Ed Balls

[Caribeing]

If you had the surname Balls would you change it! Imagine being in the waiting room of hospital etc and they call for Mr Balls

[campbellking]

Tilly, I'm shocked he was married!

[jno]

all sounds a bit like Gene Wilder insisting he's "Fronkensteen". If you really loathe your name change it; but not just to avoid teasing.

(That advice is to males of course. Females can just marry Mr Smith.)

[Mamyalynne]

There is something to be said for having an unusual name, on a recent Hospital visit I became the talk of the waiting room.

One little lad wanted my autograph , certainly lightened the mood of the day.

[gollob]

I went to school with a person called Charlie Stinks who proceeded to change his name by deed poll to Fred Stinks

[Cloverjo]

I know a man called Mr Bean. Never heard of another one apart from the Rowan Atkinson character. I'd change that name.

[Mamyalynne]

Certainly is, my husband always called him 'Seen Been'

[Tilly2]

Campbellking, it may have been a different Mr Pratt. What school?

[melv16]

Cressida Dick was high up in the Metropolitan police.
She should have married Ed Balls:-)

[douglas9401]

The famous Mr Ed's taken so his mind's been made up for him. :)

[Peter Pedant]

the master of Clare used to be Fr Feinstein

first syllable - Fine
second steen

he was de master so he could do what he liked really.

[Cloverjo]

Of course, I'd forgotten about Sean Bean. My OH also calls him "Seen Been".

[Tilly2]

He could be Shawn Bawn. :-)