# I got a bear and the help me name my bear thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559 "2007-05-26T00:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/41 "2007-05-27T21:11:36Z")
Ursa Minor? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/42 "2007-05-28T03:40:15Z")
While we are all still throwing names around, how about, Zsa Zsa Gabear? At least for the one known female. It appears as though one of the bears has caused other problems so all the neighbours(5 of us) are going to meet tomorrow night. Two of them have permits to hunt bears. We don’t want to kill all the bears but we want the trouble maker/s taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/43 "2007-05-28T03:41:39Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Ursa Minor? 😉 [/QUOTE] Sounds good for one of the cubs. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/44 "2007-05-28T11:50:39Z")
Ursa Minor for a cub, Ursa for the other cub, Ursa Major for the father, and Ursala for the mother? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/45 "2007-05-28T13:25:16Z")
Paddington ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/46 "2007-05-28T13:47:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] **Ursa Minor for a cub, Ursa for the other cub** , Ursa Major for the father, and Ursala for the mother? [/QUOTE] Thinking about this and wanting to be correct we’d have to name the younger cub Ursa Minor. But you’ll have to be the one to work out which one is younger. 🙂 I just hope mum will let you get close enough. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/47 "2007-05-28T13:52:38Z")
Younger, or smaller. 😉 Ursa Major would also work for the mother, (because mother bears are more fierce IMO) and Ursa Minor for the father. Then name the cubs things like Paddington or what have you. 🙂 There’s also Bruin, or Bera as well. Brunor too I think? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/48 "2007-05-28T13:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] Paddington [/QUOTE] Ok I’m voting for Paddington. But he needs a little hat and an English accent. Can I mention I came within a hairs inch of being named Ursala, before my mother came to her senses. I could be a lot furrier now. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/49 "2007-05-29T01:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Ok I’m voting for Paddington. But he needs a little hat and an English accent… [/QUOTE] And some marmalade sandwiches. 🙂 Oh, I’m sad that some of the bears might need to be shot. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/50 "2007-05-29T02:17:05Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] He’s a bear called Jeremy, he can do most anything. He can dance and he can sing… Sorry. Probably most readers won’t get that. [/QUOTE] Well, my name’s Jeremy, so I think that it’s an especially good name for a bear cub! I like the name “Thing 2”, especially when it gets bigger. Make people on edge waiting for the other one to spring out from behind a couch or something. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/51 "2007-05-29T03:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] And some marmalade sandwiches. 🙂 Oh, I’m sad that some of the bears might need to be shot. [/QUOTE] As of this point in time no bears have been shot and we are hoping to keep it that way. The trouble maker seems to have disappeared without causing any further problems but if he does come back I think I have a name for him. **chaoticbear** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/52 "2007-05-29T03:33:49Z")
You could just package him up and send him over here. We have a shortage of bears in Scotland. A bit of brown paper and string should do the trick. He can live in my spare bedroom and I will learn to cook bear food. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559/53 "2007-05-29T21:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] You could just package him up and send him over here. We have a shortage of bears in Scotland. A bit of brown paper and string should do the trick. He can live in my spare bedroom and I will learn to cook bear food. [/QUOTE] Gee, and I was planning on heading in your general direction(Bangor Wales) later this year but I had to cancel. I could always send him with the wife as she is still going in September. So long as you can assure her there will be no problem with customs. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bear-and-the-help-me-name-my-bear-thread/405559.md?page=2)