Where's that damn cliff???

[johno]

What's My Name mean?

Literal meaning

"A powerful gypsy curse."


History

Taken from the Greek for "Hey presto, there it is" under appalling conditions, the name John was originally used ineffectually to refer to a breed of goose, before being pulled from a fire that killed its variants and diminutives.


Famous Johns

1. John Millington, DSO and Bar, MSc, champion of the right to use between nine and fifteen scientific principles; ghost-writer of Thora Hird's posturing lurid autobiography, TOOT-A-TWANG-TWANG; first holder of the office of Her Majesty's Punchbag;
2. John de Grating, reputedly trapped for seven days under a fallen monument to the world's seventh highest-rated episode of Mr Pastry;
3. John Dindymene, champion of the monkey cartilage gear system;
4. John Ach, channeller under supernatural influences of the paper aeroplane;
5. John K Trabmaw ("The Pale"), named in court as holding compromising material concerning the methods of Judge Dredd;
6. John Cangoose-Chinly, co-writer of INDIANA JONES AND THE AFTERNOON AT THE HAIRDRESSER'S;
7. John Toot, belittler of Evap-o-Floor;
8. Chief Scientist John Itching, aroused by edible bark; last holder of the inhumanly funded office of Last Out of the Building When the Fire-Alarm Rings;
9. Doctor John O'Boonk, haunted by an image of Explode-O, the wonder bang dismantler;
10. Lady The Miss John Thews, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for physics.


Typical John motto

"When the sky clears, look to your ears."