Nominative Determinism - Slight Return

djgordy · 127304. Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:12 am

Isn't life wonderful?

There has been a story in the news about a power failure at the National Sea Life Centre (located in that beautiful seaside town of Birmingham) which threatened the lives of all the ickle tropical fishes. Luckily, power has been restored and the fishes didn't get their chips.....

Anyhoo, the best part of the story is that the manager of the National Sealife Centre is called
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Ian Crabbe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6187045.stm

Prof Wind Up Merchant · 127305. Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:14 am

You could have a DIY merchant called

Will U. Fixit

mckeonj · 127312. Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:10 am

In the Bournemouth area there is a company called 'Geare & Lynk', who ought to be engineers, but are, sadly, Estate Agents.

Ferg · 127314. Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:40 am

When I was at school in Oakham, Rutland, the local dentists were called Dentith & Dentith (sp?).

I always thought that was a bit odd.

Lucwhostalking · 127316. Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:49 am

A door store i pass regularly is called Knobs & Knockers :)

grizzly · 127318. Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:50 am

jammie&lion · 127322. Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:17 am

hiya,

A company near where i use to live had: "the disabled lift company" written on thier van, i always though this a little pointless, what is the point of only making lift that are disabled?

After about two weeks, a freinds mum told me what it was meant to mean. I though it was funny.

^licks^

jammie & lion

swot · 127335. Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:11 am

There's a funeral director near to my place of work called Livesey's. Always makes me chuckle.

Tas · 127378. Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:49 pm

Hehehehe.....there must be a midwife called Deathses somewhere to compensate for this, surely?

:-)

Tas

Martin · 127387. Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:33 pm

There's a dentist near me called I.B Gummers. I pissed myself the first time I saw it.

Jenny · 127453. Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:24 pm

The head of the World Health Organisation's HIV/Aids department is called Kevin de Cock.

gerontius grumpus · 127464. Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:47 pm

Ferg · 127578. Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:28 am

I know a Mr Baker who is a butcher.

Would this be called nominative indeterminism??

djgordy · 127614. Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:36 am

Ian Dunn · 127639. Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:15 am

At university, I have this really boring lecture called "Watson", as in "Wats-on Earth is the point of all this?"