Your Cat's Names

Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.


Laku is solid (brownish-)black and "laku" is (an abbreviated form of)
the Finnish word for licorice. Pics of Laku in the addy in my sig.

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Laku: DS B G 4.11 Y L W C+ I+++ T++/- A+ E H+ S+ V++ F Q+ P- B PA PL

Sweetie, because that's what I end up calling everyone anyway
Joe - because that was what my 4 year old announced was his name when he got
thrown in my door.

TBird --- tired

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
...

The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

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Sweetie, because that's what I end up calling everyone anyway
Joe - because that was what my 4 year old announced was his name when he got
thrown in my door.

TBird --- tired

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
...

The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
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Willie - coal black poodle Proper name, Wilhelmina

Sam - Siamese. Name seemed to go with Willie

Ginger - Tortie my daughter named

Henry - Siamese. Well after Willie and Sam, what else could we name him?

Maggie - Another tortie. Named after a bar I used to hang out in, but my
parents thought Maggie was a friend of mine, since I used to meet other
friends at Maggie's

Brandie - Apricot poodle. Proper name Brandy Alexandra

Sugar - Brandies daughter. Named for a white spot the size of a sugar cube
on her chest.

Taffee - Sugar's sister. The exact color of pulled taffee, and the name
went well with Sugar.

Jacob, or Jake - Siamese. Named after my father whose first name was Jacob
although he always went by his middle name Milton.

Rosie - Sweet little Siamese girlcat. Not sure if my husband named her
after the character on African Queen, (it is his favorite movie) or some
bar girl he may have known in Japan forever ago.

Favorite name sequence. I once had a canary I wanted to name after my
favorite school bus driver, Don. Parents thought a bit of a plain name for
a canary, so we changed it to Dawn. Sister liked the name so much she named
her daughter Dawn several years later. And once in a while we still kid my
niece about it.

Jo


"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
...

The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

Willie - coal black poodle Proper name, Wilhelmina

Sam - Siamese. Name seemed to go with Willie

Ginger - Tortie my daughter named

Henry - Siamese. Well after Willie and Sam, what else could we name him?

Maggie - Another tortie. Named after a bar I used to hang out in, but my
parents thought Maggie was a friend of mine, since I used to meet other
friends at Maggie's

Brandie - Apricot poodle. Proper name Brandy Alexandra

Sugar - Brandies daughter. Named for a white spot the size of a sugar cube
on her chest.

Taffee - Sugar's sister. The exact color of pulled taffee, and the name
went well with Sugar.

Jacob, or Jake - Siamese. Named after my father whose first name was Jacob
although he always went by his middle name Milton.

Rosie - Sweet little Siamese girlcat. Not sure if my husband named her
after the character on African Queen, (it is his favorite movie) or some
bar girl he may have known in Japan forever ago.

Favorite name sequence. I once had a canary I wanted to name after my
favorite school bus driver, Don. Parents thought a bit of a plain name for
a canary, so we changed it to Dawn. Sister liked the name so much she named
her daughter Dawn several years later. And once in a while we still kid my
niece about it.

Jo


"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
...

The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

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"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not
open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found
him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was
all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost
ended up doing handstands resting on his nose)

Was he kind of like those toy punching bags that were weighted at the
bottom? (Except that he was weighted at the top, LOL.)

snip


Actually, he was named after the egg-shaped, weighted-on-the-bottom toy, I
think by either Fisher Price or Hasbro. We never had any as a kid, but I
remember the commercials "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down" Here's
an example of one :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=319421116 6
or
http://tinyurl.com/ytzjw

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"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not
open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found
him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was
all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost
ended up doing handstands resting on his nose)

Was he kind of like those toy punching bags that were weighted at the
bottom? (Except that he was weighted at the top, LOL.)

snip


Actually, he was named after the egg-shaped, weighted-on-the-bottom toy, I
think by either Fisher Price or Hasbro. We never had any as a kid, but I
remember the commercials "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down" Here's
an example of one :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=319421116 6
or
http://tinyurl.com/ytzjw

--
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lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde
in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:28:20 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Persia named herself, basically. She demanded to be let inside my apartment
one cold January night in the year 2001. I didn't intend to have a cat, but
couldn't do anything but fall in love with her after she decided to enslave
me.

After a couple of days I realized I couldn't just keep calling her "cat".
So I was looking at her one afternoon as she was sauntering oh so casually
and smoothly away from me, wondering what should I call her. Suddenly it
popped into my head - Persia! I said this out loud. She immediately turned
around and ran back to me - "YES?" I was astounded. She's answered to it
ever since.

What a cute story!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:28:20 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Persia named herself, basically. She demanded to be let inside my apartment
one cold January night in the year 2001. I didn't intend to have a cat, but
couldn't do anything but fall in love with her after she decided to enslave
me.

After a couple of days I realized I couldn't just keep calling her "cat".
So I was looking at her one afternoon as she was sauntering oh so casually
and smoothly away from me, wondering what should I call her. Suddenly it
popped into my head - Persia! I said this out loud. She immediately turned
around and ran back to me - "YES?" I was astounded. She's answered to it
ever since.

What a cute story!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Actually, he was named after the egg-shaped, weighted-on-the-bottom
toy, I think by either Fisher Price or Hasbro. We never had any as a
kid, but I remember the commercials "Weebles wobble but they don't
fall down" Here's an example of one :
http://tinyurl.com/ytzjw

Oh, that's funny! I've never seen one of those, although I have a vague
memory of the "Weebles wobble..." phrase from the commercials. Was this a
70s thing? I didn't have a TV back then, so I missed a lot of popular
culture.

I didn't realize you'd named him after that. It's perfect! Although he
probably doesn't wobble too much any more.

Joyce