Maury Moment

So, I'm taking a quick break from a project and watching clips of Maury on YouTube (I LOVE technology) and I come across a paternity test segment (see link) where a girl is testing five men for her two kids...

And I see the child's name flash across the screen...

Inkenjarick

I <3 Maury. That is all.

The Devil's Spawn (Literally)

New Zealand has banned the name "Lucifer" after not one but THREE sets of parents tried to name their kid:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsroom/name-013131260.html

WHY????????

Unfortunately named

All courtesy of someecards.com and http://www.happyplace.com/3683/fagley-dork-man-has-worst-name-of-all-time

The Headline Says it All

Ron Artest is petitioning to change his name to ‘Metta World Peace’

I'm going to sit right over here and not say another word

Strike Three

This is the third weirdo celebrity baby name this week. Man, there must be something in the water.

So Alicia Silverstone...you may remember her from such films as Clueless where she was named after Cher (the singer)--well...ok...sigh...and... she named her son...

Bear Blu

What in the name of snuggle fabric fvckery is that?

Sigh!

Mariah's Scary Baby Names...

Yeah I said it...

so Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon named the twins. Wait for it...wait for it...

Monroe Cannon (the girl, named after Marilyn Monroe). And Moroccan Scott Cannon (the boy named after the Moroccan room where her husband proposed).

So...Moroccan Monroe.

Say it three times fast..I dare you.

Say What?

Where the hell is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg ???

Watch this neat little video from yahoo...

Who Knew- World's Longest Words/ Names

No words!

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Awesomely Bad Politician Names

Because why would you NOT vote for "Dick Sweatt"


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What's Next? Cinnamon Roll?

Pulled from a friend of mine's Facebook status:

"WOW...just met a lady that actually named her baby Bunbun. She said she named him that because he was cute at birth."

Epic FAIL. Parenting license REVOKED.

Tales From the Open Mic Part 3

Haven't had one of these moments in awhile.

Was standing outside a venue last night after a mini fight broke out between a couple (nothing but drama...lol) and I'm talking to the bouncer and the host of another venue (who I'd never met until last night)...

Somehow we got to talking about our kids. The host says he has a 17 year old. The bouncer gives me a look and says "oh he started young--he started at 12"

I think he's joking so I ask the host how old he is. He says...

29

[insert pause. do the math in your head. make the same screw face I just did and then continue reading]

The host walks away for a second to check on one of the people from the fight and the bouncer turns to me and says "and you know what his name is?"

[wait for it...wait for it...]

Jesus

that's "Geez-us" btw not "Hey-seus"

*drops mic walks away*

All Your Kids Are Named the SAME Thing

Aidan, Kayden, Jayden and F%$@#ing Prosperity!

Priceless!

Join the "Club"

So my brother calls me today...his new girl has a couple of kids. Yeah, why is one of them named...

Disney

Yeah you read that correctly. First name, not last. My response: Please for the love of Captain Crunch tell me the other child's name isn't Goofy. My brother says: you think that's bad, she also has twins and started to name them Mickey and Minnie.

And ironically I'll give you one guess as to where they live...

Florida.

Done.

Write Your Own Joke

They'll "love" him in prison


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North of the Border

While I'm preparing press info for the new book, I came across an article on names in Canada (specifically Alberta)... They just released statistics for babies born last year

They broke down a list of "unique" names (as in, only having appeared once last year)...Here are some of the more usual ones:

Crazyhorse
Alias
Lightning
Philopateer
Wrath
Yak
Iex
Eloquence
Fury
Poetic
Qhloe (seriously???)
Society
Xanet
Gallary

Science agrees with me...go figure

I must post this because this is not only ironic, but well...you'll see.

So currently on the front page of Yahoo! 9via Live Science) is an article entitled
Parents Choosing More Unusual Baby Names Now

I'm thinking...I LITERALLY just wrote the book on this but ok...what's funny is, the article points out that giving children odd names is akin to narcissism.

So I had to add my two cents to the comment page of course and then a comment exchange caught my eye (I think someone in the conversation missed the point but again you'll see what I mean...) I've highlighted the key points...LMAO

XXXX wrote:

I think one reason people are choosing more unusual names is that they do not want their child to be one of many in a classroom sharing the same name. For example, Lily S. and Lily W. in the same class. People may also want their child's name to reflect their ancestral background. Also, we are exposed to far more names than any previous generation thanks to immigration and the media. What I do not understand are the people who give their child a popular name and change the spelling, as if that somehow makes them different. I feel sorry for the kids whos parents make up stupid names.

AND THEN DIRECTLY BELOW THAT

XXXX wrote:

Some names aren't unusual, they're just spelled differently. I named my daughter Aydrienne Alecx. My name is very common, and in a high school class of about 400 I had several girls in my class with the same first name. I wanted something unique for my daughter because nothing common interested me and my ex-husband. Common names are safe. Unique represents my personality. Nowadays, uncommon is the new common. My fiance and I have also picked unique names for our future children. I'm not picking "unusual" names for my benefit. I want my child to be unique. I believe in individualism. Why does everyone have to be the same? Why do I have to conform & name my children a common name like Mary or Robert? My name is Sarah & my fiance's name is Steven. I have several friends named Jenny. Sometimes common isn't always better!

*major eyeroll and facepalm* Extra points to whoever can tell me how many rules that name broke.

Your Honor...

So, two full days in and the EJB book is already generating some funny names stories...

Let me start by saying I have some awesome supportive friends!!

This story comes via my friend AJ.

AJ is a motivational speaker and a member of Toastmasters. She ordered a copy of the book on the day it was released. As it happens she had to give a humor speech at her Toastmasters meeting so she structured it around the book.

She messaged me to say, not only did she win her competition, but here's what happened next...

Apparently one of her audience members laughed to the point of tears. He came up to her afterwards and told her that he was a law student. Ironically, he'd just had to sit through a trial where one of the participants had a rather "unusal" name...

It was so bad in fact the judge (who was apparently one of those old school southern types) actually had trouble calling this woman by her name. That's because her name was...(wait for it, wait for it...)

Clitoris

...and I'm done. ROTFL.

Possibly the Worst Worst Name EVER!

This is an actual birth announcement page from one of the Sister's of Levenworth Hospitals which I think is in Kansas. I came across it by accident on another blog and took a screen shot...because I'm quite sure if you didn't see it you might not believe it.

Past that, I won't even comment...

All the Cool Kids Are Doing it Part IV

I can't help it... every time I get back to work on the book somehow I find myself back at the nameberry site...and it never fails I find some travestry splashed across the front page that perpetrates itself as the next "cool kid" name.

Sigh... for the love of Captain Crunch, please tell me none of these are trending.

Cello
Kinga
Gogol (anagram this and it's almost Google)
Nacho (side eye...really??)
Perpetua (now I looked this one up and discovered it's a Christian Saint, but that doesn't make the name any more likeable because I'm trying to figure out what her nickname would be)
Vionenet
Ring (you know if you're going to pick a word name...sigh...)
Fig
Utah
Quebec

Name Failures

My latest name fail finds from failblog.org


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