That's a doozy, but now I totally want to name my kid Sex Fruit.
That's a doozy, but now I totally want to name my kid Sex Fruit.



I thought they just had to change the name? That the judge just ordered them to change the child's name.
I think it was saying that they had to take custody of the child briefly so that she could change her name without her parents' permission. But yeah, it sounds like she's back with them now.



Oh. I feel bad for then kid, I mean I am a parent and I wanted my children to have names not too common but damn not to have them feel ridiculed and taunted.
Yeah, I don't know what kind of drugs you'd have to be on to think Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii is an okay name. But I wonder why that one got vetoed while Midnight Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter went through okay. (I wonder where Number 16 Bus Shelter was conceived?)



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People's names are not a joke. Naming a kid after a bus?? wtf!!!
Celebrities set a bad enough example with the stupid names they call their kids.
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What the hell is wrong with some people? If they have such shitty judgement on naming a child, they'll make even worse errors raising them. They should have their kids taken away and not be allowed to make any more. Dumb fucks.





If it's really that common to have multi-word names that make no sense then who cares. Plenty of people hate their middle names or first names and come up with new ones when they're pre-teens. Everyone I knew at that age was desperately trying to build their own identity and went by "triangle", "zero", "bunker", "princessa". What about all the kids that go by "fat boy slim", "black", "lil chino", "blade", "flo-weezy" whatever on the street. Not to mention the twins I knew named "boy" and "girl".
I knew a guy named "Hilary" and plenty of people named after the bible "Lazarus", "Genesis" "Testament" those are pretty weird names if you ask anyone who doesn't read the bible. Nobody made fun of them. No one ever made fun of me being Joplin.
I would never name my kid something that outrageous because I know it would just get dropped to Talula, but if my kid really did whine that much to get it taken to court I'd be really disappointed in them for being such a pansy. I know that's insensitive but come on.
I don't know anything about NZ though so maybe they're more traditional than Austin is, but I'd be LIVID if the court took away my child for any amount of time over a name. All that being said though, if it really was causing emotional damage to my kid, I would just change it but I'd still think it was being over dramatic.



that's just sad, why would you give your kid such a ridiculous name? life is already tough enough when you're a teen let alone having a name like talula does the hula from hawaii, WTF? i say if the mom likes that name so much why didn't she change her own name to that?? as a parent how could you do that to your own child knowing damn well all the ridicule that's going to come with it for your kid.
You did make a good point joplin, i think the courts took it a little too far by taking the child for whatever amount of time, but to call the child a pansy is a little much, i know i would be just as embarrassed if i had that name. wouldn't most of us??
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She didn't even go by the name, she went by "K". If she went by Talula which is the only part of the name that would show up on the role sheet anyways, no one would ever know. Plus if she just told the teacher that she didn't want everyone to know her whole name they'd understand and just write "talula" in for the name when it comes time for role if for some reason the whole name showed up.
I just really don't see how it's that big of a deal. If anything people would be like "WTF, are you serious?" then ask you to prove it and call it the most badass name ever. If I met someone who said their name was Talula and then later they said it was actually Talula does the hula from hawaii I would get the biggest kick out of that. It's just a matter of embracing it.



As an adult maybe^^ but what kid do you know is going to embrace a name like that? i know mines wouldn't , shit i wouldn't either i would of had it changed too.
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But that's why you just tell the teacher to call you Talula. If you were her teacher would you not just say "no problem"? No one wants to say all those words for a name anyways. I'm sure her parents only call her "hula" or "hawaii" or "talula" unless their mad just like all parents do.
I knew plenty of hispanic kids with like 10 names that I never knew about until they told me they had all of them. No teacher ever went out of their way to call them all out for role or respond to a raised hand.




The article said the judge banned the name Stallion too. Thats not horrible?
You don't think Stallion is a horrible name? I certainly do.



^^me too.
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Maybe the parents are druggies.
OMG, DRUGS!! lmao, that poor little girl. She needs a hug!
And what if your name is number 16 bus shelter? What are you supposed to go by then?
I'm all for unique names. I really like long forgotten, old fashioned names (Edgar, Temperance, Constantine). But a name like "Bus shelter" or "Audio science?" Come on.
I think Number 16 Bus Shelter probably goes by Bosh, short for "Bastard Offspring of a Street Hooker."




I believe it. I went to kindergarten with Ophelia Pickle, and another girl named Chlamydia.
went to college with a girl named Bambi Lamb...she danced for a while and used the stage name "jane"
served in the navy with a girl whose first name was Cleis
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