# I spoke to Jack Batty yesterday! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545 "2003-07-06T09:41:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/1 "2003-07-06T09:41:59Z")
Er…not our Very Own **Jack Batty** , but in my role as a telefundraiser :D, I rang a bloke here in Aus. with the same name. Alas, Mr. Jack Batty did not want to subscribe to the charity I was soliciting for. Eh…you win some, you lose some. But it got me thinking…have any of you come across others IRL who have shared the names of some of our infamous Dopers? I doubt you would have met too many Spoofes or Mr. Polycarps (haha) but what about the more ‘normal’ names? Have you met any? ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/2 "2003-07-06T11:22:39Z")
Didn’t the residents of **Kambuckta** feature on a TV show at one stage? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/3 "2003-07-06T17:13:51Z")
I took care of Mr. Jack Batty in the hospital a few months ago. He was a very sweet elderly gentleman with GI problems IIRC. The guy is everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/4 "2003-07-06T21:21:39Z")
Sam Stone works in our local hospital and volunteers for the Red Cross. He recently got married and built a house. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/5 "2003-07-06T21:35:23Z")
I once dated a girl named **fizzygoodmakefeelnice**. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/6 "2003-07-07T04:43:18Z")
We had a box of **Krispy Original** in the back of the deli where I work. We threw it away. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/7 "2003-07-07T05:53:57Z")
A friend of mine once gave **Howie Reynolds** a ride from the bus stop to his apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spoke-to-jack-batty-yesterday/186545/8 "2003-07-07T08:04:33Z")
I’ve had to take **Drastic** measures many times in the past!