When I was doing work experience years ago at Winfrith nuclear plant they had a German Chemical firm commisioned to help do the nuclear decontamination work. The name of the company was NuChem.
I used to go to school with a lad called Daniel Gay, was always funny when a substitute teacher wouldn't realise that the surnames were put first on the register.
The Boss at a previous job was called Mr Wenk (German), one day i asked my dad to call in sick for me... all I heared was my dad on the phone saying...
Used to be that news guy called Chris Peacock, read the South Today News on BBC1 about 10 years ago.
The ones that get me are the parents who give their child a first name almost identical to their surname, I mean seriously come on. I used to work with a guy called Hugh Hughes, even he was bemused at his parent's total lack of imagination.
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