What's in a name?

[zebedee]

Here's one for everybody. Appropriate (or not) names for people and their jobs. I worked with a Customs officer who's name was Hartless! There was a bloke on telly the other night talking about credit card fraud. His name was Cardwell.
Anyone got any others?

[Flummery]

It's called Nominative Determinism Zeb - the New Scientist used to report them regularly.
I knew a man who organised the cleaning contracts for the LEA I worked for. Mr Broom.
I also knew a priest called Father Devine. (Hoping for promotion, obviously!)

[Earthbabe]

I work on a urology ward and, sorry to all you chaps, when a patient has the normal prostate op (a TURP) the prostate is scraped away endoscopically, lots of water involved and things.

For a while I had a manager called "Borwell"

[zebedee]

MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, too MUCH information

[Earthbabe]

Sorry Z, it probably wouldn't have made sense without.

[Seahorse]

At my school the Domestic Science teacher was Mrs Cook and the Metalwork teacher was Mr Smith.

Claire

[Hazel at the Hill]

At school we had a maths teacher called Mr Pratt .... oh, that's not quite the same thing, is it....!

[valmarg]

I used to work as a Medical Secretary and the Catering Manager at the hospital was a Miss Kitchen.

valmarg

[Geo]

Bob Flowerdew..Have a guess



Geo..

[Polly Fouracre]

I once had a dentist called Mr.Bloodsmith--only once!!

[dexterdoglancashire]

A slight deviation.....I worked in Scunthorpe in the Education Department many years ago and there was a lad called Dennis Ennis......his brother was called Peter.......I kid you not! Bernie
PS For those of you who dont understand think first initial and surname!

[Snadger]

What about the two actors called Pickins?/ I mean, would you in your right mind call your two Sons, Slim and Easy???

[nick the grief]

There's a firm of solicitors in Leamington Spa called Wright Hassell & co

[Benacre]

My old wood working teacher was a Mr Fartingwell.

the Sexual Health Clinic Manager at Lowestoft is a china man called Kurt- Wan Kin.

the ex lady of the night in our road is called Rusty Bedsprings.

An author in our writing club writes novels on Sea Ghost stories His name is Craptin Pants.

[rustylady]

A slight deviation.....I worked in Scunthorpe in the Education Department many years ago and there was a lad called Dennis Ennis......his brother was called Peter.......I kid you not! Bernie
PS For those of you who dont understand think first initial and surname!

I used to work with a guy called Geoff Lucock. Talking of initials and surnames, is it any wonder he was known as Sticky?