My name is Muriel (mother's middle name) which I hated growing up for a few reasons. One I just didn't like it, then I grew up during the 60's when Muriel Cigars were popular and I hated it when some one would walk by and say "just pick one up and smoke her sometime" which was their theme line. Also people have a difficult time remembering it so mom would say if you can remember Cereal than you'll think of Muriel...aarrggh, but what was worse was my maiden name was Smart, just try to live that down especially when "Get Smart" was a hit series at the time. I was always "Get Smart", Not So Smart, or Not So's Kid.
Then when I got married it changed to Toole (e) is silent
so now I tell people I'm a smart toole... We call the house the Toole Shed and every once in awhile I will pick up the phone and answer "Tooleshed, Lady Hammerhead speaking" it throws people off abit. My husband's handle when we had C.B's was Hammerhead and the car was the Toolebox Mobile ofcourse.
Muriel