# The minister's cat... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961 "2000-06-10T16:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/1 "2000-06-10T16:52:11Z")
… is an **abnormally-abomidable** cat. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/2 "2000-06-10T17:25:41Z")
Met one last night that would just sit there and hiss and bat at my hand if I tried to pet it. Not old or decrepit, but too lazy to get off its ass. Good thing it was declawed, or teasing it would have hurt. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/3 "2000-06-10T17:52:56Z")
is a Bombastically Banal cat, and her name is Bombalurina. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/4 "2000-06-10T18:28:20Z")
Bombalurina is a caustically carnal cat. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/5 "2000-06-10T18:43:09Z")
is a **devilishly dubious** cat. If she needs a name too, it’s **Desdemona.** ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/6 "2000-06-10T18:46:51Z")
is an elegant eccentric cat ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/7 "2000-06-10T18:47:43Z")
is an **egregiously evil** cat. Do I have to think of a name too? Chief Scott didn’t use a name, and I already had to hunt around to make sure egregiously was a real word. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/8 "2000-06-10T18:49:13Z")
I choose Carna Gi Sauda. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/9 "2000-06-10T18:55:27Z")
Damn, sealemon beat me to ‘E’. Ok, then the cat is a **fatally flatulant** cat. I shall call it ‘Mini-Me’ ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/10 "2000-06-10T20:02:16Z")
_And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: The Napoleon of Crime!_ A **methodically maniacal** cat. Named Macavity, of course. -David ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/11 "2000-06-10T20:02:40Z")
Final form reference: It goes like this: The minister’s cat is a G--------ly G--------- cat, and her name is G-----------. Replace G’s as indicated. The minister’s cat is a grievously griddled cat, and her name is Gollylorum. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/12 "2000-06-10T20:06:54Z")
Remember…Coffee **BEFORE** posting… Griddlebone: A **Gastronomically Generous** Cat. -David (again) ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/13 "2000-06-10T20:07:28Z")
…is a heterosexual-hinterlandic cat. His name is Horatio Hangerwire. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/14 "2000-06-10T20:14:27Z")
is an **intensely intellingent** cat. His name, of course, being **Ike.** ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/15 "2000-06-10T20:15:45Z")
an **intensely intelligent** cat who’s too **idiosyncratic** to proofread before sending. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/16 "2000-06-10T20:26:37Z")
The minister’s cat is a jealously judgemental cat and his name is Jehosephat. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/17 "2000-06-10T20:26:51Z")
is a **justifiably jeweltoned** cat, named **Jehosephat**. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/18 "2000-06-10T20:27:40Z")
The minister’s cat is a jovially juvenile cat, whose name is Jellylorum (of course) Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/19 "2000-06-10T20:28:35Z")
Yes Purplebear!!! We clearly know the same cat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961/20 "2000-06-10T20:29:54Z")
HEY! as-u-wish beat me to it! Sigh. ok, K: is a **kindhearted kinky** cat named **Kismet**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ministers-cat/21961.md?page=2)