ZIZZY’s blog

There are plenty of people with weird names, and a lot of them probably wish they were just called something ordinary. Not Karen though. While she may have a normal last name now, she’s planning on getting it changed. But she’s not going to choose it - instead, she has set up an Ebay auction and for $10,000 anyone can pick her new last name. Here’s what that $10,000 will get you:

For the winner of this auction, I will legally change my last name to the name of your choice. I will keep the name you choose for a term of no less than a year per grand, with a starting figure of 10,000 and a time period of 10 years. I will use your choice actively every day. This is a chance for a great amount of publicity. For your buisness [sic] there will be a surge of philanthropic publicity, followed by at least 10 years of people talking about it every time I fill out a form or show my ID. There were in excess of 2300 views of this auction when the originaly [sic] got pulled. If each of those people told only one person a piece, who told one person, who told one person.. invaluable advertising! The same concept would apply to every form I fill out, every time I give my name, etc. In addition you will be helping 3 beautiful, smart children! What could be better?

Unfortunately you can’t pick anything though, because she made some restrictions:

Part of the terms of this auction is the fact that the name you choose, as the winner can not contain anything discrimatory [sic], illegal or obsene [sic]. Also, this is only for my name, not my childrens.

While that takes out most of the fun, it could still be a decent promotion for your business. The auction is going until May 8th, and so far there aren’t any bids, so go look at her auction if you’ve got any ideas.

If you’ve got a kid coming though, I suggest you just name them something odd instead. Sure, they’ll get ridiculed, made fun of, and hate you for a good part of their life, but that’s a small price to pay for a little fun, right?