A Child Named Butt

So Katie and I were laying in bed around one in the morning the other day...neither of us could sleep, really. Or rather, Katie wanted to sleep, and I was horribly, horribly talkative. Anyway, we were talking about baby names, and I really couldn't even begin to recall what led us to this, but we got to talking about names that are liable to get the kid made fun of. You know, names that sound like other words...and I had the most amazing idea ever. Name the kid the kind of thing he'd get called, anyway. Example: you want to name your kid Bud. You worry that he's going to get called "Butt." So, you skip the middle stuff, and just go straight to "Butt." If his name is Butt, how in the world are the other children in school going to make fun of him? What are they going to call him? Butt?

And I know what you're thinking -- that would be awkward, calling your child Butt all day. But (ha!), you just give him a nickname, like say, Bud. Problem solved.

I am a genius.