Meet my daughter, Cthulhu

Meet my daughter, Cthulhu | iNFOnews.ca
Stephen McLaughlin and his wife Alysha of Kelowna have decided to let random people from the internet submit, and vote, on the name their daughter will live with. namemydaughter.com
KELOWNA – Two parents from Kelowna have decided on a novel, and some would say risky, new way to name their soon-to-be-born daughter.
Stephen McLaughlin and his wife Alysha have decided to let random people from the internet submit, and vote, on the name their daughter will live with.
To that end, the couple have created the website NameMyDaughter.com.
The website's description says: "Hi, My name is Stephen and much to the disbelief of my wife, I have decided to let the internet name* my daughter."
"Yeah that is an asterisk, Unfortunately internet I know better than to trust you. We will ultimately be making the final decision, Alas my daughter shall not be named; WackyTaco692."
The current leaders are CTHULHU (pronounced Kthûl'hu) for her first name and ALL-SPARK for the middle. That would mean that if the internet gets its way, her name would be Cthulhu All-Spark McLaughlin. Apparently that is acceptable to Stephen and his wife, although there are names they won't consider.
"So far I have only had to moderate several STIs and a couple of sexual positions,” writes McLaughlin on Reddit. “I would prefer not to have to remove anything from the list."
Since going viral and appearing in Time, USA Today and several other major news outlets, Stephen's site has received more than 100,000 votes.

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Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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