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From: nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit)
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Subject: Re: Bizarre pet names, anyone?
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 12:00:16 EDT
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>     Jim Crandell({ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!crandell) writes:
> Anyone know of any really bizarre names people call their pets?

     I have had the rare honor of owning or being acquainted with:

	0.  A cat named "Paranoia".
	1.  A cat named "Dummy".  She also responded to "Stupid".
	2.  A cat named "Crip"
	3.  A cat named "Svart".  The word is Icelandic for "black".
	    Needless to say, he was a black cat.
	4.  A dog named "Snort".  He later had a son named "Toke".
	5.  A female dog named "Magenta".  Rocky Horror fans will understand
	    this one.
	6.  A friend has a female dog named "Charlie".
	7.  I knew someone that had a cat named "Dog".  He used to make
	    a habit of beating up the neighborhood dogs.
	8.  I told the MOTAS that I would like to name our next cat "Taco"
	    or "Burrito", but I may settle for one of the Kzinti names that
	    I ran across in Niven's "Known Space" series.

> Or if you haven't heard any, can you think of any suitable for special
> occasions?  For example, if your spouse gave you a baby hippo for your
> wedding anniversary, what would you call it?
> How about an adult hippo?  A rhino?  A wombat?  A banana slug?

     If MOTAS gave me a slug, I would name it, of course, "Sluggo".

				Kchula-Rrit