Monday, February 21, 2011

NEWS OF THE WEIRD: EGYPTIAN FATHER NAMES BABY GIRL "FACEBOOK"










According to TechCrunch, Egypt's Al-Ahram newspaper reported the following:

"A young man in his twenties wanted to express his gratitude about the victories the youth of 25th of January have achieved and chose to express it in the form of naming his firstborn girl "Facebook" Jamal Ibrahim (his name.) The girl's family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. "Facebook" received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name [Facebook] that shocked the entire world."

Personally, I'm just glad the girl wasn't born in 2003, because then her name would have been "Myspace," and that would have been ridiculous.