Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 23, 2005
May 22, 2005
May 24, 2005
Transcript:
"What are you doing?" "Looking at birth announcements and laughing at the names." "What? If people give their babies trend names, they have to take the heat." "I cannot think of a more disrespectful pastime." "Save one, maybe." "We're looking at obituaries and laughing at the names."
doctorwho29 about 12 years ago
Ok I’m disturbed
jmwking over 8 years ago
My mother’s favorite obit name was “Augustus Muckenfuss, III”.
Hat Guy Pip about 6 years ago
It’s my understanding that my grandmother likes to do both.
JudyAz about 6 years ago
Whatever names are in there, they’ve got to be better than “Moon Unit”
Defective Premium Member about 6 years ago
You read about the little girl named Abcde? Not joking.
ArmOfTheSportsPress about 6 years ago
Difference is that, until 1990, the list of “trending baby names” was just variations of names that were (mostly) used for centuries or millennia before. Now people make up names, like “ABCDE” above, and they somehow catch on.
CamiSu Premium Member almost 6 years ago
A woman named Royal Highness died up here a few months ago. She was in her nineties.
DKHenderson 2 months ago
The problem is, it’s not the parents who have to take the heat, it’s the helpless child who has to grow up with a name like Moon Unit.