Apt Names

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Glanced through New Years Honours List at OBE recipients (see other thread) and found this:

Donald Reeve Buttress - architect and surveyor, services to the conservation of cathedrals.

Any more?

[citizenED]

the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in my home town of Stevenage used to be a Mr D'Eath. I kid you not.

[mockney piers]

My mum used to work with a Dr D'Eath at the lister...also in Stevenage.

Explains alot!!!

[Mogs]

Used to work in street lighting and the head of the team was Roy Watts, also in street lighting we used the acronym for a light that was working - Good Lighting Order - GLO

And at the HSE-Railway inspectorate there was a Major Points

[atila the gooner]

I worked for a local newspaper in the early 90's, and a guy who used to advertise to buy written off and scrap vehicles was also called Mr. De'ath. Very appropriate I thought.

[EDOldie]

I came across a Dr Butcher, but he didn't use it professionally.

[Brendan]

Until recently I had a colleague with the name of Dr Pepper.

[Jah Lush]

When I worked on The Sporting Life the news editor was a very dour and gruff Yorkshireman called Noel Blunt, who was (adopts gruff Yorkshire accent) "Blunt by name and Blunt by bloody nature."

[lozzyloz]

I used to know a waiter called Fontaine.

[spadetownboy]

the butchery,sandwich,kent. is actually the address of a gp surgery.

[Rolo Tomasi]

Mrs Mopp - Cleaner at Kings Hospital circa 1982

[Keef]

An old friend of mine introduced me to her friend Luke Warmwater. Why oh why would you chose Luke if that was your last name?

[peckhamboy]

Why would you choose anything else? Like the rugby player Austin Healey, some people have a surname that is just crying out for a particular first name. I once encountered a gentleman by the name of Richard Fidler...

[SimonM]

The pastor of the church/chapel on Upland Road is Mr L. Bent - which always amuses me inordinately..

[mockney piers]

Love it Simon!!!

Keef, no Warmwaters in the UK, I'm not buying that one! Incidentally you're one of only 3 in the UK, and dear Sean is one of 11782!!

I, thanks to daft parents and their idiotic thoughts about names, am unique.

http://www.yournotme.com/

[rifleman harris]

A friend of a friend who's surname is Quinn' named their firstborn Harley.

[embellina]

I had a geography teacher called Mrs Northeast and one of the teachers who taught textiles was called Mrs Cushion

[Asset]

The Headteacher at my son's school is called Mrs Case. It may not be apt but it certainly raised a snigger.

[Keef]

Piers, if you believe that site, my sister is unique.

However, I have met more than one person with the name warmwater, so I suspect the site isn't perfect.

[fish]

There was a vet with the surname Lassie, in New Cross, circa late 70's.

[dulwichmum]

I once delivered a baby for a woman with the sir name "Panoshite" - oh dear, have I over shared?

[Michael Palaeologus]

Did she have to sign for it? or did you put one of those cards through the door without even ringing the bell?

Hmmm?

[dulwichmum]

I left it with a neighbour ;)

[bagpuss78]

My Music teacher at school was called Mr Horn and my Home Economics teachers were called Miss honey and Miss Plum

[citizenED]

"Home Economics" Bagpuss? surely for you, Food Tech.