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Old 24-07-08, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Get a load of this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7522952.stm

Names used for children in New Zealand include:

Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
Violence
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Midnight Chardonnay
Benson and Hedges

But these were refused:

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

I presume there's sane reason for these insane names??
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Apparently Midnight Chardonnay and the no. 16 bus shelter have something to do with the moment the children were conceived. Don't know about the others.
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Get a load of this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7522952.stm

Names used for children in New Zealand include:

Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
Violence
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Midnight Chardonnay
Benson and Hedges

But these were refused:

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

I presume there's sane reason for these insane names??
A sane reason. Is that my cue? I suppose if you had sextuplets you could have Fish Chips and Peas twice. Yes - it would be a bit confusing but they would all look the same anyway.
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Yeah , or fish, chimps and mushy bees Sorry an old zoo joke, mind wandering again
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Yes, I had a funny feeling that there must be some kind of tribal tradition involved relating to naming after the first thing seen.

Not convinced it works so well in the modern world, though - wasn't the original naming tradition about imbuing the attributes of the object seen in the child, ie, Mountain Wolf, Running Deer?

I can only guess we're due to see the following names as well:

Birthing Ball
Full Ashtray
Sexy Nurse
Ugly Doctor
Black Telephone
Hospital Ward
Angry Husband...
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Get a load of this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7522952.stm

Names used for children in New Zealand include:

Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
Violence
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Midnight Chardonnay
Benson and Hedges

But these were refused:

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

I presume there's sane reason for these insane names??
Nothing wrong with fish'n'chips.I wish I was allowed them
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I seem to remember that a lad was christend with the full liverpool team first names in the Bill Shankley era.I wonder what name he goes by now?.
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I seem to remember an American Indian, who's son asked him why his three siblings got their names.

The chief replies 'Your sister Running Water, has her name because she was conveived near a stream...your other sister, ' Beautiful Flower, has her name because she was conceived near a field of beautiful flowers...and your brother, Strong Eagle, has his name because an eagle flew over when he was conceived.

But why are you asking these questions 'Hole in Rubber' ?.....
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