Would Batman buy in Battersea?

Matthew Parris has been bitten by a bat and received advice from his devoted readership:

“I really would urge you,” writes kindly Alison Rasey from the admirable Bat Conservation Trust, “to visit your GP to discuss post-exposure treatment for rabies.” This she recommends “firstly with regards to your personal wellbeing, and secondly that of the public”.

Ms Rasey writes from (honestly) Battersea.

Matthew thinks it a hilarious coincidence that the Bat Conservation Trust should hail from Battersea.

He is, of course, quite wrong.

Comments

[Simon Stephenson]

Isn't the explanation of the Dennis : Dentist phenomenon more likely to be that Dentists are more than averagely prone to call their children Dennis or Denise? And that children of dentists are proportionately much more likely to become dentists themselves than are the children of any other profession.

So the "name influences the choice of profession" idea may more correctly be seen as "profession influences the choice of name".

Causation's quite important - it's a good idea to get it right!