# Daring highway kitten rescue! Footage inside. (Also, we need a kitty name...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508 "2008-07-14T22:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/41 "2008-07-15T02:32:02Z")
“Eight” – as in lives, as in how many lives that kitty has left now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/42 "2008-07-15T02:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] “Eight” – as in lives, as in how many lives that kitty has left now. [/QUOTE] Oh, now that is cool. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/43 "2008-07-15T02:46:33Z")
Heh. I think Frogger is the most apt name so far. Good for you for rescuing a kitteh! ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/44 "2008-07-15T02:55:56Z")
I was going to say Frogger as well but I think that “Lucky” fits the bill. Gorgeous little critter. Good on you for rescuing her. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/45 "2008-07-15T02:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Given her aptitude (or beginner’s luck) for crossing multi-lanes of pavement, how 'bout “Frogger”? This is what I was going to suggest, too. And after 26 posts, it was starting to look like I would be the first one to suggest it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/46 "2008-07-15T03:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] “Eight” – as in lives, as in how many lives that kitty has left now. [/QUOTE] Octo-pussy? ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/47 "2008-07-15T03:18:34Z")
She is adorable. Perhaps you could call her “Charm,” as in “Lucky Charms.” Or “Chai,” as in “L’Chaim!” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/48 "2008-07-15T03:21:56Z")
Her name is Mustang Sally. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/49 "2008-07-15T05:01:29Z")
Median or perhaps Internal Combustion ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/50 "2008-07-15T09:00:19Z")
Maxine, Mad Maxine. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/51 "2008-07-15T09:45:21Z")
What a beautiful girl. She looks like a very dilute calico to me. She qualifies with the colors even if the majority of her is grey. The painting reference earlier made me think of Stroke. It looks like someone stroked her forehead with a paint brush. A Brush with death and saved by a stroke of luck. Brush Stroke. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/52 "2008-07-15T10:44:39Z")
How about Toonces from “Toonces the Driving Cat” on SNL? Seems fitting since she jumped into the car. Or Poops. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/53 "2008-07-15T11:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] How about Toonces from “Toonces the Driving Cat” on SNL? Seems fitting since she jumped into the car. Or Poops.[/] DAMMIT! (See my new puppy thread comment.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/54 "2008-07-15T13:34:55Z")
I want to cast another vote for Frogger. Good work, **ladyfoxfyre**. I’m glad to know there are people like you to help the needy kitties of the world. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/55 "2008-07-15T13:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] She is pretty. I like the little steak on the forehead. There’s some cat like thing in an anime with a diamond shape on it’s forehead but I’m blanking on the name and the anime I saw it in. Although it’s not exactly a diamond shape on her that’s the image that popped into my head when I saw her. [/QUOTE] She looks like Peekaboo in the [Rose is Rose](http://www.comics.com/comics/roseisrose/html/cast_RoseisRose.html) strip, except gray. ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/56 "2008-07-15T14:05:06Z")
[Hemi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemi_engine)? ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/57 "2008-07-15T21:05:40Z")
Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone. I was buzzing around with her today and she seems to respond happily to the sound of “zzz’s” so I have settled on Isabella, and a nickname of Izzy. She seems content with it. Izzy is due for her first vet exam tomorrow morning at 8 am. If there’s anything noteworthy to tell, I will definitely do so. Probably ear mites, worms, and fleas. Other than that, she seems happy and healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/58 "2008-07-15T21:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=ladyfoxfyre] Probably ear mites, worms, and fleas. Other than that, she seems happy and healthy. [/QUOTE] Probably need new brake linings and rotors machined too… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/59 "2008-07-15T22:47:11Z")
Awwwww, kittie! Squee! She reminds me of both of the Neville kitties. Luna is a patched dilute torbie, and Katya is gray. [QUOTE=rocking chair] are you sure it’s a girl? [/QUOTE] Something like 999 out of every 1000 calicos/tortoiseshells are girls. It’s a pretty safe guess. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508/60 "2008-07-15T23:07:08Z")
[QUOTE=ladyfoxfyre] TIsabella, and a nickname of Izzy. [/QUOTE] Outstanding choice. You have done well. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daring-highway-kitten-rescue-footage-inside-also-we-need-a-kitty-name/456508.md?page=4)