# Name the Goat! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332 "2010-10-25T20:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/1 "2010-10-25T20:57:54Z")
My nephew is in the Peace Corps in South America, and is going to buy a goat for milk, and an eventual banquet. (I doubt he’ll have the heart for the banquet). What would be a good name for said goat? ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/2 "2010-10-25T20:59:29Z")
Truly Scrumptious? (I like goat–milk and meat!) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/3 "2010-10-25T20:59:46Z")
I had two goats when I was a kid, and I named the boy Billy and the girl Nanny. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/4 "2010-10-25T21:44:53Z")
Roger (Federer) or Ayrton (Senna) They are two G.O.A.T.s aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/5 "2010-10-25T21:46:36Z")
Donkey Goaty. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/6 "2010-10-25T21:49:15Z")
Goaty Goaterstein. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/7 "2010-10-25T21:51:17Z")
Goatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/8 "2010-10-25T21:54:09Z")
Butt-head. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/9 "2010-10-25T21:54:44Z")
Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/10 "2010-10-25T22:02:18Z")
William G. Gruff ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/11 "2010-10-25T22:05:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > William G. Gruff TripTrap 🙂 He could get 3 goats: Goat A, Goat B and Goat C ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/12 "2010-10-26T01:17:56Z")
Fridge Magnet (from that other thread about the dam goats) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/13 "2010-10-26T01:19:44Z")
Pan (You know - the goatish Greek God) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/14 "2010-10-26T01:51:56Z")
Feta Morgana > **[Fata Morgana (mirage)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage))** > > A Fata Morgana (Italian: \[ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna\]) is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. The term Fata Morgana is the Italian translation of "Morgan the Fairy" (Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend). These mirages are often seen in the Italian Strait of Messina, and were described as fairy castles in the air or false land conjured by her magic. > Fata Morgana mirages significantly distort the object or objects on which they are based, often such that the ... ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/15 "2010-10-26T03:11:15Z")
Goat C ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/16 "2010-10-26T03:36:40Z")
Rope. Assuming said nephew has never milked one before it could be an interesting and confusing endeavor. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/17 "2010-10-26T03:45:52Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I doubt he’ll have the heart for the banquet But that’s the best part! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/18 "2010-10-26T04:41:35Z")
I have some coworkers that raise goats for milk/meat/sales. They were looking for a new name for a baby goat–I campaigned hard for my real first name ‘Kristin’. I was told– "No, we want it to start with an ‘M’ " Me: “How about M-Kris??!! It can have a cool rap career!” I vote for M-Kris! (though, I doubt it will have a great rap career) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/19 "2010-10-26T13:49:41Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Goat C Post 11. You think like I do. You can’t stand it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/20 "2010-10-26T13:55:16Z")
Stu (Goat meat can be awfully tough unless it’s simmered in liquid for quite a while.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332.md?page=2)