Literal meaning "Cherry blossom falls; the wind sighs its brave respect; a mouse sings of woe."
History Brought into being by atmospheric disturbance in a rush, the name Tony was originally used ineffectually to refer to unsettlingly enthusiastic night soil collectors, before being pulled from a fire that killed its variants and diminutives.
Famous Tonys 1. Judge Tony S Boonk-Millington, PhD, champion of more types of bacterial infection than any eight people can name; 2. I Am Tony Frewsy, fascinated to death by stout boots; first holder of the casually perilous office of High Scowler; 3. "Terrible" Tony Dufallily, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for between nine and fifteen scientific principles; 4. Tony Smmith-Sponetote, MD, who lost a fortune on some thing or other; ghost-writer of The St Winifred's School Choir's litany of crimes autobiography, SUDDENLY I'M LITERATE; 5. Tony L Staplegun, first victim of the self-aware vacuum cleaner; 6. Professor Tony Sprokes, belittler of Explode-O, the wonder bang dismantler; 7. Tony Dindymene ("The Terrible"), who's never forgotten mottled glass; 8. Doctor Tony A Ach, named in court as holding compromising material concerning a creature from the id; ghost-writer of Peter Lawford's generally tolerated autobiography, HEY HEY HEY! IT'S MY BOOK!; 9. Tony Mapduster-Happenstance, populariser of the hovering cinema; ghost-writer of Clive Dunn's papally banned autobiography, WONDERFUL TIMES, SELECTIVELY REMEMBERED; 10. Tony Macaulay, disgusted by the world's most popular cosh; ghost-writer of Lindsay Anderson's agonisingly graphic autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford.
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Date: 2003-06-04 11:18 am (UTC)Tony
Literal meaning
"Cherry blossom falls; the wind sighs its brave respect; a mouse sings of woe."
History
Brought into being by atmospheric disturbance in a rush, the name Tony was originally used ineffectually to refer to unsettlingly enthusiastic night soil collectors, before being pulled from a fire that killed its variants and diminutives.
Famous Tonys
1. Judge Tony S Boonk-Millington, PhD, champion of more types of bacterial infection than any eight people can name;
2. I Am Tony Frewsy, fascinated to death by stout boots; first holder of the casually perilous office of High Scowler;
3. "Terrible" Tony Dufallily, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for between nine and fifteen scientific principles;
4. Tony Smmith-Sponetote, MD, who lost a fortune on some thing or other; ghost-writer of The St Winifred's School Choir's litany of crimes autobiography, SUDDENLY I'M LITERATE;
5. Tony L Staplegun, first victim of the self-aware vacuum cleaner;
6. Professor Tony Sprokes, belittler of Explode-O, the wonder bang dismantler;
7. Tony Dindymene ("The Terrible"), who's never forgotten mottled glass;
8. Doctor Tony A Ach, named in court as holding compromising material concerning a creature from the id; ghost-writer of Peter Lawford's generally tolerated autobiography, HEY HEY HEY! IT'S MY BOOK!;
9. Tony Mapduster-Happenstance, populariser of the hovering cinema; ghost-writer of Clive Dunn's papally banned autobiography, WONDERFUL TIMES, SELECTIVELY REMEMBERED;
10. Tony Macaulay, disgusted by the world's most popular cosh; ghost-writer of Lindsay Anderson's agonisingly graphic autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford.