Richard Haddock and the pathetic sense of humour that I possess
Posted by: Matt in general, politicsIs it just me or did anyone else find it funny that the NFU livestock chairman and much interviewed beef farmer Richard Haddock isn’t a fish seller?
Ok perhaps it’s just me then, but it amuses me when people with names that are clearly linked with items, creatures or activities don’t actually perform those activities nowadays? Of course at some time in history their ancestors must have been involved with something related to gain the surname. So how does one gain the surname haddock? Surely his great (times x generations) grandfather, was a fisherman renowned for his haddock catching skills, so why should good old Richard be stuck with sitting in a fishy boat all day?
Well quite, but becoming a beef farmer is pretty funny when you have a fishy name.
But I guess saying all that, we had a Prime Minister Thatcher. Stop scaring people you iron lady you and get up that ladder and finish my roof!
And a weatherman called Michael Fish.
And the world would have been a less interesting place if Kevin Bacon had continued the family tradition of, er, well slaughtering pigs I guess.
Of course not all of us have surnames that relate to stuff that our ancestors did. Remember that bloke from Play Away? Brian Cant indeed.
And then of course you have foreign people from another country. I once met a Belgian man called Willy Winkie. A true story I kid you not, name was spelt a little different but you get the point.
So I wonder what would be a very cool surname to have? Hatson is pretty good I think, fairly nondescript and didn’t cause me too much grief at school. Of course all you need is one tit with the same name to do something infamous and all cred is blown away. Damn social constructs! At some point it was probably ok to have a surname like Hitler or Glitter, but not any more.
Anyways that is enough rambling on about absolutely nothing in particular. Imagine how much energy I have wasted writing this fluff?
