Comic-Book Fan Changes His Name
Nov 6, 2008 19:51:40 GMT -5
Post by Stu on Nov 6, 2008 19:51:40 GMT -5
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7707098.stm
A teenager has changed his birth name by deed poll to incorporate several comic book superheroes.
George Garratt from Glastonbury has become Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined.
The 19-year-old music student made the change "for a bit of a laugh", through a legally-recognised website.
He said: "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."
George Garratt from Glastonbury has become Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined.
The 19-year-old music student made the change "for a bit of a laugh", through a legally-recognised website.
He said: "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."
