Ironic names in connection with jobs
I have a colleague, who for a while was trying to get pregnant without success. So her and her hubby decided to get a few tests done.

Hubby obviously has to give a sample of man fat to test for tadpoles.

The name of his doctor? What else could it be but Dr Cummings?

100% true.

She's now on maternity leave
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:07, 9 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Nominative determinism
They love this on the BBC's Magazine letter pages.

Best example I've got is a friend-of-a-friend, a judge with the surname Judge.
( Thinker, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:11, Reply)

New Scientist
has had a nominative determinism thread for yonks...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:18, Reply)

^^
I know a woman with the surname Raper.
I don't know if she's married...
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:30, Reply)

Sort of relevant....
There's a man in my office called Michael Hunt and another called Matthew Batt.

Honestly, did their parents not realise??
( wanderlust, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:37, Reply)

We were speaking about this just yesterday
We have a financial advice called Brian Crook!

Just the kind of guy to look after money...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 13:00, Reply)

My dad's orchidectomy surgeon...
(look it up)...was called Mr Hack. Truth.

Actually, my parents get some laughs for their surname: Little. Not that amusing you may think...until you find out that my mum is 4'11" and my dad is 6'5".

I also get amused at work when ringing up third party solicitors and "Leech & Co" comes up...
(Holloway_Girl To err is to be human, to be a fool is to believe, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 14:26, Reply)

Orchidectomy
is something I hope never to experience.

By the way, Holloway Girl - shouldn't your sig read 'so long and thanks for all the (lyrics) Fish'?

Or have I picked up the reference wrongly?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 14:28, Reply)

k2k6
Nice spot...although the track is actually Hogarth-era, rather than Fish-era, Marillion. Technicalities. The sig's a rather nerdy reference to the late (and great) Douglas Adams...

...although I am seriously considering changing it to your version as it is far cleverer.
(Holloway_Girl To err is to be human, to be a fool is to believe, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 16:12, Reply)

Funny that,
When I lived in Devon, the dentist I went to in Newton Abbott was an Egyptian face-butcher named... Nashar.
He is without question the most brutal and humourless dentist I've ever had my jaws violated by.

Avoid this man at all cost!
(Joe Strummer's Telecaster in tune with the world, Tue 15 Jul 2008, 14:00, Reply)