I used to work at a Christian radio show called Insight for Living. I opened mail by hand in a room with nine or ten other women. It was a fun job, as we all sat around this huge table all day and socialized. I really liked the job. Good people.

Naturally a lot of the mail was donation checks or checks in payment for Bible study supplies. I used to keep a list of the absurd and hilarious names that crossed my desk on these checks. Alas, the list is long, long gone but one of the names stays with me:

John van Ten Dyck

Now, maybe the name itself isn't that funny, but this comment was, spoken by one of the most prudish and uptight women in the group:

"Well, a name like THAT will bring a man to his knees."

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Got any funny name stories?