Partially inspired by the Unusual Family Names thread, I thought it would be interesting to see how creative Dopers are coming up with names.
You see, my fiance has made it my responsibility to come up with names for the stuffed animals we’ve been accumulating. It all started in an Ohio department store. I know that my fiance likes to sleep with stuffed animals to support her arms, so I bought her a stuffed moose. The exchange went along these lines (pardon the liberal use of smilies, but I think it enhances the story):
Me: Here, I thought you’d dig having a new animal to sleep with. It’s a moose.
Her: Squeee! :eek: Come here, Mr. Moose!
Me: :dubious:
Me: Honey, if you’re going to name him, be a little more creative than that.
Her: :rolleyes: Well, why don’t you come up with something better?
Me: :smack: Shit.
Now I’m scrambling because my beloved bride-to-be has, as usual, turned the game around on me. Thus, wandering about a small department store, long since picked over for the holidays, I am struck by a Moment of Brilliance™. Thank God for the Simpsons.
“Spruce Moose,” I says, “Spruce Moose…er…McGillicuddy.”***** And thus, the name stuck. Since then we have a penguin named Pompey and, most recently I was asked to name a giraffe. She immediately informed that “Geoffrie” is right out. Wellsir, we’ve been on a gangster movie kick lately, so, with the first two parts of the Godfather and Goodfellas fresh on my mind, our giraffe is now Joey the Neck. He’s good in a fight and knows how to keep his mouth shut.
So, what stuffed animal/pet names are you proud of? The more creative and/or silly, the better.
Also, I’d rather this didn’t turn into a picturefest. There are kitten threads here and here.
*Her: Squeeee! :eek: