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Thread #85132   Message #1575997
Posted By: The Walrus
04-Oct-05 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Stupid Children's Names: Kal-el????
Subject: RE: BS: Stupid Children's Names: Kal-el????
There are some parents who almost warrent arrest for child abuse with the names they give their children
"Peaches" was bad enough, but "Fifi Trixibelle" ???

Mind you, odd names are not a new phenomenon, the man who started the first Fire Brigade/Fire Insurance company in London (late 17th Century) gloried in the baptismal name:
"If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-Thou-wouldst-be-damned" (I've forgotten his surname).

W