# I pit DrDeth

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/272 "2021-03-25T15:48:40Z")

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> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> Yeah, this one kills me. His father was a clerk/typist in a pool of clerk/typists that were used by everybody, not just MacArthur. But of course his father called MacArthur Doug, so **DrDeth** does too.
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> His father, the clerk/typist, also piloted “Doug’s” plane while the pilot, copilot and navigator were all too busy doing paperwork to fly the plane.

This hasn’t been mentioned yet: [dear old Dad had a friend who worked in Bletchley Park!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories-why-the-outlandish-ones-that-dont-even-sound-remotely-real/916360/111)

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