Absolutely unbelievable. 
Which part?
I canât tell if youâre being ironic or sarcastic now, though I do understand that the odds are overwhelmingly for ironic.
Pop group Pet Shop Boys have revealed they have turned down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys.
âPeta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to,â reads a post on the bandâs official website.
But the band admits the request âraises an issue worth thinking aboutâ.
Petaâs letter requests the name change because of the cruelty it alleges takes place in the pet trade.
If the band were to agree to the name change, it continues, it would âencourage your millions of fans to consider giving a home to an abandoned or unwanted animal from an animal shelterâ.
Maybe âPetaâ should call themselves âRescued animal-aâ. 
Meanwhile, coastal defence engineers have asked the Rolling Stones to change their name to âThe Stable Gravel Bedâ to reduce the risk of coastal erosion. Status Quo have been accused of hampering social liberalisation. The White Stripes have been accused of causing all sorts of trouble in the Zebra community. Sid Viciousâs estate has agreed that to promote social harmony, all his material will be re-released under the name of âPeter Pleasantâ. The Fruit Growersâ Association has asked Johnny Rotten to consider changing his name to Johnny Ripe⌠I could go on, and I often do.
There is a popular expression used in business here in the states that, I think, applies in this situation. âTo ask permission is to seek denial.â
PETA should simply have changed the name of the band themselves and been done with it.
I heard the estate of Johnny Cash were going to change the name on all his albums to Johnny Chip ânâ Pin.
Isnât the most ridiculous part having to explain who they are? Doesnât everyone know The Pet Shop Boys? 
Well, they were certainly after my time.
But PETA are very good at generating headlines. In their case, âTo ask permission is to create news coverage and buzz.â
Missing from the article is the story of why the Pet Shop Boys call themselves the Pet Shop Boys. That might be interestingâŚ
Didnât PETA try to rename âfishâ to âsea kittensâ last year?
Yeah, that went well.
Up next, PETA will rename itself to JFPATU: âJust F*cking Pay Attention To Us!â
Um, you arenât dead yet⌠or are you?
Hereâs a PETA headlining story, lets take a closer look hereâŚ
âBaby seals stand no chance against club-wielding trappers, and they must look on as fellow pups are bludgeoned to death before meeting the same bloody fate. The anguish that a mother seal feels as she watches her baby being beaten to death just a few feet away from her is horrifying and can be heard in her desperate cries and seen in her attempts to get to her baby.â
See now I always thought âbaby sealsâ stood a good chance against club-weilding trappers. I had for the longest time thought they were 7-8 feet tall at birth with razor sharp fangs and claws that are 15 inches long. I also heard they breath fire, but if you read on, thats apparently a myth tooâŚ
from the article linked to:
âNeil Tennant and Chris Lowe were inspired to call themselves the Pet Shop Boys by friends who worked in a pet shop in west London.â
I have a sticker from the 2010 Vancouver Games Clubbing seal thingyâŚ
Only in respect of popular music from after about 1980.
Rescue shelter boys has a bit of a ring to it dont you think?
PETA is retarded.
They need to stop having sex with animals. Iâm going to eat sea kittens no matter what they do.
This one isnât quite as good as the time they asked the city of Hamburg to change its name to Vegeburg.
Billions of people are on a regularly basis concerned with an afterlife. Millions upon millions of those seek and, often in one way or another pay for, counseling on this very issue on a weekly basis.
And PETA addressing a problem in the here and now, even if a bit outrageously, strikes one as ridiculous?
+100
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U PWND him!
OOoooO! Good one!
You are a regular Woody Allen!
jjugle and billy go back and forth like Andy Capp and his wifeâŚwhoâs who?
