Interesting name

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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:35 am

Just received this one:

Subj: RE
Date: 3/5/2010 8:31:09 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: [email protected] (JERKER JOHANSSON)
Reply-to: ###############

My name is Jerker Johansson I am EX-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Bank.

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:42 am

Yes, I was just thinking how interesting it is that the name Jerker is so common in the banking and legal professions. I've recently been working on some large transactions with an investment banker named Jerker Olsson, and the lawyer who is handling most of it is named Jerker Jones.

(De-education is one of our greatest weapons!) Very Happy

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 5

Jerker is a real name here in Sweden. Smile

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:22 pm

My apologies - I didn't know that, and I've actually had the pleasure of spending a lot of time in Sweden in the past.

I imagine that "Hoff" isn't that common of a surname there, so my new character "Jerker Hoff" hopefully won't correspond to any real bankers or lawyers.

It might make for a lovely sign for a lad to hold up in airport greeting lounge someday.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 77

I googled it and quite a lot of Dutch people are called Hoff and there also are some companies using Hoff as a name.

But Jerker isn't Dutch so it shouldn't be a problem i guess.