News

[Nightshade]

UK drivers are set to benefit after a number of national supermarket chains and an oil company said they would lower the price of fuel.

Asda said it would cut the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by 3 pence per litre, while Morrisons said it would cut both prices by 4p per litre.

BP said petrol and diesel prices at the 223 stations it operates would fall on average by 1p a litre.

Sainsbury's and Tesco said they would look to match rivals locally.

Fuel prices have risen in recent months as the price of crude oil has increased. Oil prices hit record levels above $147 a barrel in early July.

However, oil prices have dropped recently, to about $132 a barrel, resulting in a 6% fall in the wholesale price of petrol since mid-July, according to the AA.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7518516.stm

Finally!

[Niamh]

There was a few places in Cornwall that where selling petrol and Diesel at around 183p a litre! Now THAT is expensive!

[Scheherazade]

A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.

He attacked a trend of giving children bizarre names, citing several examples.

Officials had blocked Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy and Yeah Detroit, he said, but Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence and Midnight Chardonnay had been allowed.

One mother wanted to name her child O.crnia using text language, but was later persuaded to use Oceania, he said.

Allowed: Violence; Number 16 Bus Shelter; Midnight Chardonnay; Benson and Hedges (twins)

Blocked: Yeah Detroit; Stallion; Twisty Poi; Keenan Got Lucy; Sex Fruit; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom; Fish and Chips (twins)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7522952.stm

[Guinivere]

Allowed: Violence; Number 16 Bus Shelter; Midnight Chardonnay; Benson and Hedges (twins)

Blocked: Yeah Detroit; Stallion; Twisty Poi; Keenan Got Lucy; Sex Fruit; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom; Fish and Chips (twins)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7522952.stm

People are nuts !

[Virgil]

People are nuts but I can't believe the government or any judge actually has power over what a parent can choose to name their child. I know those are stupid names but it is the parent's choice. Allowing the government to have that power is even more nuts.

[pussnboots]

I've heard of some wierd names but I have never heard the name
"Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii", Yeah Detriot, Stallion, etc. What the heck were their parents thinking?

[motherhubbard]

I think it's mean an horrible to do that to a child. I think it shows a lack of respect for the child and makes them more of a object or possession.

[papayahed]

Yeah Detroit

Now that has a ring to it!!!!



(I read that the couple in question were in a bitter divorce and there were other factors involved in making Tulula does the hula from hawaii a ward of the court.)

[Niamh]

they are some of the most rediculous names i have ever heard in my life! that poor child. I think in cases like this where the child does potentially have a high risk of bullying etc due to the god awful name bestowed upon them by their parents (who were obviously on some mad caffine buzz when they named the kid), it is right that the courts do something like that to protect the innocence (and sanity) of the child. Lets hope she chooses something really nice.
I would never call my child a name like that. EVER! And I think a lot of famous people who are naming their children silly names have a lot of influence on similar things happening around the globe. They should just stop, and give them normalish names (its hard to define normal, particularly seeing as a common name in one country could come across as bizarre in another!)
I mean... number 16 bus shelter?!!!!!!

[Scheherazade]

number 16 bus shelter?!!!!!!

Maybe that is where the baby was born... Or, even more importantly, where s/he was... "initiated"?



Why is it OK to be called Brooklyn or Paris but not number 16 bus shelter?

[motherhubbard]

it kind of reminds me of George Costanza thinking he would name a child Seven

[Niamh]

Maybe that is where the baby was born... Or, even more importantly, where s/he was... "initiated"?

probably. poor kid.

Why is it OK to be called Brooklyn or Paris but not number 16 bus shelter?

maybe naming kids after places is the new crazy. I know durning the late Victorian period? people went mad and started naming their kids after flowers which was more or less unheard off till then. Think of how people view Mrs Kirkpatrick in Wives and Daughters bacause her name is Hyacinth, and her daughters name was Cynthia, named of her. It was rare.
Maybe there are trends of these sort of thing. Next it will be major rivers! Nile, Themes, Rhine, Volga and Liffey here we come!

[Virgil]

Maybe that is where the baby was born... Or, even more importantly, where s/he was... "initiated"?



Why is it OK to be called Brooklyn or Paris but not number 16 bus shelter?

I have an uncommon name. I lived. Lots of people I know have uncommon names. It didn't kill them. Where is the harm? Yes they are crazy silly names, but the child will get back bone and adjust. They's come up with a moniker. The precedent that a goverment official can over rule your parents's wish to me is really dangerous.

[Niamh]

So Virgil, Would you name your kid number 16 bus shelter? Or how about, funny monkey swinging in the zoo?

[Shalot]

I have an uncommon name. I lived. Lots of people I know have uncommon names. It didn't kill them. Where is the harm? Yes they are crazy silly names, but the child will get back bone and adjust. They's come up with a moniker. The precedent that a goverment official can over rule your parents's wish to me is really dangerous.

Well, no. What if the parents are somewhat retarded? Someone has to be able to say with authority, "no, you will not name your child Douche Bag."