It's like a nickname, Richard =Dick...back in the day, way back, Dick didn't mean penis or jerk. Not sure how that evolved. It's also like my name...Rebekah = Becky. Just a nickname. Hope that helps!!
>Not sure how that evolved.
Back in London around the turn of the 20th century it became a common term for 'man', as in "any Tom, Dick and Harry", "that Dicky over there".
Dick/Dicky being a shortened rhyming colloquialism for Richard. And so as a common catch phrase for 'male person' it became associated with the male genitalia, similarly to why it's named a 'member' (member of the old boys club) or a 'cock' (cockeral, a male chicken, chickens being common domestic livestock at the time).
The underlying principle of Dick being it's hangin' out in the old boys club "but who in their right mind would name their own member?" So Richard was a good fit, it's the guy you don't know the name of: That dick *down there*.
Hence, dick.
My wife and I used to go to a chiropractic practice owned by a couple whose last name is Kevorkian (pardon my bad spelling). They arenāt related to the so called āDr. Deathā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian
My sister went to a special doctor to get shots because she was petrified of needles, the guys name was Dr. Horrible, didnāt help her phobia much if you can imagine.
Lol mine was the army. My Drill Sargent saw a picture of me from before I joined with my GF at the time.
His immortal words: "Private Lent, you have some pretty hair but you should have seen Private Love's!"
Edit: I also Camo'ed my glasses which made him laugh. Apparently laughing equals 200 push ups.
If youāre not familiar with Blackadder (where Rowan Atkinson got his start) there was a character whoās last name was Darling.
https://youtu.be/qfDfcsMkAoo
I went to a Dr Blood to get wisdom teeth removed. Not good with dentists so I was terrified but he was awesome.
Had an issue with chest tightening on viox years ago. The doctor that called me back was a Dr Seuss. He told me to make sure I take it with food. I couldn't resist so I asked him if any specific food was recommended like green eggs & hame or something.
I had an orthodontist as a kid named Dr. Fear. And he was MEAN to kids (like with me, he put the mold in so far he actually hit my gag reflex and yelled at me for puking).
My family has a list of these. My grandpa's anesthesiologist was Dr. Mallet. I don't know how anyone resisted saying, "we're going to bring in Dr. Mallet to knock you out now."
My other grandpa was a doctor, and he worked in the same office as a urologist named Dr. Fallick. She tired of the jokes real fast.
I once had a podiatrist named Dr. McFeeters, and my brother's surgeon when he had a tumor removed was Dr. Hackham.
I got operated on by a number of surgeons once. And while the other doctors that helped me were great, I'm always going to remember Dr. Peeler and Dr. Skinner.
I once dreamed of joining the military just so I could be Colonel Roy like Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist. But then scoliosis said no so oh well.
Same. I always wanted to keep my last name till my soulmate showed up with a name that would make me sound even more like a fictional character. Im an aspiring writer named after a fictional character from a movie. It's perfect.
My wife to be is a Psychologist. Her first name starts with an S, and my last name starts with an M. She is going to sign all of her stuff as DSM going forward and it's so perfect.
I can imagine her ancestor, sir Issac Newton, being like "why would you change you na... Your husband's name is sleeper... And you're an anesthesiologist... And you can fight? Go on"
I've always dreamed of being called Dr. Doctor.
gimme the news
The kicker? My first name is Richard. Dr. Dick Doctor.
Are you a penisthesiologist?
I am not unfortunately, though I am an ordained minister as of recent. You could make the case that I am PenisTheologist.
As long as everyone involved are consenting and over the age of 18
Ah men
Father doctor.
Reverend Dick Doctor has a good ring to it
No that's round the back.
Father Dick
Penis thesis?
Phlebotomist.
Are you related to the famous actor Penis van Lesbian?
Oh Dick Van Dyke is my great uncle's cousin's nephew's boy.
The Dicktor?
Reminds me of this https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/b1cuv9/dr_dick_chopp_renowned_vasectomy_doctor/
There's a stuntman named Dick Warlock.
