Funny Surname's

Started by The Watcher Pat, March 25, 2009, 06:50:57 PM

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ardmhachaabu

There is a woman called Nutt in Moira who has a problem with squirrels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7963370.stm
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Quote from: ardmhachaabu on March 25, 2009, 09:54:57 PM
There is a woman called Nutt in Moira who has a problem with squirrels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7963370.stm

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Woman called Nutt over-run by squirrels

A woman in Northern Ireland says her home has been over-run by grey squirrels.

Oonagh Nutt, from Moira in County Down says the animals first came into her garden from an adjoining park six years ago, but in the last 18 months they got too close for comfort.

"I thought it was lovely, I called one of them Hazel but then the next thing they'd got into the house," she said.

Mrs Nutt says the squirrels have caused serious damage: "They chewed their way through my roof in several places, they tunnel through the cavity walls, they live under the floor boards, they go to the toilet in the attic.

"Up close they are quite frightening - they look like puppy dogs with big hands, they growl and bark at you, they're vicious things. They'll go for you.

"I have a small child in the house and regularly at night the scratching and chewing and moving about will wake him up."

Mrs Nutt says she's spent thousands of pounds trying to tackle the problem.

"I've had pest control round putting poison down in the roof space and travel routes through the house. But then they died inside the cavity walls and the house is infested with flies. It's a nightmare.

"We've had squirrel catchers, traps, lights, sonar. Everything but the kitchen sink."

Mrs Nutt is unhappy with the attitude of her local council to the pest problem.

"I rang Lisburn City Council three times and have been told in short to go away. They say they're not a pest so there's nothing they can do."

Ian Woods from Grey Squirrel Control says it's an increasingly common story.

"Every year it's becoming more and more of a problem around this time of year. People really don't understand the damage they cause."

Lisburn City Council said any resident who experiences a pest problem should contact its pest control unit on (028) 9250 9417.

Has to be a piss take  :-\ :-X


Treasurer

There are Rabbittes in Clara, with an address of "The Green" !

Rois

I get a bit of abuse/teasing about my surname from those who've never heard it before, but that's happening less and less, especially in Ireland.

ziggysego

lol Never thought of that before Rois
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Rois

Ah Ziggy people pre-fix it with many alternatives - Wanda being one. 

illdecide

I used to work in an Engineering company and the wages clerk was called "Violet Black" WTF
What about the film director called "Rip Torn" and "Jaffa Pip"

I hope this doesn't sound religious discrimination but to me the protestants always seem to have the weird surnames...
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Orior

Quote from: Rois on March 26, 2009, 09:25:38 AM
Ah Ziggy people pre-fix it with many alternatives - Wanda being one. 

Wanda Fish?
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Minder

Quote from: Orior on March 26, 2009, 09:36:08 AM
Quote from: Rois on March 26, 2009, 09:25:38 AM
Ah Ziggy people pre-fix it with many alternatives - Wanda being one. 

Wanda Fish?

Is your surname "Screw" Rois?
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nifan

QuoteWhat about the film director called "Rip Torn"
Rips isnt his real name, he was class in the larry sanders show though.


Quote from: illdecide on March 26, 2009, 09:35:11 AM
I hope this doesn't sound religious discrimination but to me the protestants always seem to have the weird surnames...

There are some odd ones - I knew sidebottoms as mentioned earlier for example.

ziggysego

Quote from: Rois on March 26, 2009, 09:25:38 AM
Ah Ziggy people pre-fix it with many alternatives - Wanda being one. 

The bloody English!  :D

People think I'm dyslexic and call me Devil :(
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Quote from: nifan on March 26, 2009, 10:42:11 AM
QuoteWhat about the film director called "Rip Torn"
Rips isnt his real name, he was class in the larry sanders show though.
Quality show, he was great as the snarling Artie.

Apparently Jim Kerr from Simple Minds has a Spanish half brother and his first name is Juan
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118cmal

I personally know two Theresa Greene's (Trees are green)!

My father worked with a Mr Broomhead.

And Cox is a very common surname at home.  One of my neighbours with the unfortunate surname Cox has a nickname - Fonda

Rois

Quote from: Minder on March 26, 2009, 09:37:29 AM
Quote from: Orior on March 26, 2009, 09:36:08 AM
Quote from: Rois on March 26, 2009, 09:25:38 AM
Ah Ziggy people pre-fix it with many alternatives - Wanda being one. 

Wanda Fish?

Is your surname "Screw" Rois?

Along those lines Minder