Names
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We do have these extraordinary names. When you see the sign ‘African Primates Meeting‘ you expect someone to produce bananas.
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Because he spills his seed on the ground.
[on being asked why she named her Canary ‘Onan ‘]
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No, I’m breaking it in for a friend.
[on being asked if it was his real name]
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Yossarian, the very sight of the name made him shudder. There were so many esses in it. It had to be subversive.
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Every Tom, Dick and Harry is called Arthur.
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Colin is the sort of name you give to your goldfish for a joke.
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Apart from my own name, the Transpennine Express is the greatest misnomer of all time.
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There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’.
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - `No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.’
