WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DAUGHTER

gold...@ide.com

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Jul 14, 1993, 4:41:02 PM7/14/93

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I used to know a girl named Cindy Letz. Really.

Skip Austin

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Jul 14, 1993, 6:45:33 PM7/14/93

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In article <9307142040.AA19736@vail> gold...@ide.com writes:
>From: gold...@ide.com
>Subject: WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DAUGHTER
>Date: 14 Jul 1993 15:41:02 -0500

>I used to know a girl named Cindy Letz. Really.
>

I went to high school with a guy named Clay Potts.
My dad always tells us about a guy when he was in school named Morris
Schitzeasy. I guess it wouldn't matter what his first name is.

Skip Austin
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San Diego State University

Kathleen Reinholz

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Jul 14, 1993, 7:41:33 PM7/14/93

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Actually this should be what not to name your doctor....

Dr. Coffin & Dr. Nails (associates)
Dr. Hymen (ob/gyn)
Dr. Slaughter (surgeon)
Dr. Chew (dentist)
Dr. Grin (dentist)
Dr. Smile (dentist)
Dr. Teeth (dentist)
Dr. Frank L. Stein (what if his middle name was Norman?)
Dr. Harry Katz (shouldv'e been a vet w/ a name like that)

got any more????

c

Kirk DeHaan

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Jul 15, 1993, 3:21:21 PM7/15/93

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In article <austin.19...@ucs.sdsu.edu> aus...@ucs.sdsu.edu (Skip Austin ) writes:
>In article <9307142040.AA19736@vail> gold...@ide.com writes:
>>From: gold...@ide.com
>>Subject: WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DAUGHTER
>>Date: 14 Jul 1993 15:41:02 -0500
>>I used to know a girl named Cindy Letz. Really.
>>
>I went to high school with a guy named Clay Potts.
>My dad always tells us about a guy when he was in school named Morris
>Schitzeasy. I guess it wouldn't matter what his first name is.

When I was a kid we used to look up funny/strange/wierd names in the phone
book. We would make calls to these people. (No comments on the legallity
of it all. I think the statute of limitations has run out. :-) ) Anyway,
the one we found to be most hilarious was a guy named Harry Ball.

Also, when in grammar school I had a friend named Dick Brown. You all
remember how they would call last name first, first name last. The teacher
would always wonder why we were laughing so much when she called his name.
In reallity she probably knew exactly why we were laughing but played
ignorant so as not to promote such activity.

Kirk

David Rosenzweig

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Jul 16, 1993, 10:29:49 AM7/16/93

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>I went to high school with a guy named Clay Potts.
>My dad always tells us about a guy when he was in school named Morris
>Schitzeasy. I guess it wouldn't matter what his first name is.

We had I guy who said his name was Lipschitz.
I said, "If you're Lipschitz, my ass whistles!"

David

Cynthia M. Duncan

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Jul 14, 1993, 10:18:25 PM7/14/93

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Someone mentioned what no to name a doctor. I had a dentist - Dr. Achen.

Amy Ward

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Jul 16, 1993, 12:35:37 PM7/16/93

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In article <1993Jul15....@nmt.edu> cdu...@nmt.edu (Cynthia M. Duncan) writes:
>
> Someone mentioned what no to name a doctor. I had a dentist - Dr. Achen.

I used to work for a neurologist named Dr. Payne.

Amy

Frank Reid

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Jul 16, 1993, 4:44:23 PM7/16/93

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In article <1993Jul15....@nmt.edu> cdu...@nmt.edu (Cynthia M. Duncan) writes:

> Someone mentioned what not to name a doctor. I had a dentist - Dr.
> Achen.

I knew a Dr. William ______, who really hated his nickname, "Big Bill."

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Bruce Smith

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Jul 16, 1993, 12:22:06 PM7/16/93

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In article <1993Jul16....@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> ro...@ssd.comm.mot.com (David Rosenzweig) writes:
>
>We had I guy who said his name was Lipschitz.
>I said, "If you're Lipschitz, my ass whistles!"

Oh hell, my friend & I looked in the phone book for some named Lipschitz
(being in NYC at the time, we found several choices). Well, my pal gets on
the horn and dials one of the numbers. A woman answers.

"Is this the Lipschitz residence?" asks my friend.
"Yes, it is," says the woman.
"This is Western Union; we have a telegram for you. The message is--IF YOUR
LIPSCHITZ, MY ASS TALKS!"

At this point, we're in hysterics, but Mme. Lipschitz hangs in there and begins
a lecture about her unfortunate name. I got to listen to some of it, to be
told of a famous sculptor named Jacques Lifschitz. I'm sure she'd already
heard quite enough remarks without having to listen to some wiseass teenager
on the phone!

