I hate to do this, but I made a hasty decision, and Boss just does not fit this cat. He’s just way too damned sweet, and he has these beautiful eyes, and when he looks at you, it isn’t contempt or imperiousness. I guess I was just taken by his magnificence and the paws and the size of his melon, but I just don’t feel like Boss is right for him.
An example of how affectionate he is- I’ve had about a half dozen people over to meet him, and all I tell them is to just go into Tunch’s room, lie down on the bed, and pat the bed a couple times, and he will come up. Jill Ill, when she came over, went in and he jumped up and started purring and loving all over her and we didn’t see her for 90 minutes. My brother had the same experience, but he actually fell asleep with Boss on his chest. He seriously just hops up, rubs that big noggin’ with those big whiskers and jowls and super wet nose, and then flops over so he is right next to you so you can bet his belly- but only a few times, as the precise amount of belly rubs changes, and then the bites start.
Boss is not right. I’m not even going to try to name him until a week or so after his surgery, so we will just use Boss as a playholder. All options are open, and he’ll tell me his real name.
Mr. Lover Lover is far more appropriate than Boss.
Yatsuno
HEM. ING. WAY.
Jeebus.
cckids
He still sounds like a Hagrid to me. A big softhearted sweetie. But all my animals are named after characters.
gbear
In honor of his operation, I suggest Cousin It.
Bobby Thomson
No, no. It’s “Mr. Aggressive Lover.”
Ozymandias would also work.
Omnes Omnibus
MONGO! You’ve got a second chance to do this right.
RubberCrutch
How about “Chuck Chuck Bo-Buck”?
atlliberal
If he likes Boss, Then why not keep it? it doesn’t matter whether it “fits” or not, as long as he likes it.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
I think you’ll settle on Mongo after the surgery.
maye
There’s no reason a boss can’t be a lover. Is there? Do you know how many people have had affairs with their bosses? Too many to count.
raven
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): He’ll settle for One Hung Low after the surgery.
gbear
If you want to name him after a football player who played a benevolent giant on television, you could name him Merlin (Olsen).
(I make that suggestion having no idea if Merlin Olsen is a good guy or a bad guy to you)
I am not a kook
Aethelred.
You ARE combining these naming threads, right?
Or Ringo.
Chris
Call him Hobbes.
jheartney
You could keep “Boss,” but use it ironically.
Laura C
Just take a little tangent from Boss and go to Bruce? Not actually a name I like, but maybe for a cat.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@atlliberal: I agree, though I really like Cousin It, but it would make calling him a little awkward. Hagrid and Mongo are good too.
Sibling Nonspecific Firearm of Random Adjective Followed by a Noun That Describes a Mental State (fka AWS)
Loverboy
Bobby Thomson
After he becomes one of The Unsullied, you could just draw a new name out of a barrel every day.
gbear
@maye: Trouble is, that usually doesn’t happen because the boss is just so damned cuddly.
Omnes Omnibus
@Sibling Nonspecific Firearm of Random Adjective Followed by a Noun That Describes a Mental State (fka AWS): Fuck it then, go with STYX.
Eljai
Romeo?
raven
Jarvis Jones, Steeler Rookie of the Year!
Yatsuno
@Bobby Thomson: Novagelis, Nova for short?
PaulW
Theon Greyjoy?
Pogonip
Big old sweet tough guys…
Sully, like in Monsters Inc?
(Samurai) Jack?
Kal-el?
Bagoas, the likable eunuch hero of the novel “The Persian Boy”?
Hodor?
Little John?
Treebeard?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@PaulW: Ouch.
Sounds like he’s got a Hodor personality
David Koch
Garfield
Nemo_N
Fluffy.
gbear
@Sibling Nonspecific Firearm of Random Adjective Followed by a Noun That Describes a Mental State (fka AWS): Loverboy. Then John could walk around the house singing this song. (Love IS strange) Heaven forbid he has to go look for the cat in his neighborhood. :)
max
I hate to do this, but I made a hasty decision, and Boss just does not fit this cat.
