# Your chance at fame:  Name that cat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282 "2000-08-14T13:45:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282/41 "2000-08-18T08:00:42Z")

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What’s wrong with you people??? Don’t you know a cat needs to have three names???

> [@](#):
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> The naming of cats is a difficult matter  
> It isn’t just one of your holiday games  
> You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter  
> When I tell you, a cat must have three different names.

…Now and Forever

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**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282/42 "2000-08-18T15:59:17Z")

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How about some different ones.

Siegfried.  
Smaug (If the cat is a holy terror that is.)

If you want chess related…k2q4?

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**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282/43 "2000-08-18T17:48:08Z")

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Well, I dunno about what you should name your cat, but as soon as I get a cat, I’m gonna name it “Moot”.

“What’s your cat’s name?”  
“It’s Moot.”

I can’t wait for the who’s-on-first-like exchange that’s sure to follow.

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**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chance-at-fame-name-that-cat/29282/44 "2000-08-18T18:00:11Z")

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Chess related- Bishop. Cats ahve a huge sense of self importance and the name would serve to reinforce that.

Non-chess- Escher. His work is reminiscent of how cats think.

John

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