My niece had a boy 21 years ago, and gave him his fathers last name. She was 17 too. She ended up marrying her son’s father 2 years later, and they didn’t have to go through any sort of name change or adoption.
Maybe he’s named after…
Tripp Eisen (born Tod Rex Salvador June 29, 1965), is a musician, best known as the former guitarist of the industrial metal band Static-X. He is also a former member of Dope, Murderdolls, an Ace Frehley tribute band called ‘Fractured Mirror’, Roughhouse (formerly Teeze), and local east coast bands such as: The Right, Ego, and Lovesick. Eisen holds, and is vocal about, highly objectivist & libertarian views.
Frank Tripp is a fictional detective in the Homicide Division of the Miami-Dade Police Department. In CSI: Miami. He frequently accompanies Horatio Caine and his team of CSIs to crime scenes, as well as assisting them in serving warrants.
Linda Tripp (born Linda Rose Carotenuto on November 24, 1949 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was a central figure in the Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and 1999 that led to the impeachment and subsequent acquittal of U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Ron “Sleepy” Tripp is an American Hall of Fame midget car driver. Tripp got his nickname as a youth when he would fall asleep in his quarter midget car while waiting for his next race to start.
… but probably not.
Congrats! I felt so sorry for her and the father in this, being thrust into the spotlight due to her mother being a VP nominee. Just a typical story, but theirs was all of a sudden some deep, meaningful metaphore. :rolleyes:
I hope they don’t get married if they don’t really want to (and I suspect the fact that her mom’s ticket lost opens up their options in that respect a bit more)
Damn… if only having a kid could make me 300,000 dollars. I’d be recruiting women to push them out left and right…
Check this out, wow!
http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/download/cont48_alaska_1024.png
I’m serious here … why, with one of the grandmothers being arrested on drug trafficking charges, would you name your kid Tripp?
The Alaskan blogger at Mudflats has some answers for you.
First name should’ve been Cooper, then.
re: Tripp. Maybe they’re just Enterprise fans.
Next kids will be Hook, Ruff, Ice, Fiver, Twoline, and Slash on point(and guitar).
I’d imagine they’de be recruiting you.
Not that I’m fond of Tripp but, with different parents, the poor kid could have found himself named Fairbanks Bandar-log.
So he’s got that going for him.
That was my first question as well. Ooof. Well, if the election showed us anything, it’s that the entire Palin family lacks a sense of irony.
yes, tripp is an odd choice. odd choices seem to be the thing in the palin/johnson clans.
what i find a bit difficult to wrap my brain around is bristol and levi dropping out of high school.
yes, people make mistakes… yes, accidents happen… some times protection doesn’t protect… but dropping out of school in your senior year…
ah well. i do hope things work out for the 3 kids.
Am I the only one who saw the name Tripp and thought of the Superflu?
This made me snort soda out of my nose. Tripp is a bit odd but not too bad. I’ve seen it as a nickname as mentioned above but never as a real first name. Not outside a Louis L’Amour story anyway.
Not anymore.
Thanks.
Now whenever I hear of a Palin, I’m gonna feel all sniffly. 
Yeah, that’s what gets me, too. If you’re a teenage mother, it’s even more important to get at least a high school diploma. After all, you’ve got yourself and a kid to take care of for the next 18 years. The Palins can’t afford a nanny while she finishes out the school year?
The Palin’s are loaded… more-so now Bristol could make Three hundred thousand for baby photo’s of the little pudgy poo machine.
I’m betting she can probably get a GED somewhat later.
Some of the stories have mentioned that Bristol is working at home to get her GED. What I don’t understand is why they both felt they had to drop out of school.