Heywood Jablome

subjects of man-on-the-street interviews sometimes give heywood jablome as their name to reporters. if the reporter’s a novice and if the newspaper’s copy editor doesn’t catch it, the name ends up in print, embarr-ssing the newspaper and the poor scribe who was gullible enough to scribble down the bogus moniker.
reporter: can i quote you on that? what’s your name?
man on the street: heywood jablome.
reporter: thank you, mr. jablome.
a guy you ask for when you make a crank call
“kmart. can i help you?”
“my friend heywood is at your store. can you page him? his last name is jablome.”
“heywood jablome! phone call! heywood jablome!”
a fake name like harry bush or d-ck hertz
one of those fake names used during prank calls like ben dover. stands for “hey, would ya blow me?” means bl-wj-b.
officer: sir, you are under arrest for possession of two tons of marijuana in your pants. may i have your name?
guy: uh… heywood jablome?
wh-r- across the street: of course, honey! i’ll be right over!
a covert name given; see ben dover.
police dragging some dude off to jail for protesting… reporter says, “what’s your name?”
guy in cuffs replies, “heywood…jablome.”
reporter: “is there a w in jablome?”
arestee: “umm, no.”
i actually met a guy named haywood jablomi. he’s an older dude, maybe in his mid-50s, lives west of chicago. what the h-ll his parents were thinking naming him haywood i don’t know. he said he’s used to the jokes about his name by now, although he doesn’t like them, he won’t change his name. but his friends call him woody.
a name given to hide a persons true ident-ty
man walks up to a gal she asks whats your name he says jablome , heywood jablome