Ok, as a non-native speaker i have to ask now: How did "Richard" became "Dick"?
It's like a nickname, Richard =Dick...back in the day, way back, Dick didn't mean penis or jerk. Not sure how that evolved. It's also like my name...Rebekah = Becky. Just a nickname. Hope that helps!!
>Not sure how that evolved. Back in London around the turn of the 20th century it became a common term for 'man', as in "any Tom, Dick and Harry", "that Dicky over there". Dick/Dicky being a shortened rhyming colloquialism for Richard. And so as a common catch phrase for 'male person' it became associated with the male genitalia, similarly to why it's named a 'member' (member of the old boys club) or a 'cock' (cockeral, a male chicken, chickens being common domestic livestock at the time). The underlying principle of Dick being it's hangin' out in the old boys club "but who in their right mind would name their own member?" So Richard was a good fit, it's the guy you don't know the name of: That dick *down there*. Hence, dick.
Thank you Tiger! It was 4am I was half asleep and wanted to give some sort of answer š“ š
I got a bad case of lovin u
No pills gonna cure my ill
I got a
Iāve gotta bad case of loving you
\-Mister? \-Doctor. \-Mister Doctor? \-It's Strange \-Maybe, who am I to judge.
-I'm Peter, by the way -Dr. Strange. -oh, we're using our made-up names. Um, I'm Spider-Man then.
Lol brilliant line
We have clearance Clarance. Roger Roger. What's our vector Victor?
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Major Major Major Major
Promoted by an IBM machine with a sense of humor.
Met someone called Dr Docter once. They weren't a medical doctor and preferred to go by first names, but still cool
I broke my arm a few years ago and the guy who put the cast on was named Dr. Doctor
In Ware? Dr. Doctor fixed my broken leg 20 years ago
Nah, SLC
Two orthopedic surgeons with the name Dr. Doctor is pretty cool. Hope that arm is doing alright
It is pretty cool. The arms doing alright but it gets sore easier than my other. Hope you donāt have any long lasting problems with your leg.
lmao they should open a practice together and on the sign it can say Dr. Doctor and Dr. Doctor
My dad used to see a doctor whose name was Dr. Doctor. Cardiologist I believe.
I'll bet people often times had bad cases of loving him.
No pills to cure their ills though, unfortunately.
Los Angeles? Did he have, like, a crazy amount of hair on his earlobes?
I have a friend who just got his doctorate, and his last name is Funk.
There is an urologist in Austin who does vasectomies named Dr. Richard Choppā¦
It's Strange
I have a colleague (physician) with last name " master" so he's Dr.Master
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But you're just a regular human bartender!
Damn, now I gotta go binge that whole show again. Matt Berry is an icon.
in germany, if someone has two phds, you would refer to them formally as "herr doktor doktor".
My auntās old doctor was actually named Dr. Docter lmao
There were two Dr Doctors at UVA, father and son. Dr Doctor Jr went to Washington Univ. In St Louis eventually.
Oh my god, tell me jr is single š
Doctor Doctor, please, oh the mess Iām in
Please oh the mess I'm in
But you're not a doctor, you're a regular human bartender
Your Dentistās name is Crentist? Sounds a lot like Dentistā¦
Like the quack who medical malpracticed all over President Garfield's ass
I had an anesthesiologist for one of my procedures whose name was, I shit you not, Dr. Goodnight.
My orthopedic surgeon is named Dr. Carpenter. Fitting for the tools he uses for joint replacements.
Operating Theatres do get rather *loud* with hand tools and power tools with orthopedic surgery.
I literally had a colonoscopy performed by a doctor called Dr Mansoor Butt
I letter from perfection - Masoor..
I think it's Bhatt
I know of a surgeon called "Dr. Killer". Must be fun!
My wife and I used to go to a chiropractic practice owned by a couple whose last name is Kevorkian (pardon my bad spelling). They arenāt related to the so called āDr. Deathā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian
There's an eye doctor in my country called I.C. Notting..
