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- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: Wierd Names
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.102031.12799@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:20:31 GMT
- References: <19643@mindlink.bc.ca> <C0z9xs.F37@portal.hq.videocart.com>
- <890091b.39.727543700@axe.acadiau.ca> <1993Jan21.165058.10434@ac.dal.ca> <1993Jan26.170058.12600@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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- In <1993Jan26.170058.12600@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> bmcm@beech.lle.rochester.edu (Brian McMaster) writes:
-
- >> >>>Could you handle Dr. Peter Groper... he's in the Vancouver phone book and he
- >> >>>specializes in... (wait for it)... you got it... hand surgery!
- >> >>>
- >> >>In Chicago theres a Doctor Dachter (Doctor! Doctor!) MD and a
- >> >>Dr. Laff, DDS.
- >> >
- >> >>Jonathon Brandmier of WLUP radio culled the phone book for funny names
- >> >>and called up Mr. Harry Beavers, who was not amused.
- >> >
- >> > In Halifax there are Drs. Precious and Lovely, who used to be office
- >> > partners!
- >>
- >> Also in the suburbs of Halifax there is a Dr. Pein (pronounced 'Pain'!)_
- >> He was my family doctor!
-
- > In Clearwater FL there is a dentist Dr Wunderlik (wonder lick) !
-
- In Ingolstadt in Germany there's a dentist called Dr Lachnit (which is very
- close to the german for "Don't laugh"). I imagine that's the last thing
- you'd be doing at the dentists.
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