Worked at Barclays where the top boss on the Investment Bank side was Rich Ricci!
Most of my time there was in the Professional Services Team where we looked after the top global law firms & The Lord Chief Justice for a time was Judge (Igor) Judge.
I was a juror on a three week case at the Old Bailey where Judge Judge presided.
I thought he was an excellent judge, his summing up, his guidance to us jurors in a complex case and the eventual sentencing were all bang on the money in my book. I've been summoned for jury service three times and he was the stand out judge by a mile.
At the old GLC on the South Bank back in the early seventies the Head Archivist and his assistant were called Mr Neat and Mr. Tidy.
Not exactly the same but when I was at Uni we had a lad in my year who came from Ware. I never got tired of asking him where he came from and the ensuing round and round Q & A. Fair play to him for not eventually getting the hump. Little things please little minds I suppose.
friend has an uncle called "Paul Meacock" which never stopped being funny.
I remember reading about a couple naming their baby Drew with the surname Peacock.
This is getting away from the thread, but we had a lad called Chris Peacock who worked for us. He was always known as Chrispy. That tickled a few of the newer staff when he was introduced and one of the girls couldn’t stop laughing/crying when I told he he had a brother called Drew 🤷🏻♂️😂
I taught one boy with the surname Nurse who became a …nurse and a lad called Constable whose father was a constable.
East Riding council used to have a Mr Skidmore who was in charge of road gritting and snow clearance. Unfortunately he was later moved on to a much less suitable job.
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I thought he was an excellent judge, his summing up, his guidance to us jurors in a complex case and the eventual sentencing were all bang on the money in my book. I've been summoned for jury service three times and he was the stand out judge by a mile.
Not exactly the same but when I was at Uni we had a lad in my year who came from Ware. I never got tired of asking him where he came from and the ensuing round and round Q & A. Fair play to him for not eventually getting the hump. Little things please little minds I suppose.
For the record though, James Cleverly is living proof that nominative determinism doesn't work.
My hairdresser in Tranquil Vale, Blackheath was Hacker Junior.
Or do I mean irony?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398168-pepper-x-the-world-has-a-new-hottest-chilli/
Simply found to be a bully and an indecent exposer, hence the Bone/Boner link.
I think I got away with calling him a ‘Tory’ though.