Nothing like forcing your newborn child into a life of ridicule just because you want to be funny and show off just how geeky you really are. Because kids aren't cruel. Oh no. They're sweet. What a freakin' idiot.
HOLLAND, Michigan (AP) -- Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son.
Jon Blake Cusack talked his wife, Jamie, into naming their son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0.
Version 2.0 was born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital, and the proud parents took him home Friday.
"I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake," Cusack, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, told The Holland Sentinel.
He said he had the idea for a few months, and spent the better part of that time persuading his wife to go along.
Jamie Cusack said she didn't concede until the week before the birth. She said she had "picked out the theme of the baby's room and done other things. I decided to let Jon have this."
After 2.0's birth, the Cusacks sent out an electronic birth announcement.
"I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff, like there's a lot of features from version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie," Jon Cusack said.
uhm...yeah....can you say idiot? Good!! I knew you could shesh. Happy Monday Buzz! Err if there is such a thing =)
Posted by: lauren at February 2, 2004 06:32 AMI don't know, I'd be pleased as punch to have such a unique name myself. Not like having a "normal" name ever saved me from the cruel ridicule of my fellow schoolmates.
Consider my full first name: Lesley. Commonly regarded by many people to be a girl's name. Most commonly mispronounced as "Lezley." Add in the traditional cleverness of the most cruel of children and you grow up being called "Lezzie" for most of your school life. Let the gay puns and sissy implications begin.
It doesn't take a unique name to bring out the taunts and ridicule of childhood and being the equivalent of a "Jr." or "III" designation it probably won't even come up that often. It's not as bad as the parents who agreed to name their kid after the video game "Turok" for a year as part of a promotion.
If nothing else, it'll help make his name memorable in a sea of resumes when it comes time to get a job.
Posted by: Les at February 2, 2004 10:14 AMOh, dear God.
Posted by: kat at February 2, 2004 10:17 AMi read that this morning ... i think it's cool. but my mom didn't like jr., so she named me the 2nd. not quite 2.0, but close.
- thomas john hanton II
Posted by: tj at February 2, 2004 10:36 AMHolland, MI Geek mecca of the state. I'm surprised that they have computers over there. I just thought it was a Flower city. They have the Tulip festival every year.
Posted by: Tom at February 2, 2004 12:34 PMHe wanted to name him something different than "Jon Blake"? How about David Blake? Richard Blake? Thomas Blake?
Everyone together now...
Dipshit.
Maybe their next child they can name C3P0 or Jon Cusack, XP
Posted by: JaxVenus at February 2, 2004 02:23 PMhahahaha I saw that yesterday. I thought it was good.
Posted by: Rachel in Alaska at February 2, 2004 02:34 PM
-d: How do you feel about being Governor of Indiana?
[Buzz it]
Global Warming, my ass!
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