# I need 40 people to answer a question for my stats class **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059 "2000-04-16T18:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/21 "2000-04-16T19:47:00Z")
Cat: Patches Budgie: Chippy These names fall under “E) Other” (_viz._, lack of information) rather than “C) Thought a generic name was cute”. A complicating factor in the case of the budgie was my (then) four-year-old nephew, who saw us bringing home a new budgie a few months after our previous one had died, and started yelling, “Chippy! Chippy! Chippy!” (my wife liked that idea better than my suggestion of “Downy”, too). * * * “I don’t just want you to feel envy. I want you to suffer, I want you to bleed, I want you to die a little bit each day. And I want you to thank me for it.” – What “Let’s just be friends” _really_ means ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/22 "2000-04-16T19:51:00Z")
Other. It was football season when we got Boomer, and we kicked around (oooh, a pun) football names till we found one that sounded good with doggie commands. ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/23 "2000-04-16T19:56:00Z")
I’m inclined to say “E” (other) but will let you be the judge. When we went to pick our dog up, we looked through a map if the city on the way to the breeder. We found street names that we thought sounded good for a pet name. We settled on “Murphy.” It has no special meaning to us. I’m not sure if this qualifies as “C” (generic and cute) or “D” (which you say includes “long story”). I think it is firmly within “E” though. MtnMan ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/24 "2000-04-16T20:11:00Z")
B. Dog named Rikki (Tiki Tavi) 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/25 "2000-04-16T20:13:00Z")
Hmmm, I name my pets after fictional characters or friends/family members. =)Right now I have a Romeo (Obvious) and a George Harrison Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Splat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Splat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/26 "2000-04-16T20:32:00Z")
Three cats: E) Splat (because kittens are like that and the name stuck) B) Nessie (after the monster) E) Rosa (following my mother’s tradition of naming cats after notable people in the civil rights movement) ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/27 "2000-04-16T20:37:00Z")
Had a cat named Tino, named after the first baseman for the two-tine defending world champion New York Yankees, Tino Martinez! * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: One week, 18 hours, 34 minutes and 50 seconds. 310 cigarettes not smoked, saving $38.87. Life saved: 1 day, 1 hour, 50 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![SouthernXYL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SouthernXYL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernXYL)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/28 "2000-04-16T20:49:00Z")
2 cats, probably E but actually intended to be descriptive: Gold and Silver. Although Cornbread and Biscuit would have been more accurate. Occasionally they get called other names that I won’t mention here. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/29 "2000-04-16T20:54:00Z")
I’ve got 3 dogs and 8 cats…do I count for 11 by myself??? Mostly I’d be an “other”. the names just come to me after I’ve been around the animal awhile. But I have several inside jokes, like my cat named Phydeau (Fido). Another cat named Polly, she has extra toes, which is polydactyl. Oh, and Snowballs…we got him as a neutered male. He’s all white and he got s-noballs, get it? Anyhow 3 joke nems and the rest are “others”. * * * It IS taking longer than I thought! ---
**Author:** ![GoSensGo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@GoSensGo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoSensGo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/30 "2000-04-16T20:56:00Z")
E) Got our dog Princess from the pound and she was already named. ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/31 "2000-04-16T20:57:00Z")
Almost exclusively B for all my pets, past and present. The only exception I can think of is Keekee the cat who got the name because it was how my nephew said kitty, so what is that a D or an E? * * * All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/32 "2000-04-16T20:59:00Z")
D and B. We inherited our Siberian husky from a relative, who had named him Merlot because that was the wine they had for dinner the night they got him. (Hence, D) We thought that it was dumb to name a dog after a wine, so we changed it to Merlin (Hence, B). ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/33 "2000-04-16T21:03:00Z")
Cat one, living with my parents now, is a B: named Zem after the mattresses in The Hitchhiker’s Guide books. Cat two, living with me at the moment, is an E: named Marlin by the shelter people. It fit him, so I kept it. Good luck with the class! * * * Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa… ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/34 "2000-04-16T21:12:00Z")
I suppose this falls under D… My cat is named Killer–cause she cuts everyone up. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/35 "2000-04-16T21:26:00Z")
B) - Tigger ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/36 "2000-04-16T21:46:00Z")
B - Disney movie, what can I say I have children, the dog’s name is Simba ---
**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/37 "2000-04-16T21:50:00Z")
B, Cthulhu, and E, Vladimir. * * * ``You’re just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird.’’ – Tori Amos. ---
**Author:** ![Felinecare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Felinecare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felinecare)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/38 "2000-04-16T21:56:00Z")
E. Other Peachie had peach patches Gigi - don’t remember Sasha - had that name when we got her, figured she was used to it. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/39 "2000-04-16T21:58:00Z")
I just got a kitten yesterday actually. I’m still not decided on his name yet. It’s tentatively “Under”. He’s completely black, and very active and curious. His sister, who my friend took home is named “Frankie” after Frank Sinatra, because of her blue eyes. So that’s two people. I guess you count us as both E, or maybe E and D. I’m going to go start a “Name my Kitten” thread now. ---
**Author:** ![Audi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Audi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/40 "2000-04-16T22:12:00Z")
I thought of Mickey mouse and ended up calling my dog Nikki…so (B) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059.md?page=3)