Yeah, I told you. ‘Dude’ still works pretty good.
@PaulW: Theon Greyjoy?
Nonononononononononononononono. If we’re doing GoT, we need a nice character, or at least a nice-appearing one. Sir Davos works.
max
[‘OTOH, maybe he’s a Tyrion. He does seems to be small with a big head.’]
SarahT
Moose !
Bobby Thomson
Shabba.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rk8d_shabba-ranks-mr-loverman_music#.Ue3i0208mCU
ETA: Whoa, I forgot just how NSFW that is.
RobertDSC-Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25
I still vote my original name: Magnus.
But I also like Boss, so that’s that.
max
@max:
Oh, and now I have a new dachshund sliding into the spot where the old one who passed away fit. We seem to have settled on Penelope (Penny). (She’s all black with a touch of longhair, so I was thinking Persephone or Penelope, but the availability of the diminutive settled it.)
max
[‘Complete maniac so far.’]
Chat Noir
@Chris: Our black cat (who is talking in the bedroom at the moment) is Hobbes.
I also like Sherman.
I am not a kook
Oliver.
I offer this to the Windsors too.
Steeplejack
@Cole:
I think Mr. Purr Puff has returned.
P.S. You are quite mad.
David Koch
Reagan
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
Snugglepuss?
Cuddlemonster?
Lovey?
Barry White?
Princess Leia
Romeo– so John can yell to the neighborhood, running about in his robe and slippers, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?”
Jimmi the Grey
Just switch the first letter to H. Hoss was a cuddly loving and lovable of a Cartwright as there ever was.
susan
Well, you could name the big footed sweetheart Romeo. Added benefit: when you have to go looking for him you could call, “Romeo, oh Rooomeeeeo where….”
Well, you get the idea.
Actually, I kinda like the name Lug too.
As in, “Aww, you big Lug!”
mainmati
Mongo is the way to go. Is there really any choice?
michelle
Think about something Latin, Spanish or French. Marco, Benito, Rene, Carlito, Chuey, Hugo (pronounced as it should be) or Pablo.
If you name him Pablo, you could really mess with that obnoxious guy who used to (perhaps still does?) post on Jeff Goldstein’s blog and used to muck about around here back in the day.
susan
@Jimmi the Grey:
Jimmi beat me to it!
Great minds and all that!
MikeJ
@I am not a kook: He’s unready for that.
Xboxershorts
HODOR! The gentle giant of Game of Thrones tending after his (emotionally) crippled lord and master!
burnspbesq
Fcuk. Blown save.
Call him “Met Ineptitude.”
asiangrrlMN
I guess Sir Sylvester Whiskerton III won’t work. How about…POOTIE TANG? I kid, I kid. Puffy Daddy. OK, I got nothing.
I am not a kook
@Princess Leia: I like this too. The yelling at the neighborhood aspect must be given due weight.
22over7
I understand. When I got my tortie, she was so skinny and pitiful that I named her Molly. Some weeks later, she filled out, got comfortable, and released her attitude. Inflicted is more like it. I renamed her Mugsy. Some days she’s Satan, and others, she’s just Lazy Butt. Every day she’s the joy of my life.
Warren Terra
Still going for Polly (or, alternatively, Paul), for “polydactyly”.
Although the way you describe his behavior, it could be short for “polyamorous”.
Princess Leia
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: I have a Barry White- greatest lover cat ever. The singer’s nickname was the “Walrus of :Love.” Really. You can look it up. And so given the probable future girth of the soon to be renamed Boss, it would fit!
Omnes Omnibus
@Princess Leia:
The wherefore would be easy. Cole named him.
Warren Terra
@I am not a kook:
Just name the cat whatever they call Kate Middleton’s sprog.
peej
I like Loverboy. I personally like to name my cats after Muppets. I currently have a Gonzo (and the name fits).
