Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanGenerally speaking, I am a live and let live sort of chap. I class myself as a libertarian politically (with lapses) and by and large, if you don’t bother me, I won’t bother you. That’s how I like the world to run.
That said, some people are complete and utter barn pots and the world – in this case their children – need protecting from them. Remember Bob Geldof and Paula Yates with their penchant for giving their kids idiotic names, the least bizarre of which was Peaches? (Yeah, I want my daughter to sound like a porn star, thank you!). At least they are rich enough to be able to move in circles with other idiotically named people, but spare a thought for ordinary kids who are just going to get bullied.
Kudos then, to the courts of New Plymouth, New Zealand which made a nine year old girl a ward of court so she could legally change the name she so clearly hated: Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.
I am not surprised by the list of blocked names, but I am baffled by the names they let through:
Mind you, I have a sneaking appreciation for the names "Benson & Hedges" for the twins…
That said, some people are complete and utter barn pots and the world – in this case their children – need protecting from them. Remember Bob Geldof and Paula Yates with their penchant for giving their kids idiotic names, the least bizarre of which was Peaches? (Yeah, I want my daughter to sound like a porn star, thank you!). At least they are rich enough to be able to move in circles with other idiotically named people, but spare a thought for ordinary kids who are just going to get bullied.
Kudos then, to the courts of New Plymouth, New Zealand which made a nine year old girl a ward of court so she could legally change the name she so clearly hated: Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.
I am not surprised by the list of blocked names, but I am baffled by the names they let through:
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)
Mind you, I have a sneaking appreciation for the names "Benson & Hedges" for the twins…