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07-24-2008, 11:44 AM
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| | And we thought Americans gave their kids weird names! | |
My Way News - Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do Quote: WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.
Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
| " Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii"? Good grief! But they're not the only loonies:
Quote: In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.
Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.
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07-25-2008, 02:46 AM
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Number 16 bus shelter? Gee, I'm glad we all weren't named after the spot where we were conceived.
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07-25-2008, 08:25 AM
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I'd be "New Year's Eve at the Frat House."
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07-29-2008, 05:41 AM
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| | Re And we thought Americans gave their kids weird names! | |
No, I think that the U.S. still trumps the world in screwing up kids. Quote:
Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, the authors of a new book, Bad Baby Names, have looked into a century of US census reports and discovered that the history of weird names is longer, and stranger, than most of us could have possibly imagined…
Here, in ascending order of weirdness, are the 20 strangest:
20: Wanna Funk
| It's appalling that there are 19 names considered to be worse than that.
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10-14-2008, 09:08 PM
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10-14-2008, 10:02 PM
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Daily Herald | Judge lets Zion man change name to 'In God We Trust' Quote:
"God has brought me through some very hard times," he said. "I feel this is a way to honor God and immortalize that phrase." [...]
Efforts by atheists to remove any reference to God from U.S. currency also has him worried. He said the words are an "endangered species."
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10-15-2008, 03:01 PM
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Quote: emeleel said
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10-15-2008, 03:22 PM
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10-16-2008, 04:34 PM
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Man secretly names his daughter "Sarah McCain Palin" against wife's wishes.
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10-16-2008, 05:12 PM
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10-19-2008, 11:43 PM
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| | Re And we thought Americans gave their kids weird names! | |
The wife can send in a correction when the birth certificate arrives. In most states, you only pay postage for that. Usually it's for misspellings, but you can also correct idiot husband errors.
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10-20-2008, 01:06 AM
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If McCain doesn't win the election his running mate might win the "most babies named after a candidate" award.
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