RedKitten
I second Hagrid, and also offer up Bear, Andre, Boomer, and Jerry (as in Garcia).
ruemara
Otajamakushi would like to suggest his original name, Theodore Bear, Teddy for short.
SIA
Leonardo (Leo)
Jameson Geoffrey Cole (Jimmy Jeff, JGC)
Kittimus Maximus (Max)
Fitzkitteh (Fitz)
Alison
I don;t know why but I keep thinking of LOTR names…Bilbo, Pippen…
Or maybe Marco in honor of the shelter, and then see which of your neighbors will gamely yell back POLO when you call for him…
B Lehmann
Jebus.
Keith
“Johnny No-Balls”
MacKenna
Bossling
Bozzles
Buzz
Bosley
gbear
Casey Jones (fits with your Dead infatuation). C.J. for short.
Comrade Mary
Dino?
One.
Two.
Three.
NOT BARNEY. NEVER BARNEY.
Redshirt
@Bobby Thomson: Definitely “Aggressive Lover”.
mai naem
Casanova, Oliver, Clarence
Bobby Thomson
@I am not a kook: He would rue the day.
Frankensteinbeck
Tom.
Diana
So this means we can no longer makes jokes along the lines of, “Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss”?
Nicole
Wingman
peej
You could call him Tony, for Tony Soprano, since that’s what he’s going to be singing after tomorrow .
RedKitten
@Alison:
That would be the best thing ever. EVER.
And yeah, Bosley is a good name, you can call him Boz for short, which sounds enough like Boss that the poor fucking cat won’t get all confused.
Yatsuno
@Comrade Mary: Still pouting over Hemingway. But Dino isn’t too horrific.
@RedKitten: Boz is okay, though that gives Seahack fans hives.
BTW howdy darlin! How’s the spawns?
EL
Pictures, damn it!
Bombadil, Buddha-cat, Smokey, Hagrid… I know, Abelard! A medieval lover who was castrated.
jheartney
Big and cuddly? Beorn?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@peej: Gandalf-ini?
Just One More Canuck
Bill the Cat. Ack Phht
SIA
He looks romantic. Mr. Rochester.
burnspbesq
@Alison:
How bout the Kiddie Corps on Saturday? No Donovan, no Keane, and Villareal and Zardes come through.
Suzanne
If he’s so much of a lover, how about Luther? Or Marvin?
CatHairEverywhere
I still like Otis. Or Arlo. Or Jasper (his coloring looks a little like a variety of Jasper)
Our very cuddly MC, who looked like your guy, only with a white chest, was Otis.
MomSense
I love the name Hagrid and surprisingly I love Romeo too. Hemingway is growing on me as well.
kc
He’s still the boss of you.
Suzanne
@Bobby Thomson:
Or go with Drogo, after the big badass who turned out to be a sensitive lover.
balconesfault
Mr. Pompatus
Yatsuno
@Suzanne: Mmm…Jason Momoa…
Sorry, what were we talking about again?
DRickard
Some people call him Maurice, because he meows of the pompatus of love…
gbear
Apparently there was a run on the name Edward in the west Minneapolis area about 5 years ago. I had adopted a cat named Edward (I loved the name so I didn’t change it) who turned out to be a VERY bad match for my old cat Halley so I had to take him back to the shelter. I was keeping an eye on the adoption website out of guilt to see when he’d get adopted again. At the same that bad Edward found a new home, another Edward showed up on the adoption page. I called the shelter to verify that bad Edward had indeed been adpoted, and the staff member sighed, “We have so many Edwards here”. At any rate, I adopted the second Edward and he is a total sweetheart, although Halley is still an absolute pill about having another cat around.
The Dangerman
Ow-my-balls?
Princess Leia
@RedKitten: Dropped my iced tea on the keyboard imagining that.
gbear
@peej: win
Bill
Aref. Rollie Fingers. RF.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Bud. Or Buddy. Maybe H.R. Fluffnstuff. ;)
Bill
Aref. Rollie Fingers. RF.
asiangrrlMN
@Yatsuno: Mmmmmm…Jason Momoa. ::fans self::
dms
Boleyn
Suzanne
RIGHT?!?!
