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Actually, I meant Surströmming. But there are other types of fish used. I've seen Norwegians do something similar with a species of shark. Don't know what that's called though.

Tricky wrote:Actually, I meant Surströmming. But there are other types of fish used. I've seen Norwegians do something similar with a species of shark. Don't know what that's called though.

Each to their own. Until relatively recently, it was quite common in Europe to leave food preparation of some animals until after they had turned slightly gamey by being left out in the sun. It was considered an aid to flavor. This really didn't change dramatically until the invention of iceboxes and their promotion which involved the denigration of "off" food. Mind, there are very good reasons for not eating most spoiled foods.

And of course, the Japanese love to eat a species of blowfish that is poisonous, and regularly kills a very small percentage of consumers each year. Honi soit qui mal y pense--which might not be a bad name for CE and Silur's girl, if the Swedish government, in all its miraculous wisdom, should allow it.

fable wrote:And of course, the Japanese love to eat a species of blowfish that is poisonous, and regularly kills a very small percentage of consumers each year.

My god. So that wasn't just a The Simpsons fabrication.

I learn something new on GameBanshee every day.

Tricky wrote:My god. So that wasn't just a The Simpsons fabrication.

Nope it wasn't!
In fact "fugu," as it's known in Japan, is considered a delicacy by many gourmets. :speech:
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu"]Wikipedia's[/url] entry on it is actually quite informative, and from what I can tell, pretty accurate.

Hmm.... would the Swedish government accept "Fugu" as a girl's name?

Tricky wrote:Actually, I meant Surströmming. But there are other types of fish used. I've seen Norwegians do something similar with a species of shark. Don't know what that's called though.

I've heard about people on Iceland letting sharks lie in the earth for a long time, and then eat it.

Now, there's always the Rakfisk (or was that Rakefisk?)

Tricky wrote:I also seem to remember Swedes eat earth . At least, some Swedish friends of my mom and dad once brought over something that he chewed on. It looked like earth or soil and he.. well, chewed on it. I never figured out what that was. I can't remember if it was wrapped in something or came in cans like the 'fermented' herring.

For a second here I thought you meant snuff

Snuff? You mean that stuff that you can't get on Cinemax?

I think I need my own 'explain it to Tricky' forum.

Tricky wrote:Snuff? You mean that stuff that you can't get on Cinemax?

I think I need my own 'explain it to Tricky' forum.

That's why we got the ever reliable Wikiepdia

Snuff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Snuff/snus looks like earth, so when it was said that swedes eat earth, I thought you meant snuff

It's good to be a Scandinavian gourmand because I'm having this strange Joijsey hardcase agreeing with me... Tricky: Look up the word "SNUS" in Wikipedia...

OH, and FUGU, fermented soy beans looking like alien lifeforms and reacting to air? That's the only disgusting food I've eaten which is actually.... disgusting. Oh, and it tastes like manure....

Edit: I meant Natto. Fugu is the fish thing, and is actually quite good and horribly expensive.

Oh wow. I don't remember the snus being in teabags though. But as I understand it, this is not a Swedish thing? Heh, it kinda reminds me of nicotine gum now. I wonder if it tastes better than the gum. But wow, I never would have imagined they were chewing tobacco. All these years.. it seems more strange to me that you might imagine. The guy was part of this Buddhist community somewhere in Sweden. They don't exactly strike me as the type to 'use' nicotine.

Weird.

Oh, and it tastes like manure....

Don't tell me you tried manure.. freaky people!

Ahem!

While I find all this talk about rotten fish (reminds me a wee bit of the legendary fish-slapper, Cruiser ) and sea delicacies quite amusing, I think we should direct our attention to spamming on topic.

Feel free to start a thread on this recent talk if you want.

Thanks.

Ahem. So we're all agreed that the child should be named Fugu Paris?

Or Fugarita Parisienne, since it's a girl, and the Swedish laws governing names are made by ninnies?

Maharlika wrote:While I find all this talk about rotten fish (reminds me a wee bit of the legendary fish-slapper, Cruiser ) and sea delicacies quite amusing, I think we should direct our attention to spamming on topic.

