# The nameless kitten may be named at last (or maybe not) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953 "2009-01-05T16:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/21 "2009-01-06T00:27:26Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > - > - > - And everybody should have a picture of their cat in a sink. 🙂 Shoot, we have pictures of the indoor cat in the sink, in the dishwasher, in the washing machine . . . I’m glad you’re coming up with an interesting name for him. Believe it or not, your little Spooner looks a lot like a stray I started feeding awhile back. I usually do a pretty good job of “naming” various cats based on their appearance.[sup]1[/sup]. No luck this time. The only thing distinctive about him was an intact set of gonads. So I wound up calling him Tom. (Thomas T. [for the] Cat, sometimes; and after discovering that he is a Maine Coon, sometimes MC Tom.) He’s proven to be an affectionate (if hefty) critter - I can’t imagine how he wound up homeless. * * * 1. There is a neighborhood cat I call Moe. It is white with a few large black splotches, one of which is on the top of its head; from head on it reminds me of Moe Howard of the Three Stooges. (That one is lucky; usually I call cats with such markings Squad Car, cuz they’re black-and-white units. Get it? :rolleyes: ) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/22 "2009-01-06T00:42:26Z")
The other cat facing the camera in the _ears to you_ could not look more annoyed at the mere existence of Spooner (or whatever hiss name turns out to be) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/23 "2009-01-06T00:44:07Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > My Katya (AKA whrrrrrrrrr) has taken to sitting in the sink when I get up in the morning and go to the bathroom. I pet her in the sink, and she purrs. I’ve got two sinkaholics, but they’re in the sink for the drink. [Eddy](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2665499320000735275Fhtpyb) and [Sophie](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2076712900000735275aChheR) both love to lap from a dripping faucet, and every time I use the upstairs bathroom one, the other, or both will get up on the edge of the sink and expect me to turn the faucet on. Then, if they’re both there, they engage in a staring standoff to see who’ll blink first, scooch down to drink, and get indignantly whapped by the other for shoving in first. Eddy’s got his own bizarre faucet-drip-drinking technique. He’s such a large cat, it’s difficult for him to get his head positioned at the right angle under the low-slung bathroom faucet. So he tips it almost sideways, slides it underneath the drip, and lets the drops land near the corner of his eye, roll down his cheek, and slide into the corner of his busily lapping mouth. Cats is weird. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/24 "2009-01-06T00:49:03Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The other cat facing the camera in the _ears to you_ could not look more annoyed at the mere existence of Spooner (or whatever hiss name turns out to be) That’s Peanut, the next youngest, and he’s actually fairly friendly with Spooner.\* The kitten will fling himself upon Peanut and they’ll wrestle happily. Peanut tends to take the [uppermost position](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2588615070000735275bIeMAL) and uses his considerable heft to smush Spooner’s head despite the kitten’s frantically kicking hind feet. \*There! I used it as a name for the little guy! I guess it’s official now. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/25 "2009-01-06T03:30:38Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > [Anna](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceejaytee/2470377310/) You should submit this to [http://www.catsinsinks.com/](http://www.catsinsinks.com/) 😃 I love the name Spooner! Everybody’s kitties are SO CUTE!!! Our [Emma](http://www.flickr.com/photos/23298617@N05/2636255953/) must be an anomaly, as she knows her name and comes when she’s called. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/26 "2009-01-06T16:25:53Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > \*There! I used it as a name for the little guy! I guess it’s official now. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/27 "2009-01-06T20:01:08Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > You should submit this to [http://www.catsinsinks.com/](http://www.catsinsinks.com/) 😃 Man, there’s a website for everything! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/28 "2009-01-06T21:25:50Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > Man, there’s a website for everything! [Indeed (SFW)](http://www.celebheights.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/29 "2009-01-07T18:21:18Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > [Indeed (SFW)](http://www.celebheights.com/) Okay, now that’s just weird. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/30 "2009-01-07T18:24:01Z")
Meanwhile, the “Spooner” name seems to be drifting toward “Schooner” – not an inappropriate choice given I live in a New England seacoast town. He ignores them both, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/31 "2009-01-07T18:30:16Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Meanwhile, the “Spooner” name seems to be drifting toward “Schooner” – not an inappropriate choice given I live in a New England seacoast town. > > **He ignores them both, anyway.** Of course he does. The only reason to name a cat is for their file at the veterinarian. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/32 "2009-01-07T18:53:15Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Of course he does. > The only reason to name a cat is for their file at the veterinarian. 😃 Well, that, and sorting them out when speaking of a multicat household’s inhabitants. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/33 "2009-01-08T18:56:13Z")
I’ve been addressing the kitten as “Spooner” (not that he pays any attention, of course), but have experienced an odd thing: what’s been coming out of my mouth has been “Schooner” – not a bad name for a seacoast cat, is it? Whaddaya mean, I’m WAAAAYYYYYY overthinking this name business? 😛 Oh, yeh – [New Webshots album](http://good-times.webshots.com/album/569570867JaIhJu), with closeups of the thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/34 "2009-01-08T20:07:07Z")
Listen, my cats get called by their \*actual \*names about, oh…maybe 20% of the time? Mostly when they’re in trouble? Otherwise, it’s Mollykins, Mollywolly, Little Girl, for Molly. Punkenstein, Lard Cat, Punkin Pie for Punky, and Wee-Kitty, Shithead or Long Cat for Rio. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953/35 "2009-01-08T20:21:46Z")
Ayuh, Schoonah, he’s a wicked cute caht. Now you can keep us updated on the latest Spoonerisms! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nameless-kitten-may-be-named-at-last-or-maybe-not/479953.md?page=1)