Re: Turok In The News

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

I can't resist...

>  The company received thousands of responses earlier this month when it
>  offered $766 (500 pounds) and an Xbox game console to British residents
>  willing to legally change their name to Turok.

:-D :-D :-D

I can imagine the next few movie hypes. "Hello, I'm Superman, who are you?"
"Sure, and I'm the emperor of China." "Nah really!"

>  Acclaim's U.S. promotion offers $10,000 in savings bonds for the first
>  baby born Sept. 1 to bear the name Turok. Prospective parents must
>  register and agree to rules posted on the contest Web site by Aug. 31.

Great. Imagine that poor kid when it's in school... it will be accompanied
by laughing fits wherever it goes, and will be helplessly poor because the
savings bonds got Enronitis long ago. <sing> What a wonderful world...
</sing>

>  What could be better than being the father of the dinosaur hunter?

"And here's my son Turok." "So you must be the famous stone."