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Wisconsin woman decides against taking bin Laden name
Caren Ann Burke didn't show up for her scheduled name change hearing on Friday. She had filed a name change petition on Aug. 23 asking that her name be changed to Caren Ann bin Laden. For a reason she listed "divorce from Rory S. Burke." (Appleton Post-Crescent)
October 15, 2007 | Permalink
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It's amazing what some people will do in a fit of temper. I'm glad she came to her senses before she went through with it.
On a side note, I was divorcing my errant husband when I gave birth to our daughter. I gave the girl my maiden name, since I was going back to it and thought it would just be easier for all concerned. The nurses argued with me, since I was after all still married (I hadn't even filed yet) and named my husband as the baby's father (because he was).
I explained very patiently to nurse after nurse that I could name my baby anything I wanted. When they sent in a social worker, that's when I lost it. I told The Suit that if they don't knock it off, I'm naming my baby Jessie James Brown. They stopped pestering. Imagine that.
Posted by: Soo | Oct 15, 2007 5:38:08 AM
She did more than just think about it or threaten to do it, she actually filed the papers. I'm guessing some of her family or friends talked her out of it. Makes me wonder if the husband is lucky they are getting divorced.
Posted by: G-Man | Oct 15, 2007 5:46:07 AM
"I explained very patiently to nurse after nurse that I could name my baby anything I wanted. When they sent in a social worker, that's when I lost it. I told The Suit that if they don't knock it off, I'm naming my baby Jessie James Brown. They stopped pestering. Imagine that."
Such a rebel... ;o)
Posted by: Naga Please! | Oct 15, 2007 5:56:51 AM
Soo, LOL I can't imagine how its any of the nurses business what you name your child or why...its just their job to take care of both of you until you leave the hospital. A bit nosy on their part if you ask me.
What if your soon to be ex was a murder,rapist,scumbag?
I would've told them to mind their own damn business.
I bet you this woman's ex-husband is in the military...wanna bet?
Posted by: Cherie | Oct 15, 2007 6:09:45 AM
If she is looking to change her name, I understand Klutzo is available.
Posted by: Bill | Oct 15, 2007 6:11:45 AM
Mister worked with a guy when we were assigned to the DC area who wanted to change his name to "Jesus Christ Hallelujah." His thinking was that whenever someone called his name, they'd be saying praise to his Personal Lord And Savior.
Not sure if he went through with it, but it made the local papers when he filed--it had to be posted for 30 days in order for anyone to lodge a protest, and some intrepid reporter at the Baltimore paper interviewed him about it.
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If my name was attached to a scumbag ex or even just a mere criminal, I'd be thinking of changing it, too, but "bin Laden" would not be anywhere near the list.
I'd be thinking something more along the lines of "Smith," "Wesson," "Howitzer," "Cannon," or "Winchester."
Posted by: Soo | Oct 15, 2007 6:25:31 AM
My friends father's name was suppossed to be Dwayne, but the nurse in hospital did not like the name and altered the birth certificate by putting a period after the D. So it appeared D.Wayne. His grandparents, when pressed came up with Dennis...but hated Dennis Wayne as a name and since he was born on March 17th. My friend's father has been called Pat for the past 60+ years.
Posted by: genoncy | Oct 15, 2007 7:10:09 AM
WHAT THE HELL is the deal with the nurses getting all involved in the naming of the kids...first Soo's experience now genoncy. I just dont understand where they get off involving themselves in the naming process. Just cause they aided in the birth doesn't give them any rights to the kid. SHEESH!
Posted by: Cherie | Oct 15, 2007 7:15:13 AM
My sister has no middle name because the nurses didn't like "Floella." Of course, my mom was still high off the drugs and pissed off at my dad, but that's no reason to alter a birth certificate.
I lived next door to a crazy old lady who'd named her girls, "Duchess" & "Princess." There may have been an outcast daughter named "Pocahantas," too. They were all adults by the time I met them, so I'm not sure.
Posted by: Soo | Oct 15, 2007 7:34:21 AM
Then there was that guy who had only the initials RB (last name Jones). He joined the military and tried to help thm out on the paperwork. He listed his name as R(only) B(only) Jones.
From then on he was Ronly Bonly Jones.
Posted by: stopeatingmysesamecake | Oct 15, 2007 7:59:46 AM
You can name your child anything you please and hospital personnel have no right to tell you otherwise or "correct" your choice.
Of course, given the recent spate of goofy first names, I'm starting to think that this is not entirely a good thing. However, I will defend your parental right to saddle your poor defenseless newborn with a ridiculous name that all the other kids in grade school will laugh at -- even though I think you're an idiot for doing so.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Oct 15, 2007 8:05:18 AM
My mother went to a doctor who threatened to have me taken away because I wouldn't eat "cream of wheat" and ate oatmeal instead. There was a time when doctors were out of their minds.
Posted by: DCer | Oct 15, 2007 8:19:54 AM
"I explained very patiently to nurse after nurse that I could name my baby anything I wanted."
