Best names in the media

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I'll start with Damian Grammaticus - any other gold ones?
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Of course there's always Old Blue Jamie Coomarasamy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters ... asamy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Coomarasamy

I always thought of him as "Jamie" even when he was going through the phase of being a professional "James". (Like I never think of Charlie Hazlewood as "Charles")
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Edward Woodward.

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Eruresto wrote:I'll start with Damian Grammaticus - any other gold ones?
When I first heard his name I thought he must have made it up.
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Just waiting for Marty's nomination (FB maybe).
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AKAP wrote:Just waiting for Marty's nomination (FB maybe).
AKAP, it's best name, not best bottom. :D
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Kofe Annan came out more often as Coffee

At school there was a guy in Ma A called Nick Sex and another called Love. It was said that Shippen once asked for Sex and Love to come to his study!!!???
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Found in the Financial Times:
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I think we'll have to go a long way before anything trumps these guys:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... state.html
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CHAZ wrote:Kofe Annan came out more often as Coffee

At school there was a guy in Ma A called Nick Sex and another called Love. It was said that Shippen once asked for Sex and Love to come to his study!!!???
There was also a Nicholas (Nick) King and his sister Joanna (Jo) King in the 80s!

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How about Bamber Gascoigne --- Great presenter of University Challenge --- until succeded by that Patronising *********
Who has, of course, all the answers in front of him !
"You mean you don't know it was Saint Improbable of the 3rd Century -- common knowledge !"
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:How about Bamber Gascoigne --- Great presenter of University Challenge --- until succeded by that Patronising *********
Who has, of course, all the answers in front of him !
"You mean you don't know it was Saint Improbable of the 3rd Century -- common knowledge !"
Always referred to by me as......... 'Blowna Gasket' !
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J.R. wrote:
NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:How about Bamber Gascoigne --- Great presenter of University Challenge --- until succeded by that Patronising *********
Who has, of course, all the answers in front of him !
"You mean you don't know it was Saint Improbable of the 3rd Century -- common knowledge !"
Always referred to by me as......... 'Blowna Gasket' !

Or "Amber Grassgroin" in our house.
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