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

Ooops - re-do so that I sound literate:

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

Pixel is dumb. Buster Butterfield McLeod is pretty great, but Ingo Wurl? That's FANTASTIC. I suppose they got tired of "give it a wurl" jokes, hmm?

If I changed my (first) name I'd be sorely tempted by "Nimrod". Or "Spot". Or maybe "Rover". "Rover Isambard Kingdom Brunel".

Oh, yeah! Also, when my friends Erin and Dylan got married, they combined their last names (West and Kerbrat, respectively) into Westkerbrat. Genius! This is a concept I can champion!

Frizzelle? Lemme guess. It's a big name in LA.

I know a couple who merged their last names - Chung and Degolier into DeChung. That's rad.

I know a girl who changed her middle name to nippletweaker. I think it was because of a bet between her and her sister. I think all her sister had to do was get a perm.

i love you, niggles. to bits.

When I was 6, I legally changed my name from Mikal (like Michael, but spelled funny) to Matthew. Because my last name is Hawk.

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.

Wow. That really hurts.

you forgot to mention you were also sitting across the table from a douchebag. but not a shithead.

you forgot to mention you were also sitting across the table from a douchebag. but not a shithead.

i feel your pain, man.

i can't wait to be a pixel! we worked really hard to make a decision on our 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!

@9 - I laughed out loud, I really did. Thank you for sharing your hilarious misery with us.

I used to have a picture of Nippletweaker's driver's licence in my cellphone, just to have proof that such a thing existed.

My girlfriend legally adopted the name "Flatchestedmama" and added it to her existing name. Fun.

I'm going to change my name to Dunbrite Dolittle.

I'm going to change my name to Dunbrite Doolittle.

I'm sticking with Paulus.

When I was 6, I legally changed my name from Mikal (like Michael, but spelled funny) to Matthew. Because my last name is Hunt.

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.

like you won't ever have to explain pixel? mcleods are just a bunch of alcoholics claiming to be what again?

Stephanie Weir from Mad TV (yes I know that show sucks) married someone whose surname is Dass and they named their company Weir-Dass. If I had a hyphenable name I would marry someone for funny trite hyphenation reasons, screw love and all that.

What's weird about Mad TV is that everyone on it is funny, but the show isn't funny. Weir-d.

Frizzelle D'Shizzelle, get with the times, goths have been officially changing their names to ridiculous stuff like Morgana Dark and Leticia Bloodletter to be cooler for years. This "trend" is old as dirt and has nothing to do with LA.

@1 I think you mean it's a smull, smull wurl.

boobee: Yes, she is

I married Lele for lolz, AND I had a hyphenated McLeod last name. That's over now and I have my name back. I don't know how they feel about that, but I do visit from time to time.

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