Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] NMOC kitten names

Kate Parker Adams kate@dnki.net
Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:04:19 -0400


<recoils in prim and humorless politically correct horror>
Objectification of non-human mammals is unacceptable!

At 02:05 PM 7/18/03 -0700, Randy Van Vliet wrote:
>Steeped in Classical Literature as I am I suggest
>Thing 1 and Thing 2.
>
>Randy
>
>--- bmounier@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > All right creative people, try this one:
> >
> > I've got a pair of new kittens, brothers, white and
> > striped (one grey, one tan) and I've got to name
> > them.  For the first time in my life I'm stumped!!
> > My older cat is called Circe. I can't decide what to
> > name these guys. It needs to be short, evocative and
> > aesthetically pleasing.
> >
> > I wanted to call them Diego and Frieda but they're
> > both males. I thought of oily names, like Diesel and
> > Dust (doesn't sound good, try calling Dust! Dust!),
> > Truganini and Namatjira (too long). I once called a
> > cat Tom Bombadil so Tolkien is out. Hiroshima and
> > Nagasaki, although appropriate in devastation are
> > too disrespectful.  Charybdis and Scylla are not
> > exactly easy to call. I'm ready for a little help
> > from my friends. Places in Oz? Oily references?
> > Mythology? Foreign names? Authors? Famous brothers?
> > Looking forward to your suggestion on this critical
> > issue.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Brigitte
> >
> >
> >
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