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Boomer the Dog-Man

Posted by samzenpus on from the chasing-your-fail dept.

BigSes writes "A judge will take a few days to decide upon approving the name change of a Pittsburgh area man. The man would like to change his name to 'Boomer the Dog' after the short lived television series. He is also a strong supporter of the anthropomorphic movement. Should a name change be such an issue?"

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  1. Meat Loaf, Whoopi, and Pac-Man by tepples · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Denied.

    But seriously, Meat Loaf isn't legally Meat Loaf; he's Michael Aday. Whoopi Goldberg isn't legally Whoopi Goldberg; she's Caryn Johnson. And during the height of his gridiron football career, Pacman Jones wasn't legally Pacman Jones; he was and is still Adam Jones. I don't see why he can't remain Gary Guy Mathews and just sign his name "Boomer Mathews".

  2. Supporter of the anthropomorphic movement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Furry is a subculture. A subculture that's populated by widely varying degrees of sanity, autism, perversion and, in rare cases, innocent curiosity or passing interest. Movements have a purpose. Calling furry a movement would be like calling anime fans a movement. The only way for furries to 'support' their subculture is to keep their heads down and try not to make themselves look worse by sugarcoating everything.