I call the Master Benz tech a "Master Bate Tech" :D

How about Master of his Domain? :D

What about the Assistant Baiter on a fishing boat, how soon before you become Master?

My buddy's PhD in Chemistry took him 7 years to do. He was making molecules one by one, attaching individual atoms to each other and making nano-somethings with them! :eek:

That kind of knowledge deserves respect and I am happy to call him Dr if he wants it.

But then, I believe that other professions should use titles to acknowledge the accomplishments of other people, including trades: mason, carpenter, welder, mechanic, etc.

In the old days in factories, what we now call the Manufacturing #Engineering Mgr. used to be called the Master Works Mechanic or MWM.

I'll give anybody who has earned it (not bought it) their due.

What I notice is the ones with class don't.


That said, some of them go hog wild with the whole "Dr." deal. When my older Brother got his doctorate, he stoked the "Dr. Bandwagon" in every conceivable means possible. All return address labels, all suffixes he could find and sent in a blurb to his private school's alumni news he attended as a teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if it's on his mailbox and checks.

What if you have multiple PhD's?? Do you become Dr. Dr. Jones....or Dr's Jones?? I mean really, if they have put in that much effort, we should really come up with a way to let bystanders on the subway know just how educated that person is.....

I don't get why M.D.'s have the privelege of calling themselves Dr. when nobody else who earns a doctorate does...Double standard much? I am on a first name basis with most of my professors, they don't like being singled out or self-aggrandizing by having the prefix.

I think it has something to do with the fact that common people don't like it when they are not in an egalitarian world and everyone is an equal to everyone.

This sort of reminds me (like that can happen) of a joke Shelby sent us the other day:

Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman
were having coffee.
The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My
son is a priest, when he walks into a room,
everyone calls him 'Father'."

The second Catholic man chirps, "My son is
a Bishop. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Grace'."

The third Catholic gent says, "My son is a
Cardinal. When he enters a room everyone
says: 'Your Eminence'."

The fourth Catholic man then says, "My son
is the Pope. When he walks into a room
people call him 'Your Holiness'."

Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping
her coffee in silence, the four men give her
a subtle "Well....?"

She proudly replies, "I have a daughter:
slim, tall, 38D breasts, 24" waist, 34" hips.
When she walks into a room people say:
"Oh My God."

Only 1 38D breast? What is the other one like? :D

Good question. Thanks for ask’n. :D

Me thinks it easier to fix the joke than to try to answer that one.
Done.

Not the comment on the joke I thought I’d get.
But I did figure you’d be the first.

was it this guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q

I'm surprised this is even being discussed. The D in M.D and Ph.D stands for Doctorate.

Education doctorates are pointless unless said person is actually doing the social science research behind the Ph.D. There are probably other instances where the title

It takes a lot of time, work, and money for that title. Be pompous with it!

I know a woman who did a doctorate with only a bachelor's prior. no Masters. She ALWAYS call herself "Doctor". I never have; never will. She uses it as a club to demand respect. To me respect is earned, and she has not done that.

Does her PhD allow her to do that? If so, where is the issue? Take being a Nurse Practitioner for instance. You get your BSN and if you go to that course, you will get your DNP. Don't think there is an MSN involved. At that point, you can be legally called "Doctor". Different disciplines allow different things.