> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock
>
> We are looking to create some more international data, with
> company and people names in Japanese, Chinese, and European
> languages as well as English. We like to use names that are a
> little silly or surprising or nonsense-ical, just to make it
> a little more interesting.
>
> For example, in our pretend inventory file we include:
> Fiberglass Cup
> Concrete Pillows
> Hydraulic Television
Prop Wash (comes in 5-gallon buckets)
Jet Blast (aerosol cans)
Flight Line (similar to fishing line, only thicker)
Glidepath Sweeper (aka powered broom)
> In our made up list of customers we find these companies:
> Phoney Balones and Other Stuff
> Funny Bones
> Random Cats
Dewey, Cheatham & Howe (Law Firm)
> And for the names of people who work at these companies:
> Sebastian Thornapple
> Theopholus Whifflepoof
> Timothy Pineapple
Joe Btygdkfjgh (find an old L'il Abner comic strip for correct spelling;
it's the guy with the black cloud ever-present)
-jc-
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