When they killed him off, I was so depressed. LOVE watching his sex scenes. HAWT.
Dinklage is definitely a DwILF, but not in Khal Drogo territory. They keep killing the eye candy.
As long as Danerys Targaryen doesn’t get killed, I’m good.
Comrade Mary
Hmm. Boz makes me think of Boz Skaggs, which makes me think of Robert Palmer (obvious).
Which makes me think of Cheap Trick.
Zander? Bun E. Catlos?
jon
Beorn.
I am not a kook
@gbear: Duuh, Halley is telling you this new one should be Edmond, not Edward!
Ridnik Chrome
@Warren Terra: I think it should be the other way around, the new Royal Baby should be named after Cole’s new cat. Prince Met Ineptitude. Or Prince Mongo. Or Prince Mr. Lover Lover.
Bill
I think you should name him Aref, as in RF for Rollie Fingers.
Quinerly
Brando or Hemingway
Botsplainer
Baron Harkonnen. It’s dorky, and since you’ll overfeed him, fitting.
Rich C.
Still looks and acts like a Hemingway to me dudebros.
MacKenna
@SIA: Love your last two! Kittimus Maximus (Max)
Fitzkitteh (Fitz)
Both would be purrrrrrfect.
esc
Fezzik. Go watch The Princess Bride; it’s just right.
Omnes Omnibus
@Comrade Mary: Which makes me think of The Knack.
pat
Max. MAX. Fits all occasions, short, manly……well, manly enough.
Pogonip
Percy?
Jay
One more vote for Mongo.
burnspbesq
Fcuk and double-fcuk. Diving catch in the gap to end the game.
Did I mention fcuk?
schrodinger's cat
I don’t see why he can’t be Boss and a lover boy, after all my Boss Cat Yogi is a good old fashioned lover boy.
More Yogi
burnspbesq
Laettner says all kittehs should be named after sports heroes.
Franco? Lydell? L.C.?
Comrade Mary
@Omnes Omnibus: Which makes me think of Drastic Measures (known only to Torontonians, I think).
Juju
I still like Mongo, but I also like Reg, after Reginald Presely , the lead singer of the Troggs. Love is all around…
Bobby Thomson
@Suzanne: I suggested Khal Drogo and Mance Rayder last time around but John didn’t bite.
gbear
@I am not a kook: You know, you’re absolutely right, but I really like Edward (it’s easier to say than Edmond) so Halley will just have to adapt.
billgerat
Call him Tom. That’s what he is.
SIA
@MacKenna: I’m partial to my ideas too, but no one till now ever agreed! :)
David Koch
How ’bout Trigg
Ridnik Chrome
@burnspbesq: Ugueth Urbina. Or Zoilo Versalles.
schrodinger's cat
Whiskers of Wisdom
The prophet Nostradumbass
How about McNabb?
The Fat Kate Middleton
Byron. Or, as per above, Bjorn. I notice all these B name suggestions, and I understand why. So … Byron (or Bjorn).
Omnes Omnibus
@Comrade Mary: The Dickies.
labpartner
@michelle: I second Pablo. It is flexible enough to fit Boss’ lovable side, and some other sides, yet to emerge. My second second is for Zander.
sphouch
What was the name of the Abominable Snowman in the Bugs Bunny cartoon? “and I will hug him and squeeze him and call him george…”
Or did he have a name?
Ridnik Chrome
@Ridnik Chrome: Or George “The Baron” Mitterwald…
I am not a kook
@burnspbesq:
Naah, too frat boy cat name.
Suzanne
@esc: I think you win. Fezzik is perfect.
NickT
I suggest Podrick. He’s large, prone to devotion and has more to him than meets the eye.
JWL
Jefferson, Sawyer, or Paine.
