There needs to be absolute government control over parents

[Platapus]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/08/01/unusual.names.irpt/index.html

What kind of parent would name their children Dow Jones and Indiana Jones?

or name their kid -- Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii?

Open Weaver Banks of Ho-Ho-Kus?

Why can't parents give their kids nice names?

Lewis Black is right. There should be a government agency where all baby names are registerd This agency will have the authority to say "uh no, try again".
:yep:

[FIREWALL]

I think the term your looking for is DICTATORSHIP.

[Platapus]

In the words of our President, running the country would be a lot easier if there was a dictator. :rotfl:

[SUBMAN1]

I think the term your looking for is DICTATORSHIP. It doesn't matter which way the pendulum swings on this - anywhere but in the middle and this kind of control happens!

-S

[FIREWALL]

Their parents are idiots.

I agree something should be done about them. :D

[SUBMAN1]

Their parents are idiots.

I agree something should be done about them. :D :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

-S

[Platapus]

My mother used to know this lady whose name was Candy Cane.

Cute when she was 8 months old but how can a mature women operate in the harsh business world with a name like Candy Cane?

Other winners can be found on

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/12.html

[SUBMAN1]

My mother used to know this lady whose name was Candy Cane.

Cute when she was 8 months old but how can a mature women operate in the harsh business world with a name like Candy Cane?

Other winners can be found on

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/12.htmlBut ya know? That woman can change her name when she is an adult. Not a good argument on this one.

-S

[Frame57]

I think Frank Zappa started this with "Moon-Unit" and "Dweezil".:nope:

[FIREWALL]

My mother used to know this lady whose name was Candy Cane.

Cute when she was 8 months old but how can a mature women operate in the harsh business world with a name like Candy Cane?

Other winners can be found on

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/12.html


With a name like Candy Cane... I betcha I know what her first job was.:p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[FIREWALL]

I think Frank Zappa started this with "Moon-Unit" and "Dweezil".:nope:


I betcha those kids wanted to kill him in his sleep.:p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[UnderseaLcpl]

Lewis Black is right. There should be a government agency where all baby names are registerd This agency will have the authority to say "uh no, try again".
:yep:

Luckily we have two even more effective agencies already in place; social darwinism and the ability to change one's own name. And they're free!

[Sailor Steve]

Way back when I was young I knew a woman who lost everything. Her son was the only solid thing in her life.

She named the poor kid Concrete.

I'm serious.:yep:

[Frame57]

I think Frank Zappa started this with "Moon-Unit" and "Dweezil".:nope:


I betcha those kids wanted to kill him in his sleep.:p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I hear ya there! Can you imagine having a name like that. I would change it in a heart beat. I can just see me now reporting on board my boat with a name like that....:D

[antikristuseke]

My mother used to know this lady whose name was Candy Cane.

Cute when she was 8 months old but how can a mature women operate in the harsh business world with a name like Candy Cane?

Other winners can be found on

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/12.html

Could have been worse, at least it was not a man named Willie Stroker.:smug:

[1480]

I had my daughter in a mom & tot, play class located in a very affluent suburb of Chicago three years ago. The kids names, I had to sit there with a straight face for 40 minutes hearing old testament names being bantered about. I ended up needing stitches in my bottom lip when I heard " Ezikiel, its not nice to touch yourself that way...." :hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

At least with that name you can shorten it to something cool like Walter Mosely's character 'Easy' Rawlins.

A friend of mine who's a naval history buff didn't name his son for the biblical name Esau, but rather Iso, for Isoroku Yamamoto.:rotfl:

[Wolfehunter]

:rotfl: Is all I have to say. Man o man those kids are going to get it in school hehehe.;)

[Sailor Steve]

I don't know anything about Concrete, but Iso is currently 27 and makes a living training horses for rodeos and teaching 'troubled' kids how to ride. An real-life cowboy named Isoroku.:sunny:

[August]

I think Frank Zappa started this with "Moon-Unit" and "Dweezil".:nope:

I betcha those kids wanted to kill him in his sleep.:p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Naw, when you're Frank Zappas kid you have absolutely no hope for a normal life anyways, so you might as well go along with it...

[Diopos]

...
Naw, when you're Frank Zappas kid you have absolutely no hope for a normal life anyways, so you might as well go along with it...

Listening to his music has the same effect too...:D
:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

[Task Force]

Strange names some people have. Ive herd some wierd ones around this city I live in. I knew a woman with the name hooty.:rotfl:

[August]

Listening to his music has the same effect too...:D
:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

Actually I thought Joes Garage was witty and insightful. :D

[Frame57]

No doubt the guy could play a mean guitar and was talented. But very eccentric style of music to say the least.

[antikristuseke]

Strange names some people have. Ive herd some wierd ones around this city I live in. I knew a woman with the name hooty.:rotfl:

Indeed, my first name can be used as a derogatory term when refering to someone from a rural area, or to someone without manners. Still havent quite figured out what my parents were thinking naming me that, but meh, tis my name.