this from one of the Bathroom Readers

[certainthings]

Strange Lawsuits


The Plaintiff: The Swedish Goverment
The Defendant: Elisabeth Hallin, mother of a five-year-old boy named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116 (which she pronounces "Albin")
The Lawsuit: For five years that the Hallins, who say they believe in the surrealist doctrine of "pataphysics," refused to give their son a name. Then Swedish tax officials informed them it was a legal requirement. They chose Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116 - which was immediately rejected by the authorities. The couple insisted that the "typographically expressionistic" name was merely "an artistic creation," consistent with their pataphysical beliefs
The Verdict: The government disagreed. The Hallins were fined 5000 kronor (about $735) and ordered to come up with a different name.


How hard would it be to learn how to spell your own name if that was your name?

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. But maybe they shouldn't. :p

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Very true, I will tell them that the next time I'm over there. Which might be soon if I don't figure out another way to watch TIH before the end of the week.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

As much as I don't want it to be uploaded to the nets, I'm sure it will be eventually. Maybe you could just send Sweden a memo.

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

I do. I mean, I don't really want that but I don't like my DVDs to have Swedish on them so if there's not an English or Danish version I want it to be uploaded and then I'll go buy it later on.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think there is any Swedish on it unless it's on the actual dvd case and you don't like that?

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I meant the case.

Have you ever read Found?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've heard of Found.

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Found (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_Magazine). I bought one of the books in London and I read it last night and almost cried from laughing so hard at some of the stuff in it.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ooh, okay I have heard of that I think I looked at the website once upon a time.