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Is it any fun to have the last name Bummer?

Aaron Bummer can thank his great-grandparents for creating a surname that’s a dream for fans and headline writers.

“It was shortened when they came over from Norway,” he said. “It used to be Bummer with a bunch of crazy things on top of it and some extra letters. They were like: Let’s make it easy, go with the six letters.”

Easy. Easy to remember. And easy to turn into a bad pun.

“When I made my debut, the announcers said: ‘Oh, it’s Aaron Bummer. He must be married to Debbie Downer,’” he said with a laugh.