Bruce Smith

Debra Gee

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Jul 17, 1993, 2:08:21 PM7/17/93

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Our city has a doctor named Dr. Frankenstein.

Dabe Dabe Murphy

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Jul 18, 1993, 4:32:29 PM7/18/93

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In article <229f6l$l...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> de...@ap.cl.msu.edu (Debra Gee) writes:
>Our city has a doctor named Dr. Frankenstein.

Or the (by now) famous OB/GYN (I think ... Perhaps he's just a gynecologist)
in Northern Virginia - Dr. Harry Beaver. ("I'm not making this up" -- Dave
Barry)
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Martin Pot

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Jul 18, 1993, 10:31:40 PM7/18/93

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My name is MT Pot
How about that??

Charles Lindy

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Jul 19, 1993, 2:29:31 PM7/19/93

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In article <1993Jul16....@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> ro...@ssd.comm.mot.com (David Rosenzweig) writes:

>From: ro...@ssd.comm.mot.com (David Rosenzweig)
>Subject: Re: WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DAUGHTER
>Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 14:29:49 GMT
>Keywords: n

When I was a kid, our trash collector was named Harry Arms.

that's not bad enough...his mother was Missouri Arms which was also the name
of local hotel.

ooofda.

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Jul 20, 1993, 1:43:59 PM7/20/93

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In article <1993Jul15....@nmt.edu> cdu...@nmt.edu (Cynthia M. Duncan) writes:
>

> Someone mentioned what no to name a doctor. I had a dentist - Dr. Achen.

I once had a proctologist named Dr. Horney. No kidding!

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Kelley Boylan

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Jul 20, 1993, 4:56:50 PM7/20/93

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> > Someone mentioned what no to name a doctor. I had a dentist - Dr. Achen.
>
> I once had a proctologist named Dr. Horney. No kidding!

I have you beat there -- the man who delivered most of the babies in
my home town (pop. 7500) was Dr. Slaughter. (Coincidentally, the high
school football team was run by Coach Payne.)

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Jason Hudson

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Jul 20, 1993, 12:56:44 PM7/20/93

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According to da...@cs.umd.edu (Dabe "Dabe" Murphy):

>In article <229f6l$l...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> de...@ap.cl.msu.edu (Debra Gee) writes:
>>Our city has a doctor named Dr. Frankenstein.
>
>Or the (by now) famous OB/GYN (I think ... Perhaps he's just a gynecologist)
>in Northern Virginia - Dr. Harry Beaver. ("I'm not making this up" -- Dave
>Barry)

How about this? In Louisville, my former home, there were two doctors named
Dr.Payne and Dr.Needleman. It's no wonder I mooved.

Jason

John Derry

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Jul 20, 1993, 8:36:05 PM7/20/93

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Many years ago I was hospitalized in St. Louis Children's Hospital.

I heard them paging:

Dr. Blood
Dr. Butcher
Dr. Carver

Yep, they were all surgeons.

My dentist for over 30 years was Dr. Aitken, (achin')

In my home town a very respected sawbones was Dr. Lancet.

My aunt took her dog to a vet, Dr. Woof.

Egad!

Jack

Russell Donaldson

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Jul 21, 1993, 3:23:31 AM7/21/93

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Martin Pot (mp...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
: My name is MT Pot
: How about that??

Your lucky your name is not Peter Issac Stephen Shaun Pot :-)

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Andrew Rogers

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Jul 21, 1993, 6:50:03 AM7/21/93

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In article <russel...@radical.amigans.gen.nz> russ...@radical.amigans.gen.nz (Russell Donaldson) writes:
>Martin Pot (mp...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
>: My name is MT Pot
>: How about that??
>
> Your lucky your name is not Peter Issac Stephen Shaun Pot :-)

In the early 70's whenever a bunch of us would go to a busy restaurant
we'd always say our name was "Pott". Then they'd page us over the PA:
"Table ready for the Pott party!"

AWR
old fart at play

Iain P. Grier

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Jul 21, 1993, 11:17:52 AM7/21/93

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In article <russel...@radical.amigans.gen.nz> russ...@radical.amigans.gen.nz (Russell Donaldson) writes:

>Martin Pot (mp...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
>: My name is MT Pot
>: How about that??
>
> Your lucky your name is not Peter Issac Stephen Shaun Pot :-)

> ^^^^

I went to school with a guy called
Larry Eugene Gary Allan Louis Iggy Zowie Earnest Pot

[no kidding!]

jwg

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Jul 21, 1993, 9:45:29 AM7/21/93

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In article <CAH32...@fin.uucp> ja...@fin.uucp (Jason Hudson) writes:

Jason

South Bend, Indiana is home of Dr. Toothacre, the dentist.

jim grey
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Roger Taranto

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Jul 21, 1993, 6:20:27 PM7/21/93

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In article <229f6l$l...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> de...@ap.cl.msu.edu (Debra Gee) writes:

>Our city has a doctor named Dr. Frankenstein.

