# A Pilot Is Grounded. A Lawyer Is Disbarred. A Doctor Is: **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987 "2015-02-06T17:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/21 "2015-02-06T20:24:40Z")
An Archbishop is disgraced. I haven’t heard a specific term for a doctor who has lost his license. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/22 "2015-02-06T20:30:53Z")
“Physician assistant.” Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/23 "2015-02-06T20:48:07Z")
Chicken ranchers are Deflocked. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/24 "2015-02-06T20:52:09Z")
A cobbler gets booted. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/25 "2015-02-06T20:58:56Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > An electrician is delighted. I would have guessed “ohmless” or maybe “revamped”. A roofer loses his shingle. A woodworker is rerouted. A carpenter is finished. A surveyor is leveled. A big-rig driver is semiretired. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/26 "2015-02-06T21:44:20Z")
A bed tester is debunked A plumber is dethroned An underwear model is debriefed A gardener is deflowered A fiance is disengaged A cowboy is deranged What happens to a bad real estate agent? Dislocation, dislocation, dislocation Heh. This is fun! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/27 "2015-02-06T21:45:57Z")
[This game sounds awfully familiar…](http://lightpoetrymagazine.com/revamp/tristan-miller-winterspring-14/) (Not that I’m the one who originated it, but I figured all the punsters in this thread might enjoy seeing what happens when it’s set to verse.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/28 "2015-02-06T21:49:21Z")
Klan members should be terminated with extreme prejudice. Bungee Jump instructors are let go. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/29 "2015-02-06T22:19:23Z")
A vasectomist is given the sack A Chinese chef is given his woking papers A building inspector is shown the door A careless window washer is defenestrated A chandelier salesman is delighted A tree surgeon is disembarked ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/30 "2015-02-06T22:33:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > An umpire is debased. A failed musician is de-bassed. Either that, or denoted. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/31 "2015-02-06T22:35:52Z")
June is dismayed ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/32 "2015-02-06T22:35:56Z")
A furniture salesman is tabled. A Victoria’s Secret employee gets a pink slip ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/33 "2015-02-06T22:42:35Z")
The curator of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is decanted ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/34 "2015-02-06T22:43:53Z")
A fashion designer is defrocked. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/35 "2015-02-06T22:43:56Z")
A librarian is shelved. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/36 "2015-02-06T22:46:12Z")
An HVAC technician is deducted ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/37 "2015-02-06T22:47:10Z")
A massage therapist is rubbed out. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/38 "2015-02-06T22:49:23Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > A stripper is dis-bra’d. > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > A failed nudist is disrobed. Denuded. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/39 "2015-02-06T22:49:30Z")
A prostitute is delaid ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/40 "2015-02-06T22:50:04Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > June is dismayed _slaps **Slithy Tove** with a [del]wet[/del] frozen trout_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987.md?page=3)