Dr. Richard Rektum is a good friend of
mine. I’ve known Dick since high
school. He’d always be the guy thinking
about the future, full of ambition and always dreaming. In fact, he was voted mostly likely to
succeed, very fitting given his successful career as a proctologist. He’s a great guy. He has no issues whatsoever. To the contrary, he’s charming and gracious. He also possesses a great sense of humor and
loves to laugh. If I were pressed to
think of a fault, I’d say that he sometimes can be a bit anal about stuff, but
that’s being nitpicky. The problem
appears to be his name. It’s almost
spelled like the word rectum, and it’s
pronounced the same. A few thoughtful people
go out of their way to avoid the pronunciation, saying Rektoom or Rektome. Dick usually corrects them: "It’s actually pronounced Rektum, as in rectum." However, most people ridicule
Dick. I’m sure that readers of this blog, upon
seeing the title of the piece, thought I was violating one of the blog’s rules,
which forbids the use of the word rectum
unless I’m employing it in the context of scientific advancement. No, I just wanted to register my disgust for
people’s insensitivity and prejudice. Frankly,
I find it unfortunate that people can dismiss my friend Dick Rektum or look at
him askance merely on the basis of his name.
