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Meet the Honey Monster
Honey Monster, formerly Peter Thomas, has eaten Sugar Puffs since he was nine
Honey Monster, formerly Peter Thomas, has eaten Sugar Puffs since he was nine

A cereal-mad office worker has shocked friends and family by changing his name to Honey Monster.

Peter Thomas, 31, has eaten at least one bowl of Sugar Puffs a day since he was nine - even taking boxes on holiday with him so he didn't miss out on his daily treat.

Yesterday he got confirmation that his new name is now Honey Monster, like the cereal's promotional mascot, after taking delivery of the official deed poll certificate which cost him £34.

Peter, or Honey as he is now known, also got his first credit card in his new name and plans to stock up on 20 boxes of the sugary treat with his first purchase.

He said: "I've loved Sugar Puffs since I was a kid. I used to tape all the adverts and watch them over and over again. It drove my mum and dad mad." Speaking about the ribbing he is getting for changing his name, he said: "All my mates think I'm mad but I don't care. It's the most original name there is. Even the guy inside the monster outfit has a different name but I'm the real Honey Monster now."

He decided to change his name when one of his friends jokingly suggested he might as well be the Honey Monster because of the amount of Sugar Puffs he gets through.

The Brighton-based insurance worker said: "As soon as my friend said it, I thought, That's a good idea. Why not?' My mum and dad think I'm crazy but I love the name."

The Honey Monster recently returned to our screens after a five-year absence.

Do you know anyone who has changed their name by deed poll? tell us below.

10:49am Friday 4th April 2008

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Posted by: Gino, Portslade on 11:02am Fri 4 Apr 08
Sounds a bit mad, but I suppose he's doing no harm. I bet he changes it back later on though!

Years ago when I worked in a bank we had a customer who had changed his name to Sausage Hendrix. He got a lot of confused phone calls checking they'd got it correct.
Posted by: Barry Shoehorn, Shoreham on 11:29am Fri 4 Apr 08
Not everyone needs to lose their virginity or have a girlfriend I suppose. Good on you, Honey Monster.
Posted by: Debs, B/ton on 12:06pm Fri 4 Apr 08
What an anorak !
Posted by: Shredded Wheat on 12:08pm Fri 4 Apr 08
What an idiot!
Posted by: Pat Mustard, Craggy Island on 12:10pm Fri 4 Apr 08
"It's the most original name there is. Even the guy inside the monster outfit has a different "

Not really original though is it?

Why didn't The Argus ask him if his wee smells of Sugar Puffs? Surely the first question any journalist worth his salt would ask.
Posted by: Kickboxer, Worthing on 12:20pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Is he single does anyone know? He looks lush.
Posted by: Jimbo, Wondering where Buttkins is today on 12:22pm Fri 4 Apr 08
He looks more like Bill from the old version of 'Guess Who' than the Honey Monster.

Surely if anyone was going to change their name to that it should be be Pat from Eastenders.
Posted by: Jamba Juice, The Rotunda Cafe, Preston Park on 12:29pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Just the kind of initiative and **** that made this country great!
Three hearty cheers for Honey Monster!
Posted by: Jamba Juice, The Rotunda Cafe, Preston Park on 12:32pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Good on you Honey Monster!
That's just the kind of zany tongue-in-cheek initiative that made this country great.
Posted by: Sugar (Puff) Ray Leonard, in the bowl on 12:33pm Fri 4 Apr 08
He'd be more than welcome on this forum, where he can be amongst fellow fruitcakes!
Posted by: Andy R, Hove on 12:53pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Oh well, at least it's more reversible than an ill-advised tattoo.
Posted by: dickie manlove, manlove villas on 1:03pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Thats not Peter Thomas or Honey Monster...its clear to see that it is Louis Theroux as done by Bo-Selecta.
Posted by: Number Six, Sompting on 1:18pm Fri 4 Apr 08
The best one was the guy who had a fight with charges made by Yorkshire Bank.

