Originally Posted by wear thefoxhat:
“German show jumper Michael Fuchs, hmmmm indeed. British commentators always pronounce it 'Fooks'.”
Which leads us nicely onto baseball card legend Rusty Kuntz - yes, really, you can look him up (carefully...)
Originally Posted by SillyBoyBlue:
“I also used to know a Mike Hunt, must be fairly common.
There was that webpage for some American high school yearbook thing from 1993 that was doing the internet rounds about 14 years ago; sadly it's no longer accessible. It did contain the rather sexily named Demetrius Breedlove.
It also contained the unfortunately named Ginger Minge.
Who later got married and became Ginger Box...”
Yearbooks are a ffertile source for this sort of thing, from the infamous Jesus Condom to a white boy named Rowdy Negro (yearbook quote: "Yes, it's my real name"). Not that teachers have it any easier - I've also seen shots of classes apparently taught by a Mr Perv and a Mrs Rape...