Thursday, July 24, 2008

Talula Does the Hula...

Should parents have the right to name their children whatever they want? Is it the government's business? My gut (well, my libertarianism) says no. So if I ruled the world, well, you could go ahead and name your daughter Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii.

UPDATE: check out this story from CNN.com in which iReporters talk about their own unusual names. I think Bluzette is pretty cool--and what kid wouldn't want to be Indiana Jones?

6 comments:

Shannon said...

I don't know... I think I am on the fence with that one. There are parts of me that think you should be able to name your child whatever you want. But... then I see the point about using offensive or embarrassing names. I wouldn't want wanted to be named Tulula does the Hula from Hawaii! That is just insane.

darogermatic said...

I wish my parents named me Dizzle on the Trizzle.

Shannon said...

ok.... so if I were to have a child and it were a boy... and we wanted to give him a crazy name to boost his moral and ensure he gets himself a lady (or lots of them)... I would call him ....

"they call me tripod"

I know... I am horrible! can't help it...

Heidi said...

Ahh, "Tripod!" I can remember the first day I heard you drop that memorable name.

AMT said...

I thought "tripod" came from Robin. Am I really that old that I have confused all of my college memories? Sigh.

Heidi said...

Hmmm...I thought it was Shannon, but I am remembering Robin making an appearance or two in the green notebook. I think her contributions (while awesome) were different than the oh-so-memorable "Tripod."

What do you think, Shan?