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[–] 98 points 1 month ago

I mean, if the universe is gonna hand you that joke on a silver platter....

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  • [–] 66 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    I know a Dr. Payne who is a dentist and a Dr. Kokane who studies addiction using cocaine.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    One of my relatives said she knew a gynecologist named Dr. Hole.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    There are quite a few people with the last name Butts. Wonder how many of them are proctologists.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    The opposite of nominative determinism?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago

    Well, if she'd gone into Physics instead of becoming one, maybe the legacy would've continued?

    Though, NGL, I'm all aboard for Dr. Sleeper. 🤘🏼

    FWIW, the surgeons that extracted my wisdom teeth back when were a private practice duo, called Drs. Fear and Hitchcock.

    The former was incredibly tall & slim (~7ft!) with Doc Brown hair, while the latter was round-ish, bald, and liked to stand in the periphery.

    Their only competition for young adult dentistry, et al? A certain Dr. Gentle, though he was quietly known for being anything but.

    The scary ones are those that mask their true nature with misleading presentation. My guys? Led with exactly how things were gonna go. They even had overlarge paisley wallpaper "so your anesthesia cocktail turns them into amoebae". Legends. 😅

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Dr Richard "Dick" Chopp is (was?) a urologist specializing in vasectomies.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    The Doctor Is In

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Fated nominative determinism.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    first (medical) Dr. Newton in my family

    interesting qualifier, I wanna know the beef

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Good name for a British railroad designer too.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I read about an OB/GYN named Dr. Fingerhood.

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