A Boy Named Number 16 Bus Shelter

An interesting story here about a nine year old girl in New Zealand who went to court to have her name changed. Her parents had decided it would be a super wheeze to call their offspring Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.

Could? Obviously he's been nowhere near a playground lately (which would be unusual for a judge). Trust me, the kids are all over that one.

He attacked a trend of giving children bizarre names, citing several examples.

Among the names that had been allowed by officials were: Violence; Number 16 Bus Shelter; Midnight Chardonnay; Benson and Hedges (twins).

Those blocked included: Yeah Detroit; Stallion; Twisty Poi; Keenan Got Lucy; Sex Fruit; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom; Fish and Chips (twins)

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," Judge Murfitt wrote.

"It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

Oh, gee. Ya think?

Midnight Chardonnay has little option to becoming a prostitute in later life. Certainly, no one's going to law school with a name like that. I have a feeling that Cinderella Beauty Blossom was only turned down because Geri Halliwell already has dibs on that name for one of her future progeny.

Perhaps these kids will turn their ridiculous monikers to their advantage. Maybe, much like Johnny Cash's Boy Named Sue , Number 16 Bus Shelter Smith will grow up to be tough, confident and proud to be different.

Or that little Violence Jones lives up to his name and bludgeons his witless fucktard parents to death in their beds at night. You can only hope.