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Names matching the person

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NanKate Sat 17-Nov-18 09:42:08

On the radio now they are discussing names that match the person, their job etc

My lovely doctor is called Dr Doctor but I call her by Dr + first name to avoid embarrassment for me, not her.

Buffybee Sat 17-Nov-18 09:44:42

I had a Solicitor once called Mr Crook! ?

MissAdventure Sat 17-Nov-18 09:50:17

I know someone whose vasectomy was performed by doctor Balls.

JessK Sat 17-Nov-18 09:57:27

Priceless MissAdventure!

How about our local dentist Mr Payne

Nandalot Sat 17-Nov-18 09:58:09

? Miss A.
Not quite in the same league, but I always smile at the jewellers, John Greed.

MawBroon Sat 17-Nov-18 09:59:39

I was amused by the firm of solicitors mentioned NanKate am I allowed to repeat it on GN?
Oh what the heck
“Mann, Rogers and Grieves” blush

shysal Sat 17-Nov-18 10:00:09

Our butchers were the Carver brothers.
My childhood friend's dentist was Mr Savage.

MissAdventure Sat 17-Nov-18 10:00:38

grin

stree Sat 17-Nov-18 10:28:05

Young lad at a school my wife taught at that went on to be a plumber. Dwayne Pipes.

NanKate Sat 17-Nov-18 11:50:52

It shows how innocent I was when years ago I watched Captain Pugwash, when one of the characters had a totally unsuitable name.

And one of the characters in the brilliant Kenny Everett series was very near the knuckle.

I will leave you to work them all out. blush

MissAdventure Sat 17-Nov-18 11:56:40

Cupid Stunt. grin

MawBroon Sat 17-Nov-18 12:17:07

For anybody remember Private Eye’s “firm of solicitors”, Sue, Grabbit, and Run ?

henetha Sat 17-Nov-18 12:30:26

I like Walter Wall carpets in Exeter.

boheminan Sat 17-Nov-18 12:38:16

Our local cemetery keeper was Mr. Skeleton

ninathenana Sat 17-Nov-18 12:40:09

Dentist Mr. L'Tooth local but now deceased

Teacher Mr. Meaning taugh both my DC

EllanVannin Sat 17-Nov-18 13:12:00

At the hospital I worked at there was a Dr Bone----orthopaedic surgeon.

EllanVannin Sat 17-Nov-18 13:17:56

The coroner after my dad died was a Mr Clutterbuck. Mum and I tried to stifle our laughs.His office was like Steptoe's house.

BBbevan Sat 17-Nov-18 13:32:33

* stree* I wonder if your wife taught in the same school as my Dad? He had a boy with that name in his class

MissAdventure Sat 17-Nov-18 13:50:26

That's intriguing!
There can't be too many boys with that name, surely?

SpringyChicken Sat 17-Nov-18 14:11:48

My son's podiatrist was called Tony Achilles.

janeainsworth Sat 17-Nov-18 14:28:23

It’s called nominative determinism.
People taking up professions that match their name, like Mr Forrest the tree surgeon.
We did have a biology teacher called Miss Plant.

NannyJan53 Sat 17-Nov-18 14:36:20

There is a TV weather presenter called Sarah Blizzard!

SueDonim Sat 17-Nov-18 14:39:58

There was a surgeon in the news recently who goes by the name Roger Kneebone.

Maggiemaybe Sat 17-Nov-18 15:16:07

Our local undertaker was Mr Stiff.

EllanVannin Sat 17-Nov-18 15:39:42

I worked with a gynaecologist whose car registration was :
C5R-VIX.