at times is all

[AggieGal]

3. My school had a Massengill

and it was a guy.

[TK421]

10. Now THAT really sucks n/t

[asthmaticeog]

4. We had a Chris Cross.

Which constitutes some major parental cruelty, by my reckoning.

[Richard Steele]

6. Not my school, but my sweetie has...

...a commemorative mug with all the names of her graduating class,
and she went to school with "Hans Huang". That's certainly an
unusual mix of culturally-identifiable monikers!

Maybe I should RETRACT the "not my school" comment...
Now that I think about it, I know about 150 folks who went to a
rural public school alongside a fellow with the unfortunate name
of "Richard Steele", "Dick" for short.

But there's certainly NOTHING funny about that! :rofl:

[montanto]

14. Hahahaha!

:rofl:

[montanto]

17. Related subject, not school related . . .

But I knew a guy, a client, a pain in the ass, named Richard Holder and he went by Richard for obvious reasons. When I would call his I wouldn't ask for Richard, or Mr. Holder, I would always say "may I speak with dickholder please?" I hated talking to him, but I loved calling his office!

[Hand]

7. Science teacher named Philo Farnsworth.

Yes, that Philo Farnsworth, though we didn't know it at the time--just thought his name was funny. Nice guy, too--very smart and seemingly not embittered about the raw deal he got. :toast:

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13. That's amazing

[mitchum]

8. The office was always calling for Mike Hunt...next I'll show ya my rubber chicken...

:)

[suzbaby]

9. Gene Pool

He was in the class below me. Poor kid.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. I had a friend named Eena...

I learned to be very careful about greeting her with "hello" or "good morning" rather than "Hi Eena!"

[Archae]

12. We had some dandies in my school.

One guy a year younger than me was named Ziekefoose.

We had a gym teacher named Ratsack.

A teacher named Walkenhorst.

And some guy named Sauer... ;-)

[volstork]

15. Once dated a guy

named "Dick Cole"
My mom went to school with a gal named "Nancy Ann Ciancey"

[AggieGal]

16. Almost forgot about a substitue teacher

named Ms. Cummings.

[montanto]

18. Not school,

but I knew a woman named Olive Trees. And she married into that name. Can you believe it?

[MissMillie]

21. yep, I have a friend Sandie.... who took her husband's name when she married

It's Hill.

[montanto]

19. OK here's one.

I had a student last year, a girl, named Arsine (pronounced ARE-suh-nay, its Armenian). Anyway, arsine (pronounced are-seen) is a poisonous gas, related to arsenic! Most people don't know how to pronounce Armenian names the first time they see them so she got called poisonous gas quite often.

[MissMillie]

20. My son went to school with a kid named Ted Kazinsky

:shrug:

[pagerbear]

22. Mrs. Peniston

Former boss's son's teacher. (Oh, the letters I had to type to that teacher!)

[1gobluedem]

23. Kelli Kelly

Why would parents do that to their daughter?

I went to college with a Steve Gasser.