The Mardy Fish thread

[Guy Profumo]

Is it me, or have I missed the parents who've landed their tennis playing offspring with utterly ridiculous given names opening them to ridicule thread?

(At least old Waldo was stuck with his family name. Unlike these bastards who called their son "Mardy".)

[Sean of the Shed]

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There's also the Israeli player Dudi Sela, pronounced exactly as you would hope it would be, like someone who flogs shit.
No name can ever better the basketball player Randy Duck though.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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I'm sure we've done this before, but my favourite is the wonderfully named Harry Daft.

I also re-named Mardy Fish as "Grumpy Tench" for my own personal amusement.

[Sean of the Shed]

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Ha ha, or how about Stroppy Sturgeon

[Guest]

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One of the best young players in the AFL is Steele Sidebottom of Collingwood. He has a team mate called Tyson Goldsack.

A few ex AFL player gems:

Dick Bliss (Sydney)
Marcus Glasscock (Melbourne)
Frank Crapper (North Melbourne)
Harry Horsenail (St Kilda)

[Gangster Octopus]

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Sulky Salmon
Whiny Whale
Mithering Marlin

[ad hoc]

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[Gerontophile]

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Can someone PLEASE link that wonderful picture... yes that one?

(Close, Durban, close.)

[Gerontophile]

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Confusing cod
Serendipitous salmon
Harpy haddock
Fucking you around fish

[Incandenza]

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In America, "mardy" is not part of our vocabulary.

There's also the basketball player Mardy Collins. I agree that it's a strange-sounding name, though. I wonder if parents name a girl Mardi, as in Tuesday.