There is a urologist in Ohio named Dr Dick Tapper. Heard that on the radio a while back.
Remembered another. Here’s a streetview of a bakery in Ardingly, Sussex, England. Google Maps
If you check out the circular engraving on the window, you’ll see that at the bottom it says “D Bunn Proprietor”.
Mr Bunn the baker. Sweet.
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There was an ornithologist at McGill named David Bird.
My sister retired from being a music therapist.
Her married named was Mrs.Singer.
On channel 7 down here in the greater metropolitan (Los Angeles) area, the weather guy is Dallas Raines.
We had a Sherrif named Justice in my hometown growing up. Sheriff Justice.
My father’s initials were HAO. The one phrase he learned when he was stationed in China (pilot in WWII) was “ding hao,” which meant very good. Because of his initials, he insisted they had to be talking about him.
But his post-military-retirement career was working for the State of California Department of Public Works, Division of Highways. His job was Highway Administrative Officer.
HAO
So he was HAO HAO.
Ding hao
~VOW
Last night I watched a fencing demonstration by someone whose last name is Perry.
Took me a while, but when he repeatedly talked about how you “parry” a thrust, the connection finally came to me.
The former Portland police chief and now Philly police chief is Danielle Outlaw.
The head of Friends of Animals is Priscilla Feral. She changed her name to Feral legally.
My dentist in Anchorage was Doctor McClean.
Back in the mid-80’s all the women I worked with used the same gynaecologist, Dr. Beaver. Near me now is an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in hip replacements called Mr. Chisel.
My Driver’s Education teacher in high school was Mr. Karr. He joked around about it–when discussing the possible occurrence of some rare set of circumstances in driving he might punctuate his sentence with “I mean, what are the chances of having a Driver’s Ed teacher named Mr. Karr?”
This is my favorite so far!
A famous anti-example was Jaime Cardinal Sin, cardinal for Philippines.
I’d then ask his patient "PLEASE tell me that, when he walked in with your test results, you said Doctor Doctor, give me the news!"
In High School, my homeroom teacher was also an English Teacher. Her name was Mrs Grammer.
Yes, Grammer was spelled with an “-er” at the end.
I had a roommate named Bonebrake.
He was in med school at the time, and yes, he is now Dr. Bonebrake.
Is his brother the drummer for X? I was surprised to find that D.J. Bonebrake is the only member of the band that doesn’t use a stage name.
My dad’s cousin married into the family name of “Sexton” and, yes, her husband did become a Sexton in their church.
I just saw a police officer with the last name “Stopper”.
Watched an episode of Seth Meyers last night. The musical guest was bluegrass player Billy Strings who plays a guitar along with a bunch of others playing stringed instruments.
Alas, it’s a stage name.
Wouldn’t it be cool if it became common for people in occupations outside of Entertainment to create pseudonyms for themselves? At the grocery store, I’d always go to the checkout aisle manned by the guy whose nametag says “Speedy Checkerman”.