# 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:** 6
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/101 "2015-02-07T23:00:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Guitar players are debarred. Or strung up. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/102 "2015-02-07T23:02:04Z")
Bed makers are debunked. Car makers are detroit. ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/103 "2015-02-07T23:15:06Z")
Shoe salesmen are dissuaded. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/104 "2015-02-07T23:35:34Z")
I also wanted to add these, but ran out of time: Party-supply dealers are treated with disfavor. Party officials are disappointed. Laxative compounders are diseased. Coroners are disembodied. Bookkeepers are disfigured. Grand Canyon docents are disgorged. Prince Rainier’s ladies-in-waiting were disgraced. Bankers are disinterested. Marijuana pushers are disjointed. Archie Andrews is constantly dislodged. In 1968 The Yankees were dismantled. Restaurant servers are disordered. Union staffers are disorganized. British mint personnel are dispensed. Stage actors are displayed. Iberian wine dealers are disported. Portrait photographers are disposed. Cryptographers are dissolved. Shepherds are distaffed. Hairstylists are distressed. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/105 "2015-02-07T23:42:48Z")
For doctors, it really depends on the specialty. Obstetricians are pushed out, but gastroenterologists are evacuated. Urologists are sacked, yet gynaecologists are given the pink slip. Infection specialists are discharged, while podologists are handed their marching orders. Oncologists are downsized and M.E.s are terminated. Orthopedists are cast out, dentists are rooted out. GPs, for their part, are underpaid and overworked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/106 "2015-02-08T02:22:48Z")
“Daven” comes from “divine.” It’s also transitive-- you can “daven ma’ariv,” for example, but it can properly be used intransitively: “I daven in the morning.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/107 "2015-02-08T15:42:40Z")
Sommeliers are decanted ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/108 "2015-02-08T16:03:08Z")
A pastry chef gets his just desserts. A carter gets his wagon fixed. A train engineer gets derailed. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/109 "2015-02-08T16:48:09Z")
A Windows user gets a Blue Screen of Death. ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/110 "2015-02-08T17:19:55Z")
A Doper gets straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/111 "2015-02-08T20:16:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Guitar players are debarred. Guitar players fret. Electicrians trip. ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/112 "2015-02-08T21:02:39Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > For doctors, it really depends on the specialty. […] Cardiologists are disheartened. ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/113 "2015-02-08T21:08:00Z")
> [@MsKaren](#): > > A Doper gets straightened out. _It’s taking longer than we thought_ ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/114 "2015-02-09T01:21:23Z")
Electricians are grounded. Bankers are withdrawn. Astronauts are spaced out. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/115 "2015-02-09T01:59:15Z")
News item: The President of the American Society of Gruntliers got disgruntled. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/116 "2015-02-09T02:42:33Z")
Linguists are destressed. Babysitters are just kidded. ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/117 "2015-02-09T04:55:33Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > A Windows user gets a Blue Screen of Death. Sometimes it’s worse still: the WHITE screen. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/118 "2015-02-09T16:27:34Z")
This reminds me of the best _New York Post_ headline I ever saw. It was on a short inside story. I saw it over some guy’s shoulder on the subway and could never find the article again, but the headline tells the whole story: Naked Priest Defrocked ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/119 "2015-02-09T17:27:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > News item: The President of the American Society of Gruntliers got disgruntled. The Society for the Preservation of Tithesis commends your ebriated and scrutable use of delible and defatigable tithesis, which are gainly, sipid and couth. We are gruntled and consolate that you have the ertia and eptititue to choose such putably pensible tithesis, which we parage. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987/120 "2015-02-09T20:16:36Z")
Is there an online (read: instant and free) way to determine the status of a doctor in Texas? He’s and MD if that matters (as opposed to a DO, or other types of doctors). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987.md?page=7)