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mercury:
1. I know someone whose hobby is standing at the edge of Heathrow Airport with a hand-held telescope, camera and notepad. He also goes to air shows and takes more plane pictures. What's his occupation? Visual air traffic controller at the top of the tower in the middle of Heathrow. Heh! How about that?

2. My Mum once got a letter from someone at the then Inland Revenue called Mrs Goldsacks.

3. Yesterday I was in Slough Library when I came across The Navy List, a book containing the names of all the ships and officers in the Royal Navy. In there was someone called Goodship.

Any more examples of people with nifty hobby/name/occupation associations?

Deano:
I'll forgive you if you don't believe me - but there used to be a desk sergeant at Newton Aycliffe police station called Sgt Bacon.

Maladict:
New Scientist's bag page column (forget its name) had a name for this:

Nominative Determinism.

Chris S:
I know a Sergeant Sargent  :thumbsup:

SteveC:
Woodwork teacher at school was Mr Glew.

When asked he did admit that his name might have slightly influenced his career choice, but he wasn't sure.

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