# Help me name my foster kittens **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090 "2011-06-11T06:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/21 "2011-06-11T18:30:40Z")
Mal, Wash and Jayne ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/22 "2011-06-11T19:58:34Z")
You can borrow my name for our next cat, The Magnificent Fangmeyer, for one of them. ETA: > [@Kilmore](#): > > Trinity, Fat Man, and Little Boy. In that vein (kind of), how about Trinity, Morpheus, and Neo? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/23 "2011-06-11T20:36:52Z")
Since they’re foster kittens [ul] [li]fleeting[/li][li]transitory[/li][li]provisional[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/24 "2011-06-11T21:00:13Z")
Snowball, Snowball II, Coltrane (aka Snowball IV) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/25 "2011-06-11T22:27:24Z")
I only have names for 2. I’ve been saving them for my next cats, but I can loan them to you. Snafu and Fubar. They’re a matched set, with military heritage. I call them Snaffy and Fooey. So name the 3rd one Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/26 "2011-06-11T22:30:26Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I only have names for 2. I’ve been saving them for my next cats, but I can loan them to you. > > Snafu and Fubar. They’re a matched set, with military heritage. I call them Snaffy and Fooey. > > So name the 3rd one Bob. There’s also Tarfu. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/27 "2011-06-12T03:32:36Z")
Eeny, Meeny, Miney… because you don’t want no mo’. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/28 "2011-06-12T03:47:54Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Snafu and Fubar. They’re a matched set, with military heritage. I call them Snaffy and Fooey. > > So name the 3rd one Bob. Or Charlie Foxtrot, and just call him Charlie. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/29 "2011-06-12T03:49:26Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Eeny, Meeny, Miney… because you don’t want no mo’. Game, set, thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/30 "2011-06-12T08:15:55Z")
1 of 3 2 of 3 3 of 3 Too bad you don’t have 9 of them. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/31 "2011-06-12T15:45:19Z")
Rags, Tags, and Obediah. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/32 "2011-06-12T17:34:41Z")
Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Ajax Rockem, Sockem and Robot Bullwinkle, Rocky, and Boris ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/33 "2011-06-12T17:37:20Z")
Jodie, Grant, and Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/34 "2011-06-12T17:38:52Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > … or > > Roland, Eddie, and Jake (not the whole Ka-tet… but still). > \ Oy! and Jake and Eddie. Chip, Robbie and Ernie (my three sons) ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/35 "2011-06-12T19:16:50Z")
Tom Dick and Harry. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090/36 "2011-06-13T00:48:39Z")
Bill and Ted and Rufus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-foster-kittens/585090.md?page=1)