"Serious" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

A local law enforcement officer stops a car for traveling faster thanthe posted speed limit. Since he's in a good mood that day he decidesto give the poor fellow a break and write him out a warning instead of aticket. So, he asks the man his name."Fred," he replies. Fred what?" the officer asks. "Just Fred," the man responds.When the officer presses him for a last name, the man tells him thathe used to have a last name but lost it. The officer thinks he has a nutcase on his hands but plays along with it."Tell me Fred, how did you lose your last name?"The man replies, "It's a long story so stay with me. I was born FredDingaling. I know, funny last name. The kids used to tease me all the time.So I stayed to myself. I studied hard and got good grades. When I gotolder I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college,medical school, internship, residency, finally got my degree, so I wasFred Dingaling, MD.After a while I got bored being a doctor so I decided to go back toschool. Dentistry was my dream. Got all the way through school, gotmy degree so I was now Fred Dingaling MD DDS. I got bored doingdentistry so I started fooling around with my assistant. She gave me VD.So, I was Fred Dingaling MD DDS with VD. Well, the ADA found outabout the VD so they took away my DDS so I was Fred Dingaling MDwith VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDSbecause of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me asFred Dingaling with VD. Then the VD took away my dingaling so nowI'm just Fred."