Swedish couple fights for right to name their baby girl Metallica
Metallica may work as a name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince authorities it's also suitable for a baby girl.
Sweden's tax agency rejected Michael and Karolina Tomaro's application to name their six-month-old daughter after the legendary rock band. "It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."
Although little Metallica has already been baptized, the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal."
In Sweden, parents must get the names of their children approved by the tax authority, which is in charge of the population registry and issues personal identification numbers.
Tomaro, who has appealed the decision, said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly."
The couple was backed by the County Administrative Court in Goteborg, which ruled on March 13 that there was no reason to block the name. It also noted that there already is a woman in Sweden with Metallica as a middle name.
The tax agency appealed to a higher court, frustrating the family's foreign travel plans.
"We've had to cancel trips and can't get anywhere because we can't get her a passport without an approved name," Tomaro said.
7 comments:
What on EARTH has it got to do with the state what you name your children?
Bizarre!
Though I have seen/heard a few names & thought to myself that the parents *really* need to teach that kid to fight!
What the Hannah! This is the most outrageous nonsense I've ever heard. It's almost as insane as GW wanting to arrest random people for no other reason than their appearance. Or the USandA school that made it a LAW that kids have to use anti-bacterial hand junk. What happens if they break that law????
OK, I'm getting mad now. Time to go before some busy body tells me I can't use the computer anymore or eat blueberry muffins.
xoxox
*laughing*
YES!
That story rules! You can't make this stuff up. Truth is 100% stranger than fiction. Yes indeed.
Tomaro, who has appealed the decision, said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly."
Ahahahahahahahahaha...
*sigh*
*hic*
I love that official. Who has the nerve to say that to someone?
It reminds me of when I bought some sandals at Target. I took them home and wore them one day and they KILLED my feet so I took them back. I was returning the shoes when some old geezer that worked at the returns counter says,
"Are you returning these shoes cuz they're ugly?"
I said," No. They didn't fit."
He goes,
"...and they're ugly."
I love it.
What about a boy named, Sue?
The thing is, is this Metallica pre-Load, or including Load and everything after? If it is the former, then by all means, name their kid Metallica. If it's the latter, then they have bad musical taste and should just name her Slayer instead.
That's a good point Slayer, though I would have named the kid Wilco.
Wilco? Well, I had to wikipedia it. Not my genre. I did like the punk country band Lone Justice from the 80s (just their 1st album, their 2nd was too pop), but that's as country as I get.
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