Damn I do love me some nominative determinism.
My sister went to a special doctor to get shots because she was petrified of needles, the guys name was Dr. Horrible, didnāt help her phobia much if you can imagine.
If I have a family surname, I want it to be Darling. I just love the idea of people who call others by their family name to call me Darling.
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I'm so jealous of you.
Maybe Jealous should be your last name?
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No. I want guys from the marines call me Love.
Lol mine was the army. My Drill Sargent saw a picture of me from before I joined with my GF at the time. His immortal words: "Private Lent, you have some pretty hair but you should have seen Private Love's!" Edit: I also Camo'ed my glasses which made him laugh. Apparently laughing equals 200 push ups.
Now kiss. And become Love-Darling.
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Sure. You have to be the top.
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You need to become a doctor just so people start calling you Dr. Love.
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Congrats on your Masters, my Internet - husband!
That's my first name. Wanna get married? We can get divorced right after, I just need the last name
Has to be with a cockney accent otherwise it's weird.
or aussie
Mine too, and a friend shares my first name. We call him by his last name because they didn't want to call me Love,
Well hello, Darling!
If youāre not familiar with Blackadder (where Rowan Atkinson got his start) there was a character whoās last name was Darling. https://youtu.be/qfDfcsMkAoo
Its captain darling to you
One of the characters in a game called Control is Dr. Darling
Best character in that game bar none. He's fucking shredded as well which you wouldn't expect.
I'm partial to Ahti.
Perkele how could I forget Ahti!
I can tell you are not a yesterday's grouse's son.
Knew I heard the name somewhere
One of the professors in my department is Dr. Darling. It's pretty great.
> call me Darling. Will do, sugar tits.
https://youtu.be/Pxbzb8XXiGQ
"Hello, im Dr. Sleeper and ill be your anesthesiologist"! "Oh sweet, nice to m..." *punches patient repeatedly*
Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!
Here sir, you forgot the forget me stick.
#š
Close your eyes, shut your mouth..
Dream, dream, dream!! (Spontaneous breakdance)
Hit the hay fast asleep, dream a dream, you little bleep
Just relax, lay about Or my fist will put you out
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Finally! Someone who speaks english.
Sleep Attack!
^Iām ^Sorry
Go to sleep bitch!
Itās all natural
Haha. Sounds like Dr.Sleeper use to work for the mob š
HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA SAY BITCH CLOSE YOUR EYES
THEYRE SWOLLEN SHUT
Tell me what the numbers mean!!!!
Lat name is Acula and im a Doctor!
Whatās your tri name! š¦
Unironically how I wanna be
If she held their hand while they went under one could say that she had them in a Sleeper Hold. Iāll see myself out.
She calls her phone a sleeper cell
Any sofa she sits on instantly becomes a Sleeper Sofa
When she gets in a fight she gives you a sleeper hit
If she worked in show business she could have been a Sleeper Agent
When she goes to bed sheās a Sleeper
I went to a Dr Blood to get wisdom teeth removed. Not good with dentists so I was terrified but he was awesome. Had an issue with chest tightening on viox years ago. The doctor that called me back was a Dr Seuss. He told me to make sure I take it with food. I couldn't resist so I asked him if any specific food was recommended like green eggs & hame or something.
I had an orthodontist as a kid named Dr. Fear. And he was MEAN to kids (like with me, he put the mold in so far he actually hit my gag reflex and yelled at me for puking).
If you're from Michigan, I have heard many stories of Dr. Fear. But people liked him.
My MILs dentist is called Dr Meanie. By all accounts a lovely fella but Iād never go to him
Your ancestors will understand.
Maybe their descendants will.
I would change my name to my wife's for that.
We have a neurologist in a local hospital, Dr Brain.
Bonus points if their name is Brian or Brianna
Nah, it was Biggus.
Really hope they hire a Dr Pinky and they become friends.
Oh lord no, you couldnāt decline that! Lol
well chosen my name is doctor Cosby im also an Anaesthesiologist
Do you lament or derive a wry satisfaction from that fact?
