# Name my Kitten!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 17, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069 "2000-04-17T02:12:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/41 "2000-04-17T23:34:00Z")

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How about:

Snowball (good for a black cat)  
Cat Astrophe (maybe Astro for short?)  
Twinkletoes  
Grits (as in 200 grit sandpaper)

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My kids brighten up our home. They never turn the lights off. - **A Wallyism**

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/42 "2000-04-17T23:53:00Z")

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Spot, Rover or my personal favorite for a cat, Target.

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**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/43 "2000-04-18T01:26:00Z")

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Hm. Under shows a lot of promise. His last name can be Foote.

My all-time favorite cat anme, though, is Stain.

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A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain.

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**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 18, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/44 "2000-04-18T03:13:00Z")

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Cthulu?

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All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people.

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/45 "2000-04-18T03:30:00Z")

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Impressionist music lover? How about Claude Depussy?  
Wiccan devotee? How about Pywacket (or Alestair Meowley)?

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/46 "2000-04-18T03:32:00Z")

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I like “Chthulu”, but I don’t know how to pronounce it. And then there’s the whole issue of calling him.

I think he’s staying Under for now. Last name Foote, as suggested above.

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-kitten/16069/47 "2000-04-18T05:36:00Z")

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Call him Karma.

That way when you scold him you get to yell Bad Karma!! Bad Karma!!!

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