If you’d like your son to become a statistician, Martha suggests naming him “Norm”! This is part of a complete episode.
Grant, I have another aptronym for you.
What do you call your son if you want him to grow up to be a statistician?
I don’t know.
How about Norm?
Norm!
Oh, it’s terrible.
Yeah, it is.
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