# Please help me name my goats! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897 "2004-04-14T02:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/21 "2004-04-14T13:44:04Z")
I like Tinkers, Evers and Chance. How about the Broadway’d version of them: O’Brien, Ryan and Goldberg. A new toaster over with Corinthian Leather if anyone can name the movie/play that it comes from. \<--------Thinks she so witty. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/22 "2004-04-14T13:55:11Z")
I vote for A, B, and C. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/23 "2004-04-14T13:56:45Z")
> [@](#): > > I am however; considering making goat cheese from them. Their milk, that is; not from the animals themselves. On Deb’s second foray into raising goats, along with the La Manchas she got for dairy, she got our son some pygmies for 4-H showing. Deb was convinced that she was going to milk the pygmies, as well, despite every pygmy breeder trying to persuade her it was not going to happen, It didn’t happen. It is not so much that one _cannot_ milk pygmies (although, even with a milkstand Deb found it difficult to get to them) as that they are simply not _dairy_ goats. You cannot get the several pounds of milk, daily, required to actually make cheese. Good luck. * * * If you do decide to try to milk them, you will obviously need to breed them. This means you will have _new_ goats to name (or to butcher) each year. If you are considering showing them, pick names that will let you easily remember how old each goat is. For example, the American Dairy Goat Association (which does not handle pygmies) assigns a letter code as part of the serial number each year, so we named all the goats born in an “A” year with names beginning “A” and the next year’s crop got names beginning “B,” etc. (You’ll be surprised how soon you’ll have to reckon goat ages on your fingers as each year passes depressingly like the one previous.) I suspect that you will find some similar naming convention useful. For 2004, how about Election, Olympic, and Leap? j/k ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/24 "2004-04-14T14:02:46Z")
Tom, Dick, and Harry. Sue, Sue, and Sue (assuming that they will all be male). Bismarck, Charlemane, Napoleon. John, Paul, and Ringo. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/25 "2004-04-14T14:03:44Z")
What’s with all this “A, B, and C” business? It makes a lot more sense to call them “goats X, Y, and Z”. Say it out loud 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/26 "2004-04-14T14:10:50Z")
My parents’ friends had goats when they first met. The goats were named Barbeque and Dinner. My parents also had two nanny goats and a billy goat. I only remember the name of the billy: Vinny. They didn’t eat their goats, but Barbeque and Dinner became barbeque and dinner. I like Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, myself. Though you could always go with Ickle Me, Pickle Me, and Tickle Me Too. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/27 "2004-04-14T15:08:34Z")
I’m getting a pygmy later in the month too. His name will be Elvis, which is only slightly off of my tradition of naming animals after country music singers. Hmm… maybe I should go with Hank and keep the tradition alive. We’ll see when we get him. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/28 "2004-04-14T15:19:48Z")
Benny and the Jets Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Picasso Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Pancho Whathisname My husband had a goat. It used to escape nearly every day and the neighbor would bring it home in his truck each night. I don’t think they’re particularly bright. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/29 "2004-04-14T15:30:54Z")
I guess I have to go for the traditional names. Tanngrisni (gap-tooth) Tanngnost (grind-tooth) These were the names of Thor’s goats. As for the third goat, I like Thialfi, Thor’s fleet footed servent. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/30 "2004-04-14T16:22:40Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > What’s with all this “A, B, and C” business? It makes a lot more sense to call them “goats X, Y, and Z”. Say it out loud 😃 You must not have been exposed to the joy that is **Goatse** (pronounced, apparently, “Goat C”). Google the name and prepare to be disgusted. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/31 "2004-04-14T16:48:15Z")
How about Got-My, Billy and Zy? I’ve always wanted to have a goat named Zy. ---
**Author:** ![dcordell1960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dcordell1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcordell1960)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/32 "2004-04-14T16:52:35Z")
What NO pictures? ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/33 "2004-04-14T17:12:49Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Winken, Blinken and Nod :smack: Sorry about that **Boyo Jim**. I knew they were good names for goats, I just forgot that I had just read them. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/34 "2004-04-14T17:36:37Z")
Kozël (pronounced ka-ZYOL), Bock, and Ahuntz. Russian, Swedish, and Basque words, respectively, for ‘goat’. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/35 "2004-04-14T17:59:27Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > My husband had a goat. It used to escape nearly every day and the neighbor would bring it home in his truck each night. > > I don’t think they’re particularly bright. It still managed to escape every day and you couldn’t figure out how to keep him contained? And you said the goat wasn’t that bright? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/36 "2004-04-14T18:03:57Z")
Flora, Fauna and Merryweather Red, Yellow and Blue Rock, Paper and Scissors hehe… this is fun! 🙂 Pancake, Bacon and Eggs (or Sausauge, Bacon and Ham) Marilyn, Audrey and Ginger Vincent, Jules and Marsellus Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander Hickory, Dickory and Dock You definitly have to let us all know once you choose! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/37 "2004-04-14T22:04:23Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > …If you do decide to try to milk them, you will obviously need to breed them. This means you will have _new_ goats to name (or to butcher) each year… Obviously a pessimist. You will have new goats to name AND to butcher. Whoo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897/38 "2004-04-14T23:42:16Z")
As more and more goats are being used to keep weeds and grass under control along the highways: Toro, Snapper and Lawn-Boy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-name-my-goats/239897.md?page=1)