Stupid Names and Cyclones

I'm sure you would have all heard of the kiwi kids with retarded and cruel names such as Talula does the Hula from Hawaii, Hitler, Violence and XB Falcon.

Thankfully parents are no longer able to give their offspring such cruel yet comical names, but I would like to draw your attention to another kind of naming abuse - cyclones.

Ah, cyclones. The tyrants of the skies. I wonder, would they be so violent and dangerous if we didn't give them such silly names?

This sounds stupid, I know but a few examples might change your mind: Cristobal, Humberto, Claudette.

I don't know about you, but just hearing these names makes me want to pick up a cow and throw it through a house.

Maybe for a year we could do an experiment - instead of giving cyclones loser names like Sebastien, we could give them cool names like Cyclone Batman or Cyclone Guitar Solo and see if the storms become less dangerous.

Maybe we could even tame them and direct them towards our enemies, reducing costs and casualties in the War on Terror to a bare minimum as Cyclones are very fuel efficient.

I hope this post has made you think about the consequences of giving retarded names to not only human children but also Cyclones, and the potential benefits of giving Cyclones cool names.

Now I look to the dark skies to the North and pray that Cyclone Obi Wan Kenobi will be happy he has a cool name and leave us alone.

Global Citizen