When they forced him to close his account he changed his name to "Yorkshire Bank plc are Fascist Bastards" and then demanded payment of the balance by cheque in his new name
Posted by: Mr Kellogg, Broadmoor on 1:21pm Fri 4 Apr 08
The trouble is he could turn out to be a cereal killer.....!
Posted by: Without-a-bix, Brighton Seafront on 1:27pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Mr Kellogg wrote:
The trouble is he could turn out to be a cereal killer.....!
At least one victim a day, according to the article.
Posted by: Tony Tiger, knowing he's grrrrrrreat on 1:28pm Fri 4 Apr 08
He really does have a 'slap my' face doesn't he?

I'll bet the ladies love him or is he more of a man's man, like Kickboxer?
Posted by: Me, here on 1:36pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Number Six wrote:
The best one was the guy who had a fight with charges made by Yorkshire Bank. When they forced him to close his account he changed his name to "Yorkshire Bank plc are Fascist Bastards" and then demanded payment of the balance by cheque in his new name
lol!!!
I hope that's true and not an urban myth!
Posted by: Steve, Brighton on 2:39pm Fri 4 Apr 08
One of the hard house DJs the Tidy Boys changed their name to 'Amadeus Celery Mozart' for a charity bet in the 80s
Posted by: Cookie Monster, Brighton on 3:44pm Fri 4 Apr 08
It's all very well to laugh at people called Monster, but spare a thought for those of us actually named Monster...
Posted by: Eddie Munster, entertaining grannies with rat pack hits on 3:48pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Since coming in as runner up to Leona on last year's X-Factor, my fame has been blighted by everyone taking the pee out of my silly surname.

I can't imagine how bad the ribbing would be if my name was actually Monster
Posted by: Cookie Monster, Brighton on 3:51pm Fri 4 Apr 08
People scream or laugh whenever we say our names... anyone would think we were.. er...
Posted by: Bez, stepping on you on 4:01pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Eddie Munster wrote:
Since coming in as runner up to Leona on last year's X-Factor, my fame has been blighted by everyone taking the pee out of my silly surname. I can't imagine how bad the ribbing would be if my name was actually Monster
Funnily enough, I was once known as an E Monster.
(I've calmed down a bit since then.)
Posted by: Rory, Worthing on 4:29pm Fri 4 Apr 08
He is married and now when his wife return she say "HONEY I HOME!1"
Posted by: The Stick, Woodland Way, The Woods on 4:34pm Fri 4 Apr 08
I changed my name to Mr Cornflake five years ago and as a result suffered terrible abuse. I would urge other cereal-lovers not to go down the same path as I did. I will now change my name back to P.G.Tips
Posted by: tesco tart, tesco towers on 4:37pm Fri 4 Apr 08
honey needs to get to selected or most branches of tesco as sugar puffs are currently selling at half price for a big 625g box :-)
Posted by: Mike, Essex on 5:12pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Honey Monster is in good company - you can see press cuttings for many other equally daft names on the UK Deed Poll Service's website at http://www.ukdps.co.

uk/Media.html
Posted by: Number Six, Sompting on 7:03pm Fri 4 Apr 08
I always thought it true so I did a quick check. Apparently it was in the Guardain and quoted on R4's The News Quiz.

What I didn't know was what the man's original name was.

It was......


Michael Howard.

