----- Original Message ----- From: "send stuff here" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Dear Abby
> SOME PEOPLE AND OCCUPATIONS MATCH WELL WITH THEIR NAMES > Abigail Van Buren > > DEAR ABBY: Not long ago you wrote a column that mentioned funny names that > match people's occupations. I am submitting two more: Prior to our > wedding, > my > husband and I had the state-required blood tests. They were administered > by > a Dr. Fix. (We later read that Dr. Fix was caught giving himself one, and > was > arrested on drug charges.) The minister who married us was aptly named Dr. > Comfort. -- ANN B., ARCHER, FLA. > > DEAR ANN: Thanks for a "Fixer"-upper of a letter. It arrived with a bushel > of mail from other readers offering names that match occupations. Read on: > > DEAR ABBY: One of my dearest friends is a professional landscaper of golf > courses, highways and schools. His name? Ross Weed! -- BONNIE G. CHAPIN, > S.C. > > DEAR ABBY: My husband, last name Graves, is a funeral director. -- DIANNE > G., RIPLEY, MISS. > > DEAR ABBY: The first time I took my grandchildren to their doctor, their > regular physician was on vacation. The doctor who was filling in for him > was > named > Dr. Needle. I kid you not. -- THERESA S., SPARROW BUSH, N.Y. > > DEAR ABBY: When I was in college, the disciplinary dean's name was Dick > Justice. -- BRIAN S., NAPERVILLE, ILL. > > DEAR ABBY: I have a couple of names that take the cake. I am a nurse in a > large hospital in central Wisconsin. We had a plastic surgeon named Dr. > Hacker, > and if that wasn't enough, his resident was Dr. Wacker. Not surprisingly, > their patients required a lot of reassurance. Wouldn't you? -- LORI FROM > THE > DAIRY STATE > > DEAR ABBY: While I was serving at the Marine Corps Schools in Quantico, > Va., > my best friend took me with him when he had his vasectomy. His physician's > name was Dr. D. Nutter. -- PAT M., DALLAS > > DEAR ABBY: There is a dentist here in my city whose hygienist's last name > is > Toothacher. -- GLEN IN TEXAS > > DEAR ABBY: In Portland, Ore., where I reside, there are three > orthodontists: > Dr. Payne, Dr. Fear and Dr. Rensch (pronounced "Wrench")! > > DEAR ABBY: I swear this is true: When I visited my first gynecologist when > I > was in college (the University of Massachusetts at Amherst), his name was > Dr. > Clapp. -- V. COOK, BLUE HILL, MAINE > > DEAR ABBY: When I worked at a major hospital, from time to time I would > see > trauma victims with the attending doctor's name being "Dr. Kill." > Initially > I thought it was a hospital code for victims who might still be at risk. > As > it turned out, Dr. Kill is a practicing physician. -- SABRINA IN SAN DIEGO > > DEAR ABBY: My greatest nightmare of a college textbook was for a class > called "History and Systems of Psychology." It was better than a sleeping > pill. It > put students to sleep in 10 seconds flat. The author? Edwin G. Boring. -- > KAY IN MILLFORD, DEL. > > DEAR ABBY: My father, mother and sister all see the same psychiatrist, and > have for more than 15 years. His name is Dr. Looney. Seriously. -- READER > IN > HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS > > DEAR READER: I'd say Dr. Looney is running a family practice. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.18/586 - Release Date: > 12/13/2006 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
