[Hero] Parents

Fight the power.

Kiwis Pat and Sheena Wheaton may be forced to abandon their brave battle with authorities for the God-given right to name their son "4real", but have announced similarly creative backup plan.

If a legal challenge is not mounted, The New Zealand Herald reports the infant will bear the official handle "Superman". According to the loving couple, the boy’s family will still call him "4real".

Superman is such a better name than 4real.

9 Responses to “[Hero] Parents”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Duros62

    Borderline child abuse, whatever they decide.

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 zenbowl

    Giving way to the inimitable introduction: “I’m Superman, but my friends call me 4real”

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 Quaker in a Basement

    Could be worse. They might have named him “Ape” or “Girth” or “Chug.”

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Duros62

    I gotta say, Zen, that is a killer pick-up line.

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 Duros62

    Worst name I ever saw was Latrina.

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 ArC

    “4Real” is stupid, but you could probably name a kid “Maeby” and get away with it, which doesn’t strike me as /that/ much better.

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 Caged Lion

    Zen,

    LOL. That is my laugh of the day.

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 JR

    ArC:

    That sort of thing only really flies if your father is an analytical therapist. ;)

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 Duros62

    “Hi, I’m Superman.”

    “Are you for real?”

    “Why, yes, as a matter of fact…”

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