Gladys Friday? Love A Duck, me too!

A couple of months ago I wrote about a new book entitled Potty, Fartwell and Knob by Russell Ash which is a celebration of some of the more absurd British names through the centuries. I now have a copy of this book and had to share some of the odder names with you.

Do you remember those joke book titles that used to be bandied around some time ago - "The Baby Sitter" by Justin Casey Howles, and "Yellow River" by IP Daly? Well, these names are almost too perfect for jokey book titles - which is weird considering they were all real people, documented with dates and everything. Here are some of them:

Lou Roll
Gladys Friday
Dick Tater
Large Bee
Hugh Swelling
Page Turner
Mike Robe
E Vil
Love A Duck
Min Spiess
Tom Ato
P Freely
Luke Warm
Lew Pole
F Off
Ben Dover
T Cosy
Sally Vates

Then there were a bunch of names that would have meant very little to the holder in days gone by, but give us a chuckle now. Take for instance:

I Pod
ID Card
T Vee
E Mail
Eva Ready
Jay Walker
Jean Pool
Al Dente
Tommy Gun
Sue Perman
Al Fresco

There are also some delightfully naughty names, some of which I will share with you tomorrow.