People with many degrees have many letters after their names. This shouldn’t be confused with “lettuce” after a name, but there are jokes. “Q: Why was the rabbit called Peter Cos ? A: He wanted lettuce after his name” was posted on the newsgroup uk.radio.amateur on January 22, 1996.
”@themiltonjones I’ve decided to do a university degree in Salad Studies. Really all I want is lettuce after my name” was posted on Twitter by Pete Jenkins on December 24, 2011. (Milton Jones is an English comedian.) “My friend has just passed his Masters Degree in salad studies… He now has lettuce after his name!” was posted on Twitter by Jokes UK 馃敒 on September 12, 2019.
“My friend is a qualified greengrocer. He has lettuce after his name” was posted on Twitter by Timmy Tour on February 18, 2012, and on Twitter by Soraya Sash Naif on February 19, 2012. “Our greengrocer is probably overqualified. He has lettuce after his name” was posted on Twitter by Nick on March 30, 2015.
Google Groups: uk.radio.amateur
Advice for an Old Newby
Mike Chaloner
1/22/96
(...)
Q: Why was the rabbit called Peter Cos ?
A: He wanted lettuce after his name.
Google Groups: alt.fan.goons
lurgi
elizabeth chellingsworth
2/26/96
The name is Holmes, Grytpype Holmes, accompanied by my faithful man and woman servant, Gladys. (Don’t do that I tell you! Gladys, you may be my wife, but even so, some things remain sacred. -Gad, Herc, since when have you been religious? Since I took over the typewriter.) Please welcome my assistant, Count Jim Moriarty Watson, MD, PhD, BS, MS, TWIT and Web’s Wonder. -Web’s Wonder? -Oh yes, he’s got lettuce after his name!
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
earlobe
nemo
10/31/02
(...)
Not to menion the honoured and highly steamed market-gardener who had lettuce after his name.
(SWINE!!! I told you not to menion the honoured and highly steamed market-gardener who had lettuce after his name!)
Twitter
limertilly
@limertilly
Replying to @fduncan
@fduncan i was thinking more J Peasmould Gruntfuttock MBE, OBE Webb’s Wonder. Yes, he’s got lettuce after his name.
7:25 PM 路 May 9, 2009路Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Ben Spencer
@igneus
Replying to @DJYodaUK
@DJYodaUK The doctor should know. He’s got lettuce after his name.
11:28 AM 路 Sep 30, 2011路TweetDeck
Twitter
Pete Jenkins
@PJdeWarks
@themiltonjones I’ve decided to do a university degree in Salad Studies. Really all I want is lettuce after my name.
10:45 AM 路 Dec 14, 2011路Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Timmy Tour
@TimmyTour
My friend is a qualified greengrocer
He has lettuce after his name.
7:23 PM 路 Feb 18, 2012路Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Soraya Sash Naif
@SorayaSash66
My friend is a qualified greengrocer
He has lettuce after his name
6:48 AM 路 Feb 19, 2012路Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Pete Jenkins
@PJdeWarks
Replying to @themiltonjones
@themiltonjones so I took a degree in salad studies. Really all I wanted was some lettuce after my name
12:36 PM 路 Jan 19, 2015路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Nick
@somersetnick
Our greengrocer is probably overqualified. He has lettuce after his name.
#1Pun minus 5 minutes
7:54 AM 路 Mar 30, 2015路Twitter for iPhone
Google Books
Be Dead and Be Damned:
Murder with Malice in Melbourne
By Gerry Burke
Bloomington, IN: iUniverse
2017
Pg. ?:
Maurice Raymond Hamilton, with the lettuce after his name, had made himself quite comfortable.
Twitter
Jokes UK 馃敒
@jokesuk
My friend has just passed his Masters Degree in salad studies…
He now has lettuce after his name!
7:31 AM 路 Sep 12, 2019路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Don Abbott
@TheHerefordWiz
My neighbour has just passed his Masters degree in salad studies….
He now has lettuce after his name!
#studying #welldone
10:35 AM 路 Sep 12, 2019 from Wales, United Kingdom路Twitter for Android
Twitter
ChrisMaguire
@editor_Maguire
My friend has just passed his Masters degree in salad studies.\
He now has lettuce after his name…
2:44 AM 路 Sep 13, 2019路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
馃ぃ The Dad Joke Man 馃槈
@DadJokeMan
My friend has just passed his Masters degree in salad studies.
He now has lettuce after his name…
3:13 PM 路 Jan 24, 2020路Twitter Web App
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