travis' brain dump

For the love of all that is holy why would you name your child something completely STUPID AND EMBARASSING!?

This reaches back to an article by my left brain, Myke Reinhold, who talks about the fellow listed in the tail end of this particular article from CNN. (Hello My Name is In God We Trust)

I don’t understand parents today, maybe it’s the drugs or something. That line of coke just isn’t as pure as it could be and was cut with baby powder or tide or perhaps that joint had a little extra something in it. I don’t know but this is ridiculous. WHO names their child ‘ Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii ‘ or ‘ Sex Fruit ‘ !?!?!?!?!?!?  YOU IDIOTS!!

I mean if all else fails and you can’t come up with a name… write a few down that are normal common names and pull one out of a hat or something. Why completely screw up your child with something off the wall because you feel like it’s cute and funny at the time. Think of your child before you name them and put yourself in their shoes… if you really think you’d like your name to be something that stupid, seek therapy quickly.

(CNN) — A New Zealand judge has made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name can be changed from Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, the country’s national news agency reported Thursday.

Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt listed a series of unusual names that New Zealand parents had given their children, and said he was concerned that such strange monikers would create hurdles for them as they grew up.

“It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap,” the New Zealand Press Association quoted the judge as saying.

Among the names Murfitt cited: twins named Benson and Hedges — after a brand of cigarettes; Violence; and Number 16 Bus Shelter.

Some parents had named children after six-cylinder Ford cars, the news agency reported.

The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages said in a statement that it had rejected names including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi — a staple food in Polynesian cuisine — and Sex Fruit.

A lawyer for Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii said the girl is so embarrassed by her name that friends know her as “K.”

Last month, an judge in the U.S. state of Illinois allowed a school bus driver to legally change his first name to “In God” and his last name to “We Trust.”

But an appeals court in the state of New Mexico ruled against a man — named Variable — who wanted to change his name to a two-word phrase that contains a four-letter expletive and expresses opposition to censorship.