# Name my Gargoyle!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794 "2002-08-20T21:46:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/41 "2002-08-21T23:50:27Z")

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**Squish** , what’s the reference?

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/42 "2002-08-22T03:10:49Z")

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Thelonius  
Fudge  
Wesley

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/43 "2002-08-22T03:20:52Z")

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Thelonius  
Fudge  
Wesley

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/44 "2002-08-22T04:38:37Z")

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Stu.

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/45 "2002-08-22T05:26:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by The Scrivener \*  
> \*\ ***Squish** , what’s the reference? \*\*

_Sandman_–Gregory is the name of Cain’s gargoyle, and when he gave Abel a baby gargoyle, Abel wanted to name it Irving but Cain insisted all gargoyle names have to beging with “G”. So Abel named it Goldie, but told the gargoyle that he would always think of it as Irving.

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-gargoyle/124794/46 "2002-08-22T15:39:33Z")

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Dolge.  
Hindley.

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