# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/41 "2000-04-16T22:15:00Z")
E. I named my dog Denali, it means “The Great One” He is a retired greyhound and I thought he could use a name with some dignity, after all his suffering. * * * The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. Sig courtesy of **Wally the Great** ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/42 "2000-04-16T22:35:00Z")
My cat, who is currently in a ball on my lap, is a Siamese. I wanted something that sounded Asian, so I named her: Tiki Tiki Tembo No Si Rembo Cherri Berri Ruchi Pip Perry Pembo (seriously) after a children’s book. She says a rousing Meow to all of you. (ps: you DO your stats homework?) * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![ralphredan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ralphredan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralphredan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/43 "2000-04-16T23:07:00Z")
I guess mine was D:inside joke The first cat was named **Dryfus Fund** because their symbol was a lion and the cat was yellow. The litter of 5 became D:long story, refering to the mother. They were named \*\*Merril, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith \*\* * * * It’s sunny today in the RSA. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/44 "2000-04-16T23:17:00Z")
BEAR…because the damn thing had no tail and it was big as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/45 "2000-04-16T23:19:00Z")
btw…I’m talking about a gerbil. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/46 "2000-04-16T23:37:00Z")
## I have a B – Enid was named after the kindest and noblest of Guinevere’s ladies in the Arthur stories. She doesn’t seem to feel obligated to live up to it, however. ## Catrandom Go to a vet that’s also a taxidermist. Either way, you’ll get your cat back. _Sig courtesy of the amazing WallyM7_ ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/47 "2000-04-16T23:42:00Z")
Depending on which pet, I would fit all categories. The A, B, C, . . . thing reminded me of the way a friend of mine names his dogs. For males: A-Dog, B-Dog, C-Dog, D-Dog, etc. For females: She-A, She-B, She-D, She-E, etc. He currently has D-Dog, She-B, and She-E. She-B gave birth to She-D and She-E, but She-D has since died of cancer. ## Confusing, eh? Pardon me while I burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/48 "2000-04-16T23:52:00Z")
Wow–thanks to all of you so much! I wanna see if I can specifically mention Cristi and the cat named after an amp in my project. * * * “I need the biggest seed bell you have. . . no, that’s too big.”–Hans Moleman ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/49 "2000-04-17T00:40:00Z")
I once helped some people in Hermosa Beach catch their cat, who had run across the street. I returned him to them and asked what his name was. They said they had a dog named “Rusty,” so when they got a cat they named him “Corroded.” 😃 I also used to know an old man in Inglewood who had two cats, Troubles and Hangover. I asked “Does he drink?” The man said no, when the cat was a kitten he used to sleep on the couch and hang over the back of the couch. 🙂 * * * “If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/50 "2000-04-17T00:46:00Z")
When we got our guinea pig, we looked in a book of names. Not like a baby name book, but a book full of names of all kinds of things, from fictional book characters to state capitals. We found it under “Norse Gods”–Loki, the god of mischief. * * * I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon. –Sig line courtesy of Wally 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MissMonica7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@MissMonica7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMonica7)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/51 "2000-04-17T02:16:00Z")
i suppose either C or E… my cats name is kitty, b/c we couldnt stick to a real name for her. our last two cats were named kitty, also… * * * “I am so smart, I am so smart, s-m-r-t, i mean s-m-a-r-t” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/52 "2000-04-17T03:35:00Z")
My SO suggested Mickey and Minnie which would be B, but I convinced him to go with Max and Minnie - D * * * Virtually yours, DrMatrix [http://members.aol.com/ljgrafix/rainbow.gif](http://members.aol.com/ljgrafix/rainbow.gif) “Feynman was wrong. I understand Quantum Physics completely. Anybody seen my drugs?” - **WallyM7** ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/53 "2000-04-17T08:59:00Z")
