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  Dec 9 2008, 05:28 PM
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 dream to make believe  Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female  |
For those of you who don't know I've just moved into a flat on my own in Kidderminster, where I don't really know anyone, and I'm going to be getting a pet hamster for company.
So I've been thinking about names for the little bundle of fluff and was wondering if anyone had any methods for choosing a name for their pets? I'm sure some of you must have amusing stories about pet names, if nothing else! So c'mon, spill it... 
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Dec 9 2008, 06:54 PM
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 Candbrush Threepwood Group: Established Members Posts: 5,391 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Derby Member No.: 345 Gender: Female |
Adding a title (Dr, Mr, Ms, Colonel, etc.) in front of a random object or name almost always makes a good pet name. Random initials can also be good. Most of the time I have a mental list of names before I get a pet and I just decide which one suits it the best when I get it home. I haven't named a pet since I had my cat Matilda, though. I can't remember what other names I was thinking of for her.
There have been a few exceptions over the years with my pets (Matilda obviously being one), but most of the time I choose something that makes me laugh. I find really boring human names on pets strangely funny. There is nothing about a cat named Carl that isn't hilarious to me. Larry is also good. Hahaha. Larry the hamster. Just don't let Paul talk you into naming it something in Japanese or calling it Pikachu or Squall. 
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Dec 9 2008, 07:13 PM
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 I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
Oooh. Call it Musharraf! or Amin or al-Gaddafi or Batista or Menéndez or Jong-il. Or something similar. In fact the best one would probably be al-Gaddafi. Go with that.
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Dec 9 2008, 07:28 PM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
Ahmadinejad! Ahmadinejad! Doo itt!
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Dec 9 2008, 07:47 PM
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I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Dec 9 2008, 07:28 PM)  Ahmadinejad! Ahmadinejad! Doo itt! YES. In the words of (I think) Marcus Brigstocke, "Crazy name, worryingly crazy guy." -------------------- QUOTE (Peter Griffin) Math, my dear boy, is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology. |
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Dec 9 2008, 08:48 PM
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 I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 12,759 Gender: Secret |
Name is after another animal! "This is my pet hamster, Turtle."
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Dec 9 2008, 09:33 PM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Special Patrol Group.
What? Someone had to suggest it. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Dec 9 2008, 09:47 PM
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dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
Paul really wants to give it a Pokemon name now!
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Dec 9 2008, 10:05 PM
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Candbrush Threepwood Group: Established Members Posts: 5,391 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Derby Member No.: 345 Gender: Female |
Every time you name a hamster after Pokemon, God kills a penguin.
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Dec 9 2008, 10:21 PM
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dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
Don't worry, there will be no pokemon naming... we just looked through the pokedex and they pretty much all suck for a hamster!
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Dec 10 2008, 02:44 AM
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 suggestive cupcake Group: Admin Posts: 6,435 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 260 Gender: Female |
i always name my animals after other animals, because i personally find it endearing - for instance, my cat's name is mouse.
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Dec 10 2008, 02:50 AM
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 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang Group: Established Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 29-December 03 From: Wiggleton Member No.: 829 Gender: Female |
I had a rat which I named Potat (see signature). For a while I was calling him Reese (I like Reese's peanut butter cups way too much), but it didn't fit. My brother reminded me of this poster we saw at our old grammar school. It was drawn by a 5 year old and it was a story about potatoes, but every time they wrote potato it was 'potat'. So I named him Potat.
So, sometimes removing a letter from a common word can be fun. -------------------- If the world collapses and we find ourselves closer together I'm convinced it would be positive.
Potat, R.I.P. April 30, 2004 5:03 PM |
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Dec 10 2008, 10:26 PM
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 My cute little Aislinn! Group: Established Members Posts: 849 Joined: 17-May 04 From: Yulee, Florida. Member No.: 1,123 Gender: Female |
I love mythology, so I get out my book that has a list of 'em by name and close my eyes open a page and point. I keep doing that until I get the respective gender I'm needing. This also works with baby name books, too.
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Dec 11 2008, 03:24 PM
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 Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Daria @ Dec 9 2008, 09:33 PM) Special Patrol Group. What? Someone had to suggest it. No, they didn't. Special Patrol Group is a stupid name for a hamster. Call it Cliff Richard.  QUOTE (candice @ Dec 9 2008, 10:05 PM) Every time you name a hamster after Pokemon, God kills a penguin. God shouldn't restrict that to furry domestic rodents whose genus starts with the letter "H". He really ought to smite anyone who even considers using a Pokemon name for anything. Even if it's in a bad way.QUOTE (snoo @ Dec 9 2008, 10:21 PM) we just looked through the pokedex  Snoo, please tell me you were joking. Please. For the sake of the sanity of the world, please tell me there's no such thing as a pokedex... QUOTE (EvilSpoon @ Dec 10 2008, 02:50 AM) So, sometimes removing a letter from a common word can be fun. Which leads nicely to my pet name stories. I've always been a fan of using seemingly boring names for pets. One of my cats in the past was called Herbert. It suited him, in an odd way. I had another cat named after a person who we actually knew - for reasons I won't go into I'm not going to name him, but his surname was "Green". He was dyslexic, and spelt his name "Rgeen". So our second cat was called that. People used to think we were being wanky arty types. If only they knew. I think, for a hamster, you need a name like Derek. I'd call a hamster Derek. If I had my way, our rabbit would be called Keith. Unfortunately, that would also necessitate our rabbit having a sex change 
-------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Dec 11 2008, 03:35 PM
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Candbrush Threepwood Group: Established Members Posts: 5,391 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Derby Member No.: 345 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (leopold @ Dec 11 2008, 03:24 PM) Snoo, please tell me you were joking. Please. For the sake of the sanity of the world, please tell me there's no such thing as a pokedex... Oh, I am afraid she is quite serious. QUOTE (leopold @ Dec 11 2008, 03:24 PM) If I had my way, our rabbit would be called Keith. Unfortunately, that would also necessitate our rabbit having a sex change Pft, nonsense! I once had a female cat named Jason.  She was great. This was way before the whole Jason vs. Kiefer battle between Lo, Debs, and me, by the way. I was about 4 and I had a crush on my friend's older brother, Jason. The logical thing to do at that age was name a pet after him, regardless of gender.
