This soccer referee’s last name, Amarilla, is also the adjective (“Yellow”) used in Spanish to describe the card referees show to players to warn them that they’re pushing it.
One of the World Cup’s most feared adversities is the yellow card; one player being shown two of them in any combination of games during the tournament, is enough for him to be suspended for the next game–and at this point in the tournament, every game is win-or-go-home.
And one of the World Cup refs is named Yellow!
What are your nominations? Major Major Major has to be at the top of the list, of course, while NFL running back Priest Holmes most certainly does not qualify.
Ah, Nominative Determinism. My favourite. There’s a huge collection over at NewScientist, where I first came across this phenomenon. Cost me many a rib, that has.
I interviewed for a job at an archaeology firm once. The guy who did the interview was named Dr Jones. I was told of this before the interview so I could remind myself not to say stupid stuff to him in the interview. He had a Raiders of the Lost Ark background which was kind of cool.
My cousin was in the police force, and caused no end of confusion introducing himself as Senior Sergeant Constable. I gather court appearances were briefly quite farcical as the name/rank confusion unravelled.
