Nineteen-year-old Englishman George Garratt proved that he is not a complete tool and legally changed his name to: ‘Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined’.
According to the BBC:
“I decided on a superheroes theme and whenever my friends offered up suggestions to me, I added them.” He added: “My family have begun to expect these sorts of things from me, and although my friends thought it was ridiculous most people do call me Captain and it’s been a great conversation starter.” A spokesman from The Legal Deed Poll Service, said: “We get so many outrageous name changes that these days it barely fazes us, but when this one was brought to my attention I knew there was something special about it.”
I am guessing that he will be heading back to for another round of the Deed Poll once he either discovers girls / goes out to try and get a job / finds himself having to fill out unemployment forms with that long-ass name. I am also guessing that Mr. Combined needs to drag himself away from the comic books and get out more. [BBC via Geekologie]
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3 responses
Nov 3, 2008 at 11:41 pm
There’s a fine line between “geek” and “freak” and I think this fine young Brit may have crossed it. Still, it made me smile. (Is it just my monitor or is this guy’s hair Incredible Hulk green???)
Nov 4, 2008 at 12:29 am
I am using my work computer which has shocking color rendering performance, but I think you might be right.
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:49 am
Believe it or not, George, or rather, ‘Captain Fantastic…’ is a good friend of mine, here in Glastonbury. I can confirm that his hair is neither green, nor does he read comics/is a geek. I think people are missing the irony here. Funny as though! I’ve gotta get used to calling him Captain now!
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