# \*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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/61 "2003-06-10T14:39:25Z")
**Clip-Clop.** I like that name. Good thing I have no kids. **Chewy. Notadaisy. Leroy. Munchy McBug Buzz Buzz Crunch Raid The Dread Pirate Roberts**(or**Humperdink**, if you prefer). **The Windshield Alternative**. (or **Nosplat** ) sorry if this posts twice. ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/62 "2003-06-10T23:02:33Z")
Chubb-Chubb Skippy. (I like Skippy.) ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/63 "2003-06-11T01:59:54Z")
I’m with **Anonymous Coward** on that one. _Gordon_ or _Gordie_ for short. In honour of Gordon Sims, of course, the WKRP DJ aka Venus Flytrap. It’s a no brainer. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/64 "2003-06-11T02:15:14Z")
Linda Lovelace Derek Jeter or some other famous fly catcher Charlotte (of the web fame) Orson No reason, I just think a carnivorous plant should be called Orson. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/65 "2003-06-11T10:57:50Z")
Marty McFly or Greeny Dangerous ---
**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 11, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/66 "2003-06-11T14:37:31Z")
It’s been a hard-fought contest that has thrilled the nation, but the time has come to announce the result you’ve all been waiting for. My final “shortlist” comprised fifteen names, and whittling this down to one has not been easy, I won’t say I’ve lost sleep over it, but I have noticed that I’ve had to drink more to calm my nerves. Anyway, here it is, no arguments now children, the winner is: ::struggles with golden envelope:: Atomic Badg… oh wait, no I mean the winner is: _ **Stompy** _, which the judges found delightful in its simple incongruity. Well done, **Skydive101** , enjoy your few moments bathed in self-satisfaction’s warm glow. And well done to the rest of you losers, I mean, participants, too. Next week: Is it ethical for me (a vegetarian) to feed the damned thing? ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/67 "2003-06-12T00:33:49Z")
Can you (the vegetarian) feed the plant soy-fly? Or tofu fly (fofly?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/68 "2003-06-12T00:36:03Z")
Err… fofly should be tofly. The one time I don’t preview… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/69 "2003-06-12T00:50:49Z")
Oh no! I saw this thread yesterday, but never got back to it. For me, the obvious choice would have been **Gordon Sims:** the real name of “Venus Flytrap” on WKRP. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/70 "2003-06-12T09:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\*Oh no! I saw this thread yesterday, but never got back to it. For me, the obvious choice would have been **Gordon Sims:** the real name of “Venus Flytrap” on WKRP. \*\* _WKRP_ ran here (the UK) but never got the kind of cultural cachet that it did in the US. So the many votes for _Gordon_ and variations kind of fell upon deaf ears. **Stompy** says “hi!” ---
**Author:** ![Skydive101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Skydive101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skydive101)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/71 "2003-06-28T04:52:49Z")
LOL I just remembered this thread and thought I’d check in on how your naming plans went. Imagine my surprise! 😃 Thank you, thank you very much. _bows_ I’d like to thank the academy and all the other posters whose suggestions had me rolling with laughter. Enjoy your new lil’ buddy! ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/72 "2003-06-28T14:02:32Z")
Milo ---
**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 28, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452/73 "2003-06-28T15:23:45Z")
_Milo_ would have made the shortlist, **Turbo Dog** , but the competition is over. _The Continuing Adventures Of Stompy The Venus Fly-Trap_ can be found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194037). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-name-my-venus-fly-trap/180452.md?page=3)