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07-09-2007, 08:26 AM
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A Boy Named Hell
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MELBOURNE — The Hell family says it may tell a Roman Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city of Melbourne after discussions between the principal, the parish priest and the family over his name.
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07-09-2007, 03:13 PM
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OMG, Morons! 
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07-09-2007, 03:32 PM
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What the hell!! LOL
I can see if the kid's name was Hell Smith or something...but this is their family name - there's nothing he can do about it.
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07-09-2007, 04:39 PM
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From "The Simpsons"
Homer vs. Lisa and the Eight Commandment
Marge: So, what did you children learn about today?
Bart: Hell.
Homer: Bart!
Bart: What? That's what we learned about. I'm sure as *hell* can't tell you we learned about *hell* unless I say *hell*, can I?
Homer: The lad's got a point.
Bart: Hell, yes!
Marge: Bart!
Bart: Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell!
Marge: Bart, you're no longer in Sunday school. Don't swear.
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07-10-2007, 02:01 AM
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Today, while driving, SATAN drove by me in a black BMW 325i... At least that is what the Washington State license plate had on it... 
Later today, I saw "Transformers"...
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07-10-2007, 04:18 AM
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God love her, I worked in Girl Scouts with a woman whose last name was "Slutz". She had two daughters. I'm all for tradition, but I would have told my husband we were taking MY name.
Also, my husband wanted to name our second son William Belcher for his grandfather. "What's wrong with Belcher - it's a good family name!" Long story short, we named him William Henry - the grandfather's Christian names!
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07-10-2007, 07:21 AM
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I wonder what made the Hells think it was a good idea to send the kid to Catholic school, considering all the issues they're having right now.
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07-10-2007, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Taualumna
I wonder what made the Hells think it was a good idea to send the kid to Catholic school, considering all the issues they're having right now.
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maybe they're catholic
this is stupid, even for a foreign country
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07-10-2007, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews
That's crazy.
ps- I have family with the last name of Gross. My cousin told me that it's always really fun when you’re at a restaurant and they yell "Gross party of 4, your table is ready"  |
Gross is a really common last name where I'm originally from, as is Queer. A lot of people with the latter change it to "Quinn" if they move out of the area.
Like the Hell family, these names are probably of European origin (the 2 examples I gave, I would guess German) and don't have the same meaning in their original language.
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07-10-2007, 03:45 PM
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"Hell" is the adjective bright or light in German.
Still, if I had certain last names I'd look into changing them: Ho, Dong, Fink, Butts, you get the idea.
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07-11-2007, 12:57 AM
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An acquaintaince of mine mentioned that she knew a South African Doctor. His name was spelled "Dr. Deith" but it was actually pronounced "Dr. Death".
How reassuring!!!
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