So maybe Yorkshire Bank weren't entirely yo blame
Posted by: The Bran Man, Er Pass on 7:27pm Fri 4 Apr 08
You,You MONSTER YOU!
Posted by: Flat Foot Soozie, Brunswick Square on 7:59pm Fri 4 Apr 08
At least he hasn't poached my name.
Posted by: October, Queens Park on 8:26pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Glasses, working in insurance, age 34, normal background, all of a sudden changes his name; all the hall marks of a would be serial killer
Posted by: Eco Man, Kemp Town on 10:58pm Fri 4 Apr 08
He looks like Mark Chapman.
Posted by: Bang bang on 11:00pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Ono!!
Posted by: Terry Walpole, Queens Park on 4:27am Sat 5 Apr 08
It's people like Peter that make Brighton such a vibrant place.
Posted by: macca, brighton on 10:54am Sat 5 Apr 08
oh no not another flat foot soozie no it is not me , yes it is. please stop it i love reading this site to be able to comment,but this flat foot soozie and her imposters and comments have taken the sparkle out.what happend to the spanish gentelman, the good posts by the real kickboxer,not his sad imposter, i am sad to say that you have spoilt a great sie
Posted by: Mocca, Spanish Gentlemans house, beating Kickboxer with Soozie on 11:07am Sat 5 Apr 08
macca wrote:
oh no not another flat foot soozie no it is not me , yes it is. please stop it i love reading this site to be able to comment,but this flat foot soozie and her imposters and comments have taken the sparkle out.what happend to the spanish gentelman, the good posts by the real kickboxer,not his sad imposter, i am sad to say that you have spoilt a great sie
Sorry if we have spoilt a great sie (sic) but why don't you go somewhere else rather than grumble on about it.

Kickboxer never had any good posts anyway. He is just a fat necked ruddy faced thicko who only used to post about the cannabis cafe anyway.
Posted by: macca, brighton on 11:20am Sat 5 Apr 08
Mocca wrote:
macca wrote: oh no not another flat foot soozie no it is not me , yes it is. please stop it i love reading this site to be able to comment,but this flat foot soozie and her imposters and comments have taken the sparkle out.what happend to the spanish gentelman, the good posts by the real kickboxer,not his sad imposter, i am sad to say that you have spoilt a great sie
Sorry if we have spoilt a great sie (sic) but why don't you go somewhere else rather than grumble on about it. Kickboxer never had any good posts anyway. He is just a fat necked ruddy faced thicko who only used to post about the cannabis cafe anyway.
i glad to see that you admit that you are another imposter,of the great spanish gentelman,he would not insult me just becuase i posted my feelings,about my diappointment over you imposters, and the real kickboxers posts i if you did not .liked to read them sorry to irritate you by i will say what i think ,my advise to you is not to impersonate the spanish gent he is way above you and will cut you verbely to bits
Posted by: Mocca, Mocking Macca's clear ignorance on 11:31am Sat 5 Apr 08
macca wrote:
Mocca wrote:
macca wrote: oh no not another flat foot soozie no it is not me , yes it is. please stop it i love reading this site to be able to comment,but this flat foot soozie and her imposters and comments have taken the sparkle out.what happend to the spanish gentelman, the good posts by the real kickboxer,not his sad imposter, i am sad to say that you have spoilt a great sie
Sorry if we have spoilt a great sie (sic) but why don't you go somewhere else rather than grumble on about it. Kickboxer never had any good posts anyway. He is just a fat necked ruddy faced thicko who only used to post about the cannabis cafe anyway.
i glad to see that you admit that you are another imposter,of the great spanish gentelman,he would not insult me just becuase i posted my feelings,about my diappointment over you imposters, and the real kickboxers posts i if you did not .liked to read them sorry to irritate you by i will say what i think ,my advise to you is not to impersonate the spanish gent he is way above you and will cut you verbely to bits
Do you want to try that all again in English or was that not a core subject at your 'special' school?

