I think you missed the point here. We are not talking abt uncommon names but ridiculous names.Originally Posted by Virgil
I think you missed the point here. We are not talking abt uncommon names but ridiculous names.
What Are You Crazy!!!
You won't believe this, it's unbelievable. A woman once named her daughter Vagina in spite of the hospital’s efforts to convince her otherwise. She thought it sounded beautiful.
So Virgil, Would you name your kid number 16 bus shelter? Or how about, funny monkey swinging in the zoo?I don't care. I did not miss the point. If parents are retarded than the grandparents or the aunts and uncles or whoever takes care of the parents. But not the government. Maybe then the government will demand, no not demand but enforce by the point of a gun (because that's what happens when the government enforces something-check out China enforcing what it doesn't agree with in Tibet) when you decide to name your child something some jusdge doesn't like. Who gave this judge such power? Thank God there is some semblance of limited government on my country.
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I agree with what you are saying about government control. It’s a frightening prospect. But when parents do not have a child’s best interest in the mind of the parent who can protect the child? Grandparents have no rights to the child.
Virgil> Will you not mind if someone names their children "Heil Hitler" or "Long Live Osama"?
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You are fast Sche. I just read this article a few hours ago, and on this I side with the state. The parents are nearly engaging in an act of cruelty doing that to a child. Maybe Talula with an appropriate last name would have been fine, but a satirical sentence?
Maybe Atheist knows if this is an NZ phenom?
There was a whole big thing in the news recently about Nicole Kidman calling her child "Sunday Rose". Many people think it sounds like "Sunday Roast". I wonder if it'd worse to have a right out ridiculous name or a semi-normal name that gets changed into something ridiculous by other people because they think its funny.
Here in Northern Spain, lots of people chose local (i.e Basque) names for their children (instead of Spanish names). They can therefore name their children either with the Basque version of Spanish names (for example Pedro will become Koldo, Juan will become Jon etc.) or use Basque words such as Ibai (River), Odei (cloud), Usua (dove) and so on.Jozanny
The parents are nearly engaging in an act of cruelty doing that to a child.
This is fine, except that some parents will chose Basque words without knowing the meaning (as not everybody speaks Basque)... The most recent case was of parents who had chosen the name "Pusker" for their little boy without knowing that it means "fart"...
They didn't let them though! I'm sure the kid will be grateful....
From Season 3, "I Married Marge":Marge: Homer, I've been thinking, if the baby's a boy, what do you think of the name Larry?
Homer: Marge, we can't do that! All the kids will call him `Larry Fairy'.
Marge: Well, how about Louie?
Homer: They'll call him `Screwy Louie'.
Marge: Bob?
Homer: `Flob'. [?]
Marge: Luke?
Homer: `Puke'.
Marge: Marcus?
Homer: `Mucus'.
Marge: What about Bart?
Homer: Let's see... Bart, Cart, Dart, Ee-art... Nope, can't see any problem with that!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Based on what criteria? What is a dumb name and what isn't? And so what they have a difficult name. It won't kill them. I have an unusual name. Lots of people, espeicially immigrants do. There is a fellow from Egypt at work whose name is Mohsen. Well, that may be common in Egypt but I know of no one else with that name. If he wished to name his son Mohsen have and raise him in New York does a judge have the right to over turn it? Well that child will have a hard time of it. There is nothing wrong or disfiguring with someone having an unusual name. He and his friends will figure out a short cut. Or when he comes of age he'll call himself whatever he likes.
Sunday rose sounds like something I think disfiguring. If I were a judge I woud force her to change it.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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People are subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them - so fat friends can cause someone to put on weight too, researchers suggest.
An international team, including University of Warwick experts, dubbed it "imitative obesity" - or "keeping up with the Joneses" on calories.
Their study, presented to a conference in the US, looked at data on 27,000 people from across Europe.
But one expert said the causes for the rise in obesity were much more complex.
The work, by scientists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, is being presented to an economics conference in Cambridge Massachusetts.
They suggest choices about appearance, on which decisions such as job offers or being deemed attractive are based, are determined by the choices others around you make.
So, if people around you are fat, it is permissible for you to be fat too.
It found nearly half of European women feel overweight, while just under a third of men felt the same.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7524944.stm
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How 'bout fat coworkers can boost your size - it is true.
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
Virg, i think you need to differenciate between names that are common to a nation and not to others, which would make them unusual (mine would be a prime example) and names that are down right rediculous and not associated with any country, etnicity etc. Your name is very Italian. People would hear it and know its italian. The First thing i thought wa, "thats such a real italian name!" Mine is Irish and people abroad know its Irish, but would think the spelling is weird. The May be unusual outside their country of origin, but it shows our roots and where where came from. That does not make our names laughable or disputable in a case like this. But calling a child Talula with a Hula in Hawaii would be mocked and jeered in a lot of countries. That is the type of name that could emotionally scar a child an could potentially lead to unhappiness, isolation and maybe even suicide in future life. The Parents might be the idiots to come up with the names, but its the poor child that has to live with it.Based on what criteria? What is a dumb name and what isn't? And so what they have a difficult name. It won't kill them. I have an unusual name. Lots of people, espeicially immigrants do. There is a fellow from Egypt at work whose name is Mohsen. Well, that may be common in Egypt but I know of no one else with that name. If he wished to name his son Mohsen have and raise him in New York does a judge have the right to over turn it? Well that child will have a hard time of it. There is nothing wrong or disfiguring with someone having an unusual name. He and his friends will figure out a short cut. Or when he comes of age he'll call himself whatever he likes.
Sunday rose sounds like something I think disfiguring. If I were a judge I woud force her to change it.
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Gourmets and fussy cheese sandwich lovers will be delighted to know that scientists have come up with the mathematical formula for the perfect cheese sandwich!
Lazy cooks, keep out!
The formula is :
W [1 + ((bd)/6.5)) - s + ((m-2c)/2) + ((v+p)/7t)] (100 + l/100)
W = the thickness of Cheddar in millimetres
B = The thickness of the bread
D = The dough flavour modifier
S = The thickness of margarine or butter
M = The thickness of mayonnaise
C = The creaminess modifier
V = The thickness of tomato
P = The depth of pickle
T = The tanginess modifier
I = The thickness of the lettuce layer
Don't forget your ruler and calculator next time you go and make yourself a little snack
Complete story at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-sandwich.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...072201142.htmlChilean mother kills daughter over homework
Reuters
Tuesday, July 22, 2008; 11:43 AM
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean woman beat her daughter to death after she refused to do her homework, police said on Tuesday.
Erna Rivera, 26, admitted losing her temper on Monday when her 9-year-old daughter refused to read a book her teachers had assigned as a holiday task. She kicked and beat the child at their home in the Chilean capital, Santiago, police said.
The girl died shortly after -- on the eve of her 10th birthday. Rivera has been charged with murder
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