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Canadians are “Spocking” $5 Bills, drawing Leonard Nimoy’s Face over Wilfrid Laurier’s

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Dave

A breaking news update that has just reached BoFN Headquarters! Canadians are “Spocking” their $5 bills by drawing Leonard Nimoy‘s facial features over those of Wilfrid Laurier! This is magnificent! Perhaps inspired by yesterday’s touching tribute to the pointy-eared one, there … Continue reading →

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FNITN 80.5 Featuring George Stroumboulopoulos Looking at Things

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dave

Thanks to the intrepid Amb, I realized I made a HUGE mistake in last week’s FNITN. I left out a crucial piece of info we had been discussing earlier in the week. George Stroumboulopoulos will be the new host of … Continue reading →

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Robin Sparkles, as played by Cobie Smulders

Posted on August 20, 2013 by amb

Good morning, routine deprived readers of mine! Welcome to another always surprising funny names post from Amber. No, I’m not technically supposed to be here today – what else is new?!?  Liz and I have traded days this week for … Continue reading →

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Macon Whoopee and the Funniest Hockey Team Names Of All Time

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Arto

There are some fine people who have owned and founded professional sports teams. We know this because of the many amazing, amusing, thrilling, and just plain ridiculous names they have given to their teams. This is no less true of … Continue reading →

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Orland Kurtenbach and the Legend of Flin Flon, Manitoba

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Arto

The Funny Names Blog appreciates people with funny names. It appreciates people with funny names who come from funnily named towns, play for strange sounding sports teams, and connect to cities in Canada named after science fiction characters even more. … Continue reading →

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