When I had my daughter (in the freakishly odd state of Virginia) my husband and I had not married yet, and I was not allowed to give my daughter his last name, even tho we were getting married shortly after the baby was born. I had to go through some long, tedious process to change her name, which of course the state charges for. Similarly, a friend of mine was a professional with her own business when she got married, so she kept her maiden name for business purposes. When she had her daughter, she planned on hyphenating it with her husbands. No go. She too had to have it legally changed after the birth.
But I guess that's why they call it the Communist, I mean Common Wealth of Virginia.
Posted by: bitsy | Oct 15, 2007 8:41:48 AM
Phranqlin
You got some issue with Lovey Smith? I suggest you take it up with him or his mother personally. I'll be happy to visit you during your recovery.
Or you could have a little chat with D'Brickashaw Ferguson: 6 foot 6 inches, 312 lbs, 5.3 in the 40-yard dash…(a tad slow for the NFL, but freaking impressive on a F=M*A basis) 370-pound bench press. I'll send flowers
And what about Mitt Romney--in an interview he explained that there was an amusing story attached to his first name. He was named after his uncle. What a knee slapper
I know a young woman who named after a geological formation. And a young man who came within an eyelash of being named Bat Guano (the grandmother, who had not seen "Dr. Strangelove" or consulted a dictionary, though it was a great name.)
Posted by: Henje | Oct 15, 2007 8:44:50 AM
When I was younger, there was a family that lived next to us with three little girls: Chevelle, Chevette, and Corvair. The father worked as... can you guess it? A Chevy salesman. Can you imagine being named after a piece of crap Chevette? Made me thankful for my bland name in a class that had 7 other girls with the same name.
Posted by: chi chi | Oct 15, 2007 8:49:32 AM
Was it ...Katie?
Posted by: Henje | Oct 15, 2007 8:51:32 AM
Henje - very close! Different version of the nickname tho. How easy to guess. LOL!
Posted by: chi chi | Oct 15, 2007 8:54:25 AM
bitsy,
When I had my daughter 18 yrs ago I was engaged to her father but not yet married also. Since her father was present at the birth they had no problem giving her his last name (with his signature) however, if he would not have been present....she would've had to have taken my maiden name.
Posted by: Cherie | Oct 15, 2007 8:56:58 AM
You'd think I'd learn-NO LIQUIDS WHEN READING THE BOARD.
SEMSC, your post made me laugh out loud. I'm still laughing-that is hilarious.
Apparently this woman never wanted to fly again-with a name like bin Laden she would be on the no-fly list so fast it'd make her head spin.
Posted by: pnwgal | Oct 15, 2007 9:00:47 AM
There are 2 teenage girls in Niagara County, NY whose last name is Cox. Their first names are Pleasure and Desire.
Where were these meddling nurses when this happened? After my initial shock and laughing I realized how seriously abusive this was. Think either of these girls are going to grow up to be president?
Posted by: mydogFoster | Oct 15, 2007 10:00:52 AM
I've got a friend who was the nurse on duty when a new mom named her baby girl Labia.
My RN friend tried to define the term for the new mom. Mom said "Somebody else tried to tell me that, but I figured since I didn't know what it meant, nobody else would either."
I also knew a nice young lady named Urena. Painfully, cripplingly shy at 19. Hadn't spoken to her mother in ten years. Sad, sad story.
Posted by: merkin4 | Oct 15, 2007 11:05:03 AM
I think the above comment about there being a rash of silly names refers to a recent court case in Australia where the government successfully blocked a parent's bid to call their progeny "4Real." I believe they have since gone with the more conservative "Superman" or some other such.
I did an internship at a daycare center where there was a little girl named "Ja-Duh."
Posted by: Soo | Oct 15, 2007 11:35:01 AM
This is secondhand, but still good ...
When my SO worked at Subway in high school, there was a woman who would bring her son in and would threaten the tiniest misbehavior with an imaginary monster that lived at Subway. The SO got involved because the tales of the monster were escalating and he thought it was getting to the point of cruelty, where the kid was going to have nightmares about the Subway monster. So the exchange, as I heard it, went like this:
"Jamocha, there's a monster in here with razor-sharp claws that'll get you if you don't shut up right now! He eats kids every day for breakfast!"
"Jamocha, there is no monster in here. You can even come back here and look."
... yes. The woman named her child after an Arby's shake.
Posted by: Ambs | Oct 15, 2007 12:06:48 PM
Another True story.
Here in Toledo there is a Urologist named ....
Richard Tapper! (look it up, he's in the book)
aka Dick Tapper Way to incorporate your name into
a profession!!
What about those parents that dont have enough intelligence to name their child with at least alittle uniqueness...like: Robert Robertson or Steve Stevenson or Geoff Geoffreys. John Johnston SAD!
Our last name is a man's first name and I've often told my son I should've given him the same last...middle and first name just for shits and giggles.
Posted by: Cherie | Oct 15, 2007 12:51:11 PM
I once met an elderly woman whose first name was Ruth. She had married a man whose last name was Ruth.
Posted by: Sheila | Oct 15, 2007 1:00:55 PM
