# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/41 "2015-02-06T23:03:22Z")
Members (of an organization) are dismembered. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/42 "2015-02-06T23:21:16Z")
A doctor who can no longer practice medicine is deflowered. Because he’s no longer entitled to wear the white outfit. ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/43 "2015-02-06T23:43:45Z")
A condiment maker is mustered out. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/44 "2015-02-07T00:12:39Z")
An organ donor is de-livered. ---
**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 7, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/45 "2015-02-07T00:17:06Z")
An astronaut is dismissled. An astronomer is black holed. A mathematician is counted out. A car salesman is decommissioned. A judge is disrobed. The head of AARP is depended. ---
**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 7, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/46 "2015-02-07T00:23:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The head of AARP is depended. The head of AAA gets driven from office. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/47 "2015-02-07T00:31:09Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > A doctor has his license suspended or revoked. (Licensing Board discipline) > > A doctor has his hospital privileges restricted or suspended (hospital administrative discipline) > > A doctor is fired. (employer discipline) > > A doctor gets his car keyed. (Patient discipline) Except for the second sentence, those apply to pharmacists too. I have had my car keyed once, but it was before I became a pharmacist. I was going to come here and say that they seem to usually become bartenders. Really. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/48 "2015-02-07T00:50:43Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > A Pilot Is Grounded. A Lawyer Is Disbarred. A Doctor Is: Given a series by Oprah. ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/49 "2015-02-07T01:13:03Z")
A wizard is disenchanted. A magician is disappeared. A pillow salesman is downed. A grammarian is renowned. A druggist is dispensed with. A telecom executive is excommunicated. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/50 "2015-02-07T01:20:50Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > A prostitute is delaid Damn, I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/51 "2015-02-07T01:44:13Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > A farmer is deranged. No, that is a rancher (or cowboy, as previously noted), a farmer is cropped, just as a landscaper is weeded out. ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/52 "2015-02-07T01:46:04Z")
An arborist closes his branch offices and gos back to his roots. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/53 "2015-02-07T01:55:54Z")
Or, like the Ku Klux Klansman, is deracinated. The con man is deployed. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/54 "2015-02-07T02:05:21Z")
A violin tuner is unstrung. A surveyor is dislocated. A Copenhagen correspondent is disdained. A cake decorator is defrosted. A tunesmith is unsung. An orthography teacher is dispelled. A stage performer is exacted. A naturist is denuded. An ecologist is denatured. A florist is deflowered. A popular scientist’s staff member is denied. A panties maker is debriefed. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/55 "2015-02-07T02:23:38Z")
A podiatrist is defeated. ---
**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 7, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/56 "2015-02-07T04:32:47Z")
A proctologist is rebutted. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/57 "2015-02-07T04:38:59Z")
A manicurist is defiled. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/58 "2015-02-07T04:39:53Z")
An ophthalmologist is unseen. A rancher is unherd. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/59 "2015-02-07T04:41:22Z")
Guys that hang around with the musicians in a band are drummed out. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/60 "2015-02-07T04:54:22Z")
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