Feel free to start a thread on this recent talk if you want.

Thanks.

You don't think all those names above are fitting for a baby?

fable wrote:But that little gem, written by the late Shel Silverstein, was all about toughening up a kid to be able to deal with the real world. His followup song had to do with the kid and his dad crossdressing, as I recall. Haven't heard the silly thing in years, but Silverstein was a wonderful character.

But how does this justify the government telling your parents what they can and cannot name you? When my mother was growing up, one of her friends was a girl named "Rita Book." That's a terrible thing to do to a kid, but does it require a law to stop it? And what if parents want to raise a child with a name outside the norm, in a religion that isn't the majority religion (or no religion at all), in a household that has two mothers and no father, or a three-parent relatiionship? Should the government be able to stop this to prevent the child from being picked on in early life?

Jeez, see? I had no idea Silverstein wrote "A Boy Named Sue." I only know of him through the stuff he did with Dr. Hook.

Personally, with the kind of abuse I see parents comitting virtually every day, I think some sort of regulations are in order. I think that goes for every decision that might harm a child in the future. I know that mindset is unusual in the USA, but that's the way it is here. We do not allow home schooling or schooling based on religious beliefs of any kind. Every child shall by law recieve the same basic education, and then have a chance to pick for themselves. Keeping them away from school is illegal. We don't care if you live in a commune with 8 transsexuals who wear nothing but pink paint, worship snails and ride 3-legged cows to work, your kid is going to school. Also, if you want to call your kid Metallica you're an idiot, but it isn't malicious so you can do it. I hope she grows up to like Barry Manilow. However if you want to name your kid Jihad you obviously have an agenda and you're using your kid to push it. That's just not on. The same goes for some harebrained attempt at pissing to mark your territory by naming your boy Elisabeth. This has obviously been tried since there is a law against it. Grownups are simply not allowed to use their kids for their own twisted purposes, and as long as people are trying to do it there will be laws against it. In an ideal world there wouldn't be.

Edit: a name I like is Adriana. Has a nice regal ring to it and isn't as common as it's male counterpart.

So what's the score anyway? Have the unlucky parents figured out potential names already? Don't tell me you need this entire thread more than we do.

Tricky wrote:So what's the score anyway? Have the unlucky parents figured out potential names already? Don't tell me you need this entire thread more than we do.

Of course they do! Like any concerned parents, they want to have as broad a field as possible of intelligent, strikingly attractive names to choose from when their demon spawn is loosed upon an unsuspecting world. And we're here to help them.

How about Teresa Avila?

Hm, that is very selfless of us. Okay, then. Two names. I have two names myself. I normally use my second name and most people don't even know my first. Yet when I buy plane tickets I'm obliged to use my first as well. I once forgot to do that and I had to buy a new ticket to Madrid just hours before my plane took off. Didn't even get a refund.

But anyway, what about Wilhelmina-Zanzinger?

@ Moonbiter

Wow, one of the only people I've met who know Silverstein's work with Dr. Hook, most people think of his children's works...I also have some of his stuff he did for Playboy back in the day.

back on topic....friends of mine named their daughter Stella Blue after the old Jerry Garcia song.

And you think CE and Silur have problems eh?

Interestingly enough, I got this news. And guess what? This couple is from Sweden too!

[url="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=58780"]Couple Fights to Name Baby 'Metallica'[/url]

Couple fights to name Baby 'Metallica'


Associated Press
Last updated 10:13am (Mla time) 04/04/2007

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- 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 Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."

Although little Metallica has already been baptized, 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.

The tax agency appealed to a higher court, frustrating the family's foreign travel plans.

"We've had to cancel trips and can't get anywhere because we can't get her a passport without an approved name," Tomaro said.

Some more info:

Classic Rock

And people wonder why we they need laws... :laugh:

Please, let's keep this thread focused. We can't help those who wish to name their children after unsuitable rock groups, but we can have a major, and positive, impact on the lives of CE, Silur, and their precious little cargo. So what can we offer?

How about:

Paulette McCarthy
Frankette Zappa
Iggyiana Popp

...all perfectly suited to girls, and therefore not causing any Swedish beaurecrats to soil their clothes.