Posted by: macca, brighton on 11:39am Sat 5 Apr 08
Mocca wrote:
macca wrote:
Mocca wrote:
macca wrote: oh no not another flat foot soozie no it is not me , yes it is. please stop it i love reading this site to be able to comment,but this flat foot soozie and her imposters and comments have taken the sparkle out.what happend to the spanish gentelman, the good posts by the real kickboxer,not his sad imposter, i am sad to say that you have spoilt a great sie
Sorry if we have spoilt a great sie (sic) but why don't you go somewhere else rather than grumble on about it. Kickboxer never had any good posts anyway. He is just a fat necked ruddy faced thicko who only used to post about the cannabis cafe anyway.
i glad to see that you admit that you are another imposter,of the great spanish gentelman,he would not insult me just becuase i posted my feelings,about my diappointment over you imposters, and the real kickboxers posts i if you did not .liked to read them sorry to irritate you by i will say what i think ,my advise to you is not to impersonate the spanish gent he is way above you and will cut you verbely to bits
Do you want to try that all again in English or was that not a core subject at your 'special' school?
imposter
Posted by: The Ambassador, Arranging Ferrero Rochers in a neat pyrmaid on 11:43am Sat 5 Apr 08
Touche Macca. With that razor sharp wit and lightening fast retort, you are really spoiling us.
Posted by: macca, brighton on 11:47am Sat 5 Apr 08
imposter and bully,well as from now you may continue you rude remarks , but i will not respond from now on mr bully boy
Posted by: INJUSTICE, sussex on 11:51am Sat 5 Apr 08
The Ambassador wrote:
Touche Macca. With that razor sharp wit and lightening fast retort, you are really spoiling us.
YOU ARE A PRIC# AND A CAD SIR.MACCA MAY NOT BE THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY ,BUT HE IS HONEST ENOUGH YOU AS HE SUGGESTS ARE A BULLY SHAME ON YOU
Posted by: Mocca, Turning the screw on 11:52am Sat 5 Apr 08
macca wrote:
imposter and bully,well as from now you may continue you rude remarks , but i will not respond from now on mr bully boy
I wouldn't. Each time you do, you just manage to prove my point with your comments that a four year old would be ashamed of.

I thought I saw your name on a loaf of bread the other day but when I looked closer I saw it actually said 'Thick Cut'.
Posted by: INJUSTICE, sussex on 11:55am Sat 5 Apr 08
Mocca wrote:
macca wrote: imposter and bully,well as from now you may continue you rude remarks , but i will not respond from now on mr bully boy
I wouldn't. Each time you do, you just manage to prove my point with your comments that a four year old would be ashamed of. I thought I saw your name on a loaf of bread the other day but when I looked closer I saw it actually said 'Thick Cut'.
YOU SAD PERSON GROW UP ACT YOU AGE.ABOUT 2 I WOULD THINK
Posted by: Mocca, Wondering what happened to standards in schools on 11:55am Sat 5 Apr 08
INJUSTICE wrote:
The Ambassador wrote: Touche Macca. With that razor sharp wit and lightening fast retort, you are really spoiling us.
YOU ARE A PRIC# AND A CAD SIR.MACCA MAY NOT BE THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY ,BUT HE IS HONEST ENOUGH YOU AS HE SUGGESTS ARE A BULLY SHAME ON YOU
Writing in capital letters doesn't hide the fact that you are also quite clearly below par in the brains department.

