What’s so funny?Cliff,Annette and Russell are typical British names.Do they seem funny to you?Probably not,but some people with these names are tired of people laughing at them.Why do they laugh?Name jokes A lot of English names sound the same as verbs or nouns;in fact some of them are exactly the same.That makes it easy for people to make jokes like this:Question:What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?Answer:Cliff.