DailySusan Humor Blog

NOBODY CAN MAKE UP STUFF LIKE THIS

Among my wacky hobbies, I collect funny names. That’s right: the old friend named “Candy Treat” . . . the OB/GYN named “Dr. Beavers” . . . the Chinese pilot named “Wang Wei,” pronounced “wong way,” whose navigational error caused his jet to crash into Nebraskan Shane Osborn’s aircraft over the South China Sea, causing the Navy lieutenant and crew of 24 to crash-land and be held captive by the Chinese for a few scary days. . . .

Well, I have a new favorite funny name. It appeared in a story about domestic-partner benefits being paid by Fortune 500 companies. The woman is a senior vice president at Prudential. The article revealed that she has been transgendered.

That means she used to be a “he.”

Her name? “Margaret Stumpp.”

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