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Post by Evil3 on Jun 6, 2007 14:28:06 GMT -5
A GIRL NAMED METALLICA!
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Couple fights to name baby 'Metallica' 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl.
Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child after the legendary rock band.
"It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."
Although little Metallica has already been baptized, the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal."
Tomaro said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly."
The couple was backed by the County Administrative Court in Goteborg, which ruled on March 13 that there was no reason to block the name. It also noted that there already is a woman in Sweden with Metallica as a middle name.
The tax agency appealed to a higher court, frustrating the family's foreign travel plans.
"We've had to cancel trips and can't get anywhere because we can't get her a passport without an approved name," Tomaro said.
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Post by Shooshoo on Jun 6, 2007 15:50:58 GMT -5
I look at it this way, if she doesnt like the name her parents give her she can change it by deed-pole later then sue her parents for the trauma she suffered...lol Hey if David Bowie can call his son Zowie ( now named Jack I believe...good old deed-pole) or Bob Geldoff can call his kids Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches, Pixie and his adopted daughter by Paula Yates,Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlilley!!! Then why not a girl called Metallica
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Post by Evil3 on Jun 7, 2007 15:49:09 GMT -5
True. Very true.
My friend and I were talking. Wouldn't it be ironic if she grew up to listen to all happy music like, "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow." and hates metal and rock?
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Post by Mistress Rell on Jul 6, 2007 8:08:47 GMT -5
You've got to be kidding me. Metalica is one thing, what Bob did should border on child abuse.
What the heck was he on?
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