#Friday Foolery 19: #Funnydoctornames

Last Tuesday I went to my dentist named Joy and I tweeted:

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   laikas Although my dentist’s name is Joy and although she is the best dentist in the world, going to the dentist is still not my favorite thing! 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

Within no time other people (doctors, healthcare workers as well as librarians) responded to this tweet with their own funny Doctor-names.
Doc_rob even created the hashtag #funnydoctornames. Searching for this hashtag, I found tweets I had missed, because they were directed to doc_rob and not to me.

Below some of the tweets, oldest ones first:

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   laikas Although my dentist’s name is Joy and although she is the best dentist in the world, going to the dentist is still not my favorite thing! 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck
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   grasshopperlibr @laikas my dentist is Dr. Grimm 09 Mar 2010 from FriendFeed in reply to laikas
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   doc_rob @laikas We had a cardiologist named Dr. Killam. 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to laikas
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   EnableOT @doc_rob @laikas – my husband works with Dr Evill! 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to doc_rob
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   EnableOT @laikas @doc_rob at school I was taught by german teacher Herr Cutts! 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck
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   bmljenny @laikas I worked at a place where there was a Dr. Medline. I thought that was pretty hilarious. 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to laikas
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   doc_rob I heard of a proctologist named Ben Dover, but that may have been fictitious. #FunnyDoctorNames 09 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck
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   MatthewBowdish @doc_rob I know a gastroenterologist named Dr Bowlus #funnydoctornames 09 Mar 2010 from web in reply to doc_rob
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   dockj @doc_rob #FunnyDoctorNames We had a resident, Dr. Merlo rotating with Dr. Pino. Fortunately not many Pediatric patients needed Detox. 10 Mar 2010 from Twitterrific
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    sevinfo @laikas A friend goes to a dentist called Dr. Jolly 10 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

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Doc_rob (although mentioning Bend-Over as proctologist) warned: “Just not the obvious urologist names… #FunnyDoctorNames!

But of course these are the most hilarious. Symtym for instance points at a funny story regarding vasatomy featuring Dr. Donald Snyder, an urologist and dr Dick Chopper, a surgeon. Medpiano immediately mentioned Dr Seaman, the urologist, while  Doc_Rob himself linked to a whole page with funny medical names, listed per discipline. Like:

• OB/GYN: Dr. Wiwi, Dr Ono; , Dr Fillerup (as in fill-her-up), Dr Dildy; Dr Cherry, Dr Love, Dr Semen, Dr In Hur, Dr Bunn, Dr Hooker, Dr Finger, Dr Cocks, Dr Nippel, Dr Beaver (3), Dr Biggerstaf
• GI: Dr. Puppala, Dr Butt
• Surgeons: Dr Cutts, Dr Slaughter (3), Dr Kutteroff, Dr Butcher
• Urology: Dr Peter Poor , Dr Waterhouse and Dr Dick Finder
• Psychs: Dr Alter, Dr Brain, Dr Strange, Dr Moodie, Dr Nutt, Dr Crabb, Dr Dement
• Pediatricians:  Dr Jelley; Dr Small,  Dr Tickles,  Dr Sno White, Dr Toy, Dr Kidd (4 )

Of course there are many other lists on the Internet like this one. But the above list is very thorough and is preceded by a list of references pertaining to “Research into nominative determinism”. This may not be surprising as the list was started by Kathy Tacke, a Library Manager, on the MEDLIB-List.

Know any other funny medical/doctor names? Please tell me!

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Voor Nederlanders: wij hebben natuurlijk ook heel grappige doktersnamen. Mijn vorige tandarts heette bijv. Dr Snijders (en als marinier deed hij zijn naam eer aan). Mijn ex-collega heette dr. Quack. En Beenhakker is ook een naam die veelvuldig voorkomt onder orthopeden & chirurgen. Hier is een NL-lijst met wat namen, zoals

• Dr. I.L. Boor, Dr. Snoep, Dr. Vulinghs (Tandarts)
• Dr. Knipscheer, Dr. Lips, Mevr. Ooievaar (Gyneacoloog, vroedvrouw)
• Dr. Kortleve
• Dr. Plasmans, van den Fonteyne, Daisy Dratatie (uroloog)
• Dr. Zuur (Scheikundige)
• Drs. Pillen (apotheker)

Kent u meer grappige namen van mensen uit de gezondheidszorg, zeg het mij!

Dr Wiwi; Dr Blessing (FP with OB sideline), Dr Ono; Dr Risk, Dr Fear, Dr Yell, Dr Lecher, Dr Dibble, Dr Fillerup (as in fill-her-up), Dr Hyman, Dr C. Surgeon, Dr Risk, Dr Beavers, Dr Polke, Dr Jamm, Dr Boddy (pronounced body, “bawdy”); Dr Dildy; Dr Cherry, Dr Love (many Loves, especially the partnership Drs. Love and Nerness), Dr B. Savage, Dr Dickman, Dr Pillow, Dr Fear; Dr Fingerhut.; Dr Popp, Dr Spoon, Dr Hyman, Dr Bush, Dr Kuntz, Dr Pap, Dr Storck, Dr Kum, Dr Semen, Dr In Hur, Dr Hatch.; Dr Heinie.; Dr Bunn, Dr Wiwi, Dr Dick, Dr Grab, Dr Catching, Dr Gass, Dr Handwerker, Dr Born, Dr Angel, Dr Sunshine, Dr Fagnant, Dr Hatcher, Dr Hooker, Dr Finger, Dr Cocks, Dr Nippel, Dr Lipps, Dr Payne, Dr Beaver (3), Dr Biggerstaf

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