# An unkillable cat needs an unkillable name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724 "2009-02-06T17:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/41 "2009-02-06T19:18:36Z")
Analog-TV ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/42 "2009-02-06T19:20:32Z")
Keith Richards? (Cannot be killed by conventional methods.) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/43 "2009-02-06T19:20:55Z")
Nodwick… well, okay it’s not so much Nodwick is unkillable, he just keeps coming back. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/44 "2009-02-06T19:26:20Z")
Sully. ETA: Because he is a cool cat. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/45 "2009-02-06T19:29:30Z")
Jason Vorhees. Phil Connors, from Groundhog Day. Captain Jack from Dr Who. Or Face of Boe, who he became eventually. If you want Biblical and unkillable, it has to be Jesus. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/46 "2009-02-06T19:39:36Z")
I have a b/w cat who has a little white milk mustache on his black face. His name is got milk? That goes over big at the vet’s office. 😉 As for name suggestions, I can only come up with **Lazarus**. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/47 "2009-02-06T20:01:50Z")
Well, since he survived the cold, I’d have to call him Chili (Chilly). ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/48 "2009-02-06T20:08:38Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Hob Gadling [I like this one.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hob_Gadling) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/49 "2009-02-06T20:10:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Analog-TV 😃 [right].[/right] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/50 "2009-02-06T20:15:28Z")
> [@dactylic\_hexameter](#): > > Biblical names vaguely related to avoiding death: > Lazarus > Methuselah > Jonah Also Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego, although survived the [Fiery Furnace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiery_furnace) rather than freezing. Perhaps better is [Michael Malloy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy), who was nearly as indestructible as Rasputin, surviving freezing, poisoning, and being run over by a taxi as part of a murder plot against him to collect life insurance. ---
**Author:** ![mauxlicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mauxlicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mauxlicious)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/51 "2009-02-06T20:18:54Z")
[Schrödinger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/52 "2009-02-06T20:21:19Z")
Terminator? (Nate for short?) Kudzu? On a different note, “Lucky” is a name commonly used for pets who are, for whatever reason, lucky to be alive. (We have a cat named Lucky who was born a stray and was picked up by a rescuer after her mom died.) ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/53 "2009-02-06T20:27:24Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > **Cockroach** or **James Bond** Along similar lines, how about [“Centruroides sculpturatus?”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_bark_scorpion) > [@](#): > > Bark Scorpions, like most other scorpions, are incredibly resilient. Lab experiments have frozen the scorpions for weeks, and after being thawed, the scorpion emerged unharmed. During US nuclear testing, scorpions were found near ground zero with no recorded adverse effects. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/54 "2009-02-06T20:49:42Z")
How did I not know about Michael Malloy? That’s a definite suggestion, and, probably, a new personal hero. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/55 "2009-02-06T22:19:38Z")
“Fridge” - he was pretty damn unstoppable when he played for Da Bears back in the day. And no kitty pics? ---
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/56 "2009-02-06T22:30:36Z")
Rasputin is my kitty’s name. It gets shortened to “Rass” too easily. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/57 "2009-02-06T22:33:46Z")
[Relevant Cracked article](http://www.cracked.com/article_16822_7-historical-figures-who-were-absurdly-hard-kill.html) ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/58 "2009-02-06T22:39:12Z")
What is wrong with you people! Two pages, and NO “Chuck Norris” yet? I’m deeply ashamed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/59 "2009-02-06T22:40:58Z")
Crabgrass. You could call him Crabby. Or Bindweed. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724/60 "2009-02-06T22:43:57Z")
Of all these, I think I like “U.S. Federal Sugar Subsidy Program” best; you could shorten it to “Sugar” if the length bothered you. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unkillable-cat-needs-an-unkillable-name/484724.md?page=4)