I have no idea why this has occurred, but we seem to be stuck on giving the stuffed animals male names. No gender neutral stuff either– I’m talking about Mr. Bear, Mr. Catfish, Hippo-Man, Zebra-Man and Harry Bear. Who knew there was a glass ceiling on the Remy’s Stuffed Animal Executive Staff? I realized the trend before the EEOC (wouldn’t want an ugly desk audit) and named the manatee a token Mrs. Manatee. I know. How creative. I must have used it all up doing the mural.


My male cousin had a pink elephant named, of course, ‘Pink’. It is interesting how we name things around the children.