Abbott and Costello Meet Gender Confusion – IOTW Report

Abbott and Costello Meet Gender Confusion

ABBOTT: Did you see this story in the paper about the boy who was charged with sexual harassment?

COSTELLO: What did he do?

ABBOTT: He used the wrong pronoun.

COSTELLO: What d’ya mean?

ABBOTT: I mean he called a boy “him.”

COSTELLO: But “him”’s the right pronoun.

ABBOTT: Nah. The other boy was a girl.

COSTELLO: I thought you said he was a boy.

ABBOTT: He used to be a boy, but now he’s a girl.

COSTELLO: Jeez! How did he do that?

ABBOTT: He says he feels like a girl, so now he’s a girl. So, he has a right to be called “her.”

COSTELLO: What’s her name?

ABBOTT: Sam.

COSTELLO: But I thought he was a girl?

ABBOTT: Sam is her old name. Now he wants to be called Samantha. So, if the other boy doesn’t call him, “her,” he’s guilty of misgendering.

COSTELLO: Wait a minute. Who’s Miss Gendering? You never mentioned her before.

12 Comments on Abbott and Costello Meet Gender Confusion

  1. @Bawlsak – “…You never know what might happen when you get to third base!…”

    True, especially since they don’t even know Who’s on first!

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  2. My best friend in HS was named Les, short for Leslie. He was always Les and never Leslie except on his birth certificate and for ID purposes. Just like I am Jeffrey on my birth certificate but have never been anything but Jeff except in jest.

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