(That's not a joke. I wish it were.)

Wait. SERIOUSLY?

I know, Amy. I realized as I was typing that that I really needed to clarify, which...gah. I don't understand how these people exist.

I don't understand how these people exist.

Because people keep giving them money?

But how do you go around living a life with cameras following you around all the time? Why would you bring that upon yourself? That's not a real life.

OK, what's the first question that pops into your mind when you see this headline?

Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name son 'Q'

Overturning two previous rulings by lower courts, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has awarded two parents from central Sweden the right to name their son Q.

Parents of a Jämtland boy learned on Wednesday that they may now legally name their son Q, following a ruling by the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten).

The couple had already been twice overruled in their battle to retain the quizzical first name, first by the county administrative court (Länsrätten) and later, by the administrative court of appeal (Kammarrätten).

The higher court grounded its decision in the fact that “it has not been proven that the name Q may cause offence, or that it may lead to discomfort for the bearer of the name [...] there is also no reason why Q is obviously inappropriate as a first name.”

Q's father, Rickard Rehnberg, expressed his relief at the Supreme Administrative Court's decision.

“This has been going on for a while now,” he told Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.

When asked why the name meant so much to them, Rehnberg replied,

“He's been called Q almost since day one. He listens to the name and can actually say his own name. And if you read the law, you are allowed to be named after a letter,” he said.

And the article never answers the question that popped into my mind: "Q from Star Trek or Q from James Bond?"

eta: Although the article has a picture of the Bond Q....

I can see how it happened in the beginning. It wasn't even a show, I think, it was a special about the eight babies and Kate's recovery, I believe.

Now? Far from letting cameras in to see the "reality" of dealing with eight kids, they're making their entire living off the kids, and tangential products (the book, etc.). And the fact that neither parent thought it would be a good idea to call a halt to the show for the CHILDREN'S sake while this divorce drama was going on, is unbelievable.

And that's from me, who used to like the show in the early seasons, when the kids were really little.

And the article never answers the question that popped into my mind: "Q from Star Trek or Q from James Bond?"

Seriously. It's like they don't even know us!

And the fact that neither parent thought it would be a good idea to call a halt to the show for the CHILDREN'S sake while this divorce drama was going on, is unbelievable.

They did take a break for a few weeks.

But, yeah, this show got out of hand a few years ago, and just got ridiculous this year. It should have ended.

And the article never answers the question that popped into my mind: "Q from Star Trek or Q from James Bond?"

I have no idea why, but my brain bypassed both of these and went straight for Q: The Winged Serpent.

eta: Although the article has a picture of the Bond Q....

Which is funny, because it was the other Q that came to mind first. Thus proving I'm a geek.