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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. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 Laku: DS B G 4.11 Y L W C+ I+++ T++/- A+ E H+ S+ V++ F Q+ P- B PA PL |
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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 season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now! |
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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 season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now! |
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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! |
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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! |
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wrote in message ... "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 -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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wrote in message ... "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 -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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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! |
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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! |
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"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 |
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