# Is there a name for I.P. Freely type puns? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922 "2008-01-17T20:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/21 "2008-01-17T22:46:50Z")
When it happens for real - for example, if a plumber is called Phil Buckets - it’s known as _nominative determinism_ > **[Nominative determinism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism)** > > Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation Th... ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/22 "2008-01-17T23:06:15Z")
Under The Grandstands by Seymour Butts ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/23 "2008-01-17T23:23:56Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] As a kid in the 70’s I remember ordering Dynomite magazine from school (for kids too old for WOW and too young for Bananas), and they someitmes had a bunch of these, some clever, some not, some downright odd (Esther A. Dotorindahouse)- do these have a name? And are there compiliations of them online anywhere? [/QUOTE] Not sure, but Stu Pidaso might know…ya know…if you wanna ask him. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/24 "2008-01-17T23:24:07Z")
[QUOTE=Neur0mancer.] “10 Miles To The Outhouse” by Willie Makit (Illustrated by Betty Dont) [/QUOTE] Dad? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/25 "2008-01-17T23:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sprockets] That reminds me of one of my favorite jokes. An Irishman and a Scotsman are walking in a field. They see a sheep with its head stuck in a fence. The Scotsman walks over and has his way with it. He returns to the Irishman. “Would ye like summa that?” he asks. “Don’t know,” says the Irishman. “Would I hev ta put me head through the fence?” [/QUOTE] variation #1: And a young boy and a girl are sitting on a fence watching the cows, and flirting, and while they’re watching, a bull mounts a cow and has his way with it. The little boy looks at the girl with a gleam in his eye and says, “Geez, Suzie, I’d sure like to be doing that!” and she says, “Go ahead, it’s your cow.” ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/26 "2008-01-17T23:42:57Z")
This sort of thing is really popular among the ladies in modern Roller Derby. Most websites on them will have a listing of the names, and many are quite inventive and hilarious. My favorite so far is the name Anita Spankin. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/27 "2008-01-17T23:50:21Z")
I am currently reading two books: “A People’s History of the United States” by Orlando D. Free and Homer D. Brave, and “Babysitting Insurance” buy Justin Casey Howls. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/28 "2008-01-18T00:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] Wikipedia refers to them as [Gag names](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_name). [/QUOTE] I think we can all agree that that name lacks a certain panache. I propose that in honour of Mr. Szyslak we call them “Moe-degreens.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Thing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Thing)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/29 "2008-01-18T00:07:23Z")
I used to have a lame joke book when I was a kid that had a bunch of these. _The Cryptkeeper_ by S. Kelly Tonne There were a bunch more, but I can’t think of any offhand. Also, I shit you not, my dad’s name is the same as one of the gay Irishmen. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/30 "2008-01-18T01:00:02Z")
Since the GQ OP has been answered, let’s share the mirth with MPSIMS. Moved. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![Barrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Barrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrington)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/31 "2008-01-18T01:50:38Z")
_My Life as an Upper-class Babysitter_ by Wendy ffolkes-Harroway ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/32 "2008-01-18T02:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] When it happens for real - for example, if a plumber is called Phil Buckets - it’s known as _nominative determinism_ > **[Nominative determinism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism)** > > Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate toward areas of work or interest that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several scientific studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to lighth... [/QUOTE] The pastor of the Catholic church I sometimes attend was named Father Ellis dePriest. Ya know…Ellis…da priest? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/33 "2008-01-18T11:32:07Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Anal Sex for Dummies by Ben Dover and C. Howett Fields. [/QUOTE] And the scottish version by _Ben Doone and Phil McCraken_ Si ---
**Author:** ![Sprockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sprockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sprockets)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/34 "2008-01-18T12:28:14Z")
“Rusty Bedsprings” by I. P. Knitely ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/35 "2008-01-18T12:39:01Z")
“Spunk On The Bed” by Mister Completely ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/36 "2008-01-18T12:49:20Z")
I’ve done this before but… _Training Budgerigars To Talk_, by Hugh Zapretti-Boyden ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/37 "2008-01-18T13:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Hokkaido Brit] “Spunk On The Bed” by Mister Completely [/QUOTE] The copy I read was written by a 14 year old Master Bation, and illustration by Harry Palms. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/38 "2008-01-18T14:30:34Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Since the GQ OP has been answered, let’s share the mirth with MPSIMS. Moved. **samclem** GQ moderator [/QUOTE] Which reminds me of the punchline to an old, long pun: “I left my harp in **samclem** ’s disco.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/39 "2008-01-18T15:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] When it happens for real - for example, if a plumber is called Phil Buckets - it’s known as _nominative determinism_ > **[Nominative determinism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism)** > > Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate toward areas of work or interest that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several scientific studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to lighth... [/QUOTE] Ah. In our family, we call it cognomen syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-i-p-freely-type-puns/433922/40 "2008-01-18T16:15:30Z")
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