# Say hello to Dr. Henry Metzger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750 "2014-01-02T23:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/1 "2014-01-02T23:24:58Z")
…our New Year’s rescue from the local kitty jail. He’s affable, cross-eyed and kind of goofy looking and our vet says he’s going to be enormous, so with any luck he’ll grow into his name. [In compliance](http://s202.photobucket.com/user/hdiggitydog/media/misc%20pics/metzger_zps5c2abbce.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0) [with Doper](http://s202.photobucket.com/user/hdiggitydog/media/misc%20pics/P1000707_zpsf45eab6d.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2) [statutes and customs](http://s202.photobucket.com/user/hdiggitydog/media/misc%20pics/metzger2_zpsf6ac83ad.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1). ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/2 "2014-01-02T23:34:34Z")
Congratulations! He looks well on his way to the appropirate magnificence. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/3 "2014-01-02T23:37:27Z")
Oh, he’s a beauty **koeeoaddi**. May you have many happy years together. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/4 "2014-01-02T23:51:48Z")
OwOw!! He’s a beauty! Me likey BIG cats! esp males! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/5 "2014-01-02T23:55:29Z")
Ooooh, he’s a big’un! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/6 "2014-01-03T00:22:32Z")
He looks a lot like my Attila! Absolutely gorgeous. How did he get the name? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/7 "2014-01-03T00:32:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > He looks a lot like my Attila! > > Absolutely gorgeous. > > How did he get the name? Thanks! Dr. Henry Metzger is the name of the cat in the insanely entertaining heist novel, [Metzger’s Dog](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234335.Metzger_s_Dog?from_search=true), by Thomas Perry. I laughed out loud every time I read it and swore, _“if I ever get another cat…”_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/8 "2014-01-03T01:01:19Z")
What a cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/9 "2014-01-03T01:08:28Z")
Such a nice kitty! Can’t wait to read about his personality. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/10 "2014-01-03T04:12:15Z")
Major kudos on the name. I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a psychotic moron… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/11 "2014-01-03T13:20:54Z")
No other name could have been chosen. He looks _exactly_ like Dr. Henry Metzger. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/12 "2014-01-03T14:47:21Z")
Adorbs, particularly the cross-eyed-ness. What is his doctorate in? Fluffology? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/13 "2014-01-03T14:55:42Z")
Awww! He’s a cutie!!! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/14 "2014-01-03T22:09:44Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Major kudos on the name. I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a psychotic moron… Um, …let’s just say that he is trying very hard to live up to his name. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/15 "2014-01-03T22:19:17Z")
He’s a handsome dude. He looks very Siamese to me in the first pic. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/16 "2014-01-03T23:19:08Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Um, …let’s just say that he is trying very hard to live up to his name. 😃 Here’s hoping he’s a dermatologist. If that name doesn’t work, I recommend Dr. Stephen Carnifex. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/17 "2014-01-03T23:23:23Z")
I LOVE orange boy kitties! And a Ph.D. at his tender age? Fantastic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/18 "2014-01-04T00:09:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I LOVE orange boy kitties! Aye, [the orange ones fuck you up real good](http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kitten_Huffing)! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-hello-to-dr-henry-metzger/677750/19 "2014-01-04T00:30:44Z")
I love cream colored kitties! cutie patootie