# Help me name my new pet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883 "2002-04-22T00:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/21 "2002-04-22T05:27:51Z")
Lunch. 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/22 "2002-04-22T05:51:47Z")
Rodan Opus Sam ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/23 "2002-04-22T05:59:13Z")
Escobar Esteban Cortez Flip (_groan_) Tengu Egon Boris Parker Vlad(imir) Hugin ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/24 "2002-04-22T06:18:37Z")
You know I’m gonna have to go with my standard answer, “Chicken of Bristol”. Hey, you could call him “Cob!” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/25 "2002-04-22T06:29:12Z")
[Pick one](http://www.cockatiel.com/names.shtml) . ---
**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:** [April 22, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/26 "2002-04-22T08:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Ayesha \*\*\* > And no I won’t name him Pablo. How rude! ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/27 "2002-04-22T09:23:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*How rude! \*\* Well of course it was rude ! I am known for being rude, and for my boobs, but mostly for being rude. 😃 😛 Oh and chique, I saw you horrid girl, Santa will be bringing you some special birdie gifts this year my pretty. evilbeth, I am giving serious thought to Chicken of Bristol, but I think that may be a bit big of a name to try to teach him to say. I will make a decision sometime in the next day or two so keep em coming folks. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/28 "2002-04-22T11:14:20Z")
“Liddle widdle sweetie pie”? Cuts down on confusion when people actually call him that… 😃 [sub]Mmmm… fresh cockatiel… Oops, did that just post?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/29 "2002-04-22T13:48:53Z")
okay, I’d consider Algie, Anatole, Basil, Dorian, Eustace, Guthrie, Hector, Igor, Leland, Leo, Loren, Orpheus, Orson, Perry, Rudiger, Tycho, Vanya, Woodrow, or _possibly_ Rupert (but that’s just me) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/30 "2002-04-22T15:08:29Z")
As I understand it, cocatiels…and other parrot-like birds… often have the habit ob bobbing their heads like on of those bobble-headed toys (the dolls whose heads bounce up abd down on a little spring). ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/31 "2002-04-22T16:19:24Z")
Eric. All pets should be named Eric. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/32 "2002-04-22T19:50:11Z")
Dave Foghorn Banana (the Flying) Walenda Diver Jim Fuzz Thor Magnus Vulcan Cribbage Kumquat Zinger Emu Igor (but pronounce it “Eeyore”) Knickerless (but pronounce it “Nicholas”) Doc Sean Combs (but call him “P.Diddy”) Roc Opus Cutter Tampa Cayman Desdemona Hannibal Raptor Darwin Leewenhouk Guy (with French pronunciation) Labrador Hatch Naylz Wazoo Bing Hatter ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/33 "2002-04-22T20:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chique \* > \*\*Lunch. \*\* Dang. Y’beat me to it. How about **snakefood**? ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/34 "2002-04-22T20:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by c\_carol \* > \*\*Eric. All pets should be named Eric. \*\* “All your pets called Eric?” “There’s nothing so odd about that; Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul!” 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/35 "2002-04-23T05:08:38Z")
Well he has named himself, henceforth he shall be known as Hannibal, he likes boiled eggs. He let me know this by stealing a bit of the egg I was chopping to put in my tuna tonight. Thanks for your suggestions guys. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/36 "2002-04-23T05:51:54Z")
Drat. I was thinking of some names tonight, but got back here too late. I _was_ going to suggest: Algernon Botticelli Bogart Jasper (hello, **Coldfire** 😉 ) Esperanza (means hope in spanish) Killroy (nose, eyes and fingers peeking out, WWII beginnings) Spanky Nympho Cleave (-age) Romeo Sly Anyway, congrats on the new family member. Make sure you bring him to our next Dopefest, if possible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/37 "2002-04-23T09:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\*“All your pets called Eric?” > > “There’s nothing so odd about that; Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul!” > > 😃 🆒 \*\* “Hello, I’d like to buy a fish license, please.” “A what?” “A license, for my pet fish, Eric. Eric the fish. He’s an 'alibut.” “A what?” “He is an hhhhhhhhhhalibut. Chose 'im out of thousands. I didn’t like the others, they were all too flat.” ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/38 "2002-04-23T11:35:08Z")
Ah, shoot. I was hoping I could put up **Suavicito** for consideration. Has a nice snarky sound to it. But Hannibal is pretty cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/39 "2002-04-23T15:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\* > “Hello, I’d like to buy a fish license, please.” > > “A what?” > > “A license, for my pet fish, Eric. Eric the fish. He’s an 'alibut.” > > “A what?” > > “He is an hhhhhhhhhhalibut. Chose 'im out of thousands. I didn’t like the others, they were all too flat.” \*\* “You must be a loony.” “I am _not_ a loony! Why should I be tarred with the epithet ‘loony’ merely because I’ve got a pet 'alibut? I’ve heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet prawn called Simon. You wouldn’t call him a loony.” [sub]Sorry, **Ayesha** , I can’t help myself.[/sub]:rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883/40 "2002-04-23T15:53:00Z")
Hiya **Ayesha**!! My submissions: **Smally** \<-- A new nickname I’ve been using on my dog. My current fave. **Shaddap** **Kitty** \<-- I had a dog named Fish, so a bird named Kitty would be kewl to me (and only me, I realize). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pet/104883.md?page=3)