Frank and Ernest by Thaves for May 26, 2024

Speaking of mountain climbers, 6 more just died on Everest.

A lot of people have a name that comes of an ancestor who had a particular profession (like Smith, Baker, Brewer, Cooper, and Miller).

Seen an auto repair shop with the owners’ name being “Engen.”

Don’t most English names supposedly come from their professions in the middle-ages?

I once worked for a medical publisher. One of the many physicians on its mailing list was a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch.

I’ve a speech therapist friend whose name is Speechly.

Most things that others do appear foolish. Some are NFL Fans, others think it is stupid to waste an afternoon looking at a multi hour game with 13 minutes of action in it. To each their own, I suppose.

Local weather guy’s last name is Weathers, his real name.

I knew a guy that worked for the Division of Forestry whose name was Timber Weller.

Did ok up to the punch line, then ran out of steam.

My favorite is still a (long ago) listing in the Bronx phone book: A surgeon named “Dr. Carnicero”. (That’s “butcher” in English.)

When my kid broke an arm, the doc’s name was Clau (Claw) & and a chiropractor was named Bonebreak.

At one of my early assignments in the Army, the armorer, who handled secure storage of the unit’s weapons, was a sergeant with the name “Swords.”

Apparently there was an army officer named Dave Astor that was promoted to major. He became Major D. Astor. (really)

What about the racecar driver Will Power. Can fit in so many ways and he can become a motivational speaker when he retires lol

I once had a typing teacher named Miss Prynt.

Frank made a mountain out of an ant hill.

Reminds me of my favorite Wizard of Id cartoon. Rodney had a line of new recruits. “Name?” “Baker.” “Sorry, we already have a baker. Name?” “Carpenter.” “Sorry, we already have a carpenter. Name?” “Fink.” “Sorry, we already have a king.”

Chris is an ant wrangler.

Steve Staker, Vampire Killer

Optometrist named Dr Seymour…!.

They’re called aptonyms .

I had a Root Canal from a Dr. Hurt (it wasn’t that bad…)

A college had an ornithologist named “Bird” who was also a private airplane pilot. One day the college got a phone call from someone who asked for an ornithologist:

“That would be Professor Bird.”

“You have an ornithologist named Bird?”

“That’s right.”

“May I talk to him?”

“I’m sorry, but he’s out flying at the moment. Would you care to leave a message?”

“Uh, no. I think I’ll look for someone else.”

Seahawks had a Fullback named Mack Strong.

Don’t make an ant hill out of a mole hill.

Panel 3 makes me wonder what ever happened to Brewer and Shipley. Maybe they had more than just that one toke over the line.

They’re called aptronyms

We had a Doctor Bonebrake.

A lot of the most common surnames in America were derived from the occupation of their ancestors: Smith, Miller, Farmer, Taylor, Baker, Carter, Stewart, Cook, Cooper, Carpenter, Wright ….

The fancy-schmany term for it is nominative determinism.

When I owned a bar the Budweiser delivery guy had the last name of Cooper. One who makes wine and whiskey barrels.

I know of a surgeon named Dr. Cutting.

and mine?

One of the churches in my hometown had a pastor named Smiley. Maybe he was supposed to have been an orthodontist?

And then,, there is that tome about skeletal diseases in children. authored by Dr. Boy Frame!

There is a doctor named Will Tickle.

Is there some who does demolition named Wolfe? A florist named Bloom? A criminal named Robin Banks?

One of the people I work with is an archaeologist named Bone.