Well, I breed cats and can probably fill all of your categories for you, and qualify for about 39 of your 40 people! I guess my name choices are basically ‘E’, although they also fit into some of the other categories. When I’m choosing names, I look for something that will look classy or interesting on a pedigree. I’ve tried several times to follow a theme in picking names, but always got sidetracked. Right now I’m going with alliteration - my cattery name (the first word in a pedigree name) starts with a ‘C’, so I’ve used Contessa, Crackerjack, Kudzu, and Cajun Magic. At one time I was using ‘southern’ names, so had Dixie Dawn and Dixie Delight. Sometimes I combine or follow the theme of ancestor names - Dixie Dawn and Cajun Magic produced ‘Dixie Magic’. D. Delight has a daughter named Sheer Delight. One cat’s granddam was Tailor Made, so I named her Custom Made. Have a stud named Potta Gold, so named his son Spotta Luck. Have a stud named Rhapsody, named his daughter Rapture. Got a blue cat from another cattery that uses flower names, so named her Bluerose. Have two chocolate spotted tabbies named Snickers and Hershey. Named a girl ‘Atalla’ after a nearby town and because I thought it sounded exotic. She had four kittens and one of them is sold to a breeder who follows a ‘monster’ theme in her cattery (a previous kitten she bought from me is named Frankenstein.) She picked the name Akasha (from Vampire series), and I decided to name them all with exotic sounding ‘A’ names, so I also have Armani, Ashanti, and Ayesha. And then there are the current rescue cats - Duchess, because she looks elegant, Stranger because she was one, Road Cat because I found him on the side of the road, and Renfroe because that was the area she was found in. And Oops because she was a mistake - one of the girls got out and made whoopee with a neighborhood stray - gave all of the kittens away except for Oops . . . If you or your classmates need sources, you can join the fancier’s list (cat fancy) and ask your question there - you’ll get tons of great stories, I’m sure. I’m sure you can also try any dog breeder’s list and get the same result. * * * I have a firm grip on reality - now I can strangle it. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/54 "2000-04-17T09:57:00Z")
Hmmm… Mostly C or D. All cats. **Henry.** Just a name. He’s orange, he has six toes. Why not “Henry”? **Reggie.** Just a name. He’s white, and fat, and stupid. Why not “Reggie”? **Missy.** Petite delicate flower. Little orange kitty. Maybe that would fall under generic cute name. **Tangie.** Short for “Tangerine”. Another orange cat. **Ambrose.** White six-toed kitty. My dad named him. Why not call him “Ambrose”? * * * ## **He was a lot older than I, but he was rich, so I married the old geyser.** Authentic Sig line by Wally! _Polydactyl Cats Unlimited “A Cat Cannot Have Too Many Toes”_ ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/55 "2000-04-17T10:26:00Z")
E. Other… My cat is named Oreo because his fur looks like an Oreo cookie (black fur on top, white fur on bottom and sides) 🙂 * * * _Louie: young guy, possibly a bit green, but smart as paint._ - Greg Charles ---
**Author:** ![MLAW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MLAW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLAW)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/56 "2000-04-17T16:40:00Z")
First Cat = Thud (D) We have an open railing and as a kitten she quite often fell to the stairs below “with a thud”. First Dog = Larry (E) He wasn’t named after anyone. Just liked this name for a dog. Took us three days to decide on this name. Second Dog = Samantha (E) Again, not named after anyone. Second Cat = Chyrstal (E) Not named after anyone. (We like people name for animals). And the last addition to the family is another cat = Godzilla (D) Because she sits on her hind legs and attacks with her front paws (just like Godzilla) ---
**Author:** ![MLAW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MLAW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLAW)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/57 "2000-04-17T16:41:00Z")
First Cat = Thud (D) We have an open railing and as a kitten she quite often fell to the stairs below “with a thud”. First Dog = Larry (E) He wasn’t named after anyone. Just liked this name for a dog. Took us three days to decide on this name. Second Dog = Samantha (E) Again, not named after anyone. Second Cat = Chrystal (E) Not named after anyone. (We like people name for animals). And the last addition to the family is another cat = Godzilla (D) Because she sits on her hind legs and attacks with her front paws (just like Godzilla) ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/58 "2000-04-17T16:49:00Z")
All my pets are named after fictional characters. Dog = Hobbes (the tiger, not the philospher) Cats = Cringer (from He-Man) and Gizmo (he came pre-named) Fish = Scylla and Charybdis * * * “It says, I choo-choo-choose you. And it’s got a picture of a train.” – Ralph Wiggum ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/59 "2000-04-18T05:17:00Z")
B: Fictional character. Our dog (a fox terrier chihuahua cross) was named after the old comic character, Scamp (It’s full name was “Scamper Snoopy”). It was formerly a female before undergoing gender nullification surgery. Keith * * * “I’m tired of being an object of ridicule. I wanna be a figure of fear, respect, and SEX!” -Radar O’Reilly ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059/60 "2000-04-18T05:21:00Z")
B: Fictional character. Our dog (a fox terrier chihuahua cross) was named after the old comic character, Scamp (It’s full name was “Scamper Snoopy”). It was formerly a female before undergoing gender nullification surgery. Keith * * * “I’m tired of being an object of ridicule. I wanna be a figure of fear, respect, and SEX!” -Radar O’Reilly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-40-people-to-answer-a-question-for-my-stats-class/16059.md?page=4)