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Sweet Freedom

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9. In my lifetime

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:16 AM

Jun 2014

I have met women named Vagina, Edema and Angina.

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71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them: What were these parents thinking? [View all] doxydad Jun 2014 OP

Why do they hate freedom? Renew Deal Jun 2014 #1

Not long ago one of my coworkers took a call from someone named ABCD. Orrex Jun 2014 #2

Rofl. progressoid Jun 2014 #3

Not sure, but I think that ROFL was her brother. Orrex Jun 2014 #4

How's ROFL pronounced? Tom_Foolery Jun 2014 #5

I believe that the preferred pronunciation is RAH-ful. Orrex Jun 2014 #6

Rawful. Iggo Jun 2014 #7

I remember a name change petition listen in D.C. some years back ashling Jun 2014 #8

In my lifetime Sweet Freedom Jun 2014 #9

I had a couple of students named "Justice". femmocrat Jun 2014 #10

Probably after the Janet Jackson movie gmoney Jun 2014 #34

These girls are much younger.... femmocrat Jun 2014 #39

I know a woman who named her child Gonorrhea mokawanis Jun 2014 #11

Was this in WVa ? My mom knew a Gonorrhea in school there ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2014 #13

No, in Wisconsin mokawanis Jun 2014 #20

Her mother saw it on a medical chart while she was in the hospital .... eppur_se_muova Jun 2014 #24

�2nd�, �3rd� or �5th� and the like have a long history Glorfindel Jun 2014 #12

Why am I reminded of the Seinfeld where George wanted to name his kid "Seven"? Initech Jun 2014 #23

Reminds me of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- eppur_se_muova Jun 2014 #14

... Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #16

LOL! Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #26

My research found HeiressofBickworth Jun 2014 #15

There is an American actor called Judge Reinhold Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #17

Here's a few of my own ancestors & relatives. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #25

Wasn't it a common practice to name a son the mother's maiden name? femmocrat Jun 2014 #40

I believe that was a Quaker tradition ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #41

My first summer after graduating high school--1969--I worked in a hospital mnhtnbb Jun 2014 #18

better that than Summers Eve. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #29

Good one! mnhtnbb Jun 2014 #32

L-a = LaDasha KG Jun 2014 #19

People who give their kids frogmarch Jun 2014 #21

Damn, I was hoping to adopt a child and name them "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" NewJeffCT Jun 2014 #22

Maybe they were trying to let the infant come up with her own name ... surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #28

"All my friends just call me Brfxlllmmm6." nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #42

In Japan, someone wanted to name their kid "Maou" Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #27

I thought Sonny and Cher naming their daughter Chastity undeterred Jun 2014 #30

It probably wasn't as bad as naming a girl "Moon Unit", though. Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #31

worse: naming a son Moon Blood OldEurope Jun 2014 #38

That's an old school name stemming from The Virtues gmoney Jun 2014 #35

I never heard of it. undeterred Jun 2014 #37

I met a woman named Virgin Bliss once LadyHawkAZ Jul 2014 #43

Lewis Black's take on this issue Bombero1956 Jun 2014 #33

Let's not Forget Picabo Wolf Frankula Jun 2014 #36

Once at jury duty, the arresting officer was named Paulie Jul 2014 #44