jokes :: hong kong english names

If you've been to Hong Kong and have been especially observant especially in McDonalds, etc, you know that none of these are jokes. Nury Vittachi (this newspaper columist in Hong Kong) had documented a whole list of these and this is just a small sample:

Alien, there are several that work at McDonalds
Acne Chan, a female bank clerk
Prick Chan, a male (fortunately)
Penguin Chang, a male McDonald's employee
Silicon Cheng, a female at Hongkong Telecom
Cement Cheung, a male security consultant
Piano Chow, a female shop assistant
Motor Fan, a male electrical engineer
Snake Fang, a male
Philomena Guano, a female lawyer
Pubic Ha, a male who works on a porno mag
Ivan Ho, a male TV talk show host
Bionic Ip, a female knitwear merchandiser
Handy Kam, a male salesman
Orphelia Kok, a female programmer
Hernia Kong, a female railway worker
Bellwind Lau, a male music teacher
Beatles Lau, a male garment quality inspector
Gipsy Lee, a female at the Hong Kong Arts Centre
Perpetular Lee, a female bank manager
Belly Leung, a male bartender
Coffee Leung, Owner of a Dai Pai Dong restaurant in Cheung Chau
Arsenic Lo, a male
Brunhlde Ng, a female chiropodist
Iron Tit Ng, a male
Peter Pan, a male engineering manager
Huckleberry Pin, a male policeman
Scarlett Pong, a female working for Estee Lauder
Canine Poon, a female waitress
Taco Proper, a male trading company boss
Potato Pun, a male policeman
Morning sun, a female student
Chick Cherk Sun, a Taxi Driver
Marmalade Tin, a female student
Nylon Tso, a male auxiliary policeman
Pagan Van, a female legal secretary
Alcohol Wong, a male advertising agent
Anus Wong, a female bank clerk
Chloroform Wong, a female receptionist
Hitler Wong, a sales engineer at NipponHon Liftruck in Sham Shui Po
Suet Wong, a female waitress
Tadpole Wong, a male who works for the Water Supplies Dept and lives on Bluepool Road
Windy Wong, a female waitress
Holly Wood, a waiter at the Hilton Grill
Peon Yeung, a female at Watson's the chemist
Chlorophyll Yip, a female law student, child of a biologist
Yoyo Yiu, a male law student
Fish Yu, a female clerk

In 1993, the last year Hong Kong had a white pages phonebook, there were 9 people with the last name Shit: eg. Shit Lot Tai, Shit Man Wai.

And of course there's tons of people that call themselves Strawberry, Orange, Steel, Car, or whatever you can think of

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