In Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' he invented the profession of 'retrophrenologist' - while an ordinary phrenologist read a person's character traits from the various lumps and bumps on their skull, a Discworld retrophrenologist would claim to give the person whatever characteristics they desired by hitting them over the head with carefully graduated hammers in order to
produce suitably placed lumps and bumps!
I think I'm going to hang out my shingle as the world's first practicing retrorumpologist - once I get a set of suitably graduated paddles and straps!
