The naming of cats
So – my mom is considering getting 2 cats (yay – totally brilliant idea!). Here are the name suggestions we’ve come up with (granted, naming will depend partly on what they’re like when she picks them out):
Me: “you should name them Hepzibah and Casseopia.(Alternates; Elphaba, Abyssinia, Morgana, Macbeth. Ooh! Or; Sher-Khan and Bagheera. Best yet: Bast.) Ha – I went on a naming cat site; I like this one; Magnificat. Ba dum dum. If you get 2 black ones, you should name them Bete Noir and PM. All together now; “The naming of cats is a delicate thing…” ”
My mom: “And why not Grizabella?”
me: “I was trying to stay away from Eliot’s names, although I do like macavity. My friend Sena named hers Billie after Holliday, her favorite singer.”
My mom: “My favorite cat name is still “faux pas”, for a “whoops” kitten.”
My brother: “You guys are odd. Cats are good creatures. I’m busy. Name them Slartibartfast and Ford Prefect. Or Crow and Tom Servo. One of them should definately be named Steve…”
Me: “How about Totoro and Kodama? Jon and Stephen? Ooh! Coffee and BEEES!”
Suggestions? I’m thinking of famous pairings at the moment. Laurel and Hardy? Kermit and Piggy? Mork and Mindy? A&W? Batman and Robin? Baskin and Robbins? Bonnie and Clyde? Ooh! Burke and Hare! Cain and Abel? Cloak and dagger? Dolce and Gabbana. Fish and chips! flotsam and jetsam. Jay and silent bob. Mulder and scully. Mason and dixon. Pinky and the brain (is that too wrong for cats?). punch and judy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern! Romeo and Juliet. Rogers and Hammerstein. Thelma and louise. Hepburn and tracy. Tom and jerry. wallace and gromit. Watson and Crick (how geeky would someone have to be to actually use that?)
We once knew someone with sherlock and watson (he had the same street number addy as holmes).
Knowing my mom, they’ll end up as BBC/ English lit characters. Jane and Emma. Toby and Stephens. Pride and prejudice. (HEEEERE prejudiceprejudiceprejudice)
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I like Cloak and Dagger and Flotsam and Jetsam (but I’d want to call them Judy and George, b/c I’d keep thinking “Jetsons”).
Ross’s suggestion of “Help” and “Fire” is still the best.
But let’s face facts: they’ll only ever be called “kitty”…..
Or: Steve and Susan, Patrick and Sally? Currently, I’ve been watching cutie Joshua somebody as Robin Hood (BBC). So we could do a Sherwood Forest concept.
I wouldn’t name cats Toby and Stephens, although Toby is a good name. But how about Fairfax and Rochester? Oooh! That’s a good one!
I don’t like Burke and Hare. They’re not rabbits (ouch). Grommit is a dog, and I wouldn’t want to give cats mice names, either, even though I like Pinky.
Fish and Chips is pretty amusing. I’m still open to suggestions. Plus, it depends on their sex…