# My patient, Og **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433 "2005-11-23T16:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/61 "2005-11-25T04:02:30Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Cite? Such has not been my anecdotal experience here. 😉 If they don’t learn, they’ll wander away… eventually. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/62 "2005-11-25T04:19:51Z")
Not Ogie Oglethorpe, I hope. You know, the “enforcer” from Slap Shot. If so, be careful; this guy is a real cementhead and a disgrace to the sport. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/63 "2005-11-25T04:20:20Z")
I’ve cared for infants whose parents named them: after body parts, naughty ones, even, their pets, the baby’s diagnosis. I’ve seen Miracles, and Precious Miracles. My fave, however was not a patient, but a visitor’s infant daughter. She had a lovely albiet unusual name: Myshyanne. I asked the mother if it was a family or ethnic name. She said it was a family name of sorts. The baby was named after mom’s reclusive sister…Anne. My… Shy…Anne :smack: **QtM** I have a question for you, and a blatant high jack, I’ll admit. If you had a patient who was convinced he/she had a particular illness, and you disagreed. Then,subsequiently found the patientto be correct, would you be offended if said patient brought you a picture of a zebra? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/64 "2005-11-25T04:21:40Z")
Wow, I usually preview better than that! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/65 "2005-11-25T15:15:53Z")
> [@amaranta](#): > > Not to hijack too much, but man, I’d just keep my maiden name in that case. My mom has a friend named Gay, who married a man with the last name Ray. According to my mother, she struggled for months after the engagement, not wanting to tell her husband that she wanted to keep her own name, in case he thought she wasn’t really committed or something. When she finally brought it up to him, he pointed out that no one who really loved another person would want them to change their name to “Gay Ray”. Sorry to continue the hijack but I once worked somewhere where our regular UPS guy’s name was “Ben Gay”. I’m not sure how long the ointment has been around but I’d venture to guess that the ointment preceeded him by several years. I don’t know why he didn’t insist on being called Benjamin. Then again at least he didn’t just go by his first initial, “B. Gay”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/66 "2005-11-25T17:53:07Z")
Sorry, **picunurse**. The patient who brought you a picture of the zebra is 🆒 . ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/67 "2005-11-25T18:02:33Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Sorry to continue the hijack but I once worked somewhere where our regular UPS guy’s name was “Ben Gay”. I’m not sure how long the ointment has been around but I’d venture to guess that the ointment preceeded him by several years. I don’t know why he didn’t insist on being called Benjamin. Then again at least he didn’t just go by his first initial, “B. Gay”. There’s a consumer advocate around here whose parents apparently named him Benjamin. Not too bad, but his last name is Dover. And yes, he goes by Ben Dover. Personally, I’d have gone by a middle name, or nickname, or changed my name. Cite: [http://www.bendover.com/Default.asp](http://www.bendover.com/Default.asp) . Yes, it’s worksafe, though anyone looking at the name would be rather leery. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/68 "2005-11-25T18:20:07Z")
I have a co-worker whose name is Skye Walker. “Cool,” I thought. Until I learned that he changed his name _to_ Skye Walker. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/69 "2005-11-25T18:29:24Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > He ain’t no spring chicken. He’s over 50. > > And Og thanked me. > > How does that latter bit fit into SDMB theological worldviews? :eek: You’ve been blessed by Og! Perhaps he was arrested for bootlegging; tracking him by the smell, there were able to find… Og’s Mash. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/70 "2005-11-25T19:50:49Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > would you be offended if said patient brought you a picture of a zebra? Nope. Maybe embarrassed, maybe humbled, depending on the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/71 "2005-11-25T20:25:30Z")
Hm. When Og signs his name, he signs it “O. G.” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/72 "2005-11-25T21:02:40Z")
You know, Og is a traditional Celtic name. Mostly a surname, from what I can tell, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/73 "2005-11-25T23:33:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know, Og is a traditional Celtic name. Mostly a surname, from what I can tell, but still. I don’t think he’s celtic. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/74 "2005-11-25T23:35:00Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Sorry, **picunurse**. The patient who brought you a picture of the zebra is 🆒 . No, no. I took the zebra to my husband’s doc. He told me I must have been hearing hoof beats, when I said hubby had pertussis. He said no, 45 minutes later the lab called him to confirm a positive pertussis culture. I give it to him today, he took the ribbing quite well 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/75 "2005-11-25T23:38:28Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > No, no. I took the zebra to my husband’s doc. > > I give it to him today, he took the ribbing quite well 😃 Next time tell your doc the diagnosis was carbuncular trollopsy, and give him a picture of a unicorn. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/76 "2005-11-25T23:51:59Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Next time tell your doc the diagnosis was carbuncular trollopsy, and give him a picture of a unicorn. Like minds… I wanted to write… “True, a horse is not a zebra, but neither is a zebra a unicorn!” ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/77 "2005-11-27T01:59:19Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know, Og is a traditional Celtic name. Mostly a surname, from what I can tell, but still. Well “og” means “young”, but this guys seems not to be young. Hmmmm, what a mysterious Mr. OG he is. Is his mother or grandmother named Nanny Ogg? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/78 "2005-11-27T02:09:11Z")
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if [Mike Hunt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327753) wound up in jail someday. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/79 "2005-12-04T00:45:15Z")
Update: A chance encounter with Og led me to asking him about his name. He insisted it was O. G. and that the initials didn’t stand for anything. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433/80 "2005-12-04T01:05:51Z")
Oh, so the legend of Og has been exploded. Bummer. Except that just the other day, I saw a book that had the author’s name listed as Og. I was surprised. Yeah, [here’s one of them.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055327757X/qid=1133658314/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-6137655-9354267?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-patient-og/332433.md?page=5)