Teen's Name Changed After Years of Mockery

[kleenex]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/07/D8IN55G00.html

After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father has agreed to change his son's name from "Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred" _ the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam's two- child policy.

Angry he was being fined for having a fifth child, Mai Xuan Can named his son Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi after the amount he was forced to pay _ 6,500 dong (50 cents), said Dai Cuong village chief Nguyen Huy Thuong.

 

[middie]

Sometimes I don't know who can be crueler... parents or other kids.

 

[purrfectlydevine]

Sometimes you have to wonder what drug the parents were on when they named their child.

 

[Banana Brain]

That's hilarious. At least the kid will have a cool "fun fact" to tell about himself for the rest of his life.

 

[urmaniac13]

"50 cents"?? Man, he could have performed some hip hop tunes and become a huge star!!

 

[VegasDramaQueen]

I'm still working on the 6,500 dong.

 

[SizzlininIN]

I'm still working on the 6,500 dong.

...........me too!

 

[Tartine]

"50 cents"?? Man, he could have performed some hip hop tunes and become a huge star!!

Too bad our hip hop star is not a Vietnamese! We would have known what he was named after!!!

 

[Raven]

Ummm.... I'm not sure the name he changed it to, Mai Hoang Long, was any better

~ Raven ~