{"id":261,"date":"2009-02-06T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T16:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelgreenlief.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-02-06T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T16:24:19","slug":"what-were-they-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/2009\/02\/06\/what-were-they-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"What were they thinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just read the funniest article on today.msnbc.msn.com.\u00a0 It was about some of the strange names people give their children.\u00a0 I thought Frank Zappa held the record for the weirdest names to name a child between Moon Unit, Dweezle and Motorhead but some of these make those names almost sound normal.<\/p>\n

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The worst, most humiliating baby names<\/p>\n

Ancestry.com shares the silliest, craziest and downright cruelest names of all time.<\/p>\n

What would compel a parent to bestow a newborn with a name like “Tiny Hooker” or “Fanny Large”? Or an amusing choice like “Wanna Towell”? It’s not just Hollywood’s elite opting for unique, embarrassing names-throughout history, normal people separated their offspring from the masses with truly terrible names.<\/p>\n

In “Bad Baby Names,” Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, of the genealogy Web site Ancestry.com, share thousands of shocking names given to real people, as recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau. Discover the funny names based around common themes, like diseases (Fever Bender, Cholera Peace), food (Bread White, Pomegranate Purple), pets (Good Dog), and if you thought Wednesday Addams was unfortunate-wait till you meet Monday Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I just don’t get it.\u00a0 Don’t these parents realize what they are setting their child up for when they get school age?\u00a0 They will be teased and humiliated by their classmates.\u00a0 Is that what they want for their child?\u00a0 I sure wouldn’t.<\/p>\n

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I just read the funniest article on today.msnbc.msn.com.\u00a0 It was about some of the strange names people give their children.\u00a0 I thought Frank Zappa held the record for the weirdest names to name a child between Moon Unit, Dweezle and Motorhead but some of these make those names almost sound normal. The worst, most humiliating … <\/p>\n

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