Rubes by Leigh Rubin for April 23, 2023

Funny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

You are what you’re named? I read a thing many years ago (40?) saying that people whose initials spelled a “pleasant” word like PAL or YES were happier than folks whose initials made neutral or non-words like PAN or WJW who were in turn happier than folks with initials like OWY or RAT.

He No Enjoy The Go.

Clog??!! A new cast member, I see!!!

Just waiting for toilet paper to be invented.

Is is OK if I just laugh at this one???

Nominative Determinism is the result of too many people sitting around a room with nothing to do. Eric Idle.

Clog’s parents had just wanted him to be a folk dancer.

I have driven by a urology clinic where the last name of one of the doctors is “Leaks”.

If I have to look it up to understand it, it isn’t funny.

Him need prunes

Him wish his name Lucy.

I am so dumb that I have to look up what the words mean.

Won’t lie, had to look it up, and laughed.

Now, about Thomas Crapper . . .

But he did invent some interesting shoes.

Actually, poor Clog is clogged…

Had flashbacks of reading the Farside when I would have to look up words