Talk:A Boy Named Sue

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nitr0smash

The "Cover Versions" of this page displays some very poor grammar. Not knowing enough about the topic, I thought I'd bring it to attention.

Anonymous

Should anybody pen up the obvious Freudian interpretation of this song? I mean, boy is castrated by departing father, then regains his penis by defeating his father in battle? Seems like an Oedipal struggle if I've ever seen one.

Grandpa Jones

Everybody should check out "smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette" by Grandpa Jones, "A Boy named Sue is a total RIP-OFF! How old does someone have to be in order to legally change their names by themselves?

4th Grade was when I learned that I could go to court to legally change my name, but I had (and have) a great, good name so I didn't need to. I didn't (and still don't) know what the minimum age is to change your name without a parent/legal guardian present. --Shultz IV 00:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The song is supposed to be funny, not logical. Wahkeenah 00:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Anyway, it isn't necessary to change your name legally - in the USA and most other democracies you can demand to be called whatever you choose. Although if you demand to be called Jesus Christ you might face some opposition... Lee M 11:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This reminds me of the apocryphal (I assume) story of the man named Joe Crappe who went to court to have his name changed. The judge, believing he understood the reason for the desired change, dispensed with most of the formalities and asked Joe what he wanted to change his name to.

Joe said, "I want to change my name to John Crappe. I'm tired of people saying to me, 'What do you know, Joe?'!" 71.131.255.155 21:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Similar also to a Jay Leno joke from ca. 1995 when Tonya Harding's ex was going to change his name from Jeff Gillooly to Jeff-something-else, and Leno said instead he was going to change it to Newt Gillooly (Newt Gingrich being a hot discussion topic at the time). Wahkeenah 00:05, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Also reminiscent of a sketch from Do Not Adjust Your Set, in which iirc a man named Incredibly Unbelievably Johnson wanted to change his surname to Stupid. Lee M

Soo

This page says Soo is a Korean boy's name meaning long life. Is there a more reliable source? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 06:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]