# Silly thoughts... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047 "2014-10-21T17:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/1 "2014-10-21T17:13:46Z")
What was “Little Red Riding Hood”'s surname? Hood? Riding Hood? What? For that matter what was her first name? ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/2 "2014-10-21T17:26:47Z")
Since she’s fictional, and was only ever referred to by a description, I’m going to say she doesn’t have a name. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/3 "2014-10-21T17:28:30Z")
Alexandra Fedorovna Smirnova. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/4 "2014-10-21T18:24:32Z")
Rover. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/5 "2014-10-21T19:02:13Z")
Ironically, her name was Lupe. Lupe Riding Hood. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/6 "2014-10-21T23:20:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Ironically, her name was Lupe. Lupe Riding Hood. No, it’s never Lupe. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/7 "2014-10-21T23:33:25Z")
It has to be mentioned: [Ladle Rat Rotten Hut: Exploratorium Exhibit.](http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/ladle/) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/8 "2014-10-21T23:48:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What was “Little Red Riding Hood”'s surname? > > Hood? Riding Hood? What? > > For that matter what was her first name? \*On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things There were fallen trees and stumps with rings The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz And the sky was full of clouds The heat was wet and the ground was soft But the air was full of sound I’ve been through the forest for a girl with no name It felt good to be out in some rain In the forest you can’t remember her name 'Cause no ones there (with the exception of game) La, la-la, la-la-la-la-la! La, la-la, la-lah! After two days in the forest sun, My skin began to get pale, After three days in the forest fun there was a storm that dropped some hail. And the ice? It dropped and it bounced and it popped All over the trees, up and down that trail… I’ve been through the forest for a girl with no name It felt good to be out in some rain In the forest you can’t remember her name 'Cause no ones there (with the exception of game) La, la-la, la-la-la-la-la! La, la-la, la-lah! After nine days I let the horse run free 'Cause Grandmas house I could plainly see. There were plants and birds and rocks and things There were fallen trees and stumps with rings A cabin is a house made of trees fallen down And a perfect disguise above Granny… said go get some sand & go pound Because No Basket just means No Love…! I’ve been through the forest for a girl with no name It felt good to be out in some rain In the forest you can’t remember her name 'Cause no ones there (with the exception of game) La, la-la, la-la-la-la-la! La, la-la, la-lah!\* ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/9 "2014-10-22T00:11:33Z")
Ima Wolfsnakz ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/10 "2014-10-22T00:25:18Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > _On the first part of the journey > \<\< clipped \>\> > La, la-la, la-la-la-la-la! La, la-la, la-lah!_ That is just too cool! And so apropos. Is this an original of yours? If not, can you link to the source? It ought to fit the tune well enough. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/11 "2014-10-22T00:38:49Z")
> [@cheshirekat](#): > > ima wolfsnakz :laughing smilie we don’t have: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/12 "2014-10-22T01:06:35Z")
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/13 "2014-10-22T04:02:00Z")
Just Hood, I think. She was Robin’s little sister. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/14 "2014-10-22T04:16:03Z")
America: A Horse with no name. I very much liked that song when it was new, and have some fond memories…😉 Ladle Rat Rotten Hut - been a while 🙂 Missy was a bit of a wayward child. Her great grand daughter wrote a nice reference- in the volume Women Who Run With The Wolves. Her surname, therefore, was Pinkola. The first name is debatable, as some remember her as Sissy, rather than Missy, but it was very likely Clarissa. LRRH had to have survived, thanks to the woodcutter (I prefer logger) and is possibly an ancestor of my grandchildren. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/15 "2014-10-22T04:23:36Z")
Perhaps it should be “Azaria Chamberlain”… ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/16 "2014-10-22T06:54:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What was “Little Red Riding Hood”'s surname? I just want to point out that one of the nice little things about the name “Little Red Riding Hood” is that when you say it out loud, it has a nice musical rhythm to it. In other languages, it just doesnt work… For example, in Hebrew, her name is simply :“Red Cap”. It just ain’t the same. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/17 "2014-10-22T12:15:23Z")
Does anyone else have [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEYfIUDkh8)running through their heads? 😃 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/18 "2014-10-22T15:17:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That is just too cool! And so apropos. > > Is this an original of yours? I’ve never seen it anywhere else, but I read I lot of Gary Larson comic strips back in the day. Does that count…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/19 "2014-10-22T15:24:15Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I’ve never seen it anywhere else, but I read I lot of Gary Larson comic strips back in the day. Does that count…? 😃 Of course. Is that a Larson concoction? It’s new to me, beyond the obvious connection with [A Horse With No Name - America (Lyrics)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpSdePGgVyQ) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047/20 "2014-10-22T16:05:08Z")
Its original; I can probably knock one off every 15 minutes. Its one of a thousand talents that I can’t earn a nickle with. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-thoughts/702047.md?page=2)