Squish, I am a medical biller now and was an ER clerk for 5 years before that, so I know exactly what you mean. I have seen the absolute dumbest names EVER in my time in the ER. I would love to repeat some of them, but they are pretty distinctive and I wouldn't want to get into any HIPAA territory here. I will give a few hints, though, and the hints alone will tell you the ridiculousness. One name included the name of a fruit (and we're not talking a simple "Apple" here), and the second most notorious shared a name with a Flintstones character. I won't specify whether it was hucaveman or dinosaur