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To find people's surnames that really don't fit their jobs funny

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Butterfly98 · 27/06/2019 19:04

DH knows an accountant called Mr Crook, I always giggle when he mentions him as I still find the name funny after all these years, apparently he's got a very serious personality and doesn't like anyone joking about the name, to be fair he's probably heard them all by now! Separately, our old neighbour was a baker and his name really suited his job as he was actually a Mr Baker! Do you know anyone with a surname that either does or doesn't fit their profession?

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ErrolTheDragon · 28/06/2019 18:00

Forgot to mention that a friends GP's name in Essex is Dr Butcher!

I know a retired Dr Butcher, but he's in Bedfordshire.

We've known directly or indirectly Drs called Body, Blood (two of them), Carver and Cutting.

CanYouHelpFindThis · 28/06/2019 18:02

PC Christmas.... Was a cool name i thought

Iamclearlyamug · 28/06/2019 19:37

There was a guy at college called Wayne King 😂😂😂 what his parents were thinking i don't know, I do know he's now changed his name though...

myfingersarenotsogreen · 28/06/2019 19:40

GP called Dr Coffin and a flute teacher called Miss Blewitt

Tillyscoutsmum · 28/06/2019 19:44

A primary school teacher called Mr Bottoms. Cue much hilarity from young children

LittleDoritt · 28/06/2019 19:49

Our butcher is called Mr Baker.

QueenofmyPrinces · 28/06/2019 21:11

I work with a Dr Kill...

honeylulu · 28/06/2019 21:25

The funeral directors in my home town are Gore Brothers.

My mum used to clean a bank and the manager was called Mr Fiddler
My husband said his first bank manager was a Mr. Fiddler. Maybe same guy?

Once had a breast examination by my GP, Dr Feltham. She definitely felt 'em!

LauderSyme · 28/06/2019 21:34

A friend of mine used a legal firm yonks ago called Drinkwater, Passmore and Phillip. She was sure that the visual images the name evoked for her had simply never occurred to them and giggled about it for years afterwards.

mimibunz · 28/06/2019 21:40

Dr Starin was a gynaecologist in my hometown.

Glovesick · 28/06/2019 21:40

Roger Boyes, the journalist that exposed a paedophile scandal in Austria

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vienna-boys-choir-caught-up-in-sex-abuse-scandals-zcrxj2hzr99

user1497787065 · 28/06/2019 22:11

When I was a child my grandparents' doctor was Dr Sidebottom also lives somewhere where the village Doctor was Dr Coffin.

Frenchmom · 28/06/2019 23:32

Micasam89 my gynaecologist was also Mrs. Cockburn, and the other gynaecologist in the department was Mr. Riddle.

My music teacher at school was Mrs. Cockerel and the cookery teacher was Mrs. Philpotts.

SirTobyBelch · 28/06/2019 23:52

There is or was a firm of estate agents called Doolittle and Dalley.

Still going strong in Kidderminster. I drive past one of their shops every Saturday.

AhhhHereItGoes · 28/06/2019 23:55

Had a geography teacher called Ms/Mrs Island.

Had a psychologist called Shufflebottom (pronounced Shufflebothem but still).

Had an electrician come out once whose surname was Sparks.

AhhhHereItGoes · 28/06/2019 23:58

Ah my Dad has met a PC Rob Banks (Dad deals with drug offenders). Very nice guy. He claims he's not the only PC in the UK with that name Smile

PregnantSea · 28/06/2019 23:58

My driving instructor was Mr Wheeler

Beresford · 29/06/2019 00:00

I worked with a Dr Doctor once Grin

DickZillaofTheVilla · 29/06/2019 00:13

My mum has a friend called Annette Curtin. Thats her married name I would definitely have kept my own!

Trebla · 29/06/2019 01:19

I knew a woman who ran the local drink driver rehab classes. Her name was Mrs Boozy. I kid you not.

Trebla · 29/06/2019 01:23

Apologies its spelt Boosey

notyourmummy · 29/06/2019 07:02

A friend of mine is a paediatrician, she's Dr Gentle, which I think suits the job, but our other friend is Dr Payne - she introduces herself as Dr then her first name!! There was a slaughter man when I was a child called Mr Jolly, and a sheep farmer near us called Mr Hogg.

00100001 · 29/06/2019 07:07

We had a finance manager called Rob Gamble :)

His email was [email protected]

:D

lightlypoached · 29/06/2019 07:08

I knew a tax inspector called Mr Muchmore

And a gastro consultant called Poolis.

😂

birdling · 29/06/2019 08:04

In my town, there is a shop called Bakers of ***. They are, in fact, a butcher's shop.

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