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Apparently in New Zealand it's compulsory to follow through on those daft ideas you find yourself bandying about in the pub.
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.
New Zealand does not allow names that would cause offence or that are longer than 100 characters, Registrar-General Brian Clarke said. Officials often tried to talk parents out of particularly unusual choices that could embarrass their offspring.
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) [BBC]
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Date: 2008-07-24 09:33 am (UTC)I want to change my name to Outlaw.
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Date: 2008-07-24 09:58 am (UTC)Or maybe that's just me. "Oh YEAH ... Yeah."
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Date: 2008-07-24 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-24 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-24 09:38 am (UTC)It's a little story of conception, isn't it?
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Date: 2008-07-24 10:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-07-24 09:57 am (UTC)I am surprised by how uncreative they all are. You would've thought there'd at least be one called something like "Ha Ha Low Sperm Count" or something.
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Date: 2008-07-24 12:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-24 10:10 am (UTC)My mum has claimed on several occasions - not all of them down the pub - that if I had been twins, we would have been called Sam 'n Ella
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Date: 2008-07-24 11:58 am (UTC)Call me Paula Yates, but what precisely is wrong with Cinderella Beauty Blossom when Number 16 Bus Shelter is acceptable?
I plan to name my first born Twisty Poi - I LOVE it!
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Date: 2008-07-24 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-24 08:45 pm (UTC)