That's "Frahnkensteen".

Andrew Rogers

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Jul 21, 1993, 4:18:11 PM7/21/93

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In article <JWG.93Ju...@SEDV1.acd4.acd.com> j...@SEDV1.acd4.acd.com (jwg) writes:
> How about this? In Louisville, my former home, there were two doctors named
> Dr.Payne and Dr.Needleman. It's no wonder I mooved.
>

>South Bend, Indiana is home of Dr. Toothacre, the dentist.

And one of the body piercers highly recommended by the rec.arts.bodyart
readership is Karen Hurt.

Alec Chattaway

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Jul 22, 1993, 9:31:05 AM7/22/93

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I know it's not a doctor, but I have a chemist at the top of my road called
B Deadman

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Michael D Humes

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Jul 22, 1993, 1:04:45 PM7/22/93

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>From: chatty@obelix (Alec Chattaway)

How about Dr. Chance? That is my mothers Doctor.

The Logman

Darren Bruce Boucher

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Jul 22, 1993, 10:28:13 AM7/22/93

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In <22kmc3...@calamari.hi.com> rog...@calamari.hi.com (Andrew Rogers) writes:

>In article <JWG.93Ju...@SEDV1.acd4.acd.com> j...@SEDV1.acd4.acd.com (jwg) writes:
>> How about this? In Louisville, my former home, there were two doctors named
>> Dr.Payne and Dr.Needleman. It's no wonder I mooved.
>>

Here in Halifax Nova Scotia (That's Canada eh?) we have a doctor
named Dr. Nurse

Talk about your identity problems.
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Andrew Rogers

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Jul 22, 1993, 10:37:55 AM7/22/93

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In article <17...@blue.cis.pitt.edu> hum...@pitt.edu (Michael D Humes) writes:
>>I know it's not a doctor, but I have a chemist at the top of my road called

^^^^^^^ pharmacist for us Yanks
>>B Deadman

>
> How about Dr. Chance? That is my mothers Doctor.

About 10 years ago I used to hack contract software for a group of four
cardiac anesthesiologists at Mass. General Hospital. I still have one
of their business cards:

None of them were actually named Chance, but the above posting sounded like
as good an opportunity as any to post this...

Andrew

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Jul 23, 1993, 11:48:03 PM7/23/93

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mp...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Martin Pot) writes:
>My name is MT Pot
>How about that??

My elderly great Aunt Marion's contribution to the attempt to name me
was "Coe".

"It's a family name!" She kept insisting, and my mother shook her head.
"Marion," my grandmother said, "her husband's last name is CAIN..."

Coe Cain... I would have been _really_ mad... I was lucky.

Experience to Extremes

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Jul 26, 1993, 4:02:37 PM7/26/93

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In article <1993Jul15.1...@hitachi.com> ki...@hitachi.com (Kirk DeHaan) writes:
>In article <austin.19...@ucs.sdsu.edu> aus...@ucs.sdsu.edu (Skip Austin ) writes:
>>In article <9307142040.AA19736@vail> gold...@ide.com writes:
>>>From: gold...@ide.com
>>>Subject: WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DAUGHTER
>>>Date: 14 Jul 1993 15:41:02 -0500
>>>I used to know a girl named Cindy Letz. Really.
>>>
>>I went to high school with a guy named Clay Potts.
>>My dad always tells us about a guy when he was in school named Morris
>>Schitzeasy. I guess it wouldn't matter what his first name is.
>

At my sister's high school graduation last month, there was a person in
her class named Michael Hunt. My brother and I just about lost it laughing.

bill_opferman

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Jul 26, 1993, 2:48:13 PM7/26/93

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I went to grammar school with a Terry Barry Geary. You might make a query if
he was a hairy fairy. On the contrary, he was very dreary. Sincerely!

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Jul 28, 1993, 6:22:16 AM7/28/93

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i went to school with a girl named Cherrie Pitt
later i worked with a man named Rich Cashdollar
i also heard of a woman working for CalTrans (the CA highway people)
who was named Elaine Konedoff

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Alison Rosenstengel

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Aug 5, 1993, 6:15:43 PM8/5/93

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In article <gilbert-28...@aq6133.engl.sfu.ca> gil...@sfu.ca (Jody Gilbert) writes:
>I knew a girl in highschool named Wanda Ball.

I knew a girl in grade school named Shanda Leer. Her parents owned an
electric/light service.

Chris Schulman

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Aug 9, 1993, 4:32:31 PM8/9/93

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I went to high school with Candy Koehn and Candy Sellars.

Sam Drinkard

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csch...@callisto.ingr.com (Chris Schulman) writes:

I went to school with Patsy and Mickey Rape.

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