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Six-year-old boy asks King to change his name to Sonic X photo

I don't know if this story is heartwarming or distressing, but it tells the tale of a six-year-old Norwegian boy called Christer who wants more than anything in the world to be called Sonic X. According to a local report, the boy bugged his parents into writing a letter to Norway's King, but they declined before eventually letting the boy write it himself.

Although the letter was written, his parents had not actually sent it. Christer became aware of this and kept on the pressure, repeatedly asking if they would send it for him. After a time, the parents relented and actually sent their son's request to the King of Norway. Shockingly, the King himself responded to the request, but sadly had to refuse, due to the boy not yet being eighteen years of age. 

In case you didn't know, Sonic X is the name of a TV show revolving around Sega's bedraggled mascot. Apparently that show is popular in Norway. I totally see where the boy is coming from, though. Our so-called President still hasn't responded to my demand to be renamed Rocko's Modern Life.


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falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:25
falinter
Jim write King Obama to change your name too!
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:26
eternalplayer2345
I am now Mr. Sewer Sharks
de BLOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:26
de BLOO
Rocko's Modern Life kept me from killing myself as a young chicano in So.Cal. watching my childhood friends die in gang violence....

......I felt the need to share that.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:28
Char Aznable
Should've gone with Dr. Robotnik anyway...
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:29
ThunderHeartXI
Who didn't want to change their name to their favourite hero's as a child?
Dimly's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:34
Dimly
Spunkyyyyyy! Spunk-yyyy!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:39
Chronic Logic
Beavis and Butthead is a much better name than that lame Sonic X.
KingofHearts's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:46
KingofHearts
im changing my name to king arthur and the knights of justice
Zodiac Eclipse's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 12:48
Zodiac Eclipse
These crazy kids and their hop-scotch and hoola hoops. Couldn't his parents just play along and call him Sonic for a few days until he moves onto something else?
Analitic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:03
Analitic
Christer has a point, the spell check does not accept his name, why should he? plus it was chosen by his parents, nobody likes that either.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:06
NihonTiger90
He should come to America. Someone will do that for him for only a couple hundred bucks.
Miguelcar808's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:08
Miguelcar808
Note to self : change name to Phoenix Wright.
CarlsonJJ123's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:11
CarlsonJJ123
Speaking of Rocko's Modern Life...why, oh why, hasn't that brilliant show seen a DVD release??? It's one of my favorite cartoons of all time!
CarlsonJJ123's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:13
CarlsonJJ123
Wait! There IS a DVD of Rocko????? I've looked for it several times, and now, after posting about it, it is there! Of course, it's a "Best of" which means not the whole series, unfortunately.
CarlsonJJ123's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:16
CarlsonJJ123
But then, upon further reading...they are crap! DVD-R "burn on demand" via Amazon?! WTF? Why? And they're $20 a "DVD" for something that probably won't play in most DVD players???
Dragonzigg's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:26
Dragonzigg
He could have at least chosen a vaguely respectable name, like Sonic 2 for example.
KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:46
KoKoO Psy
Max Power
Will B. Wright
Wayne Kerr

Kid has some better choices, but still, would he have been Sonic X or Sonicx Andersson(or whatever his last name is)
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:50
The-Excel
How much does it cost to change my name to Vic Viper?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 13:50
Holyetheline
I begged my parents to rename me "Batman" when I was a kid. haha
Zcdrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 14:16
Zcdrike
This is why we need more abortions.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 17:34
Naim Master
My name is now Ben 10 .
ThatOtherPerson's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 18:12
ThatOtherPerson
If it was just Sonic it would be funny but I would still encourage him to go ahead with his attempts to be renamed but its the X part that makes me question his intelligence.
Mr Kite's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 19:06
Mr Kite
we can call you Rocko's Modern Life if you want. You know, if you'd like that...
Cornflake head's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 23:39
Cornflake head
There is a kid in my class who is actualy called Max Power. Srsly.
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2009 11:26
Projectexodus

"LOL! Can you believe this kid who asked me to change his name to Sonic X!? Everybody knows that Optimus Prime is a much cooler name!"

Seriously though, Sonic X is only popular over here because it was pushed on the kids through adverts after the Pokemon craze started to die out.
embef's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2009 16:43
embef
sup harald
Rick Diculous's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2009 17:12
Rick Diculous
I love Sonic X, anything Sonic for that matter.
Wish my name could be Sonic X, that would be badass
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2009 00:19
dprime
It's a better name than the king. Who's this "the king" guy to decide who gets a name change anyway?
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2009 13:14
Arttemis
Your name is Toby.
Mockingbird's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/27/2009 14:16
Mockingbird
Anyone else think Harald looks like the ghoul you first meet in the bar in Megaton when you first leave the vault.
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