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Apparently there was once a Governor of the Bank of Scotland called Risk, and a Head of Risk at Brown Shipley called Careful. While over at the Midland Bank, there were senior bankers called Cockup and Gamble.
Well, we asked you for your contributions. And here are a selected few:
'I met a Sales Manager from NatWest way back named Dick Turpin. Still got his card'.
'The Head of Compensation over at Merrill Lynch used to be Peter Stingi'.
'The cover of a quarterly report compiled by County Investment Management once boasted the talents of a Brian Langdon-Pratt, a Graham Dick and a John Burke'.
'There's an audit manager at Wachovia named Rich Boss'.
'The Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission at the turn of the century was Peter Crook. He was succeeded by Richard Pratt'.
'I know a doctor from my home town called Dr Fester, and a dentist called Mr Chew'.
'My dentist is a Payne. His best friend is a lawyer called Hurt'.
'The Registrar's name on my birth certificate is Mr D'eath!'.
'I once went into day surgery, and the surgeon was a Doctor Slaughter!'.
'I used a firm of lawyers called Wright Hassall (www.wrighthassall.co.uk). And they were very good!'.
'The nurse in charge of Terminal Care at my hospital was a Bryn Deadman!'.
'My physiotherapist recently referred me to a surgeon called 'Mr Soar'. It turned out to be spelt 'Saw' - I'm not sure about the operation now!'.
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