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Post by Verbivore on Nov 14, 2017 3:48:10 GMT
An acquaintance of mine bears the surname Cook, and her business name (bookkeeping) is Cook's Books. A worry.
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Post by Verbivore on Mar 23, 2018 4:00:11 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on May 22, 2018 5:15:54 GMT
Last week I had eye surgery (cataract removal and replacement of lens, left eye) and was amused at the surgeon's name: van Eij (pronounced "van eye"). I've booked in for the other eij with Dr van Eye for next week.
PS: It's amazing to see clearly again (with even just the one eye!). Two weeks hence I should have better than 20/20 vision. I probably wore my eyes out with too much reading under the blankets with a torch when a child.
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Post by Twoddle on May 22, 2018 9:10:36 GMT
Last week I had eye surgery (cataract removal and replacement of lens, left eye) and was amused at the surgeon's name: van Eij (pronounced "van eye"). I've booked in for the other eij with Dr van Eye for next week. PS: It's amazing to see clearly again (with even just the one eye!). Two weeks hence I should have better than 20/20 vision. I probably wore my eyes out with too much reading under the blankets with a torch when a child. Well done with the cataract, Vv. A friend of mine recently had cataracts removed, lens replaced and laser eye-surgery, I think all at the same time, and is over the Moon at the results. A year ago, just as I was leaving my optician's after my biennial check, she remarked casually, "Has anyone mentioned before that you've cataracts?". No, they hadn't; thanks for breaking it to me so thoughtfully.
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 25, 2018 10:45:43 GMT
A Joe Holiday was Gibraltar tourism minister (from QI Series A Episode 0).
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 17, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 18, 2018 22:29:10 GMT
A double-banger:A lad who was on life support after a collision with a 4WD and was not expected to live is recovering. His surname: Sik. Now that he's recovering he's not so sick. The paramedic who attended to the boy was named Shearman – a hipster-looking fellow with an impressive beard; to raise funds for the lad’s hydrotherapy pool, Shearman cut off his beard; one might say he was shorn (or sheared).
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Post by Verbivore on Aug 6, 2018 21:24:12 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Aug 8, 2018 11:12:49 GMT
Today I went to a printer's establishment to organise a job and was attended to by the sales manager, a Ms Purchase.
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Post by Verbivore on Sept 14, 2018 10:32:19 GMT
I thought I'd found a brilliant aptronym when proofreading my paper today, but it turned out to be merely a typo. The copy submitted for an advert named a Dr Bowels who specialises in digestive matters; however, as I always check such matters, I emailed the doctor's practice and learned that the chap was in fact Dr Bowles.
Oh well, it was good for a giggle around the production room.
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Post by Verbivore on Oct 5, 2018 8:57:52 GMT
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Post by Twoddle on Oct 30, 2018 11:22:01 GMT
Roger Kneebone is Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial College, London. No doubt he's well connected.
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 12, 2018 21:36:06 GMT
Recently acquainted: a local young farmer, Joel Orchard, who grows avocados.
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 19, 2018 21:25:55 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 22, 2018 13:30:38 GMT
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