Misteri Nigger, 1069, Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, and other names so weird that judges forbade them. - By Eugene Volokh - Slate Magazine#page_start#page_start#page_start

Found this, that made me think of various things.

8. Darren QX [pronounced 'Lloyd'] Bean!. No problem!, holds our friend the California Court of Appeal in 2006. [Darren Lloyd Bean v. Superior Court, 2006 WL [pronounced 'Westlaw'] 3425000 (Cal. App.).] Bean!, who recently sat for the Oregon State Bar, reported that, "Many of his close friends greet him as 'Bean!' When saying his name, friends raise the pitch and the volume of their voices above their usual spoken tone."

The above story, for whatever reason, made me think about the time EverBabe and I were in a used bookstore, and saw the following book:

FROOMB!

To me, it wasn't just that it was a crazy stoopid word - it was that darn exclamation point on the end. (Although this was pre-Google and Woot - so it's not as stupic sounding now as it was.)

Also - Dug used to tell everyone that he spelled his name Qdqoquqg, but the 'q's were silent. Of course.