What is in a name as related to a profession.

My children's pediatrician in Houston was Dr. Payne... Not a good name for a doctor...

My mother went into nursing. Her maiden name was Payne.

Came across a doctor named Emmitt (Emit) Payne.

"Paging Doctor Payne... Doctor Payne to the Emergency Room."

In my undergraduate days, the anatomy professors who ran the cadaver lab were Dr Grimm and Dr. Graves.

In my National Guard unit, we had a motor sergeant named Kenneth Gass. We also had a Capt. Looney, but he was a good officer.

The mention of Dr. Payne reminded me of an episode from my youth. While on the way to visit relatives in Wichita, my brothers and I started moaning like we had just become sick. We had just seen a sign saying that we were entering Payne County. Mom was not amused!

You Gurus are an odd lot.

My wife was referred to an OB/GYN named Dr. Virgin. His standard joke when he walked into his waiting room full of pregnant women was "Looks like I'm the only virgin here."

Here on City Island in the Bronx, the local car repair shop is owned by David Carman.

At the water supply department of our local municipality is a guy by the name of Mr Fawcett. A supplier in the packaging industry is named Mr Bagley. The best is the name of our local fire chief; Mr Van Vuuren ("vuur" is the Afrikaans word for fire).

There was one Dr. in Mumbai who was consultant for T.B his name was Dr.T.B.Master a real name

I remember a surgery in Portsmouth that had a name plate outside for Dr D'eath (I bet he added the apostrophe). We have a local Dyno Rod company run by M. T. Drain. My favourite is totally made up, we live in 1066 country, battle of Hastings & all that, the local firm that turns up to mix your concrete on site is 'William the concreter'.

There's another one here in Houston as well. This one even made Jay Leno's "Headlines" bit one night several years ago.

His name is Dr. Butts and his speciality is, .......

you guessed it..... hemmoroids......

My orthopedic surgeon in Dr Rodney Plaster.

I highly recommend him for sports medicine too.

There is a psychiatrist in New Jersey named Dr. Head.

Some years ago, we took our pets, when needed, to a vet named Dr. Quack.

His practice was in Central NJ, USA.

Couldn't resist adding this to the list.

When I was at Elk Grove High School (IL) in the mid 70's, the Mechanical Industrial Art teacher was Mr. DeBolt and the Electrical Industrial Art teacher was Mr. Ohm.

I had a friend who decided against dentistry as a profession. His name was D. Kah (pronounced Decay). He felt Dr. Decay wouldn't be an appropriate name for a dentist.

He should have changed his name, and gone into dentistry anyway. Then only those who knew him before would know of his former name. Of course, when his Mother told his wife about it, she would forever after no him as De-D.Kah, DD.

Couldn't resist. I apologize. Repent, repent, repe .. snicker, snicker, guffaw whoop haw haw haw.

Mike

There's a great compilation by John Train (John Train's Book of Remarkable Names). Here is a mention, stolen from Culture Shock Online (http://www.cultureschlockonline.com/Articles/names.html):

Then there are those funny names that just happen to coincide with what the child grows up to be. Is this coincidence or self-fulfilling prophecy? Perhaps only their hairdresser knows for sure, but consider the following anyway: Mr. Vroom, motor cycle dealer of Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Dr. Zoltan Ovary, gynecologist, New York Hospital; Wyre and Tapping, detectives, New York City; Ronald Supena, lawyer; Mrs. Screech, singing teacher, Victoria, British Columbia; Mr. Bloom, horticulturist; Lawless and Lynch, attorneys from Jamaica, New York; the Katz Pajama Company, New York City; Climax Underwear Company of Cincinatti, Ohio; Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines and last but not least, A. Moron, Commissioner of Education in The Virgin Islands.
I once dealt regularly with Mr. Fred Banker, I believe then a VP at Winters Bank in Dayton, Ohio - same family as Jonathan Winters, the comedian. My recollection is that John Train mentions Iccolo Miccolo, a musician who played . . . yes, that's right, wait for it: piccolo . . . for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

My basic training company at Ft. Leonard Wood MO had a Drill Sergeant Belt. For those that don't know, drill sergeants wear as part of their uniform a web belt with a special buckle. Plus, drill sergeants were known to belt an uncooperative trainee at times.

When I was in High school in Enterprise Ore. The bank president and vice president was Dewey Cheatem and Howe (sp?). They put it on a plaque for all to see. Was good for a laugh when friends come to town.

Brad