Or, because his feelings won’t be hurt after the “surgery”, why not rechristen him Tomissina?
Honus
@Jimmi the Grey: and a staunch liberal democrat.
The Fat Kate Middleton
And you have, of course, read Eliot’s “Naming of the Cats.”
Princess Leia
Pepe LePew – after the tom cat odor.
Pepé: (sings) Affaire d’amour? Affaire de coeur? Je ne sais quoi … je vive en espoir. (Sniffs) Mmmm m mm … un smella vous finez … (Hums)
Gendarme: Le kittee quel terrible odeur!!
Proprietor: Allais Gendarme!! Allais!! Retournez-moi!! This instonce!! Oh, pauvre moi, I am ze bankrupt … (Sobs)
Cat/Penelope: Le mew? Le purrrrrrr.
Proprietor: A-a-ahhh. Le pussy ferocious! Remove zot skunk! Zot cat-pole from ze premises!! Avec!!
Cat/Penelope: (Smells skunk) Sniff, sniff, sniff-sniff, sniff-sniff.
Pepé: Quel est? *notices cat* Ahh…le belle femme skunk fatale…*clicks tongue twice*
wasabi gasp
Mustafa…er, Mofongo…er, Munkaroo…er, George Clooney!
Honus
@burnspbesq: Lydell? Not gonna name a Pittsburgh cat after a Colts player. Or any PSU player that didn’t reform and come to the Burgh.
Eugene. After Big Daddy. Or Johnny U.
billgerat
Don’t go with Mr. Lover Lover. Think of a name that doesn’t sound weird or creepy shouted from your car if he goes missing around the neighborhood.
Gnarly Charlie
How about Leon, aka The Professional. Also means lion. If you want a Steeler name, how about Jerome (Bettis), or Bus? Sounds like Boss, too.
Comrade Mary
@Omnes Omnibus: See your Dickies and raise you Tempole Tudor.
Comrade Mary
@NickT: You do know what tomorrow holds for him, don’t you?
farmette
How about Digit or Pinky or Mr. Tom?
Omnes Omnibus
@Comrade Mary: I cry thee mercy, good lady. I yield.
CatHairEverywhere
@esc: I agree. Fezzik is perfect.
mclaren
Still no love for “Lothar Scrotumweasel”?
Sheesh! What is it with you people?
Alison
@burnspbesq: Thank God :P That loss to Portland made me a sad panda…needed a win!
Suzanne
OT, but am I the only one annoyed by Duchess Kate’s hair? She looks like she’s trying out for the cheer squad. Someone who dresses so fashionably should change it up a bit.
Culture of Truth
King of the North
Comrade Mary
@Omnes Omnibus: /nods sternly.
Honus
another Steelers football name would be Frenchy, who deflected the IR, although there’s still that Baltimore taint.
ducktape
Mister Earl
And sometimes you can call him Speedo,
Seriously, ask him what his name is. Don’t be surprised if he says “Earl.” He looks like an Earl to me.
But anyone with such majestic cheekpouchs also gets a “Mister.”
NickT
@Comrade Mary:
pamelabrown53
J.J. (for John Junior..sounds better than mini me).
seaboogie
@Eljai: Yeah, I love the idea of Cole hollering “Romeo, Romeo, hey Romeo – get your furry butt in here!” in a deep voice at night….neighbors would love that, I bet!
I’m down with CatHairEverywhere @comment #82 with Jasper, which I suggested in an earlier thread. His coloring is like one of the iterations of Jasper, a semi-precious stone. And Imma gonna google jasper again and give you this biblical link (which I think of as an historical work of heavily embroidered fiction based on a few facts). Check it out: http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-3.htm
You got your throne in heaven, and rainbows and emeralds likes his eyes doncha know? Plus the name is a nice soft 2-syllable one (easy for critters to recognize and respond to) and it ends in “purrr……”
Daffodil's Mom
He’s a very loving being and has an inherent dignity. You could blow away everyone who knows you by officially naming him First Corinthians 13 — and calling him Corey. Regardless of anyone’s beliefs, it’s still an amazing piece of writing.