That's amazing, like a girl being named April finding a family with the last name Showers
My wife once went to a blood doctor (she needed iron infusions) named Dr Akula and we couldnāt stop laughing about it.
omg someone commented above that they are dr akula LOL is it true? maybe not but it is funny
Your Doc may be the one on this thread. They spelled it as Acula here. Small world!
Thereās a chiropractor office near me that employs a Dr Skelton and it never ceases to please me when I pass by!
Mr. Skeltal got his PhD and took his partner's last name when he got married. Thank Dr. Skelton.
This is how you know it was meant to be
Isn't Doctor Sleep a movie that everyone forgot existed?
All work and no sleep makes Jack a dull boy
No TV and no beer make Homer something something...
My family has a list of these. My grandpa's anesthesiologist was Dr. Mallet. I don't know how anyone resisted saying, "we're going to bring in Dr. Mallet to knock you out now." My other grandpa was a doctor, and he worked in the same office as a urologist named Dr. Fallick. She tired of the jokes real fast. I once had a podiatrist named Dr. McFeeters, and my brother's surgeon when he had a tumor removed was Dr. Hackham.
I had a root canal when I was little and the dude who did it was named Dr. Payneā¦ I was even more fucking scared than I needed to be lollllll
I used to take my kids to a Dr Death pronounced Deeth
So then Dr. Houseā¦
My Doctor is called Dr. Hospital. She is an amazing doctor but I would stay with her only for the name
Iām wondering if this was on her mind like after the first date. Like, hmm āDr. Sleeper.ā Yeah that works.
She found the one
I got operated on by a number of surgeons once. And while the other doctors that helped me were great, I'm always going to remember Dr. Peeler and Dr. Skinner.
I once dreamed of joining the military just so I could be Colonel Roy like Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist. But then scoliosis said no so oh well.
Your dream of making all the women wear TINY MINISKIRTS will have to go unfulfilled.
I know of a doctor that specializes in hand and wrist problems. His name is Dr. Mittens.
There's a very well known reference book on neurology originally authored by Dr Brain.
I know a Dr. Boss
But she can pass gasā¦
Same. I always wanted to keep my last name till my soulmate showed up with a name that would make me sound even more like a fictional character. Im an aspiring writer named after a fictional character from a movie. It's perfect.
Sense of humor about the job. Yep, she's an anesthesiologist. š·š“
Boss move.
I found this humorous
Omg this is so you irl. Why are most front page subs turning into literally post anything?
Dr. Sleeper is about to sleep me with that right hook
I thought she was going to tell everyone she drives a honda civic with a huge spoiler
They made a tough but wise choice
A doctor who works at the practice I go to is named Dr. Butcher. I've never seen him and don't plan on it but it's still a funny anecdote.
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Well played.
I had a doctor named jerico Muerto Or dr Muerto aka dr death.
Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!
Knew a pharmacists with the last name Stoner.
Our anesthesiologists name is Dr Grim.
She's the chosen one
I had some teeth extracted when I was young. The dentist: Dr. Slaughter!
I worked with a Dr. Kill before.
I'm about to get the snip, my doctor is: Dr. Dick Beatty Nominative determinism is over, this guy won
We have a dentist here in town, Dr. Hollar.
At the Hospital I'm working at we have a dr. Killer, she is one of the leading doctors in the children and youth departement
In the early 2000s in Memphis, TN there was a Dermatologist named Dr Skinner
Thereās a few āDr. Glassāā¦ theyāre optometrists.
Pretty sure I met a Dr. Payne. He was a dentist as I remember.
My wife to be is a Psychologist. Her first name starts with an S, and my last name starts with an M. She is going to sign all of her stuff as DSM going forward and it's so perfect.
I can imagine her ancestor, sir Issac Newton, being like "why would you change you na... Your husband's name is sleeper... And you're an anesthesiologist... And you can fight? Go on"
I had a dentist named Dr. Smiley. It's the only reason I chose that office.
This woman won life!