Did Frank Sidebottom get married? Or is that his mum?

There's a real estate agent in my town named Crystal Slaughter, which to me sounds like an eighties hair-metal band.

And in high school was Richard Wood, who was insistent that he didn't go by 'Dick'.

I work with Darren Death, and I frequently pass Ms. Strokoff's office. And I've met Winthrop Cashdollar.

Oh, and I used to work with Richard Dangle, who did, indeed, go by "Dick." My favorite hyphenated names are Betty Chafin-Rash and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh.

I know a Mr. Fatas whose sibilant-initial first name led to an improprietous encounter with the local email account naming scheme, which is of the lastnamefirstinitial variety.

Sidebottom is quite common in Yorkshire, so seems normal to me. Never seen Penistone as a person's name, though it is likewise known in Yorkshire as the name of a place.

I knew a family called Kirton and they were seriously considering naming any future daughter Annette (luckily for everyone, they only had sons).

Oh, and I used to work with Richard Dangle, who did, indeed, go by "Dick."

Whoa... I was a student at West Georgia while he was the dean. When did you work with him, mrmoonpie? (I was a student at the same time as his daughter, Brenda.)

My father's middle name is "Kirby".


It was almost my name.

I was so lucky.

I should start writing down the names of doctors that have great superhero names; I made the mistake of telling Doctor Justice that once, and she was quite nonplussed. (The latest would be Doctor Stoneking.) Also note this noted entomologist.

BP, I taught at West GA from '93 through '96, English Department--my wife (at the time) was in the Math Dept. I bet we know a lot of the same people.

I know a girl named Stoneking who has started participating in roller derby, and needs to pick an alias.

Kirby, like Jack Kirby, and vacuum cleaners, and this guy? I think that's a great name.

Yeah, Kirby is an awesome name! We used to have a snake named Kirby. Ball python. Furniture you feed.

I went to high school with a girl whose grandfather was named Richard Head, but he didn't go by "Dick". He did, however, name his son "Vivian", which sounded kinda weird in Alabama.

I also once edited a case report on internal damage caused by improper colonoscopy technique co-authored by a Dr. Butz.

I also worked with a Dr. Brilliant, who unfortunately was NOT a psychiatrist or neurologist. I think he was an endocrinologist...

And I have also met real people named Homer Simpson and Charlie Brown.

BoP, was it this Dr. Brilliant?

I think being called "Kirby" and looking like I do would just concentrate my animate Scottishness into a dense firey ball.

I made the mistake of telling Doctor Justice that once, and she was quite nonplussed.

Man, what kind of dour kill-joy are if you have that name and you don't burst into patient's rooms announcing "HAVE NO FEAR, DOCTOR JUSTICE IS HERE AND YOUR INFECTION IS ...CRIMINAL."?

When I first moved to NY, I briefly worked with a very pretty girl named Kirby. It was she who inspired me to buy my first ballet flats.