User:Tepples/World of meaningful names

Several given names used in English-speaking countries resemble common nouns. These may form the basis of tasteless jokes of the form "What do you call someone with no arms and no legs who is..." Peel off the use of physical disability as a stock target, however, and you reveal a universe where nominative determinism is the norm. "Gee, I've allthetropes:Never Heard That One Before..."

So perhaps a better angle for a work of fiction telling the origin of jokes like this would start with someone who visited a poli village where a lot of people happened to have occupations that fit well with their names. But after the game of telephone and "tell a woman" that has always characterized social media even before the Facebook exploded in popularity, the legend grew into something much more tasteless.


 * Ali
 * Between two buildings


 * Allen
 * Loosening hex screws


 * Art
 * On a wall


 * Basil
 * In your spice rack


 * Bill
 * In your mailbox


 * Bob
 * In a lake, pond, or pool


 * Brad
 * Stuck in a wall


 * Bud
 * In a cannabis field


 * Chip
 * On a poker table, or on a golf course


 * Chuck
 * Holding a drill bit


 * Chuck and Patty
 * They run a butcher shop


 * Cliff
 * Sitting on a hill


 * Crystal and Tiffany
 * Hanging from a chandelier


 * Curt and Rod
 * Hanging over the window


 * Daisy, Lily, Rose, and Violet
 * In your garden


 * Dawn
 * In your dishwasher, or working the early shift


 * Derek
 * Covered in oil


 * Eddy
 * In a stream


 * Eve
 * Working the late shift


 * Frank
 * On your grill


 * Flip
 * On hot asphalt


 * Harry
 * On barbershop floor


 * Herb
 * In your spice rack


 * Homer
 * Going over a fence


 * Jack
 * Holding up your car


 * Jim
 * Getting trampled by weightlifters


 * Joe
 * In a coffee cup


 * John
 * Whom everyone takes a dump on


 * Lee
 * Out of the wind


 * Link
 * Holding chains


 * Mark
 * Thrown against the wall


 * Matt
 * Outside the door


 * Mike
 * On a stage


 * Pam
 * In a frying pan, but she won't stick around


 * Peg
 * In a hole


 * Phil
 * In a ditch or pothole


 * Rex
 * Hanging from a chain destroying buildings


 * Rock
 * Covered with cement


 * Rod
 * Hit by lightning


 * Russell
 * In a pile of leaves


 * Sandy
 * On a beach


 * Skip
 * Thrown across a pond, or waterskiing


 * Spike
 * In the end zone of a gridiron football field


 * Stu
 * In a hot tub


 * Wilt
 * Left out in the sun