# \*Competition\* Name my Venus Fly-Trap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452 "2003-06-08T13:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![3\_14159265358979323846](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/eada6e/32.png) [@3\_14159265358979323846](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_14159265358979323846)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/21 "2003-06-08T21:07:14Z")
Bitey ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/22 "2003-06-08T21:21:57Z")
A suggestion: Send e-mail to **Carnivorous Plant** and inquire what his/her real name is. Then name the plant after him/her. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/23 "2003-06-08T21:28:53Z")
ja//s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/24 "2003-06-08T21:35:07Z")
morton BuBBa ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Great\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_One)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/25 "2003-06-08T22:01:51Z")
Ha! Had to laugh at all the Audry and Seymour suggestions. Thought I was the only one who had actually seen that movie. Anyways, suggestions: Fly Bomber Henry VIII (make sure you say it: Henry THEE eighth 😃 ) Reject Outcast The Scavenger Natural Fly Paper The last suggestion is to make the environmentalists happy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/26 "2003-06-08T22:57:20Z")
**Pablo**. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/27 "2003-06-08T23:55:09Z")
Atomic Badg… oh wait Ummm… Snippy ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/28 "2003-06-09T00:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great One \* > **Ha! Had to laugh at all the Audry and Seymour suggestions. Thought I was the only one who had actually seen that movie.** _Everyone_ has seen _that_ movie – all suggestions thereof are disallowed by rule 6 (which I neglected to mention earlier (would insert smiley, but doesn’t do that Sort Of Thing)). In the morning I will wake up and get **Mangetout** ’s joke, until then, goodnight. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/29 "2003-06-09T00:09:53Z")
If it’s any help, I have a cactus named ‘Cactus’… ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/30 "2003-06-09T00:12:17Z")
OG. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/31 "2003-06-09T00:31:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr Pud \* > \*\*If it’s any help, I have a cactus named ‘Cactus’… \*\* It hardly helps at all – what sort a name is _Random Unsolicited Gift_? Goodnight all, brainstorm whilst I sleep. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/32 "2003-06-09T00:38:10Z")
Bill Gates ---
**Author:** ![Br\_er\_Lapin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Br\_er\_Lapin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Br_er_Lapin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/33 "2003-06-09T02:05:59Z")
Name him Gabe II. I had one with that name who died. I would like his name to live on. Otherwise, I vote for Gotcha Ya as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/34 "2003-06-09T03:04:38Z")
If it helps, the Latin name is Dionaea muscipula. Dionaea is cool, or Dionaeus if it’s a guy plant. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/35 "2003-06-09T03:16:47Z")
Renfrew (A character from a really bad Dracula comedy with George Hamilton - Dracula with a tan?) Any character from “Lord of the Flies” (Which I thankfully never had to read) Beelzebub (Also lord of the you-know-whats) Buzzkill (because it kills the … OK, this should be self-explanatory) ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/36 "2003-06-09T03:19:36Z")
Wow, I can’t believe no one has yet suggested the obvious choice: Aphrodite. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/37 "2003-06-09T03:22:43Z")
Venusimilitude V-lo V. Diddy Venus Diesel Venus Gambini Milhous ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/38 "2003-06-09T04:08:31Z")
Baron von Trap Maria von Trap Trappy McTraptrap Zsa Zsa Cleopatra Mean Joe Green ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/39 "2003-06-09T04:09:36Z")
Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Skydive101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Skydive101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skydive101)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/40 "2003-06-09T04:29:36Z")
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