# You couldn't make this stuff up! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340 "2011-06-13T18:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/41 "2011-06-20T18:17:23Z")
When I was growing up in a fairly small town, the local gynecologist’s name was Dr. Skankey. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/42 "2011-06-20T18:33:01Z")
Girlfriend’s old OB/GYN was named: Dr. Beaver ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/43 "2011-06-20T20:17:03Z")
My son’s urologist is Dr. Huang. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/44 "2011-06-20T20:36:36Z")
Prof. David Bird is an ornithologist at McGill and used to write a bird-watching column for the local paper. Mention of Iris Love, brought to mind a fellow (so to speak) graduate student named Iris Breast who was extremely well endowed. An election a few years back featured, in the Outremont riding, candidates Hogg and Cauchon (the latter is the French word for hog). ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/45 "2011-06-20T20:42:40Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > Am I missing something? Are you thinking of de Guerre? “de Gaulle” is French for “from Gaul.” In other words, “from France.” So I guess the poster was saying that a French leader named “de Gaulle” would be redundant. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/46 "2011-06-20T20:46:39Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > “de Gaulle” is French for “from Gaul.” > > In other words, “from France.” > > So I guess the poster was saying that a French leader named “de Gaulle” would be redundant. Ahhhh! Enlightenment. Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/47 "2011-06-20T20:52:55Z")
Dr. Pillman, my psychiatrist. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/48 "2011-06-20T20:54:02Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > My wife had a dentist named Dr. Drilling. I had a dentist named Dr. Payne. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/49 "2011-06-20T21:02:21Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Couldn’t they have come up with a more imaginative name than “de Gaulle” for the guy who led the Free French during WWII? Not sure what you mean by “they.” His name is Charles de Gaulle. It’s not a nickname, de Gaulle is his bona fide surname. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/50 "2011-06-20T21:09:09Z")
Ryan Dunn. Whose lifeless body was pulled from a car (just as a lifeless car was pulled from his body). Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/51 "2011-06-20T21:31:11Z")
Texas governor named his daughter [Ima](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg). Contrary to legend, she did not have a sister named Ura. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/52 "2011-06-20T22:20:49Z")
I went to high school with an enormously overweight guy whose last name was Hogg (though he pronounced it more like “Hogue”) There is/was a fireman in my town with the last name Smoke. And, completely made-up, I recently read A. Lee Martinez’s book, “Gil’s All-Fright Diner”, wherein the local law enforcement officer is Sheriff Marshall Kopp 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kim\_okla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kim\_okla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kim_okla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/53 "2011-06-21T03:54:44Z")
I once went to a Dr. Frankenstein. She pronounced it Frankensteen which wasn’t nearly as fun. I enjoyed getting a prescription just so it would be on the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/54 "2011-06-22T03:50:09Z")
I knew a Salvation Army officer whose surname was Major. He was Captain Major. And, just to cap it off, he had an older brother, also an officer, who actually was a Major… ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/55 "2011-06-22T03:56:27Z")
My dogs’ veterinarian is named Doctor Bone. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/56 "2011-06-22T04:23:58Z")
There’s a urologist in my hometown named Dr. Balch. We used to find that hilarious when we were kids, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/57 "2011-08-29T19:01:58Z")
The reporter on BBC Radio 5 who covered the news about the possible cost of the anti-impotence drug Viagra to Britain’s National Health service was Susan Allcock. The US Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman for inquiries about Viagra is Janet Woodcock. (Reportedly from _New Scientist_ as mentioned [here](http://aptonyms-wiki.wikispaces.com/Aptonyms+A%E2%80%93B), along with other aptonyms.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/58 "2011-08-29T19:06:33Z")
I was watching the talking heads yesterday and one of the Democratic pundits was Krystal Ball. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340/59 "2011-08-29T19:09:51Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I was watching the talking heads yesterday and one of the Democratic pundits was Krystal Ball. Has she ever considered a career in the adult-entertainment industry? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340.md?page=2)