Ingo and Andy (Wurl and Smull, respectively) are totally changing their last name to Pixel. And they are McLeods too! Small, small Seattle.

I was in first grade on the playground. I was playing Underdog (a popular cartoon in the late 60's, early 70's). I ran up to the teacher and said Underdog's catch phrase, substituting my name for the cartoon hero's. "There's no need to fear, Mike Hawk is here!"

I was sent home for swearing. I remember sitting on the front steps of the school crying, wondering what the hell I'd done. I don't think I'd ever heard the word "cock" before.

Later I asked my parents what they were thinking with that name. My mom says she didn't realize the problem until the birth certificate was submitted, but she realized it pretty quick, on the first day or two of my life, when people started using my name. Though my dad denies it, Mom suspected he knew exactly what he was doing, and knowing Dad, I'm inclined to agree with her.

When they changed my name, they added Matthew onto the front, so I now have two middle names. Dad felt that later in life, I might want to go back to using Mike, so he wanted that to stay part of my name.

having the last name wurl is a pain, you'd be amazed at how difficult is is for people to spell a four letter word. there's a triple-u at the start, it throws them all off!

I was in first grade on the playground. I was playing Underdog (a popular cartoon in the late 60's, early 70's). I ran up to the teacher and said Underdog's catch phrase, substituting my name for the cartoon hero's. "There's no need to fear, Mike Hunt is here!"

I was sent home for swearing. I remember sitting on the front steps of the school crying, wondering what the hell I'd done. I don't think I'd ever heard the word "cunt" before.

Later I asked my parents what they were thinking with that name. My mom says she didn't realize the problem until the birth certificate was submitted, but she realized it pretty quick, on the first day or two of my life, when people started using my name. Though my dad denies it, Mom suspected he knew exactly what he was doing, and knowing Dad, I'm inclined to agree with her.

When they changed my name, they added Matthew onto the front, so I now have two middle names. Dad felt that later in life, I might want to go back to using Mike, so he wanted that to stay part of my name.