Sweden blocks idea to name baby Superman
Well, you just can't have people naming their babies anything now, can you??
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — It's a bird. It's a plane, but it's not Superman. At least not in Sweden, where a couple who wanted to name their child after the comic book hero found the law harder to bend than the man of steel himself. The tax authority, which oversees rules for names in the Scandinavian country of 8.9 million, nixed a request by Sara Lindenger and her live-in boyfriend, Johan Leisten, both 28, to name their child Staalman, Superman in Swedish. The authority said it wasn't suitable because it might ''lead to discomfort for the person who uses it.''
Oh, come on, y'all. It's not as if these poor folks were trying to name their little boy "Sue", is it? Of course, if they were wanting to name their child "Barium Enema Man" or "Painful Incontinence Man", the Swedish tax authority might have a legitimate gripe. "Superman"?? Hey, why not??
