Judge denies inmate's request to change his name to "Sinner"

It has something to do with the Norse religion. The judge wrote in his ruling that Jonathan Thomas said he wanted the name change “because he is a heathen and Thor is his ‘High God.'" (Lincoln Journal-Star)

Comments

[lynn]

i have a close( he makes me swoon and i make him laugh and sing bawdy songs) relationship with the lord Thor. he tells me that this varlet (in the norse language pronounced varglletingerner);is not a follower of Humselfe and if this cretinnernas was to ask for that the great Lord Thor will smite him with the great hammer and then sic his mastiff dogs to the bones and meat of that mans skinny booteringernater.

However, the lord of fools- Loki- is very very interested in the man and requests that Mr Thomas call him via condor mail.

[Bill B.]

The judge is right. It is not sensible to encourage anyone's delusions of grandeur.

[troschne]

lynn--are you channelling Rose Nyland? (BTW--RIP, Bea Arthur!)

I haven't done anything bad, lately, so I was thinking of changing my name to Saint.

Gotta love any news story that is able to use any form of the word "smite". I try to use it in a sentence every day.

[Joe]

At first glance I thought this would be a case of a Judge with his panties in a twist because the inmate believed in a different sky fairy than the judge did. But in reality, the judge just told him no because it would interfere with the pending paperwork against him. And good riddance too. Don't make the people he harmed go through any more hoops just because he wants to be called sinner. (On a related note, when he gets out of prison, there's plenty of businesses that provide that service)

[lynn]

@troschne--lol, unfortunately i will be more like a rose than a sophia or the others..:(/

and if you change your name to saint troschne--what happens when you go back to being naughty?

i send thee a great smiting day,lord troschne!

[USMerc]

Oh, that silly mortal!

[troschne]

lynn--once I'm sainted, I can do whatever I want (not that I don't already!).

I send the a great day of smiting, as well, m'lady!

[LimeGreenLizard]

When I was changed into the Lizard god, there was minimal paperwork. Of course the judge was at one of the beach parties on my planet cavorting with twerp.

[Soo]

Heathens? What, only Christians can celebrate a god in the eyes of a court system that is supposed to be separate from all religion?

[RockyMtnMac]

lol Troschne. The patron saint of dryers? *wink

[jj]

"Although I can not approve of your request to be called Sinner....I shall bestow a new name upon you more fitting of your character.....you will, from this moment on, be called Asshole."

[troschne]

Sure, RMM--I need a sponsor, I guess. I'm thinking if Electrolux wants to send a steam washer, along with a dryer, my way, they'll do just fine.

[d'ep]

troschne, have you ever seen a cartoon called "The Adventures of Jesus and his Brothers." There are only three episodes, but the one called "The Trip to Damascus" cracks me up. The boys are in the back annoying Joseph, who's driving, and he says, "Don't make me come back there and smite thee!" I use that phrase as often as I possibly can.

Here's a link: http://tinyurl.com/ddu5aw

[troschne]

No, d'ep, I can't say I have, but can't wait to check out the link--that line is hilarious!

[fredzilla]

I'm not sure what I should be the god of... it's such a responsibility. If I made more puns I could be the God of Puns, but then I'd spend most of my time being the Demi-God of Demi Moore.

[USMerc]

Let's see...We have a Lizard god...Who is in charge of parties....We have a goddess of death...a goddess of the hearth....a Thunder god.....dang...I keep losing track....Someone really should write these down....um...goddess of death....Thunder god....Hearth....oh hell...I give up...Just pick something, and if it's too close to something we already have, we'll adapt it! MERCISM is nothing, if not adaptable!!!!

[lynn]

i say the lord of all puns, fredzilla.

come sit down lord merc, rest your mind after working on mercism policy and procedure. drink some of my tequilla. i got some when i went to mexico with SIL--actually i stole it from his suitcase, but don't tell him. its really good.

[USMerc]

mmmmmm tequila!!!!

[Dave]

Joe, I had the same reaction. Why should the judge deny the name change just because it's a rather silly name? I mean, if I wanted to change my name to Throat Warbler Mangrove, I should be able to do it. But once I read the article and saw the judge's reasoning, it seemed a fairly reasonable reason to deny the request.

[Thor]

dumbass

[twerp]

Yes, LGL, but we did let you join in ;-)

[fredzilla]

Eureka, and I don't smell too good either. I am the God of Puns, Bad Decisions and Flirting Often.

[Navy Chief]

@fred - I LOVE puns - the highest form of humor! Bring 'em on!