Nominative Determinism

[Tempest63]

Great. Now I've got the Top Cat theme going round in my head.

“Dibble“ takes me back to the Fire Brigade Roll Call in Trumpton.

 

[ChasFink]

I did think, when I first saw his name, that Flint Dibble needed to decide on just one classic animation and stick to it!

I do like mashups.

 

[IbisNibs]

Bank man fried:

 

[cycleboy2]

Heard this chap on the radio yesterday - the author of the Lost Rainforests of Britain is a certain Guy Shrubsole.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lost-rainforests-of-britain/guy-shrubsole/9780008527952

 

[Mr. Banooka]

I had a hospital visit to the Gastroenterologist yesterday.

 

[Tunn11]

I had a hospital visit to the Gastroenterologist yesterday.

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Hope you're OK.

 

[Mr. Banooka]

Hope you're OK.

Fine. Just a chat about food intolerances.

 

[Ascalon]

Could be a spoof but...

 

[Ascalon]

And then there's this poor chap...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28014...book-trolls-making-shed-jokes-about-his-name/

 

[Ascalon]

Just last night, I made the association that a person I have known for years, is a tree surgeon named Hackett.

This pleases me greatly.

 

[Peripart]

Could be a spoof but...

A friend of Philip S Crew-Driver?

 

[Delightful]

In secondary, my metalwork teacher was MrBolt and my Home Economics teacher was MrsBakewell. My dentist was DrPayne.

 

[Mythopoeika]

In secondary, my metalwork teacher was MrBolt and my Home Economics teacher was MrsBakewell. My dentist was DrPayne.

I once saw a doctor called Dr Bone.

 

[Trevp666]

I once saw a doctor called Dr Bone.

Were they an orthopaedic doctor?

 

[Mythopoeika]

Were they an orthopaedic doctor?

Just a locum GP I saw once.

 

[What Tyler]

Just a locum GP I saw once.

You actually got to see a Doctor???

 

[Mythopoeika]

You actually got to see a Doctor???

About 15 years ago.

 

[Ogdred Weary]

I once saw a doctor called Dr Bone.

Interesting way to tell us you were once in porn.

 

[Trevp666]

I thought it was in that 'Carry On' film, with Doctor Nookie.

 

[maximus otter]

"Kelly Beaver MBE said: “Our ongoing research into gender equality..."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...one-far-say-majority-gen-z-millennials-study/



maximus otter

 

[Min Bannister]

Not strictly nominative determinism but I still like it.

"Det Insp Jamie Sherlock"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-64977802

 

[Peripart]

Not strictly nominative determinism but I still like it.

"Det Insp Jamie Sherlock"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-64977802

Known to all at the station as "No shit" Sherlock due his intolerance of fools.

 

[kamalktk]

Thanks for writing the article, Dino.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/30/t-rex-teeth-drawing-study/

 

[Victory]

The man whose voice is used for many New York subway announcements is called Bernie Wagenblast.

 

[kamalktk]

What’s the white residue on the banks of Salt River?​

/this is the nominative determinism thread, you only get one guess

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/27/whats-white-residue-banks-salt-river/

 

[M/Hanger]

What’s the white residue on the banks of Salt River?​

/this is the nominative determinism thread, you only get one guess

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/27/whats-white-residue-banks-salt-river/

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There was a firm of Monumental Sculptors in my hometown specialising in Headstones called John Deathers

 

[Mythopoeika]

What’s the white residue on the banks of Salt River?​

/this is the nominative determinism thread, you only get one guess

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/27/whats-white-residue-banks-salt-river/

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Gosh, I don't know. Can't be salt, can it?

 

[IbisNibs]

It's baking powder.

 

[Bigphoot2]

 

[Peripart]

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Photograph by Neil E. Tooktheroofoff.