The ultimate geekdom response..

[sms001]

I'm going to name my next cat Schrödinger.

I did back in the eighties - we found him in a box. Took a while to convince the then gf that it was perfect for him.

[sms001]

Now imagine an elderly man in East LA shouting "Vengase" at night when looking for his cat.

ProTip:
In my family we call this the "Boobie" test. I don't know why, but my step-dad once named a spaniel we had Boobie. All was fine until the first time he roamed. Now, WHENEVER we name an animal, we think about walking up and down the neighborhood screaming that name at the top of our lungs.

Current crop are Crush and Spot. Was on a Norse mythology kick for a while, so have had a Thor, Val, and of course, the irrepressible Loki.

[AccountingDrone]

Had an iguana named Pop, a cat named Pyewackett [infamous 'familiar name' for medieval witches purportedly] a mouse named Tung, cats named pixel and schroedinger, and a baby ewe named Lambchop [though not for the Shari Lewis puppet ]

[draggar]

Had an iguana named Pop, a cat named Pyewackett [infamous 'familiar name' for medieval witches purportedly]

We had a Siamese cat - his name was Pyewaket. Go watch "Bell, Book, and Candle".

[Andara Bledin]

We had a Siamese cat - his name was Pyewaket. Go watch "Bell, Book, and Candle".

I love that movie.

^-.-^

[mattm04]

I know someone who has a dog named Java and a cat named Shelby. Their two loves programming and Ford Mustang.

[AccountingDrone]

We had a Siamese cat - his name was Pyewaket. Go watch "Bell, Book, and Candle".

One of my favorite movies =)

I love her torturing Jimmy Stewart's fiancee in the club with the mock storm sounds and lights

isn't Imogene Coca fantastic also?

[Jack T. Chance]

When next I have a cat, being the major Green Lantern fan that I am, I just might have to name him Dex-Starr, after the feline Red Lantern...





And if I ever have a dog, I just may have to name him K-9, after the Doctor's faithful companion. The real trick will be teaching him to call me "Master".

[Merriweather]

Am I the only one who has actually named a pet geekly here?

My son-in-law, a computer engineer, named his cat Pixel.

When I was a programmer working on a small segment of a program in which I had to design 137 sub-screens depending on responses, I dreamed of a dog named PDS-B00 (one of the screen names, Bzerozero, actually) who had 137 puppies. Little PDS-BOO has become a family joke, and the name often pops up with cuddly toys and computer names, though I've yet to name an actual dog that.

a baby ewe named Lambchop [though not for the Shari Lewis puppet ]

I used to watch an old Australian soap where one family had a pet sheep named Cass (short for Casserole).

[EricKei]

a mouse named Tung

...Mousey Tung? That's horrible. I love it!

pixel

Brilliant. Heinlein fan, or just computers?

[Skrae]

Just read through all of them, and all I have to say is this:

Welcome to the internet, where a simple thread about geeky emails can quickly degenerate into lolcats and discussions about our cats.

[AccountingDrone]

...Mousey Tung? That's horrible. I love it!


Brilliant. Heinlein fan, or just computers?

Both Heinlein fan and into computers =) back before cybering was obscene my license plate was Cyber 1 - on my 1979 international harvester scout =)

*sigh* yup, I drove an SUV back before they were popular, though in my defense as a rad whore [contract worker as an inside/outside mechanic working in the nuke power industry] I did have to haul my personal tools around =) and a car just didn't cut it, and you can't lock the back of a pick up truck =) [and I could fit a double bed mattress in the back and sleep in it on road trips to save the motel cost..]

[dalesys]

Both Heinlein fan and into computers =) back before cybering was obscene my license plate was Cyber 1 - on my 1979 international harvester scout =)

*sigh* yup, I drove an SUV back before they were popular, though in my defense as a rad whore [contract worker as an inside/outside mechanic working in the nuke power industry] I did have to haul my personal tools around =) and a car just didn't cut it, and you can't lock the back of a pick up truck =) [and I could fit a double bed mattress in the back and sleep in it on road trips to save the motel cost..]

And you know Pixel lives in Key West at The Place?

(Spider Robinson: Callahan's Key & Callahan's Con)

[EricKei]

I'm afraid my cats' names are not quite so nifty, but they work for me -- I adopted them from a Vet friend who had to move.

A vocal Siamese (RIP) named Simon who loved to cuddle up with pretty much anybody who wandered along

A tabby named Louie, now goes by Red

Aaaaand a mackerel named Sushie, who got the nickname "Precious" about zero point five seconds after Dad saw the Lord of the Rings movies for the first time. He did a mean Gollum impression ^_^

[MrSmiley]

Mine get called, "Emergency Zombie invasion rations"

Excel? Hyatt?

Is that you?