Staff Meeting

You may have at one time listened to the "Car Talk" broadcast on NPR, which always ended with the list of credits that featured people on their staff whose names reflected their jobs. Long before Car Talk was a thing, my mother (a world-class punster) and our friends used to play the same game among ourselves.

I thought that, in the middle of a time featuring a sluggish economy, political violence, racial and religious intolerance, and an increasingly-authoritarian government led by The Man Who Would Be King (apologies to Rudyard Kipling), we could all use a laugh ... and so, here are a few examples from my long and lovingly-curated list of people whose names match their jobs:

Amanda B. Warov - Bouncer/Personal Security Specialist

Mandy Battlements - Medieval Castle Defense Historian

Frank Appraisal - Insurance Adjuster

Lucinda Bolts - Mechanic

Sasha Payne Diaz - Annoying Neighbor

Angela Mercy - Nurse

Hugo Slavia - Balkan Historian

Archer E. Hunter - Wildlife Management Specialist

Nick Adore, Denton Fenders, and Randy Batterydown - Parking Lot Attendants

Aurora Gunfire - NRA Representative

Carmine Dioxide - Air Quality Analyst

Yolanda U. Lucky - Air Traffic Controller

Bud Yuronner - Attorney Specializing in Appeals

Vera Lee Isay - Biblical Scholar

Ruth Leslie Tractum - Bounty Hunter

Augusta Wind - NOAA Hurricane Forecaster

Menachem Down - Bowling Instructor

Douse & Burnham, Inc - Arson Inspectors

Bruno Moore - Coffee Addiction Counselor

Xavier Breath and Levon Hold - Complaint Department Staff

Natalie Attired and Anita Pearance - Fashion Consultants

Amelia Cantwell DiJest - Fast Food Menu Designer

Amanda Livering Cole - Fuel Delivery Specialist

A. Nicholas Notmuch - Investment Advisor

Veronica Lisioncourse - Apprentice Navigator

Lotte B. Essen - White House Press Secretary

Kirsten Hollard - Anger Management Coach

Karen Ford DeNeedy - Social Worker

Candace B. Rittenoff - Tax Advisor

Marcus Absent - Truant Officer

Ed Amame - Soybean Farmer

Viola Fuss - Arbitration Specialist

Luigi Board - US Government Tariff Policy Forecaster,

That'll do it for now. Any other suggestions? Leave a comment.

Have a good day. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo