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At risk of being slightly obvious
how about "Thompson"?
beat me to it
bet you were the first of many Phil
Neasden
an under-used cat name in my opinion
Molesworth (or Peason)
A fine name for any domestic animal
What are you saying?
Nothing...
...other than I have two pygmy goats named Molesworth & Peason - they're especially fine names! :-)
Fair enough
I'll go back to grazing!
or how about
Stevens... or Deeley... or Ballou... or Sandoggs...
Jenny Frost
?
What about...
Tarkus?
(Greg Lake stated in an early interview that he viewed Tarkus as a representation of the military-industrial complex, and that his lyrics were about that, and about the futility of war and strife.
On the album cover, made after the music was created and recorded, Tarkus is depicted as a half armadillo/half tank creature, born from an egg erupted from a volcano).
An egg erupted from a volcano - it's a lot for a kitten to embody, but that little fella looks as though he could stand up to the task.
How about 'Dennis'
And I've always thought 'Tiddles' is a nice name.
RT?
Clefty?
Fraser?
I think they'd both like that.
My wife and I...
...always wanted to call our cat Lebowski. Our daughter wouldn't let us.
How about...
Disney? As in, it "disnae" do as it's told. Then again, That might only work if you're scottish.
On a musical note
how about Ziggy?
Or...
Iggy
Or...
gy?
On a ginger note
how about Hucknall?
Cat Stevens?
...
What's its surname?
A first name can only work in conjunction with the surname. We need more information.
a pal of mine with the surname 'healy' wasn't
impressed when i suggested that they should name the newborn lad 'Achilles'...
Art attack
Miro
Matisse
Kandinsky
Klee
Coincidentally, Dynamo Madrid's legendary midfield - with Kandinsky in the hole
Nugget
Yes, Nugget.
Woof
John
or perhaps Christopher
Thurston
It's just a good cat name
What about Mandu?
As in Cat Mandu
Or simply Wotan?
Decibel
is an excellent cat's name.
Mogadon
surely
that should be MOGGYDON
The Moggy Don?
The Gato di Tutti Gatti? Cross this guy and you could wake up with a mouse's head in the bed next to you.
The comments
The Flickr comments are unreal - did you all check that link? The name has to be CUTEY doesn't it?
Vienna
Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp. And you can say "Goodnight, Vienna"
every night of the week. Breaks the ice at parties.
Have you another?
Caster and Pollox suits cats eminently, especially when calling for them, late at night.
Two cats
If I didn't live in a second floor flat I'd like to have two cats called Tufnell and Hubbins.
Hucknall
Got a ring to it.
I'd call him Sampson
Don't know why I just would.
I like the name
Canute, after Canute Goodman, a newspaper-reading cat in the "Uncle" stories by JP Martin. (Recommended. Who doesn't love a book with illustrations by Quentin Blake?)
QB
my favourite all time illustrator.
My friend owns an original that was painted for Jackanory. She checked with the gallery that sells his stuff, they put her in touch with the man himself who confirmed it to be legit. She was given it by a family friend who was a producer at the beeb.
Why don't my family have friends like that?
Billy
As in Bremner. Small, red and innocent looking......
Dolls
Think about it.
(Shouldn't take you long admittedly)
Cats have more than one name
On top of the one you give them there shall be others yelled frequently in their direction:
'Get down'
'Just stop it'
'I have already fed you'
'That is not a toy'
'Ouch'
'Err..What's that in your mouth?'
Enjoy.
I am the proud owner of two cats.
Cats don't have owners.
They have staff.
You're not their owner, you're their tin-opener.
So sweet..
How about Dave
Be subversive
Rover, Fido, Spike, any of those.
thankfully
there was just the one little fella (ginger cats are always male?) otherwise we could have been into "tamla & Motown" " Gin & Tonic" territory!
Many years ago
we had a pair of cats called Newton & Ridley
both very good
names on their own!
We had a Gerbil called "Rommel" and tried to get the dog with eye patch called "Moshe" parents insisted sadly on patch.
How's about...
...Trubshaw and Bendix?
(Bearing in mind that our own cats are/were called The Gick and Minerva...)
Just thought you'd like to know
that Fitter means c**ts in Norwegian.
Helen
Well I like it.
How does...
... Daisy grab you?
Massive
Though I know he isn't yet...
Chester
has always appealed to me as has Buster. Although as we know, pets who's names end in ...er are rubbish. Ours are called Barney and Bob.
Clause
...
Frank
?
Erm..
..Neko or Maneki Neko
Ceremony
As in, "don't stand on Ceremony".
If anyone can tell me where I subconciously pinched that gag from (sure I heard it 30 odd years ago) I'd be grateful.
it's also one of the best
New Order songs :)
CAT- NOT DOG
How about 'Clawdius'.. see what i did there!
My cat's called Smudge, duie to being black all over apart from a smudge of white at the front - and my friends dog is called 'Alan' which amuses me no end!
Bastard!
The name of my boss's cat - cute don't you think?
As the owner of said cat ...
... I thank one and all for the creative efforts. Much better than the contributions from the original Flickr post - http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkzip/3536242917/
She (for that is the gender) is still nameless. I suspect one will emerge, but you can count on it not being Frank, Billy or Cutie.
There's
More suggestions over here.
This cat is a rather cute...
... example of the species - and that has got me wondering.
Does anyone know whether there is a website or book available where I can compare the cuteness of particular cats in some sort of fun, but ultimately throw-away manner?
Hmmm
That's a great idea. I'll get on it right away.
Are you sure?
As was commented above, unlike humans, I thought the cat ginger gene ran only in Toms.
"....only in Toms"
Not so, Retro. When I was a boy, one of our cats had a litter of kittens, and the ginger one was chosen by my Mum's colleague Mrs Moyes.
Mrs M named the kitten Buster, which seemed rather less appropriate once the moggy's gender became apparent...
Not quite.
There's more male than female ginger cats as the genetic pattern that causes female cats to be tortoiseshell results in males being ginger. However there's other genetic patterns that cause ginger in both sexes.
None more sure
When I was student our house was adopted by a ginger stray, whom we indelicately named Trog. Not many weeks later Trog proved her gender by first gaining a swollen belly, then delivering 6 kitens. All the kittens were ginger and half were female.
Twice in one day!
;-0
Just keep 'em coming...
:-)
Here is one of Mrs Paths favourite web pages.
Should she be stressed or unable to sleep, this is where she comes:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=yorkie%20puppies&um=1&ie=UTF-8...
Wilson
As in Sweet Danny would be ideal. I reckon. Based on the antipathy for Billy at least....
The captain
call it Don Van Vliet, but simply refer to it as 'the captain'
How about
walking out of your front door and naming it after the first thing you see, kinda Native American style?
nb this might not work too well in certain, rougher, areas.
That's how our cat Path was named
Shrodinger
If it's a city cat and allowed out you'll worry whether it's alive or not.
How about Bonpensiero...
...but only if she grows up to be a Big Pussy.
If she turns out to be a Little Pussy, then call her Malanga.
A rather obvious one
How about Kerry Katona?
Starme?
...if an REM fan.
Mittens?
Or Pascall?
How about "Satan"
Believe it or not, from the children's book "Seven Dinner Sid", about a cat with 7 owners (each with a different name for the cat). I shit you not, it makes me look twice every time I read that page of the book to my kids.
I think I need to re-assess their library choices.
Best name in sport?
Random quote from his website:
"Buffalo Sabres left wing Miroslav Satan is no stranger to the international hockey tournaments. Satan logged hefty ice time for Slovak National Team and became one of most prolific goal-getters while wearing his white-blue-red of Team Slovakia sweater in 1994 Olympic games in Norway. Satan scored nine goals, with two hat tricks, in eight games played in the tournament."
That's a very strong contender for best name but
I still have a soft spot for American swimmer "Misty Hyman"
Not to mention Australian diver "Loudie Talky"
Not 100% sure of the spelling for either of those but that's how they sound anyway.
what about
Kaka and arshavin?
I also rather enjoyed...
...the name of a 'Cosmopolitan' writer called Minty Clinch - always put me in mind of very clean, slightly uptight sex.
Honourable mention
for German footballer Stefan Kuntz.
shame he
wasn't playing at the same time as Ballack!
I think you'll find
That it's 6 Dinner Sid (who has 6 homes, 6 names, 6 dinners, and 6 doses of medicine). I think you need to read it again, Ravi.
I have the business card of a man ...
... who goes by the name of Akin Koc
It's a treasured possession.
Officer
Dibble
Go classics
How about:
Tiberius
Tacitus
Thucydides
Xenophon
Wilf
Astrophe?
non?
'Little'
'Little'
not for long
i'll wager!
Spoonie
Spoonie
as its saturday night
cat
what about geoff? or...wednesday ? or... fork? or...beruit? or...vase?.... electric pylon?...or...seahorse?....(shall I go on?)naa
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