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What does it mean?
Hedberg offers absurd ways to name a hypothetical baby, involving a book or a person with a cast.
In plain terms
He suggests using a baby naming book or asking someone with a cast for help.
What can you take from it?
Absurd solutions work for impossible problems.

Where it applies

  • planning a family
  • naming things
  • seeking advice

Putting it to work

  • use humor for hard choices

Questions to consider

  • How do you make big choices?
  • What advice do you seek?

Another view

It avoids the real responsibility of parenting.

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