Thursday, July 24, 2008

Really?!?

Have we sunk so far as a society, that courts must intervene in the naming of a child?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_bizarre_names

I'll never complain about being one of 60 bajillion Jennifers again.

9 comments:

Rick said...

I don't like the courts stepping in like that, but.. what stupid parents!!!

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noble pig said...

I saw this...idiots!

Andrea said...

I can't believe parents would go that far with a name. Although I'm not a fan of the courts stepping in either.

Sleeping Mommy said...

That's definitely bazaar. There are several countries though that have LAWS on the books regarding what you can and cannot name a baby, though. Thankfully the U.S. isn't one of them.

Beth said...

this is just crazy....and it's the stupid parent's fault!!! Why can't people be NORMAL???!!!! ;)

Lisa said...

Hmmmm... that's a little out there, even for me.
Sincerely,
Lisa Lisa Lisa Lisa would you like to eat some pizza
mkay.. so that's not really my name. But I did hear that often as a kid.

Karen said...

I don't know what to think of this. I don't think it's the government's place to tell you what you can or cannot name a child, but I also think those parents own parents need to slap them upside the head with a 2x4. And I'm not normally for violence.

Jessica, Italy Logue said...

Some people shouldn't be allowed to be parents. Or at least they shouldn't be allowed to name their children... It's like those people whose last name was "Hogg" & named their daughters "Ima" and "Ura." That's just MEAN.

That said, the courts in Italy have been oddly strict about some names - they wouldn't let one couple name their child "Friday" (not sure if it was in English or the Italian, but either way it seems pretty harmless to me), and another one wasn't allowed to name their daughter "Andrea" - because in Italy, that's the boy's name (like Andrew) and the courts thought it would confuse people.

scrappysue said...

my husband mentioned this to me on the weekend, but i had no idea what he was talking about! so talula is not allowed, but '#16 bus shelter is? the world's gone mad lol

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