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Pair told not to name son '4real'
AP via CNN ^
| June 21, 2007
Posted on 06/21/2007 5:07:26 AM PDT by Silly
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4real," saying numerals are not allowed.
Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.
"For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a babies book and ... there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One on Wednesday. "With this name, everyone knows what it means."
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2idiots; 2stupid2baparent; 4goodnesssake; chat; i8a4re; o4theluvofgod; ou812; theparentsr5150
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"With this name, everyone knows what it means."
Yes, is means that the parents are idiots. Everyone will have that figured out quite quickly.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:07:28 AM PDT
by
Silly
To: Silly
This is bound to happen, and to keep happening. Parents that are idiots will always give their children dumb names.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:10:16 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: arderkrag
Reminds me of a Peanuts strip in which a child was named ‘5’. The dad changed the family name to their ZIP code to make things easier at tax time.
The child had siblings named 3 and 4.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:13:53 AM PDT
by
Silly
(http://www.paulklenk.us)
To: Silly
4
posted on
06/21/2007 5:14:42 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: Silly
GEORGE: Oh, no no no. Course not. I got a great name for our kids. A real original. You wanna hear what it is? Huh, you ready?
SUSAN: Yeah.
(George uses his finger to draw a number 7 in the air, accompanying the strokes of his digit with a two-tone whistle.)
SUSAN: What is that? Sign language?
GEORGE: No, Seven.
SUSAN: Seven Costanza? You're serious?
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:14:51 AM PDT
by
PBRSTREETGANG
(Apparently now my party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
To: dighton; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim
Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.Like, it's totally 4real, dude.
To: Silly
Aw, they were denied - 2Bad4U!
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:15:05 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Silly
While I agree that parents come up with names for for their children that the system of government/accounting cannot adapt to, what right does a government have to place restrictions on child naming?
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:17:40 AM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(An American Patriot and an anti-Islam kind of fellow. (POI))
To: Constitution Day
They better check if the vanity plate is already taken, or this kid’s gonna be dissapointed 4real when he gets his license.
To: Silly
It’s the pinnacle of selfishness for parents to give kids vanity names like this. It’s the child’s name - not theirs.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:18:37 AM PDT
by
Doohickey
(Giuliani: Brokeback Republican)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
They don’t. Society should deal with this on its own.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:19:06 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: Silly
Whew boy I've been saving this link for years.
Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing (A Primer on Parent Cruelty)
The first time I read it I laughed soooo hard I was crying and my side hurt.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:19:15 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: Silly
I could almost accept “Forreal”. In the same way that I could also be forced to accept a child being named “Holycrap”, “Ohnonono”, or “Justdamn” in honor of the parents’ reaction to the pregnancy test results.
But to stand by and allow two morons to brand their child with text-message babytalk for a name? No, I will not go there.
To: Silly
"With this name, everyone knows what it means."
Yeah, it means you're parents are 4Real idiots.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:20:02 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: PBRSTREETGANG; 6SJ7
No...no no no. Gherkin or Mug.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:20:53 AM PDT
by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: Silly
This thread is bringing me some major LoL’s over here!
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:21:02 AM PDT
by
arizonarachel
(Lord, thank you for this miracle!)
To: Silly
I knew a guy back in college who wanted to name his first 2 kids, Cold beer and Saturday Night.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:22:31 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: Condor51
That is friggin’ hilarious.
To: arderkrag
"They dont. Society should deal with this on its own."
:)
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:26:48 AM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(An American Patriot and an anti-Islam kind of fellow. (POI))
To: Silly
Hows about they drop the numeral 4 and name their son: Fourreal or Forreal ? or Maybe IVreal?? ;-)
Never mind ! All three gave spell check a migrain.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:27:54 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(The President, the Senate, the House,have surrendered to 20 million criminals. Anarchy? Hell yes!)
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