Sometimes a person’s name is just too perfect
Bookworm on Dec 05 2010 at 9:05 pm | Filed under: Silly Stuff
I had to laugh (emphasis mine):
As the director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment, Melanie Nutter is in charge of implementing some of City Hall’s most controversial ideas, such as mandatory composting.
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I’ve been quietly chuckling at Michael A. Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia for years with he likewise controversial ideas. Especially, gun control ideas which generally violate Pennsylvania’s constitution and pre-emption.
Seems there are Nutters on both coasts and they seem only to be linked by their crazy liberal ideas.
BW..I see your nutter and check raise your nutter with a street. Note: John Street was the former mayor, but alley would have been a more fitting name.
In this month’s Philadelphia Magazine, archenemy John Street calls Nutter an “arrogant, incompetent, and offensive” coward. Bashing his successor for that lame 311 system and refusing to stand up to city unions, Street goes in for the kill:
“On the things that matter, Mayor Nutter has crippled the city.”
Consider this payback. Whenever candidate Nutter talked about cleaning up government, he meant that Street was dirty.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/111335874.html#ixzz17MAlMJ8A
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Too perfect, indeed!
James Naughtie committed the Monday morning error as he introduced a guest on Radio 4′s highbrow current affairs show Today.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/bbc-radio-host-turns-air-blue-with-four-letter-faux-pas/story-e6freuyi-1225966671226
I’ve had a certain fascination for name/occupation connections since the time we were in Germany, and the military station there had public service announcements for dental care, recorded by Dr. Phil Molar. Ok…thought I…very funny promo. Dr. Phil Molar indeed! Very clever.
I happened to _go_ to the dental clinic, and there emblazoned upon one of the doors in the usual gold lettering was DR. PHIL MOLAR. He really _was_ Dr. Phil Molar … the dentist! For real! Now ever since I’ve wondered what influence his name had on his choice of occupation. I’ve noted since that many times, the name and the occupation of the individual match pretty closely. To a certain extent, it makes sense – way back when ancestors were named for their occupations … John the Weaver became John Weaver. John the Miller became John Miller. We all know that. But does that occupational connection pass on to following generations…and generations after that? Anyway…it’s fun to speculate…
Especially when you see stories like this!
Nomen est omen. Your name is what you are, I think is a loose translation.
suek, I like your Dr. Molar story. So…was he a good dentist? I understand the history of a name like John Weaver or Jesus of Nazareth. What you did or where you lived placed you in the society. It’s when parents become overly creative that truly ‘colors’ it all differently. I went to school with a girl named Rose. An old fashioned name even way back then. Less old fashioned when I asked about her family name – it was BUSH.
I lost track of her and wonder if she married and is her name now Garden.
Used to work for a guy named Captain Slaughter. Then he got transferred and promoted about the same time. Real good guy, which is not necessarily what you would expect from a Major Slaughter.
Also met in passing some folks from other units. Logistics for one op were handled by a couple of guys named Major Dick and Captain Rapert. I am not making this up.