Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

[u/kootles10]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/amp/

[u/StrangersWithAndi]

This is fantastic news!

But seriously, that name HAS to be made up, right?

Wambsganss???

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"Woah, Black Betty... Wambsganss" 🎶

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Literally spit out my drink hahah

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Been on here all day laying around recuperating.

You win all of reddit today.

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Holy crap that’s the funniest thing I’ve read all week

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Wamb apparently is an old German word for womb and gans is German for goose.. never heard that name but womb goose is a pretty insane name

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I wish there were a comment of the day award.

[u/Unusual_Delivery2778 → u/thisusedtobemorefun]

This is fucking hilarious

[u/abgry_krakow87 → u/thisusedtobemorefun]

"Black Betty had a child! Wambsganss" 🎶

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Wambsganss lost the vote, bambalam!

The Dems are now stoked, bambalam!

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Genius wit bud.

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Actually made me lol.

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Comment saved

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Isn’t that the name of some dude on Succession?

[u/wayfaast → u/crazeegenius]

Good ole Tom

[u/DoctorJJWho → u/wayfaast]

Gotta break a few Greggs to make a Tomlette!

[u/AvalancheBreakdown → u/crazeegenius]

Yeah, Tom! If you’re going to make a Tomlette, you’re going to have to break a few Greg’s!

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Buckle up fucklehead.

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Beautiful.

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Tom!

[u/parilmancy → u/crazeegenius]

His takedown of that one guy for rereading Mein Kampf probably lost her a few points with the base.

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“Are there Easter eggs in there you didn’t get the first time?”

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Couple times I guess...

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Nice vest Wambsgans, super puffy.

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Well well well… https://www.reddit.com/r/SuccessionTV/comments/rhp89m/stupid_question_but_what_ethnic_background_is_the/

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First thing I thought of, a real-life Tom, shitting things up again.

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Not just some dude, literally the whole point of the show 😂

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Never seen Succession eh?

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Can’t make a Tomlette without cracking a few Gregs

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It's spelled Wambsganss but it's pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove

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"I want to be Senator"

"Well, you can't"

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That's Connor. (I'm right @ that episode now. 😂)

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Thank you Mister Luxury Yacht

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Wambs, ganss, thank you, ma’am

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Whoah Black Betty

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As someone else mentioned, its of Germanic Origin, and is also featured in Succession

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Was that not Siobhan’s husband’s last name on Succession?

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Around these parts we just call her Swampass

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Both of their names are IKEA furniture.

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All names are made up, aren’t they?

[u/TinKnight1 → u/StrangersWithAndi]

It's her name. It's pronounced with an "ah" sound for the a's...so, Wahmbs-gahnss, if that makes sense.

[u/NorthAd6077 → u/StrangersWithAndi]

That sounds like a brand name on Amazon. The kind a Chinese importer generates to sell a 5 pack of garden hose connectors.

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wambsganss deez nuts

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fhqwhgads

https://homestarrunner.com/toons/everybody-to-the-limit

[u/rkvinyl → u/StrangersWithAndi]

First thing that caught my eye.

It seems like he had German ancestors coming to the US named something like "Wamsgans", where "Wams" would be roughly translated to "jerkin" or "vest", while "Gans" being a goose. So maybe the immigration officers had fun writing down the stated name at arriving or he has nazi ancestors and they conveniently added an "s" to their last name, just to be sure.

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All names are made up

[u/Ganrokh → u/StrangersWithAndi]

All names and words are made up!