You know how sometimes you won’t like a person just ‘cause of their first name? Like, I never like people named Roger because they make me think about Roger Rabbit, and that movie effin’ freaks me out, y’all.
I’d never name anybody Roger, but still I think people should be allowed to name their kids whatever they want. That’s why I think it’s lame how in Sweden they’re trying to tell these people they can’t name their 15-month-old daughter “Elvis.”
I guess Sweden’s all like, “You’re not allowed to do this ‘cause Elvis is a boy’s name,” and the parents are like, “Whatever, we’re callin’ her Elvis!” But the parents will totally win, ‘cause there were these other Swedish parents last year who were allowed to name their baby girl “Metallica.” Plus there are lots of other examples, like how a scientist can name a big storm “Arthur” and everyone’s like, “Yeah a storm named Arthur; that makes sense.”
Look, Sweden: a baby girl looks way more like an Elvis than some storm in Belize looks like an Arthur. Leave Elvis’ parents alone and go back to making chocolate or whatever.
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