Nominative Determinism

[Trevp666]

And just going past the bus there, Indigo Carr-Driver.

 

[Vardoger]

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Was about to post that one. Weird name coincidence.

 

[Bigphoot2]

Was about to post that one. Weird name coincidence.

Her boss was probably thinking "I know the perfect person for this job!"

 

[escargot]

Locketts Locksmith.

 

[Peripart]

Locketts Locksmith.

That's pretty much route 1, as far as naming goes!

 

[Yithian]

Just spotted a Captain J Dagger (2 Coldstream Guards) on the staff of the Jungle Warfare School ('Far East Training Centre') at JOHORE BAHRU in 1949.

 

[Peripart]

Just spotted a Captain J Dagger (2 Coldstream Guards) on the staff of the Jungle Warfare School ('Far East Training Centre') at JOHORE BAHRU in 1949.

I really hope that the J stands for "Jagger".

 

[maximus otter]

Just spotted a Captain J Dagger (2 Coldstream Guards) on the staff of the Jungle Warfare School ('Far East Training Centre') at JOHORE BAHRU in 1949.

Why oh why didn't his parents christen him "Dirk"?

maximus otter

 

[cycleboy2]

Radio 4's Today programme has had a feature over the last few months about trees, and one of the talking heads is the rewilding expert... Isabella Tree!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Tree

 

[Min Bannister]

A man has just been found guilty of groping two other men in a club. His name - Mr Pincher.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66119029

 

[IbisNibs]

Rolling Hills Estates, California, is rolling into the canyon:
"The slide in the Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates began Saturday when cracks began appearing in structures and the ground."
https://apnews.com/article/california-landslide-homes-destroyed-fe9a9f7ed05f42a8e8d337a73e60f016

It probably isn't funny for the residents, but at least they could probably afford insurance.

 

[maximus otter]

The "Director, Centre for Food Security" at Reading University is Prof. Richard Tiffin.

maximus otter

 

[kesavaross]

In the local rag is an article about the defacing of car park signs in an area called Ashdown Forest.

Ashdown Forest's countryside manager is called Ash Walmsley.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23861408.ashdown-forest-car-park-signs-continue-vandalised/

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

The "Director, Centre for Food Security" at Reading University is Prof. Richard Tiffin.

maximus otter

Hope he's a Carry On fan!

 

[cycleboy2]

Hope he's a Carry On fan!

Well, it's always Tiffin time for him...

 

[escargot]

Dunno if this is real.

 

[rpkemp]

Sorry, it's only a homophonous one. Recently in the news in connection with an important find at Rendlesham. Lists "mortuary archaeology" among his research interests.

 

[uair01]

Note: this could be fake!

 

[ramonmercado]

Adam Driver plays Enzo Ferrari in the film Ferrari.. Not really A Biopic seeing as it covers a few weeks in 1957, Ferrari's romantic and business crises and his preparations for the 1957 Mille Miglia. With just a few brief flashbacks. Well worth seeing though.

 

[kamalktk]

Note: this could be fake!
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They named their kid Krusty Komedy Klassic?

Also, the other kid is Kyle? Nobody should name their kid Kyle. What if he goes missing, then you'd have people running around shouting "Seen Kyle?" Which wouldn't be good either.

 

[uair01]

They named their kid Krusty Komedy Klassic?

Also, the other kid is Kyle? Nobody should name their kid Kyle. What if he goes missing, then you'd have people running around shouting "Seen Kyle?" Which wouldn't be good either.

Until now I was blissfully unaware of that Kyle meme. It's wicked!

 

[Krepostnoi]

Note: this could be fake!
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My initials are IRA...

 

[Frideswide]

My initials are IRA...

my initials are KGB...

 

[Yithian]

Note: this could be fake!
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At least with the silent K of Kn you have plausiblr repetition: Kyle Keiran Knight, for instance, is just about plausible if you only hear it (though I suspect this is fake or a deliberate choice by white nationalists).

Some people simply don't 'use' initials—or not all of them.

I have a middle name that is short and unremarkable. In the rare cases (mostly at school, I suppose) I had to initial anything, I'd use only two: from my Christian name and my surname.

 

[Mythopoeika]

my initials are KGB...

Mine are MI5... oh wait, no they're not.

 

[kesavaross]

I wonder if anyone has the initials RIP?

 

[cycleboy2]

Listening to the radio yesterday there was an item on a measles outbreak in Birmingham that included an interview with a doctor... Dr Neil Bugg!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qyy0q77ywo

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Assuming it isn't a pseudonym, Dark Histories podcaster Ben Cutmore's day job is rather appropriate:

 

[Ascalon]

From the utterly wonderful Susie Dent...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772932096681459773

 

[Delightful]

I remember many years ago a student called James Bond having an exam candidate number of, of course, 007. Mildly amusing.