Swedish Party Poopers, and Rock n Roll and sexy Steve Coogan
Couple Fights to Name Baby 'Metallica'
Apr 3, 4:15 PM (ET)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl.
Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child 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."
Tomaro 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.
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Metallica!! I'm going to name my first kid Dracula. Or maybe "The Rolling Stones"..boy, would that make my dad proud. I can just hear him now saying, "this is my grandson: the Rolling Stones". But jeesh, I'm not having babies right now, am I! Sometimes I come across myspaces for girls I went to high school with who now have babies, and they seem happy and everything and they usually have a picture of their baby up as their photo instead of themselves (the giveaway), but I have to admit every time I see one of those I breathe a humungous sigh of relief. And since I don't have a baby, I can go to this http://www.atpfestival.com/events/vs-the-fans/line_up.php next month and have another English bender with my best pal Canada Fox and my British penpal, Norman Hayes.
I got TWO mixez in the mail last week from the Northeast AND the Northwest of the USA! SWEET!
i also got a letter returned from Michigan which I sent in December to Rach..hmm, wtf? I taught wtf to my students this week. t woz a txtmsg lssn abt intrptg sht lk wtf + qt + u+me=luv etc
This weekend there was finally a dance party, and I missed Maine, because I've come to realize nobody but nobody can cut a rug like those kids. On Sunday I saw 24 Hour Party People for the 2nd time..Joy Division is so freakin sweet, the movie's just alright. I'd like to mack it with Steve Coogan though.
France is really windy today. I think I'll go get a Mexican sandwich.
Apr 3, 4:15 PM (ET)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl.
Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child 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."
Tomaro 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.
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Metallica!! I'm going to name my first kid Dracula. Or maybe "The Rolling Stones"..boy, would that make my dad proud. I can just hear him now saying, "this is my grandson: the Rolling Stones". But jeesh, I'm not having babies right now, am I! Sometimes I come across myspaces for girls I went to high school with who now have babies, and they seem happy and everything and they usually have a picture of their baby up as their photo instead of themselves (the giveaway), but I have to admit every time I see one of those I breathe a humungous sigh of relief. And since I don't have a baby, I can go to this http://www.atpfestival.com/events/vs-the-fans/line_up.php next month and have another English bender with my best pal Canada Fox and my British penpal, Norman Hayes.
I got TWO mixez in the mail last week from the Northeast AND the Northwest of the USA! SWEET!
i also got a letter returned from Michigan which I sent in December to Rach..hmm, wtf? I taught wtf to my students this week. t woz a txtmsg lssn abt intrptg sht lk wtf + qt + u+me=luv etc
This weekend there was finally a dance party, and I missed Maine, because I've come to realize nobody but nobody can cut a rug like those kids. On Sunday I saw 24 Hour Party People for the 2nd time..Joy Division is so freakin sweet, the movie's just alright. I'd like to mack it with Steve Coogan though.
France is really windy today. I think I'll go get a Mexican sandwich.