Mister Papercut
He sounds like the cat version of my dad’s late Gus (short for Angus), a.k.a. The Velcro Dog. Talk about an animal that was all heart…
Omnes Omnibus
@ducktape: Earl? It’s too high and too low brow all at once. Either cheap paint jobs or Downton.
I say: Mongo.
Keith G
Man, you are all over the place.
Culture of Truth
Master of All He Surveys. But you can call him “master.” You want you neck rubbed? “Yes master”
Then if he gets lost, you can drive around the neighborhood yelling “Master…!” “Master!” and he what gets yelled back.
susan
Dozer?
Bubba?
Teddy?
Tank?
Gordo?
Kimbo?
Chief?
Or, Willoughby after one of my sweet boyz.
Nicole
Francis. As in St. of Assisi, not Lighten Up.
Omnes Omnibus
@Nicole: Too popish.
dexwood
I have two or three suggestions, but then I thought, fuck it. He’s your cat and you two will work it out. As it should be.
burnspbesq
@Honus:
I’m partial to L.C. Large and in charge.
Culture of Truth
Polamalu
rikyrah
Egbert
Juju
@Suzanne:
Yes.
Sandia Blanca
Am I the only one who called this name change? Right on schedule, Cole always does this. (Remember all of Rosie’s names, and Zsa Zsa’s?) So I vote for Mr. Itoldyouso.
gbear
@Sandia Blanca: That would be Ayatollah Yusso.
NickT
@Sandia Blanca:
Might as well name the poor beast Semantic Placeholder and leave it at that.
Beezus
Bogart
LosGatosCA
@Keith:
Pizza Killer
Mnemosyne
As other posters have alluded to, make sure to bellow it at the top of your lungs a few times to test out how it’s going to sound to the neighbors when you’re driving around in the rain looking for him.
Mnemosyne
On cat names:
In her book God Said Ha!, Julia Sweeney has a story about standing out at the end of her driveway calling for her cat Frank to come in.
A man walks up to her and says, “Fine, I’m here, what do you want?”
She says, “Excuse me?”
He says, “You stand out here every night yelling my name. ‘Frank! Frank!’ So what the hell do you want?”
She debated not telling him the truth and pretending that she really had been calling him, but he looked too upset, so she explained that he and her cat shared a name.
Mike E
Hamish
Jojo
Knuckles
YellowJournalism
Jerry Garcia
Or Cuddles
Comrade Mary
@NickT: Ooh! Ooh! “Ball-less green-eyed kitty loves furiously”. What do I win?
YellowJournalism
If he’s as much of a lover as you say, then call him Don Juan. Don for short.
mena
First post ever, on what i hope isn’t a dead thread. He looks like a Yussuf or a Heathcliff. Or maybe my favorite – Mendoza. Definitely an alpha.
Loneoak
If Boss is ill fitting, go with a good union name. Since you’re in coal country, John Llewelyn Lewis would be a good choice: Llewelyn or Lew. Maybe Eugene for Debs. Joe Hill perhaps.
Just Some Fuckhead
Geraldo.
WDS
Um….John, the way he has already wrapped you around his finger – OK tail and some other things you’ve said … Boss seems like a pretty accurate name ….ROFL
However, that said …Maybe Boss-x Nova (spelling very deliberate friends) might work?
Nicole
@Omnes Omnibus: Well, sure, if he calls him POPE Francis.
And now I have an uncontrollable case of the giggles at the mental image of a cat named Pope Francis.
SIA
You guys do know that John won’t even read this thread, right?
Beeb
I think Boss already told you what his name is when he answered to Boss. But on the off chance that he was responding to “here, kitty kitty,” perhaps Buckaroo, Buck for short? It isn’t too far from his original name and it will fit nicely on a T shirt.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@Suzanne: Well, if her hair deprived husband is anything like mine, he’s insisting she NOT CUT IT. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this – and how many of my female friends hear this from their older guys – and guess what? I cut it.
