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Showing Original Post only (View all)From the "You can't make this shit up Dept." [View all]
Suella Braverman who is the Home Secretary who made those xenophobic statements which have caused all the ruckus in Great Britain, of Indian descent, was actually named after the Sue Ellen Ewing character from the TV show Dallas.
Which reminds me of a story from many years ago, when I had a patient named Brandy. We got to talking one day, and I mentioned that that was a hit song which I absolutely despised when I was in college. She proceeded to tell me that she was actually named after that song because both her parents loved it so much. It taught me a valuable lesson: to not make such statements in the workplace to people who are essentially strangers . You just never ever know
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It upsets me that women can no longer keep their pregnancies and miscarriages private
Walleye
Mar 2023
#19
There are a lot of possible pitfalls there. My doctor took a maternity leave and when she returned
erronis
Mar 2023
#26
I once asked a woman I met to repeat her name three times. I was sure I had not heard correctly
DFW
Mar 2023
#5
One of my high school female students is named Jazzman. I often wonder if it was meant to be the
3Hotdogs
Mar 2023
#10
I have worked in a couple of places where I felt like I was in a minefield
EYESORE 9001
Mar 2023
#22