Don't forget Cardinal Sin (Jaime Cardinal Sin) of the Philippines.

maybe it's the same one, but in Charlottesville, VA (in 1996 at least), there was a dentist named Dr. Payne.

I once had a preacher named Rev. Goodpasture.

Todd

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.

personal page: http://blog.astrosketches.info

There was a local realitor by the name of Helen Wait. For a while she had a sign that said, "For all your reality needs, go to Helen Wait". Loved it.

edit: doing some research, it's spelled "Waite". It's been too many years and I don't see any reference to her online, but there's quite a few other professionals with that name as well. And quite a few novelty signs for offices that play off that name.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Well, at least his last name's not Dead. 'Cause then if his first name was Issac and his middle name was Mike, he'd be...
I.M. Dead!

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

When I was young a friend of mine had his hernia repaired by a Dr. Stump. Don't think I'd go near him for a circumcision.

tbm

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Paddle faster!! I hear banjo music!!

My grammar school's principal's name was Mr. Grim. I always thought that was a great name for a grammar school principal.

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Life is like a box of chocolates. All of your choices are bad for you.

Many surnames come from actual occupations. Butcher, Baker, Cook...

Here's an interesting quote from Wiki's surnames entry:

Most surnames of British origin fall into six types:

Occupations (e.g., Smith, Archer, Baker, Dyer, Walker, Woodman)
Personal characteristics (e.g., Short, Brown, Whitehead, Long)
Geographical features (e.g., Hill, Lee, Wood, Fields)
Place names (e.g., London, Hamilton, Sutton, Flint, Laughton)
For those descended from land-owners, the name of their holdings, manor or estate
Patronymics and ancestry, often from a male's given name (e.g., Richardson, Williams, Johnson) or from a clan name (for those of Scottish origin, e.g., MacDonald, Forbes) with "Mac" Scottish Gaelic for son.

My mother's maiden name, for example, falls into the last category.