15 August 2008

Sticks and stones and all that

Obviously, you have to have a stupid name to get on in the armed forces. This morning, Major General Barney White-Spunner is all over the papers. This will no doubt bring joy to his ultimate boss, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB AFC ADC DSc FRAeS FCMI RAF. And then there is Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc(Eng) FRAeS FCGI RAF.

Weird.

3 comments:

Bill said...

As we don't know your name, it's not possible to judge how 'normal' it is. I call the names you mentioned 'colourful', nothing more.

Jeff said...

Wow, congratulations HW, according to Bill you have the name that all others names' normality is measured by...!

Personally speaking, Major General Barney White-Spunner is weird by any benchmark.

It helps to explain the Biggles books at least...

Anonymous said...

So, after their names - is that each guys base64 encoded public key?