Newlywed couple changes last names to Ford to celebrate... well, Fords
When Jaime Case and Chris Hodges decided to get married, Jaime didn't want the regular run-up filled with fights, dresses, cakes, consultants and huge expenses. So she dreamed up a Wedding Road Trip, the theme of which was "Two people, two months, two hundred friends, one bad economy, one ring, one dress, one car, one life together." Essentially, it would be a trip around these United States – with plenty of rules – to see friends before getting married.
To help make the trip, Ford Motor Company donated a Fusion sedan to the couple's cause. It also happened that Jaime and Chris wanted to take new last names instead of Jaime taking her husband-to-be's surname, and so the couple spent months trying to come up with one. After "two months of long conversations, intense fights, and hours of thinking," the last name they came up with: Ford. That's right, they are now Chris and Jaime Ford.
There were five criteria they used to choose the new name, and eleven reasons why "Ford" was found to be perfect. We won't spoil it, but the justifications are wide-ranging, span rivers, a president and first lady, capitalism, egalitarianism, family, a Mustang fastback and two pickup trucks. Learn more at the link below.
[Source: Wedding Road Trip via USA Today | Image: The Ford Story]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Kumar 5:47PM (8/27/2009)
Next on the agenda, matching Zune tattoos. ;)
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katatonics 5:52PM (8/27/2009)
Maybe they can talk up a motorcycle manufacturer into sponsering their first-born, whom will be known as Harley.
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sparrk 5:55PM (8/27/2009)
i'm gonna name my firstborn Valentino Lamborghini Superveloce !
AZZO45b 6:41PM (8/27/2009)
Why would Harley Davidson PAY them squat??? Ford didn't have to do anything! ;)
emily29388 3:03PM (8/29/2009)
Won't work. Too many people out there already named Harley.
And Ford did donate a car if I read the article right.
k 5:59PM (8/27/2009)
really slow news day...
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gus 6:01PM (8/27/2009)
OH.....MY.......GOD
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JDM Life 7:04PM (8/27/2009)
OMG is right.......they both need a good slap to gain some common sense.
Justin 6:02PM (8/27/2009)
People are so damn stupid.
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Dan 6:48PM (8/27/2009)
Hmph... they look like Fords. Ugly, purposeless, and a complete waste of the raw materials from which they were made.
Willie 6:03PM (8/27/2009)
I would never change my last name (Adams) for any reason. Mainly because of all the great benefits. All my life I have enjoyed being first for everything from cookies and milk in kindergarten to graduation from college. This is a really nice story and free advertising for Ford. I am loving the good press for Ford.
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Yaroukh 6:40PM (8/27/2009)
+1
even though i think they're... ehm... two weirdos :))
TigerMil 7:23PM (8/27/2009)
I knew a girl named Donna Abondanza in high school...always sat in front of me...LOL! Even ahead of the six Anderson kids.
Starnerf 8:57AM (8/28/2009)
A kid in my class was named Aaron Aadland. I think his parents did it on purpose to absolutely ensure that he'd be first for everything.
Dave 6:06PM (8/27/2009)
Why do I get the feeling that this is viral marketing for Ford? (The motor company.) Their logo is plastered all over the page and the blog's logo has a perfectly attractive quarter angle shot of the Fusion.
Not to mention they're all like "We're not just named after the car company!!!11 Now here are 8 reasons why FoMoCo is awesome and we named ourselves after them!"
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ack154 6:11PM (8/27/2009)
Ya, this reeks of viral crap. I call shenanigans.
And the sad part is that Ford doesn't really need it right now. If this turns out to be viral, it may actually hurt them more than anything else.
JDM Life 7:06PM (8/27/2009)
I have a feeling they got a free car for doin this.....
ack154 8:43PM (8/27/2009)
I would not be surprised if they got a lot more than that.
TT 6:38PM (8/28/2009)
"To help make the trip, Ford Motor Company donated a Fusion sedan to the couple's cause."
Right there in the article.
Yeah total viral marketing, but if all it cost Ford (the company) was a Fusion, that would be a good deal for them.
Farmboy 6:12PM (8/27/2009)
Reminds me of Dish, Texas, only on a weirder scale not yet recognized by scientists.
On another note, we all know who Matt is not hanging out with, but that is because these people could be remotely interesting.
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