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

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

Albin? Where did they get Albin from Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116? Why don't they just call him - Albin? Huh.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahaa. I have no idea. Imagine them trying to teach him to spell his name. "But this looks nothing like Albin." "Yeah, well ... that's how we spell it."

[r-a-l-i-g-h.livejournal.com]

Brian Regan flashback! Brian Regan flashback!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

You know, I was thinking of that bit but I couldn't be bothered to find it and type it all out.