Nice punctuation and use of the word 'cad'.
Posted by: INJUSTICE, sussex on 11:58am Sat 5 Apr 08
Mocca wrote:
INJUSTICE wrote:
The Ambassador wrote: Touche Macca. With that razor sharp wit and lightening fast retort, you are really spoiling us.
YOU ARE A PRIC# AND A CAD SIR.MACCA MAY NOT BE THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY ,BUT HE IS HONEST ENOUGH YOU AS HE SUGGESTS ARE A BULLY SHAME ON YOU
Writing in capital letters doesn't hide the fact that you are also quite clearly below par in the brains department. Nice punctuation and use of the word 'cad'.
AS I SAY YOU ARE A CAD AND THE MENTEL AGE OF 2,DO AS YOU SAY MACCA IGNORE THIS PERSON.
Posted by: had it, seaford on 12:05pm Sat 5 Apr 08
The Ambassador wrote:
Touche Macca. With that razor sharp wit and lightening fast retort, you are really spoiling us.
you on medication son,you are all what is wrong with this place god i hate self up your own arse pepole like you
Posted by: him, over there on 1:25pm Sat 5 Apr 08
LMAO just had a look at that updps.co.uk site - the weirdest one, in my opinion was "Vincent Superdude Nymphomaniac Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell Valentine". I bet the tw@t can't even remember his own name now - d'uh.. And on another note, what is the average age of the people posting these notes - i mean personally i couldn't give a monkeys left testicle about who or who isn't F.F.Sooz or Kickboxer.. No offence to them if one really exists but the rest of these dullards should go and get some fresh air. My kid is seven and way less puerile. Rant over. And yeah i bet his wee stinks of sugarpuffs. Gotta be single / virgin / both, bit like the office idiot in the Fast Show. Whaddyareckon?
Posted by: VR, United States of America on 7:02pm Sat 5 Apr 08
That's 144.5kg of raw sugar consumed in his lifetime at just one bowl... not counting his second helpings. Diabetes, anyone?
Posted by: snap,crackle&pop, hove on 7:10pm Sat 5 Apr 08
GEEK!!!
Posted by: Marco, Brighton on 9:00pm Sat 5 Apr 08
Woot! This made Fark.com!
Nice one Argus. You give me most of my submissions there.
Posted by: GB, US on 2:16am Sun 6 Apr 08
What a douchebag!
Posted by: Megan, New Hampshire on 3:00am Sun 6 Apr 08
I almost didn't believe this when I read it. How can someone be so stupid?? "Honey Monster", I wouldn't even call my child that as a nickname! bold
Posted by: Dim Tim, hove on 9:56am Sun 6 Apr 08
Some should tell him hes is being very silly.
Posted by: sodiumglow, Hovenhampshirepeckin gwoodingham on 11:19am Sun 6 Apr 08
So I herd y'all liek mudkips.
Posted by: i understand, Hove on 3:39pm Sun 6 Apr 08
I know how he feels.My name was Nigel ****. I got so much mickey taking, i had to change it by deed poll.I am now happy to be called John ****.
Posted by: LaFaci on 3:45pm Sun 6 Apr 08
What an idiot
Posted by: jason, north river on 8:59pm Sun 6 Apr 08
Strange...very strange... has he ever heard of cheerio's?
Posted by: jordan, confidential on 9:02pm Sun 6 Apr 08
eventually, someone might have to ship him off to the mad house!
Posted by: Lisa, USA on 3:31am Mon 7 Apr 08
Thank God he didn't eat Count Chocula, Frankenberry,Booberr
y, Trix, I do think Honey NUT or Fruit Loop would have worked too. I'm telling you w/a name like that he will surely be fighting of the women. LOL. Some **** funny posts here too. Love it!
Posted by: Sally, Hove on 10:27am Mon 7 Apr 08
Honey Monster! E-mail me:

sallywindsor@yahoo.c
o.uk

I have a serious magazine deal to offer you, and having trouble reaching you. Thanks.
Posted by: Me, here on 11:45am Mon 7 Apr 08
Sally wrote:
Honey Monster! E-mail me: sallywindsor@yahoo.c o.uk I have a serious magazine deal to offer you, and having trouble reaching you. Thanks.
I trust you're offering him a serial....
Posted by: Haha! on 5:12pm Mon 7 Apr 08
This is funny:

Husband and wife.....

BEFORE MARRIAGE:

Husband - Aaah! ...At last! I can hardly wait!
Wife - Do you want me to leave?
Husband - No! Don't even think about it.
Wife - Do you love me?
Husband - Of course! Always have and always will!
Wife - Have you ever cheated on me?
Husband - No! Why are you even asking?
Wife - Will you kiss me?
Husband - Every chance I get!
Wife - Will you hit me?
Husband - Hell no! Are you crazy?!
Wife - Can I trust you?
Husband - Yes.
Wife - Darling!

AFTER MARRIAGE: Read from bottom to top.
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