# How many Doper specializations can you name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199 "2007-10-18T18:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/101 "2007-12-04T21:07:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Dutch Botany does indeed sound like an intriguing euphemism. [/QUOTE] “So, how much does a Dutch Botanist make”. “Err. . . actually I pay _them_”. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/102 "2007-12-04T22:15:57Z")
I forgot to add **Kimstu** , who is a historian of science or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/103 "2007-12-05T15:29:47Z")
**Tuckerfan** , is the only other machinist on the board that I know of. I’m just quietly waiting for someone to ask about restoring or refinishing antique brass lamps so I can leave a mark in peoples memory with my obscure speciality. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/104 "2007-12-05T16:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] **Wordman** – music [/QUOTE] Hey - cool! I got name-checked! It was that recommendation for the John McLaughlin CD, wasn’t it? 🙂 I don’t have much to add - the folks I would add seem to be mentioned. - \*\*Crotalus \*\* knows guitars and music as well as rattlesnakes. - Lots of folks know guitar stuff, like **sleestak** , **Small Clanger** , \*\*Cluricaun \*\* and a bunch of others. - Along with **fishbicycle** , \*\*Biffy the Elephant Shrew \*\*knows the Beatles You get the idea. I always happen upon these Doper lists way too late in the game… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/105 "2007-12-05T16:18:09Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] Hey - cool! I got name-checked! It was that recommendation for the John McLaughlin CD, wasn’t it? … You get the idea. I always happen upon these Doper lists way too late in the game… [/QUOTE] Thank god for vanity searches, eh? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/106 "2007-12-05T18:57:41Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Thank god for vanity searches, eh? 😛 [/QUOTE] Not really. The first time I did a vanity search on Google in years (a photo of me had been published and I wanted to see how it looked) I found out that there is a guy with my name (very uncommon last name) in my general vicinity…who is a competitive eater and trying to become a top-ranked one. :dubious: Just what I need… ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/107 "2007-12-05T20:29:05Z")
**Biffy the Elephant Shrew** is also an authority on the recordings of Frank Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199/108 "2007-12-05T20:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Goob] **Tuckerfan** , is the only other machinist on the board that I know of. [/QUOTE] I used to be one, but changed careers about three years back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-doper-specializations-can-you-name/423199.md?page=5)