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[doolally]

The news tonight had an item about the Queen visiting the Chelsea Flower Show and mentioned the RHS President.... Keith Weed.
Love it!
Any more?
doolally

[kempiejon]

nominative determinism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCQDsvtc8pk

https://www.google.com/search?q=nominat ... e&ie=UTF-8

[terminal7]

I do remember the RE (religious education) teacher in my second year at Grammar School (yes remember them) was called Mr Weed. Our form gave him such a hard time that teachers in neighbouring classrooms would come storming in and threaten the whole class with detention. Poor Mr Weed - he lasted one term.

(Shameless at the time) T7

[bungeejumper]

I seem to recall a Ukip leader called Dick Braine.

Not quite in the same league, but those with longer memories might remember a Saudi Minister of Petroleum called Sheikh Yamani. Which he was well qualified to do, having orchestrated the quadrupling of OPEC oil prices during the early 1970s.

BJ

[Itsallaguess]

Any more?

A fairly recent cracker was when the BBC sent someone to give a local report on the September 2021 UK petrol shortages -



Source - https://www.indy100.com/viral/phil-mcca ... l-b1926841

I think Phil might eventually be able to live that particular episode down though, unlike this poor young policeman who was interviewed by ITV news, who may find that he's got to shoulder his particular burden for some time -



Source - https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/20 ... ry-viewers

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

[Mike4]

Way back in the mists of time my neighbour on the marina was a certain Malcolm Thomas Head.

He was never the sharpest knife in the drawer and his mail used to come addressed to Mr M T Head. He seemed puzzled about why this was funny.

[didds]

I used to work with a Michael Hunt.

He used to use his full name when answering the phone.

I've also known a Richard Head.

didds

[Bminusrob]

My first job after graduating was in South Wales. Documents would be curculated with people's initials. They would read the document, cross of their initials, and send the document on. I remember one round of job interviews, when we interviewed a G O Davies and an S O Davies on the same day. I don't think either of them was offered ajob.

[XFool]

As previously posted on TLF, but why not? The episode of The Bill entitled: "A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel" was written by Stephen Plaice

https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewtopic.p ... 48#p506848

And, for a different take, an oldie - a sort of reverse nominative determinism? The chairman of, and spokesman for, British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield at a time of bad publicity on releases of radioactivity into the Irish Sea: Con Allday

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-con-a ... 34476.html

[Mike4]

Many years ago I had a dentist named Mr Sampson.

[terminal7]

Early in my career, my company had an interview programme of companies in the Hampshire. I was put in charge of setting up the programme and allocating the small team (myself and one other researcher) to undertake about 12 in-person interviews each over a one-week period. Looking down the list of interviewees, I noticed Mrs Glasscock. Needless to say, my colleague was allocated this interview.

Incidentally, about the same time we had a secretary who married a Mr Tickle.

Finally, we must not forget the S Korean Foreign Minister - Lee Beom-seok aka as Lee Bum Suck.

T7

[bungeejumper]

Many years ago I had a dentist named Mr Sampson.

After moving to a new town, I had to choose a dentist. I chose one called Payne, because I figured he had to be good or else he'd go bust. Fortunately, he was excellent.

BJ

[monabri]

I've a distant relative called Joseph King, but he uses "Joe ".

[kempiejon]

Igor Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2008–2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

[Mike4]

One of the big cheeses at Canal and River Trust, in charge of engineering projects is a chap called Lee King.

[scrumpyjack]

Of course from Star Wars there's Princess Leia

[melonfool]

As previously posted on TLF, but why not? The episode of The Bill entitled: "A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel" was written by Stephen Plaice

https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewtopic.p ... 48#p506848

And, for a different take, an oldie - a sort of reverse nominative determinism? The chairman of, and spokesman for, British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield at a time of bad publicity on releases of radioactivity into the Irish Sea: Con Allday

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-con-a ... 34476.html

My sister wrote an episode of The Bill years ago and the title of the ep was a play on her name. Not this one, and I won't say which for confidentiality purposes, but it strikes me that The Bill maybe had a bit of a 'thing' for encouraging that.

It is not, however, an example of nominative determinism.

I once worked with an IT guy called 'Jim Logdon'', that is an example. I know a guy who wakes up early whose surname is 'Wakeling'.

The theory is, however, resoundingly disproved by James Cleverly.

Mel

[ReformedCharacter]

One of my favourites is Canaan Banana:

Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country’s independence

Possibly a proponent of rule by 'carrot and stick'.

RC

[kiloran]

As previously posted on TLF, but why not? The episode of The Bill entitled: "A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel" was written by Stephen Plaice

https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewtopic.p ... 48#p506848

And, for a different take, an oldie - a sort of reverse nominative determinism? The chairman of, and spokesman for, British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield at a time of bad publicity on releases of radioactivity into the Irish Sea: Con Allday

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-con-a ... 34476.html

My sister wrote an episode of The Bill years ago and the title of the ep was a play on her name. Not this one, and I won't say which for confidentiality purposes, but it strikes me that The Bill maybe had a bit of a 'thing' for encouraging that.

It is not, however, an example of nominative determinism.

I once worked with an IT guy called 'Jim Logdon'', that is an example. I know a guy who wakes up early whose surname is 'Wakeling'.

The theory is, however, resoundingly disproved by James Cleverly.

Mel

Hey, welcome back, Mel! Good to know you are still around

--kiloran

[XFool]

My sister wrote an episode of The Bill years ago and the title of the ep was a play on her name. Not this one, and I won't say which for confidentiality purposes, but it strikes me that The Bill maybe had a bit of a 'thing' for encouraging that.

It is not, however, an example of nominative determinism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominativ ... Definition

"The term has its origin in the "Feedback" column of the magazine New Scientist in 1994."

I do remember this from the time.

An interesting sideline on this. I have a long memory from decades ago, the 1960s, when Feedback's predecessor column (Daedalus?) was mainly serious but had a light hearted end section. At the time the Vietnam war was in full flow, with its military terminology getting into everyday English, such as "escalation".

My (unreliable?) memory is the author of the NS column, while commenting on this, wondered if he could introduce his own equivalent very serious sounding word into the English language. He therefore proposed to launch the word "pivotal" into the world. The rest is history.

Or is it? I have no idea...