Monday, January 17, 2011

Maybe Not So Good...

"The Dundee United and Scotland footballer David Goodwillie has been charged with raping a woman at a new year house party in West Lothian."




(frivolous comments about what is after all a serious criminal offence may be deleted)

14 comments:

Edwin Greenwood said...

Apparently he's got form for bovver. I'm not surprised — people stifling a laugh every time your surname is mentioned must get to the most equable soul eventually. And I thought my former colleague John Thomas had been dealt a bad hand.

Anonymous said...

I often wonder why people with such unfortunate surnames don't change them by deed poll. I once knew someone called Ros Bangs, for instance...

Wildgoose said...

Because some of us like having unusual surnames - "Wildgoose" is my real surname.

Laban said...

I used to know a delightful girl from Yorkshire whose surname was Whalebelly.

Anonymous said...

"Goodwillie" is an unfortunate surname? You'll laugh at anything over there.

-- Richard Hertz

Brian said...

I had my hair cut in Exeter by Mr Badcock. It's a common surname in Cornwall, apparently.

Martin said...

"I had my hair cut in Exeter by Mr Badcock."

The worst one I've heard like that is Pincock.

Anonymous said...

My kids have a teacher called Hancock. I know -- it's a sufficiently common name that we don't usually think it's funny. But secondary school kids are not like the rest of the human race.

Anonymous said...

I used to know a delightful girl from Yorkshire whose surname was Whalebelly.

As I scrolled the page and these two lines appeared I was fully expecting them to be the opening of a limerick.

Alas not.

Anonymous said...

"Goodwillie" is an unfortunate surname? You'll laugh at anything over there.

-- Richard Hertz


It helps if you are on our wavelength Richard.

Anonymous said...

"'I used to know a delightful girl from Yorkshire whose surname was Whalebelly.'

As I scrolled the page and these two lines appeared I was fully expecting them to be the opening of a limerick."

I once knew a girl called Whalebelly -
We met on a trip to Clovelly.
But she was a true white rose of a lass
From her Yorkshire head to her Yorkshire toe (couldn't think of a rhyme here)-
On that you can bet your nelly.

Eddie Willers said...

Martin,
I'll see your 'Pincock' and raise a 'Treblecock' (pronounced 'Tre-bil-coh')

Anonymous said...

No one got the joke? "Richard Hertz"? Dick hurts? Get it?

Anonymous said...

No, I didnt spot it. I was too wrapped up in my own wavelength cleverness.