-------------------- I love you in a way that is mystical and eternal and illegal in 20 states.
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Dec 11 2008, 03:42 PM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
I take the point. But as I've never had a crush on anyone called Keith (not even Penelope Keith) I couldn't use that as an excuse. And I can't think of any good female names for a rabbit. Although if I had a female hamster, it'd be called Janice.
-------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Dec 11 2008, 03:55 PM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
My next pet will be called either Action Jackson, or 2020 Optical Sue which would have been a very good name for Parsnip but we decided it was a bit long to say- and Sue for a cat is stupid.
Names I have used in the past: Tiger (cat) Lizzie (cat) Howard (budgie) Molly (budgie) Batman (rabbit) Podge (guineapig) Pharoah (cat) Mork (aka Miff The Whiff) and Mindy (cats) Fuzz, Dizzy, Marmaduke and Humbug (kittens) Taz (rabbit) Henrietta, Charlie, Ethel, Amelia-Jane, Bob (hens) Phoenix (bantam) Peppermint Patty, Woodstock, Hendrix, Marcy (chicks) Oscar (cat) Ella Fitzgerald (ex-broiler hen) Billie Holiday, Emily, Regina, Madeleine (hens) Smoot (cat) Parsnip (cat) It's a bit depressing to realise how many animals I have "gone through" growing up o_0 To be fair, Howard, Molly and Batman were all inherited from some friends of ours who moved to Sweden in the early 90s, and Lizzie only died this year (aged 19). Aww, I miss all my cats now 
-------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Dec 11 2008, 06:05 PM
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dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (leopold @ Dec 11 2008, 03:24 PM) QUOTE (snoo @ Dec 9 2008, 10:21 PM) we just looked through the pokedex Snoo, please tell me you were joking. Please. For the sake of the sanity of the world, please tell me there's no such thing as a pokedex... I'm sorry but it's true! There is also a pokemon wiki... *watches the sanity of the world spiral down the plug hole* I'm going to see if I can find my perfect hamster this weekend at the "Pet Deli" in Kidderminster, if not I shall be contacting a breeder near Hereford who has some babies for sale who look adorable!! -------------------- |
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Dec 12 2008, 02:25 AM
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang Group: Established Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 29-December 03 From: Wiggleton Member No.: 829 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (leopold @ Dec 11 2008, 10:42 AM) I take the point. But as I've never had a crush on anyone called Keith (not even Penelope Keith) I couldn't use that as an excuse. And I can't think of any good female names for a rabbit. Although if I had a female hamster, it'd be called Janice. My mum's name is Janice... Daddy? -------------------- If the world collapses and we find ourselves closer together I'm convinced it would be positive.
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Dec 12 2008, 09:49 AM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
Daria, I've got to congratulate you on some of those names. Charlie and Ethel for hens, like the touch there. And Howard for a budgie is inspired, I'd never have thought it'd work for winged pets.
QUOTE (snoo @ Dec 11 2008, 06:05 PM) Oh, good jesus  It's happened, hasn't it? The world has finally gone stark, staring bonkers.QUOTE (EvilSpoon @ Dec 12 2008, 02:25 AM) My mum's name is Janice... Daddy? Spoon, I can't even begin to tell you how wrong that conclusion is... -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Dec 12 2008, 12:16 PM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (leopold @ Dec 12 2008, 09:49 AM) Daria, I've got to congratulate you on some of those names. Charlie and Ethel for hens, like the touch there. And Howard for a budgie is inspired, I'd never have thought it'd work for winged pets. Ethel took a long while before she laid anything (they were all bought as point-of-lay) so it was a pun more than anything. C'mon, Howard the helicopter from Thomas the Tank Engine. Perfect fly-y name
-------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Dec 12 2008, 01:51 PM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
Fair point, but who has a helicopter as a pet?
-------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Dec 13 2008, 01:39 PM
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 I've been brainwashed Group: Admin Posts: 4,120 Joined: 10-August 03 From: Cheshire Member No.: 526 Gender: Secret |
moop had a hovercraft that got named...... it could kinda count.......
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Dec 13 2008, 05:10 PM
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 Samauri Teapain Group: Established Members Posts: 2,172 Joined: 3-January 04 From: In a Cardboard box under my bed. Member No.: 844 Gender: Male |
I am going to get a Hedgehog called Pickles. Under no circumstances will it be called Hedgie or Sonic or Spike.
I say name it Terry. Or go the mythology route and call it Thor. -------------------- @>-'--,--Cath and gothictheysay are my E-Teapotettes.@>-'--,--
Jaq and believe are my adopted Tea Spoons (wherever they are :'( ) "I am just a worthless liar, I am just an imbecile, I will only complicate you, trust in me and fall aswell." A proud Viking never stops masturbating. Taking over Matazone Forums since 2011. |
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Dec 13 2008, 09:08 PM
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dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
I've chosen her now, going to collect her tomorrow.
Right now we're thinking we'll call her Luna but we've got until tomorrow to change our minds... -------------------- |
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