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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:16 AM
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Meet Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.


The record-breaking name, now thought to be the world's longest, was the idea of music graduate George Garratt, 19. He changed his name by deed poll online for £10 last week. Captain Fantastic said: "I wanted to be unique. "I decided upon a theme of superheroes." Captain Fantastic joins a number of people with unusually long names, including Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams, a girl born in Texas in 1984. The teenager, from Glastonbury, Somerset, added that while he thought the new name was "crazy", his grandmother was no longer speaking to him.

Last month in Italy, a couple was banned from naming their son Friday - Venerdi - because the name could expose him to ridicule. Named after the manservant of Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe, the court ordered the boy's name be changed to Gregorio, named after the saint's day on which he was born. In February, a judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so she could change her name from Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3369609/Teenager-changes-name-to-Captain-Fantastic.html
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:27 AM
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1. On the dole for life.
Imagine the reception his resumes will get.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:41 AM
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2. Imagine the reception his flirting will receive.
If he doesn't die from his action, yet is still removed from the future gene pool via his action, is it a Darwin Award?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:45 AM
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3. I'd have to vote yes, on the condition that he doesn't donate to a sperm bank
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:48 AM
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4. Plus, he's fined for not having googled "Captain Fantastic".
What will Elton think? What will Elton DO?
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:48 AM
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5. All former girlfriends who could be reached for comment agree with the new name
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 10:31 AM
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6. "I wanted to be unique."
Success!
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