Your comment that Dr Crippen can be arrogant seems true of a great many doctors, especially GPs. What really annoys me is when I go to consult one about a complaint, and they just give me the symptomatic name for it in Latin. Yes, I know I've got a rash, they don't have to feed the same information back to me in Latin to try and make themselves look more intelligent than I am. Many members of my own profession are among some of the most arrogant and opinionated people I know - but they often mix it with insight and common sense. I wonder if lawyers are the same? No, I doubt it. I think they stick to arrogance.