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January 10, 2009 at 11:17 pm #654229
soclwrkrinmotnMemberHey, Mellaw, this is one of the best threads I have seen in a while (there was some nastiness going on in one of the other threads until it was joyfully hi-jacked again.)
Anyway, we have the So. Delridge Cat Army:
Sam, or Samuel L. Kittan (stress on the second syllable), or Bunny cuz he is so soft.
Calvin, aka Calvin G. Hoolighan, Big G, Grayboy, Jeeger…27 pounds of burnin’ love.
Toby Roo, for the noises he makes, “Ar? Ar? Ar? Aroooooo?” He also eats lint and stares at walls, so what can you do?
Then there’s Sheldon Woo, also named after his sounds, except he’s more musical and literate. He’s also Stinkus, Maloo, Meowzabub…he’s the smartest and naughtiest of all of them, although Calvin runs a close second in naughtiness and brains….and Sam is definitely his equal in brains.
As a teenager, I had feral cats named Chairman Meow, Toyboat and ToasterOven.
January 11, 2009 at 12:27 am #654230
mellaw6565MemberOMG Socl – I love Chairman Meow! And yes, you do have the So. Delridge Cat Army – I’ve seen them in action:) Very cute!
January 11, 2009 at 12:55 am #654231
JeannieParticipantPickle the parrot! Her name came to me while driving on the West Seattle Bridge – strange place for inspiration. It fits her perfectly: she’s small, green, somewhat pickle-shaped, and has a piquant, zesty personality. Plus, it is gender-neutral; we didn’t know if she was a guy or gal when we got her. She can say “I’m Pickle!” with a lot of verve and joy.
January 11, 2009 at 2:28 am #654232
AimParticipantSoc didn’t mention that Sam picked his own name, but he did.
And Cait, we have often joked that if they had opposable thumbs our cats would knock over the convenience store and be out on the corner drinkin 40’s and smoking cigars.
January 11, 2009 at 2:34 am #654233
soclwrkrinmotnMemberNaw. Unfiltered Camels. They take after me.
January 11, 2009 at 2:41 am #654234
MagpieParticipantI had more trouble naming my pets than I did my kids..currently our very psycho cat that was a Next to Nature rescue cat was named Ophelia..at least that’s what they told us, turns out the paperwork had Deanna, which wasn’t as good a name for a cat, so we stuck with Ophelia. We’ve had a couple of others
Fergy (very large maine coon who looked quite regal)
Twins named Dobie and Maynard (the kids opted for Beavis and Butthead but we said no way)
Dufus was our golden retriever who was not the brightest pooch..
Armando (aka Monsieur Pussycat) who ran away to join the neighbors when Ophelia the alpha cat moved in.
January 11, 2009 at 2:53 am #654235
lonelyicefloeMemberWe have Gatsby, Zorro, Quatchi, and Hazel.
Gatsby and Zorro are rabbits, male and female respectively. Gatsby was just an epiphany name. We tried to think of names and that one stuck. Zorro (we thought she was a boy when we got her) had a little mask… so it was sort of an obvious choice.
Quatchi is a tarantula (yes we named the spider). When she was tiny, her feet were unusually big, so we called her bigfoot… which evolved into Quatchi.
Hazel is an Australian Cattle Dog. I was hard to name her. When she was in her litter of 10, they were named after the color of the collar they were assigned… she was Purple. We brainstormed a dozen names and nothing seemed to fit. Then one day I was calling her a nut because she was being a crazy little puppy and Hazel just came out of that.
Other pet names of the past (including those growing up, and I grew up on a farm): Lancelot, Amygdala, Turtle Man, Dawg, Rasta, Mouse, Bo-Bo, Gyp, Boots, Orange, Kit Kat, Taffy, Puddin’, Klein, Angel, Gray, Sterling, Sitka, Snarl, Jynx, Whisper, Talia, and Whisky.
January 11, 2009 at 3:19 am #654236
JoBParticipantlonelyiceflow..
i’d ask why rabbits… because i am always curious..
but first.. why a tarantula?
January 11, 2009 at 5:01 am #654237
emilyMemberWe have two cats:
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) – it’s pronounced “is-ben.” My only is excuse is that we’re book people. We call him Izzy.
Hoopla – she’s a petite all-black girl who lives up to her name and enjoys climbing the shower curtain and jumping to the top of doors. She goes by Hoops or Hoopy.
And one dog, a Rat Terrier called Fiona. We got the name from the character on “Burn Notice,” although all little girls assume we named her after Princess Fiona in Shrek. We usually call her Fi or YoYo. Before we got her, her name was Biscotti.
Cats who have passed include: Atlas (he seemed to carry the weight of the world), Cuddles, Claus (Santa brought him), Reebok (four white feet), Tugger (after the Rum Tum Tugger in “Cats”), and Sydney Ann. There was also a bunny named Santino (from the Godfather), called “Sunny Bunny.”
January 11, 2009 at 10:25 am #654238
What TheMemberI named the Goldfish I got for Christmas “Floater” and he lived up to his name! Keep a floatin buddy!
January 11, 2009 at 2:53 pm #654239
wingmeMemberFishies are pets too, and I feel kinda guilty about not mentioning mine…a beautiful red betta, 3-years old, named Master Betta; residing in an adjacent tank is his brilliant blue companion and frequent rival Moe Bettah.
January 11, 2009 at 5:22 pm #654240
wingmeMemberAm I 86’d from this thread?
January 11, 2009 at 5:30 pm #654241
wingmeMemberGuess not…is it just me or is someone from the Twilight Zone messing with the numbers on these posts?
January 11, 2009 at 6:09 pm #654242
JoBParticipantscrolling back i can’t see any messing.. but the tag at the top doesn’t seem to have kept up with the number of posts…
i love bettas.. but they are far too active and enticing for my curious dogs… if i put them high enough.. the dogs would knock over the stand jumping up to see them.
January 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm #654243
AimParticipantIf you have someone on ignore, it can mess up the numbering, as well as the pages. Often I go to the last page of a thread and it’s blank. I have to go back one in order to see the most recent. I’ve figured out this mostly happens when someone I have on ignore has posted.
January 11, 2009 at 9:02 pm #654244
JenVMemberJanuary 11, 2009 at 11:24 pm #654245
CaitParticipantLOL Aim to the convenience store antics. Mine would be all over that.
January 11, 2009 at 11:55 pm #654246
AimParticipantCait, maybe we should hang on the corner and drink 40’s (I won’t smoke) in their stead :)
Or just hang in the living room and drink a growler of EBB’s finest. You in?
January 12, 2009 at 2:15 am #654247
CaitParticipantHECK YES! I’m in. I’ve always wanted to see what those Growlers are all about. :)
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