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I love appropriate names. You know, names appropriate to what the person does for a living or is associated with. And, in today's news on BBC Radio 4, we were privileged to have not just one, but two, magnificent names. :) (I was surprised that the presenters managed to keep a straight face. :) )

So, talking about a reform to the system for prisoner release in the UK, on the Today programme this morning was the Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, Frances Crook.

And, promoting draft legislation to limit displays of public nudity in San Francisco - member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Scott Wiener.

Honestly, you couldn't make them up.

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This one is unbelievably apt:

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That just can't true, surely! :o
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These don't measure up to Dr Bum, but I'm not convinced that one's real either. At summer camp as a kid, we had a riding counselor named Cynthia Gallup, and another time, a folk-dance teacher named Penny Spinner. Their actual names :D
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benhall.1 wrote:That just can't true, surely! :o
In a world such as this, I fear I must believe it.

OTOH, someone didn't know how to properly spell "Colonoscopy", so the credibility is made a bit more shaky for that.
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A friend of mine had a dentist named Dr. Crater.

A manager of wind instrument sales at Sam Ash Music was Meyer Lipschitz.

One of the MS-NBC political commentators is a young lady named Krystal Ball.

Also, we had a US President named Dick.
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The Rights of Way Officer for Gloucestershire is one John Lane. Then there's Bob Flowerdew, the gardening expert.

I always rather liked the name of a certain undertaker in Cwmbran, South Wales: Arthur Boxer. Had a certain ring, I always thought ...
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That reminds me! I knew a mortician whose surname was Worm.
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We had a PE teacher called Miss Hockey and my mum had a music teacher called Miss Sharp. But, since many surnames (not necessarily these!) are derived from occupations, perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised when some come full circle to 'fit' again?
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You've just reminded me, Peter, of my old Professor of Music at Birmingham University - Professor Ivor E Keys. And, honest, I'm not making that up.
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I had a brute of a gym teacher named Harry Gorilla. True.
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There is a dentist in a nearby town named Dr. Diddle.
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MTGuru wrote:
Also, we had a US President named Dick.
Two, if you count Cheney... :D
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In the Philippines, we had a Cardinal named Cardinal Sin

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Though he is already dead. RIP
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In the community where I grew up, there was an Optometrist named Dr. Glassman. Really
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