The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for January 31, 2021

Smart son you got there, Thorneapple!! His brilliance must come from his mother’s side of the family!!

Pepsodent?

He was never a maiden, the naughty boy!

Now that you mention it, you’ve got me wondering what Brutus’ middle name is. I would like to think his full name is ‘Brutus Jeffrey Thornapple’. :^)

Maiden the U.S.A.

Tru story: At a couples event, I asked a wife what her maiden name was. She told me and it’s the same as her husband’s name! I was surprised that they had the same name, and she said “he changed his.” I asked him what his maiden name was and he said “Bullwinkle.”

Mudd. H.F. Mudd

An interesting practice harkening back to the days when women were considered the property of their husbands. Of course these days changing your name is a bit more complex than it used to be.

https://seattlebridemag.com/expert-wedding-advice/history-behind-maiden-vs-married-names

I never thought it was important of necessary for a woman to change her name. My wife didn’t. My Ex did even though I told her she didn’t have to, and changing her name led to complications decades later. When she went to renew her license and get a “Real ID” the DMV wanted to see documentation of her name changes. She called me in a panic. She had her birth certificate and marriage license for proof but she hadn’t changed back to her maiden name when we divorced so her marriage license had my surname. She was looking for a copy of our marriage license which I didn’t have. And in the state where we got married there is no central repository of marriage licenses, and neither of us could remember which town we got the license from. I did have a copy of our divorce papers and assume that that was sufficient.

So ladies, the lesson is – If you’re going to change your name keep the documentation in a safe place for the rest of your life.

I think the practice of women using their “maiden” names as their middle names may be falling by the wayside, just as more women are retaining them – or hyphenating them – as last names.

She should have hyphenated. Gladys Gargle-Thornapple has a nice ring.

Needs a little more explaining, that’s all. Nothing to see here folks. Case closed. Move along,……

Harriet. And I was fabulous!

That kid is really stupid!

Maybe his “Maiden Name” is “Born”? ☺

Wouldn’t the hyphenating last name thing get cumbersome really quick? 1) A woman gets married and hyphenates her last name. 2) She and her husband have a girl. 3) The girl grows up and gets married. 4) What does she do with her married last name? Double-Hyphenate? Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm? ☺

Some women don’t have maiden names. They hyphenate their new last name with their husbands name. Gladys Gargle-Thornapple or Brutus Thornapple-Gargle; which ever has the most influence.

For some reason I can’t picture Gladys as a maiden.

I’m not sure how old Wilberforce (where did they come up with that name, by the way?) is supposed to be, but it is actually a very logical question, based on how the mind of a child works. I still remember a couple of goodies I came up with when I was young.

Always hated the term ‘maiden’ name – prefer ‘birth name’, if required. The whole concept of a woman abandoning her birth name upon marriage is obsolete – why abandon her heritage only to be renamed.

Funny kid.

Why, remembering the show, and “Bluto’s” name was changed to “Brutus,” did I have a thought that Brutus’s middle name is "P, for ‘Popeye?’ "

FYI, HIS MIDDLE NAME IS PERRY.