this from one of the Bathroom Readers
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certainthingsStrange 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?
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?
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Date: 2008-10-28 05:12 am (UTC)I had a hard enough time learning to spell my name... (it's dutch and has FAR to many crazy letters all in a row)
poor guy.
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Date: 2008-10-28 01:45 pm (UTC)