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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:58 PM
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People with names appropriate for their professions
I just love when people's names somehow reflect their work like:

James K. Toner, the Laboratory Head of Kodak's Imaging Science Resources Lab

John Flicker, President of Audubon

Know of others, besides the usual doctors/dentists?
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:00 PM
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1. Dick Sticker, my urologist
just kidding.
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:01 PM
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2. Lee Iacocca
I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation of America
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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:02 PM
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3. I knew a Dr. Butcher, but he was a radiologist, not a surgeon
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:05 PM
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4. Dr. Splain on C-SPAN.
He's a poly sci professor they have on Journal about twice a year.

--IMM
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:10 PM
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5. Oops, forgot about Austin's mayor, Will Winn n/t
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Been Fishing Donating Member (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:17 PM
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6. Superior Court Judge
in Fullerton, CA years ago:

Judge Judge
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:17 PM
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7. There was a local alderman, many years ago,
by the name of R. T. Alderman.
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:20 PM
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8. There is a guy I deal with....
at my news station. He's a public information officer for a fire department named Warren Burns!
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:20 PM
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9. Our Veterinarian, Doctor Bone nt
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:22 PM
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10. Dr Chu
A dentist
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:24 PM
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11. Parris Hilton
where everyone checks in ;-)


Personally:

there's a local doctor named Bonebraker.

I know a researcher whose last name is Learned.

Growing up a knew a lawyer named Writt.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:25 PM
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12. dr. payne, my dentist....nt
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:52 PM
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19. we've got a doctor kruel
and a judge crooks
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:55 PM
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23. that's hilarious...in Shadyside Ohio, (and I'm not sure what this guy does
for a living) is a man named

Harold Bonar...

That's right, Harry Bonar....poor guy, we pranked him all the time.
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:25 PM
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13. We have a doctor in town whose last name is Doctor.
I'm not kidding, btw.
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susu369 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:33 PM
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14. Charles Beverage - a bartender
Ann Broom - a housekeeper.

Actually, I used to keep a list of people I knew with such names. Alas, don't know what I did with it (and my memory isn't in gear).

:-)
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:41 PM
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15. Well, this one is kind of depressing...
I lost my pet ferret, Zowie, on Wednesday. Her vet's name is Doctor Graves.

TlalocW
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:44 PM
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17. So very sorry, TlalocW
:cry:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:57 PM
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24. This isn't for real, but I've always been fond of Justin Case
for an insurance agent.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:44 PM
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16. Dr. Pop
Chiropractor
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:45 PM
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18. San Francisco had
(maybe still has?) a Police Detective named Napoleon Hendrix.

Not really appropriate to the job, but it's a way-cool detective name.
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spotbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:53 PM
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20. Dr. Hatchet, a surgeon in Oklahoma.
A friend needed an emergency appendectomy and called her husband from the ER crying. She said, "I have to go into surgery now, and my doctor's name is Hatchet!"

BTW, Dr. Hatchet is a kind, skilled and respected.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:57 PM
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21. I once met a child psychologist named Dr. Quirk.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:59 PM
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22. I knew a cook named Russel Grubb. (nt)
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