Do their strange names command an even higher salary?
December 13, 2002 ~ 11:03 a.m.
In this entry, Jon recalled a fertility expert that he once knew named Richard Seed � or Dick Seed, if you will. That�s either hilarious or horrifying, or perhaps a bit of both.
And that got me thinking about humorous names I�ve come across in my time.
A few years ago, I used to work for a medical insurance company. Many specialists would pass in reports commenting on the need for a patient�s medicine or procedure. And some of the most inappropriately ironic names were signed on these reports. What about a request for a breast biopsy by a Dr. Mammal? Or, even better, what of a patient�s need for a colonoscopy decided upon by a Dr. Brick? Geddit?
But the one name I came across that caused me to just about fall out of my chair � and this one is pretty similar to the example Jon provided � was the referral of a female patient to an OB/GYN clinic by an obstetrician himself � a one Dr. Penis. Straight up, that was the name of the gentleman whose area of study is the woman�s body and whose career is to treat it. Now a Dr. Penis is remarkable enough, but his specialty only added to the humor. My co-workers erupted in conniption fits of laughter (hey, it was too good not to share). I�m thinking the name was French and he probably pronounced it �Pahn(g)-nee.� After all, saying the name in the same manner as the organ is just too much to believe; but who could be blamed for thinking it might be?
And here at the university I currently work at, there is a gentleman in his fourth year of study. He is a medical student. His last name is Doctor. Yep, when he graduates, he�ll be known as Dr. Doctor. Imagine the calls for him over the hospital intercom: �Paging Dr. Doctor, Dr. Doctor to Room G3A.� And, to add some humor to suffering patients and overworked staff, they could play the Thompson Twins in the background � �Doctor Doctor, can you help me �� I tell you, if such an occurrence happened the last time I was in hospital, about to pass out from the pain of a kidney stone attack, even I would�ve chuckled a bit.
Now why is it that most of these strange names seem limited to the medical profession �
spooky, huh?
� M.E.M.
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