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three-four

― jel --, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Monster.

― did, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wootsietootsiebenhurflurflurcecilrellaclarabellethomascat.

An actual name of a cat my grandparents owned in the forties or something. Called 'Thomascat' for short.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

OWL MAN

― Owl Man, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ours are called Duke & Gonzo. The recognisable ferrels on the street are called Pretty, Evil Cat, and my personal favourite Kevin.
Not that I'm saying any of them are particularly good names, I'm just adding my 2 penneth.

― celeste, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned's grandparents sound like an adorable Howard Hawkes screwball couple who wear nightcaps to bed and drink cocktails with kooky names.

― felicity, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You're right about that last part, not sure about the nightcaps. Both dead now, alas.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,

It isn't just one of your holiday games;

You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter

When I tell you, a cat must have three different names.

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,

Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,

Such as Victor or Jonathon, George or Bill Bailey-

All of them sensible everyday names.

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,

Some for gentlemen, some for the dames:

Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter-

But all of them sensible everyday names.

But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,

A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,

Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,

Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,

Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,

Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-

Names that never belong to more than one cat.

But above and beyond there's still one name left over,

And that is the name that you never will guess;

The name that no human research can discover-

But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,

The reason, I tell you, is always the same:

His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation

Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:

His ineffable effable

Effanineffable

Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

-T. S. ELIOT-

― rener, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd rather have a pet duck than a cat so if forced to have a cat I would call it Duck.

― Jonnie, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

cartoon cats s/d. search Bill, destroy Garfield. this is not controversial.

Convention for humorously named cats is so that you get to say something amusing when you put it out, or call it in (source: Vienna in Rising Damp). Much less wittily you can call a cat "YRALLABNCHACNTS" and yell it loudly at your neighbours with no fear of (fair) reprisal.

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No no no, you've got this wrong. Go to a crowded campsite where you wish to enjoy a peaceful weekend and bring your dog. Name him 'Cholera' and call for him loudly in the night. Soon thereafter, crowds will not be a worry.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

One of my sister's exboyfriend's cat was named Buttons. I thought it was cute.

― jen, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

seven years pass...

Stevie D inspired me to name my next cat Brenda.

thanks Stevie D.

― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, 2 August 2009 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

haha brenda is a great name for a cat. not so much for a person.

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 14:02 (sixteen years ago)

As in Walsh?

― tehresa, Sunday, 2 August 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

or the one in Six Feet Under?

― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Sunday, 2 August 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

"Stevens"

― Neil Willett, Sunday, 2 August 2009 21:47 (sixteen years ago)

i'm taking care of a (female) cat named steven right now

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)

Data data (or Dayta Dae Ta)

I like the double name as one name idea, a la Dwayne Wayne, but a cat. Darlene also (a la Brenda).

― generalmills, Monday, 3 August 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

As in Walsh?

― tehresa, Sunday, August 2, 2009 8:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

uh huh

― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 3 August 2009 01:07 (sixteen years ago)

can't wail til she's in her teen years...

― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 3 August 2009 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

surm, you are my hero <3

― tehresa, Monday, 3 August 2009 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 3 August 2009 01:12 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

Flonase

― https://vine.co/v/hB9QbLYPP0K (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 September 2013 20:08 (twelve years ago)

Passion Fruit

― https://vine.co/v/hB9QbLYPP0K (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 September 2013 20:08 (twelve years ago)

Stevie D inspired me to name my next cat Brenda.
thanks Stevie D.
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, August 2, 2009 8:47 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OH MY GOD

― https://vine.co/v/hB9QbLYPP0K (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 September 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)

four years pass...

Carl Ticklefeathers Extreme Johnson

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:32 (eight years ago)

Gerald Q. Phlogiston

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:36 (eight years ago)

Mackworth Jigglesbottom Romeo Ficklepuss Bates

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:42 (eight years ago)

Vice Admiral James Stockdale

― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:48 (eight years ago)

Tathagata Davida

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:49 (eight years ago)

Horatio

― treeship 2, Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:49 (eight years ago)

I want to name a pet Giuseppe too

― treeship 2, Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:50 (eight years ago)

Moussaka

― mick signals, Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:50 (eight years ago)

Keiji (would have to be an all black cat)

― Agharta Christie (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:51 (eight years ago)

Hammy

― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:07 (eight years ago)

steve

― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:43 (eight years ago)

Ernie

― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:44 (eight years ago)

Ulysses

― call me by your name..or Finn (fionnland), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:48 (eight years ago)

forks

― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:52 (eight years ago)

Miss Yvonne

― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:52 (eight years ago)

sir killingsworth murderton-jones

― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:54 (eight years ago)

The Purrminator

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:54 (eight years ago)

norbert

i am also partial to forks

― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:00 (eight years ago)

Keith

― cajunsunday, Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:06 (eight years ago)

kettle bell

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:07 (eight years ago)

Single-Stage Enclosed-Impeller Back Pull Out Process Pump for Abrasive Slurries, Jr.

― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:13 (eight years ago)

The Name of This Cat Is Talking Heads

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 9 February 2018 03:33 (eight years ago)

Zither
Napolean

― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 9 February 2018 04:10 (eight years ago)

THE SLUT

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 9 February 2018 21:40 (eight years ago)

they don't acknowledge their name anyway, I vote "Cat"

― StanM, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:47 (eight years ago)

"meow"

― lowercase (eric), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:52 (eight years ago)

King Tubby

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:02 (eight years ago)

Bob
Mel
Murph

― brimstead, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:06 (eight years ago)

Twila

― brimstead, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:07 (eight years ago)

my ex vetoed me calling our cat Dijon, and as one cat is quite enough for me to handle i hopefully won't be in the market for a new one for many years. so please call your cat Dijon if you like the name

― khat person (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:08 (eight years ago)

We named our two cats (sister and brother) Chihiro and Haku, after the protagonists in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away(which all generations in our family adore). We often shorten the sister’s name to a simple “Chichi”.

― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:16 (eight years ago)

Scrooge mcduck

― papa poutine (∞), Saturday, 10 February 2018 04:00 (eight years ago)

I had a cat named Marquis for 18 years, til I had to put him down. He'd had two strokes and had gone completely blind. I cried like a baby. And though I spelled his name ala de Sade, it was really a nod to Mark E. Smith. Another cat lover. Anyway, always thought that was a good name.

― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 10:01 (eight years ago)

If I ever get another cat, it will be named Margaret Dumont or Eleanor Bron.

― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 11 February 2018 22:33 (eight years ago)

Alexander Nestafarus Erasemus Swiffyfeathers Nose Emperor

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:48 (eight years ago)

our new kitten is Jackson, aka The Microbeast

― Brad C., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:55 (eight years ago)

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