# "Yes, this is Dr. Fear calling to remind you of your oral surgery Friday..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640 "2007-01-19T22:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/1 "2007-01-19T22:54:07Z")
I wish I was making this up. I’m getting my wisdom teeth extracted (they’re putting me all the way out) next Friday. My oral surgeon’s name is Dr. Fear. The other resident surgeon? Dr. Hitchcock. :rolleyes: The story of my anxiety-ridden life. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/2 "2007-01-19T23:14:42Z")
My mother was supposed to have an appointment with a Dr. DiMento a few months ago. She went to a different doctor. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/3 "2007-01-19T23:20:01Z")
On the door to my doctor’s office, which office is shared by several physicians, is posted the name of a “Dr. Posthumous”. D’you think he’s somebody you should consult _after_ you die? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/4 "2007-01-20T00:50:58Z")
Near Vancouver’s Chinatown, there’s a GORE BARBER. When ever I go past, it makes me think of [Monty Python](http://mtglair.de/img/python/Homicidal_Barber.jpg). "It’s not a razor cut, then? Razorcutarterybloodspurt _murdering bastard!"_ ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/5 "2007-01-20T00:55:30Z")
My Latin teacher in high school was named Alan Fear. Mr. Fear was a dorky-looking skinny guy who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Really funny. He was a great teacher. Just as I think a Dr. Fear would be really good, and at least have a good sense of humor (or he would have killed himself/somebody else/changed his name by now). ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/6 "2007-01-20T01:12:39Z")
Drs Fear & Hitchcock did my wisdom teeth too. 🙂 (I used to live in Ann Arbor). They did a nice job, I got lots of happy drugs so I don’t remember a thing. Best. Dental. Experience. EVAR. BTW, Dr. Fear’s first name is Dalbert. IMHO, that’s a lot to lay on a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/7 "2007-01-20T01:13:12Z")
I had a driving teacher named Bob Skidmore and an allergist by name of Dr. Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/8 "2007-01-20T01:14:42Z")
I had a dentist once whose name (in norwegian) meant dr. Pull. And three medical students I know have vowed never to work together. Their names (again, in norwegian) are Raw, Violence and Payne. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/9 "2007-01-20T02:09:05Z")
There’s a gastroenterologist in central Florida named Anil Ram. He had his 15 minutes of fame a few years back when his office sign was shown on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/10 "2007-01-20T02:18:05Z")
My school doctor and nurse were Dr. Hertz and Mrs. Paine, and I went to an eye doctor in Baltimore simply because his name was Dr. I. Glasser. I love the sound of Drs. Fear and Hitchcock! Hell, I would go out there to use their services on their names alone! When you walk in, does Dr. Hitchcock go “Good _eve_-ning,” while Dr. Fear giggles insanely like Dwight Frye in the background? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/11 "2007-01-20T02:21:40Z")
My first pediatrician was Dr. Gerber, and my parents swear I once saw a pediatric dermatologist named Dr. Spot. Our high school driver’s ed teacher was named Mr. Miles. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/12 "2007-01-20T04:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Drs Fear & Hitchcock did my wisdom teeth too. (I used to live in Ann Arbor). They did a nice job, I got lots of happy drugs so I don’t remember a thing. Best. Dental. Experience. EVAR. Boy am I glad to hear that! Dr. Fear is actually a wonderfully nice guy. It’s true… having him introduce himself as “Dalbert” really did take away some of the sting. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/13 "2007-01-20T13:50:09Z")
Back when I was a workers’ compensation claims adjuster, I occasionally had dealings with a podiatrist named Dr. Footer. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/14 "2007-01-20T14:12:11Z")
My dad’s dermatologist is Dr. Rashly. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/15 "2007-01-20T16:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Dr. Fear is actually a wonderfully nice guy. [/QUOTE] Still, when he retires from the practice he can always get himself a nifty part-time gig as supervillain 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/16 "2007-01-20T17:06:52Z")
It’s a shame his name isn’t Terror, rather than Fear: “Dr. Terror’s House of Dentistry!” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/17 "2007-01-20T17:07:41Z")
My wisdom teeth were removed by Dr. Hertz. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/18 "2007-01-20T17:09:04Z")
My grandfather once found himself seated at a bar association lunch with Attys. Dilly, Dally, Doolittle and Stahl. They agreed they should establish a law firm together. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/19 "2007-01-21T06:42:50Z")
My new dentist is a nice lady by the name of Dr. Tuggey. She hasn’t threatened any extractions yet, but I’ve only seen her once. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640/20 "2007-01-21T07:33:47Z")
[Apparently, there’s a real-life Dr. Doom at Wright State University…](http://www.wright.edu/~travis.doom/) (Incidentally, **olive** , I had mine out just recently and it was a chocolate fudge, triple-layer, strawberries-and-cream on top piece of cake. I mean it. You’ll be fine. ;)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-dr-fear-calling-to-remind-you-of-your-oral-surgery-friday/388640.md?page=2)