July 24, 2008

  • I'm not sure a case couldn't be made for just flat severing parental rights, period.

    Have y'all read the news story that hit the wires today about a judge having declared a nine year old girl in New Zealand to be a ward of the court for the purpose of changing her name?

    The name:  Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.    The child was so humiliated by her name she refused to tell friends what it was, instead insisting upon being simply referred to as "K".

    Presumably the parents were divorcing and their daughter's peculiar, irrational name came up during the custody battle.  The judge declared her (temporarily) a ward of the court so he could accede to her reasonable desire to ditch her embarrassing name. 

    I'm sure she wasn't happy about her parents splitting up, but getting "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" scrapped and replaced was doubtless a decent consolation prize.  (The custody fight's been resolved, BTW, though the reports give no hint as to how, and the girl's new name has not been revealed so as to protect her privacy.)

    How on earth did that idiotic moniker get put on the little girl's birth certificate in the first place?  I can't figure out how the decision's made as to which names are permitted and which are rejected.  Some of the names found on birth certificates are Violence; Number 16 Bus Shelter; Midnight Chardonnay; Benson and Hedges (twins), while some of those that were refused were Yeah Detroit; Stallion; Twisty Poi; Keenan Got Lucy; Sex Fruit; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom; Fish and Chips (twins).

    How the deuce does "Number 16 Bus Shelter" get onto a birth certificate, but not "Cinderella Beauty Blossom"?  e-headscratch

    ISTM simply displaying a desire to burden their babies with such cruel, stupid names amply demonstrates the parents aren't fit to be trusted, as they clearly don't really consider their child to be a true person.  "Twisty Poi" is fine for hyperactive poodles, but not people.  e-fingers_ears

Comments (3)

  • Amen, Anne!

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  • Wow...they must all have been high or something when they came up with those. I'm sure Talulah is going to name her firstborn Lisa or Bob.

  • Yep, I'll bet Eleanor's got it.

    Not that it's my favorite name, but when asked by her friends what her name is, why didn't she just say Talula? Stranger names than that pass without comment these days.

    And you're spot on -- giving a child one of those truly bizarre (as opposed to just not my cup of tea) names indicates that you think that the child is a toy, not a person.

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