# Got any cool names for a couple of snakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732 "2003-11-22T21:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/21 "2003-11-23T06:12:41Z")
Nero and Bianco is Italian for black and white. Not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/22 "2003-11-23T06:22:03Z")
**Terd** has the right idea, although Hiss and Hearse made me laugh out loud! Any more languages for black and white? If you suggest a name out of mythology, a little background please. Like I said, NOT paired is fine! Oh, btw, I already had a Nag and Nagina, so any Kipling fans , your out of luck! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/23 "2003-11-23T06:22:05Z")
Mungojerry and Rumpleteaser Lucifer and Nicotine Eeeyu and Yuuenn (Bad political pun) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/24 "2003-11-23T06:25:01Z")
When I was on Maui in 1991, there was a female snake born with two heads; they were named Thelma and Louise. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/25 "2003-11-23T06:55:19Z")
Noir and Blanc (I think) is French for black and white. How about Orpheus and Eurydice? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/26 "2003-11-23T06:59:59Z")
Bush and Cheney? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/27 "2003-11-23T18:40:00Z")
Damn, **Kat** already mentioned my pick for black and white. How about the overused Ebony and Ivory? Or Checkers and Chess? Hissy Fit and Sir Pent Vermithrax and Smaug Forky and Spooner ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/28 "2003-11-23T20:59:56Z")
How about a Seussian homage – Snake One and Snake Two? ---
**Author:** ![MrBerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MrBerious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBerious)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/29 "2003-11-23T21:11:18Z")
Mr & Mrs Snake ---
**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:** [November 23, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/30 "2003-11-23T21:37:10Z")
And I thought Anna and Kobie were a slam dunk!☹ ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/31 "2003-11-23T21:49:50Z")
German: schwarz and weiss Dutch: Zwart and wit Portugese: preto and branco Norwegian: svart and hvit Hope that helps… ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/32 "2003-11-23T22:24:14Z")
Hindi - Kala and Safaydh. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/33 "2003-11-23T22:42:12Z")
Yin and Yang Cath & Ann (Anode/Anion & Cathode/Cation) genderfy if needed Blanche and Bituminous (toomy for short) Proton and Electron There has to be appropriate black.white pairs in mythology Brian ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/34 "2003-11-23T22:50:57Z")
[Fasolt and Fafner](http://ring.mithec.com/images/Fasolt-und-Fafner-Stassen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![eli\_the\_fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@eli\_the\_fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eli_the_fanatic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/35 "2003-11-23T23:06:56Z")
I would name them **Pancho** and **Lefty**. ---
**Author:** ![eli\_the\_fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@eli\_the\_fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eli_the_fanatic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/36 "2003-11-23T23:21:58Z")
I would name them **Pancho** and **Lefty**. ---
**Author:** ![DaPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DaPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaPearl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/37 "2003-11-23T23:39:45Z")
Pinky and the Brain? Terrence and Philip? Jake and Elwood? Beecher and Keller? OK, maybe not the last one… ---
**Author:** ![KingLupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KingLupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLupid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/38 "2003-11-23T23:42:24Z")
Basil from A Clockwork Orange, and Asmodeus for an evil god from one of the many Middle Eastern religions. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/39 "2003-11-23T23:46:37Z")
Lisk and Trice? (Basilisk and Cockatrice, if you’re the formal sort.) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/40 "2003-11-24T00:07:19Z")
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