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Your Mom Wanted to Name You 'Unspeakable Labor Pain'HANOI, Vietnam (AP) After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father has agreed to change his son's name from "Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred" the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam's two-child policy.
Angry he was being fined for having a fifth child, Mai Xuan Can named his son Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi after the amount he was forced to pay 6,500 dong (50 cents), said Dai Cuong village chief Nguyen Huy Thuong.
In 1999, local government officials tried to persuade Can to change the name because the boy was constantly being teased by classmates at school. But Can, a former People's Committee official, refused to back down, Thuong said. They appealed to him again recently, and this time it worked.
"I told him that as his son is growing up, he should have another name not that weird name and he finally agreed," Thuong said.
The son, now 19, finally got a new name: Mai Hoang Long, which means golden dragon.
What kind of a name for currency is that?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
o_O
That must be hell to carry around that much dough.
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forced to pay 6,500 dong
Didn't that win for best gay gangbang scene at the AVN awards last year?
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
You'll get better service if you slip the waitress a dong.
The dong served to grease the politicians palm.
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Verily, the chocolate bunny rabbits doth run and play while Maradon! gently hums:
This opens up so many good lines;You'll get better service if you slip the waitress a dong.
The dong served to grease the politicians palm.
He/she will do anything for some dong.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Wow... all the 'short' jokes...
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There was much rejoicing when Random Insanity Generator said this:
6500 dong == 0.50 USD...
1 dong == 0.000077 USD...Wow... all the 'short' jokes...
It takes a long dong to make a dollar?
Get more dong for a buck?
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Mai Phat Sau
My fat sow?
Wait, I think fucked up.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into JooJooFlop who doth quote:
Really, is it any sillier than loonie?
You can't really hold canada to the same standards as the rest of the world.
quote:I suppose you should avoid ever traveling to Vietnam. You might be forced to use your dong.
Nina.
I have to admit that 6,500 dong does make for a much more hilarious rapper name than 50 cent.
I feel so ripped off. 
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Blackened put down Tada! magazine long enough to type:
I suppose you should avoid ever traveling to Vietnam. You might be forced to use your dong.
Well, uh, you don't go to Vietnam for the food, you know what I mean?
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Elvish Crack Piper was listening to Cher while typing:
Inanely enough, we have people who choose to use that amount of american currency as a name.
Welcome to 4 posts before yours, where that has already been pointed out.
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Blindy. said this about your mom:
How the fuck does a fifty cent fine prevent these people from having additional kids?
I haven't checked this, but I'm rather sure that if you look at the average wages per month/year in this country, that your question will be answered.
Edit: Grammaarrrrrrrr Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 07-11-2006 at 09:38 AM.
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Check out the big brains on Tarquinn:
I haven't checked this, but I'm rather sure that if you look at the average wages per month/year in this country, that your question will be answered.Edit: Grammaarrrrrrrr
Vietnam GDP Per capita - 2,600
USA GDP Per capita - 42,000
This means the effect of every dollar would be 42,000/2,600 or 16.15 times what we feel here in America.
16.15 * $.50 = $8.075
Whup-de-shit. Blindy. fucked around with this message on 07-11-2006 at 11:17 AM.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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We were all impressed when Blindy. wrote:
Vietnam GDP Per capita - 2,600
USA GDP Per capita - 42,000This means the effect of every dollar would be 42,000/2,600 or 16.15 times what we feel here in America.
16.15 * $.50 = $8.075
Whup-de-shit.
You probably have no idea what you are talking about.
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So quoth http://www.state.gov/:
Vietnam:
Per capita income (2005): $638
Anyway, it still isn't such a big deal. Compared to the major western countries that fine is something like 25 bucks.
Edit: BS beat me to it. Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 07-11-2006 at 12:12 PM.
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Nina had this to say about Captain Planet:
I have to admit that 6,500 dong does make for a much more hilarious rapper name than 50 cent.
I'm trying to think of some way to turn this into a "put your dong where your mouth is" joke, and failing miserably.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj startled the peaceful upland Gorillas, blurting:
Wouldn't it be four bits?
That and a dong will get you a cup of coffee.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
