As the 20th century opened, the Speiderman family was producing successful doctors, lawyers, academics, and admirals.
Today there’s only Jonathan Livingston Speiderman left: the last of the Speidermans.
“Everyone else in the family has dumped the name,” he laments. “So all my relatives have names like Smith and Jones and Dripply. They’ve even gone into Wikipedia and changed the names of all the Speidermans in there. Just try to find Senator William Speiderman, General John Speiderman, or Barbara Speiderman, the movie star. I’m the only one left who remembers our family history.”
Why has this been done?
“You’ve really got to ask?” Speiderman cried. “How would you like it if people guffawed every time they heard your name, because there’s a cartoon character whose name sounds just like it? Do you know how many times a day I hear people yelling, ‘Hey, Spiderman! Why dontcha climb up a wall?'” He shuddered. “I once knew a man whose real name was Elmer Fudd. He died in a straitjacket.”
Why doesn’t Jonathan change his surname, then?
“Because if I do, that’s the end–no more Speidermans at all!” he said. “I want to raise up a new generation of our family; but so far I haven’t met a woman who wants to be Mrs. Speiderman.”
Ha-ha-ha!! 😂 That’s really funny!
wow, I was not aware there was a family by this name. Must be tough.
I must confess to having made them up.
Or is this whole thing a joke?
I believe a good laugh is the gift of God. Patty and I got a good laugh out of this.
OK, yes it is good for a laugh. However, the spelling could indicate to some of us that the name is German. LOL
Something to think about. I know in the elementary grades the kids have a hard time saying Mr. Ingram so they call me Mr. Instagram (just add sta). I had a friend whose last name was Titwell so his family agreed to change it (I can’t remember now what they chose). I have been called Ingy, Inky, Stinky Inky, Incubator (and then Bater for short, what I was known as in high school). When I worked as a bellman at the Disneyland Hotel I was called Badger. I just had fun with the nicknames that were hung on me. At my job at Whirlpool where I worked for 37 years, the first department I worked in they called me Bud – what’s a man to do?
There must be a thousand ways to pronounce my name, and none of them is right.
I wasn’t sure at first if its a joke till I read the comments lol