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Nominative determinism
Chizz
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With the news that the Venerable Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of Macclesfield, has been appointed Bishop of Thetford, thereby becoming Bishop Bishop, it got me wondering if Lifers had other examples of noninvasive determinism. That is, when one's name is a portent to one's career.
A slightly more prosaic example if my grandmother's plumber, Mr Plummer.
Do Lifers have any more interesting examples?
A slightly more prosaic example if my grandmother's plumber, Mr Plummer.
Do Lifers have any more interesting examples?
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I worked with a guy who name was Constable and his brother was a Kent PC.2
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Worked at Barclays where the top boss on the Investment Bank side was Rich Ricci!Most of my time there was in the Professional Services Team where we looked after the top global law firms & The Lord Chief Justice for a time was Judge (Igor) Judge.1
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Two at my sons school
- Dinner lady called Mrs Cod
- Teachers Assistant called Mrs Littlechild
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My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler.33
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Alan Ball?1
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Wifes Dentist for years was a Mr Payne. Not the same, but I worked with a lady called Henrietta Fish which tickled me.1
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Fair enough, but what was his name?DaveMehmet said:My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler.7 -
The wifes doctor was called Dr Piles0
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Was he a violin teacher perchance?DaveMehmet said:My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler.2 -
I worked at an insurance company where there was someone in Pricing with the surname Price and another in Finance with the surname Money.0
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Judge Judge. He went on to become Lord Chief Justice and is now The Right Honourable The Lord Judge.
I also knew a police officer called Constable Sargeant.
At one stage, Hertfordshire Constabulary had a head of their wildlife section called Inspector Cull.
Does the law firm Wright Hassall count?2 -
Alan Winton, the man Bishop has replaced as Bishop of Thetford, was a friend of mine at Chis & Sid, we went to the same youth club and he used to live across the road from me. We would take every opportunity to play cricket in the field that backed onto his house as teenagers along with a few of the other locals. He was a county standard left arm spinner but gave up cricket when at University and found God instead. The rest is history as they say. He hasn't changed one bit!!!Chizz said:With the news that the Venerable Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of Macclesfield, has been appointed Bishop of Thetford, thereby becoming Bishop Bishop, it got me wondering if Lifers had other examples of noninvasive determinism. That is, when one's name is a portent to one's career.
A slightly more prosaic example if my grandmother's plumber, Mr Plummer.
Do Lifers have any more interesting examples?
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I used to do the accounts for one D.J. Sparks, electrician0
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True story.
When I was being born the midwife was a miss carriage12 -
My mate sees a proctologist called "Asad Butt"2
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Not jobs but hobbies. Once knew two golfers named Hook and Duff.0
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Dr in Eltham years ago - Dr Blood !0
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Doug Bowser is the president of Nintendo of America.1
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I knew a more inappropriately named Dr Kilmoredicktracey said:Dr in Eltham years ago - Dr Blood !2 -
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Paul Twocock.
That made me snigger.1 -
Couple who stayed in our cottage. Husband changed his name by deed poll to John Wayne as he was a big fan 🤷♀️
Wifey was called Avis and she worked for Budget Rental……..was never allowed to answer the phone with her name as it confused the feck out of people 😂😂😂😂5 -
I've mentioned these before elsewhere on CL
Stephen Fiddler .. accountant in Ilford
Doctor Patient .. ENT Specialist
David Hooks .. Late Aussie batsman
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Doolittle and Dalley, estate agents in Kidderminster4
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The midwife for the birth of our daughter was called Jean Bastard
Not associated to this thread, but a teacher at my Primary School was called Mrs Kerr, and her son’s first name was Wayne, poor sod !!!1 -
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I rather like this one…
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At Natwest we had a staff member change his name to Karl Heinz Rummenige as he was his favourite playerKBslittlesis said:Couple who stayed in our cottage. Husband changed his name by deed poll to John Wayne as he was a big fan 🤷♀️
Wifey was called Avis and she worked for Budget Rental……..was never allowed to answer the phone with her name as it confused the feck out of people 😂😂😂😂2
