Oranjello and Lemonjello
May. 22, 2006 by Jason
I don’t care that your friend says they know someone who worked with a dude who knew a lady who named her kids Oranjello and Lemonjello. It’s not fucking true. In fact, it’s racist.
More info here and here.
May 22nd, 2006
Awesome links, JJ! Orange you glad I was first? I know Ima Happy.
May 22nd, 2006
Thanks for clearing that up. I know my Aunt use to call my cousin Pole Smoker, but I knew for a fact his real name was Burt. Now I know she is just racist.
May 22nd, 2006
My favourite’s still Robin Bastard…an’ dats a true one…!
May 22nd, 2006
Hogwash and Pillywallow!
May 22nd, 2006
Crystal Shandalear is a real person. Not an urban legend, like the website says. I updated her records at UF.
May 22nd, 2006
Actually, my daughter’s boyfriend’s dad’s girlfriend’s (are you following that complex chain of relationships?) name is Regina. He refers to her as Gina (hard I).
I find that hilarious. My favorite, though, is people naming their children after alcoholic beverages: Merlot, Chardonnay, Champagne. WTF are you telling us, ya frigging alcoholics?
May 22nd, 2006
eh.
May 22nd, 2006
Ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage Miss Crystal Shandalear.
A drag queen name if ever I’ve heard one.
May 22nd, 2006
I worked with a girl who’s name was Anita Hooker. I need a what?
May 22nd, 2006
I’m Asian. Just used to everyone being named awkwardly: Shirley, Winnie, Wayne, Kermie. Fuckin’ Asian parents!
May 22nd, 2006
Sar:
Ima Happy would be the most awful name ever. If I ever met someone with that name, I’d kick them in the chin.
Jimbo:
Burt is a funny name on its own. I have a natural aversion to names that sound like farts and burps: Bart, Burt, Earl, Ralph, etc.
TC:
Someone’s last name is Bastard? That’s gotta be a fake.
Mulk:
Hogwash? Fiddle faddle!
Wysol:
Crystal Shandalear? What kind of last name is that? Fake.
Trouble:
Yeah, I’ve heard of some of those. If I ever have a son, I’m naming him Whiskey.
Sarah:
Meh.
Marc:
Or a porn star.
CCRider:
Now that I believe. Was she T.J. Hooker’s daugher?
Shirley:
Totally! Check this out.
May 23rd, 2006
True story - my uncle’s name is Sweety Pie. His son, is Pie-ito (little Pie or Pie Junior in Spanish). Short version - someone brought a book of paper dolls to this little backwater town in the Carribean and there was a character called “Sweety Pie” so, his mother thought it was a good American name.
My daughter has a classmate named Heavenly. What’s up with that?
May 23rd, 2006
I just remembered my favorite funny name of all time. I used to work in a program for underprivileged kids. One of the girls in the program was native American, and her name was “Dora Comes at Night.”
Lucky girl.
May 25th, 2006
Maritza:
Sweetie Pie reminds me of Popeye’s kid’s name: Sweet Pea. Cool name.
Trouble:
Wow. That’s a derious double entendre.
June 1st, 2006
Well… I have to confess that the Oranjello and Lemonjello names are real. They’re twins and also parolees in Alabama. Without giving away too much about what I do for a living, let’s just say I have access to parole and probation info across the US… It’s no wonder they turned out to be criminals, with names like that.
If I can ever get a screenshot confirmation of their names, you’ll be the first to know!
June 2nd, 2006
Now you can read my name and say you knew someone who ….
I love these urban myths. They give snerts something to do. Now, one real one .. Ima Hogg .. Wikipedia it. A historical figure of sorts.
Oh, just in case snerts are reading. My name is not real. *Hate when you have to explain the bleedin obvious* lol
June 13th, 2006
Mojotek:
Okay, at least you have first-hand proof. I hesitate to believe people who say they know someone who met a guy who knew them. And I do believe that the origin of a lot of these urban legends are racist jokes.
Sophonda Cox:
That would be a perfect name for a porn star!
November 12th, 2007
The links given by the original post by JJ call these names “Urban legends, but calling it a legend doesn’t make it true or false. I’ve seen some outrageous names in my time (verified with documents): Sexaline and SirLove, Tangeray, Tequilah, etc., but this is the closest I’ve found online to (dis)proof of the “Lemonjello & Orangejello” legend:
http://cherdt.livejournal.com/tag/lemonjello
June 12th, 2008
Running around screeching about racism is racist
June 12th, 2008
“Running around screeching”? Sounds like you’re describing a chimpanzee. Are you calling me a monkey? You’re racist!
July 29th, 2008
You racist! My cat’s name is Oranjello!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/tags/oranjello
December 17th, 2008
I had a co-worker who told me possibly the worst name I had ever heard that a parent gave their child. We are both teachers. The girl’s name was: Shitina Penis Jenkins (pronounced Shuh - teena Pay-neece Jenkins) Came to find out she really hated the girl’s father, so she called the girl s*** in a penis. Terrible huh?
December 28th, 2008
Its not racist to say someone named their kids lemonjello and orangejello. I worked at the hospital in Kansas City where this actually happened. Their names are forever listed in the hospital’s birth book, as is baby girl named Chlamydia who’s birth I attended.