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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 02:47 PM
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Sweden Relaxes Rules on Naming Kids
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Aug. 12) - Swedish authorities say parents can now name their newborns "Budweiser" or "Metallica" if they so wish.

For decades, Swedish tax authorities had banned parents from naming their children after fast food chains, rock bands or their favorite brand of beer.
But tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt says the guidelines have been relaxed. He says "there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was."
Still, authorities are drawing the line at giving children swear words for names. And forget about naming your child God, Allah or Devil.

http://news.aol.com/article/sweden-relaxes-rules-on-naming-kids/129861?flv=1&ncid=DaObegHZjV0000000344&icid=rbox_news_rss.M
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 02:50 PM
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1. cant wait to see Metallica Heineken Nightwatcher Jr.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 02:55 PM
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3. LOL
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 02:53 PM
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2. If you can't call your kid God, Allah or Devil,
why can you call him Thor?

(And sort of on the same topic, I don't think I ever met a Swedish girl named Frigg.)
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