Ormond Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 To start a thread on a lighter note, I just got this notice about the selection of a new President for my undergraduate Alma Mater, Duke University: http://app.bronto.com/public/viewmessage/html/47/kngxsoduzb1dsm3utquj42s6ae78j There is no way someone my age can hear or see "Vincent Price" and not immediately have a picture of a certain deceased film actor active in horror movies pop into our heads. I suppose the living Mr. Price has an advantage in some ways by having a name that's so memorable -- but he also must have had days where silly jokes about it have become very tiresome. I certainly wish him well as Duke's new President. Do any of you have any anecdotes about friends and acquaintance whose name is the same as that of a famous person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Well, Michael Jordan teaches jazz at a local high school and frequently buys tickets from me for his students to attend jazz concerts. Walter Cronkite was a student here. He turned out to be Walter Conkite IV, named after this grandfather, yes, I asked! Turns out that Walt wrote a book about his grandfather with his history professor here. (and I bought Isserman's house a few years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 We had a waiter that worked for us named Kevin Dillon. I remember in junior high, during home ec we sat at assigned tables that were 4 students each. One boy at my table was always trying to get a date with this one girl and she clearly wasn't interested. She kept saying she had a boyfriend that went to a different school. He asked her what was her boyfriend's name and when she gave it, I thought it sounded like I heard that name before. It was Freddy Krueger. At that point I had only seen one of the Elm Street movies and still kind of avoided most horror movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 My grandfather was named Andrew Jackson, from CT, not the former president It's (sort of) funny, one of my cousins who has had a severe stroke actually thought they were the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 One of the IT guys at work is John Kennedy. We have not yet discovered if his middle initial is F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 John Connor is leading the resistance as a partner at a small law firm where I retained services. Though, judging from the giggle and the furtive shushing I got from my lawyer at the slogan suggestion of "Come with me if you want to sue!", Terminator references are neither rare or appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 That reminds me, we had both a John O'Connor and a Sarah Connors at one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Not exactly the same, but I have a friend named Calvin Hobbes [Blank]. whenever I feel beaten down by the world and humanity, I think about the fact there are people like his parents who actually exist, and feel better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli Fury Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 My great grandfather's first name was Christ. Also the governor of ND has the same name (Jack Dalrymple) as a guy from a few of my favorite punk bands (One Man Army, Dead to Me, Toyguitar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 One of my clients is Ed McMahon...but not that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mlle. Zabzie said: One of my clients is Ed McMahon...but not that one. YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I know a guy called Rick Ross, in the Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Apparently all of my HS friends from the year behind me were friends with a guy who transferred in after I graduated, so for years now I've been getting FB prompts asking if I know Elliot Gould. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reny of Storms End Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I know two Michael Meyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I've never met him, but in another of our office's companies we apparently have a Bart Simpson. I guess if he's over 30 years old then it would have seemed like a reasonable name at the time he was born. A few years ago on another forum I posted to there was a Daniel Radcliffe who said that starting in about 2001 he used to get lots of e-mails from confused teenage girls because his e-mail address was his name at one of the big e-mail services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I've got almost the same last name - off by one letter but pronounced the same - as an infamous real life serial killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wedge Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Growing up I worked in a mom and pop store where we knew 90% of the folks who came in by name. A few had musical names. Joe Walsh and Richard Thompson were both customers, but unfortunately they were not the guitarists. My favorite was a sweet older lady named Alice Cooper. Imagine that. You're rolling along in life as Alice Cooper when some shock rocker decides he's going to make that name world renown. I never had the guts to ask her about her namesake legend, but I think she would have been pretty cool about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I used to send faulty parts back to a Mr Ramsey. The company he worked for was located in Dread Manor on Bolton Way. I'm not going to tell you the rest of the address but that always made me giggle. Unfortunately he left that company a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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