[$tinkle]

some south african newsite:

Stockholm - 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 on Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."

Although little Metallica has already been baptised, 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.

they should have a sit-in playing air guitar until public officials relent

 

[Westy]

Does this mean she will totally suck after ten years or so?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Does this mean she will tottally suck after ten years or so?

Oh jesus.... POTD.

 

[$tinkle]

Does this mean she will totally suck after ten years or so?

you can expect a visit from the metal godz tonight, apostate.

i wonder if this girl's parents have terracotta blonde hair?

 

[Zark]

Thats it, I'm naming my first born Slayer.....Unless its a girl, then its Carcass

 

[reflux]

Screw Metallica as a child's name, I'm going with Espin for my firstborn.

 

[Westy]

Thor, more metal than Metallickya.

 

[$tinkle]

Thor, more metal than Metallickya.

"those guys play too loud; it made my ears thor".

nope. not very metal.

 

[H8R]

A retarded sibling would be called Megadeth I suppose...

 

[SkaredShtles]

You have to have some board *approve* your kid's name in Sweden? Now how's that for personal freedom? Bunch of goddam National Socialists...

 

[Ciaran]

Thats it, I'm naming my first born Slayer.....Unless its a girl, then its Carcass

Bull****! You're gonna eat your first born!

You have to have some board *approve* your kid's name in Sweden? Now how's that for personal freedom? Bunch of goddam National Socialists...

Well, in all fairness it's not like the Swedes can be trusted. They did, after all, give the world Abba. Naming kids Metallica just proves that controls like this are needed.

 

[rockwool]

Another classic from the RM vault..