You know those people who sit all the way to the end of the credits at a movie? What on earth are they doing? We know there’s no bonus scene at the end of Lady Bird, so what are they sticking around for? As it turns out, there’s a very simple explanation. They’re playing the Mennonite movie credit game. MaryLou Driedger blogged about this in detail. Basically the game involves sitting through the credits and looking for Friesens and Goertzens. In most cases, if you’re persistent enough, you’ll find one on nearly every movie.

Sometimes, however, we assume someone’s a Mennonite when they’re not. Our surnames were not invented by us, after all. If you’re Russian Mennonite, many of the surnames have their origin in the Netherlands, Belgium, or Prussia. If you’re Swiss Mennonite, your surnam

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