Culture of Truth
Who charms everyone?
Bubba?
or The Big Dog. Because that would be funny.
*please not’ the clenis’
The Fat Kate Middleton
@SIA: Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for destroying my mental images of him carefully reading EVERY comment and taking notes while he does.
KS in MA
@atlliberal: “If he likes Boss, then why not keep it?”
Agreed. What do you know about his former life (except that he was abandoned by some jerk who called him Bugger)? Maybe he’s spent his entire life wishing somebody would call him Boss.
Leslie
Yep, what Beeb said; he already told you his name. So that’s not what needs to change; you just need to let go of the negative connotations. He’s the Pharaoh of Fur, the Sultan of Sweetness, the undisputed Alpha of Affection. He will love you, and you will submit to him, because he is the Boss.
Sandia Blanca
LOL, @gbear: and NickT.
maya
Oh fer chrits’s sake, just call him Fluffy and be done with it.
mena
“But on the off chance that he was responding to “here, kitty kitty,” perhaps Buckaroo, Buck for short”?
And then he would have a theme song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHbNmHhEoI
Ruckus
I’d go with one of your original names
Rollie Fingers.
For all the reasons you gave when you suggested it.
abject funk
Fonzie. Tough and sweet and willing to jump the shark.
Suzanne
@The Fat Kate Middleton: Mr. Suzanne (who, like Wills of Windsor) likes long hair, too. Showed major apprehension when I said I wanted to chop it. I cut it, and he likes it. I am not anti-long hair. Hell, she could even keep it long and stop wearing it in the Breck girl curls at the bottom once in a while. But shorter styles are more modern and bold. Long hair feels very high school to me. Very conventional. I would think someone as fashion-conscious as Kate would be more adventurous in her look.
abject funk
I should add (re Fonzie), just like her owner.
moderateindy
Ellis D. Trails—–for any Mr. Show fans out there ( somebody had to make a HR Puf’n’Stuff reference which immediately makes me think of this skit from Mr. Show)
http://youtu.be/FHqcNj0Pv6c
abject funk
Er, his owner.
deBO
Had to delurk for this… Baggins. And he has a song I wrote just for him (OK, maybe I wrote it for my late most awesomest Bilbo)… sung to the tune of the Flintstones…
Baggins! Baggins Baggins
He’s the biggest Baggins in the world
Cuz he’s
such a Baggins
He’s the biggest Baggins in the world.
Let’s ride
With the Baggins down the street
Through the
Courtesy of Baggins’ four feet
Baggins
Baggins Baggins
He’s the biggest Baggins in the world
My gift to you. You’re welcome. Long live Tunch.
Jackie
Without looking at all previous name suggestions…. How about Buddy. As like “My Buddy and Me.” He’s adorable. I loved the name “the Boss,” but if that isn’t right, and he still answers to the “B” part of name… Hey, Buddy… Who’s my Buddy… My Buddy and me… Bubba (that sounds like a football player name ;) )
Just a thought. You’ll pick the right name and we’ll all be happy with whatever you ultimately choose.
Jackie
Mike in NC
Ernie
Jackie
Or Bradshaw :)
Narcissus
@Beeb:
Make him a Hong Kong Cavalier. Perfect Tommy.
columbusqueen
Romeo–after my own magnificent loverboy of a gray tom.
Capt. Seaweed
Bingo. Call him Bingo. I love that name.
brendancalling
@Omnes Omnibus: yes, MONGO!!!
Wayners T
My previous rec was Augustus, Gus, Gussie, or Auggie for short. I’m sticking by that.
Citizen_X
Mongo Mongoson.
dance around in your bones
All I can say is that all of my cats had multiple names, nicknames and monikers. I don’t think it ever mattered to them what they were called ……. remember that New Yorker cartoon where the dog heard his human saying “blah blah blah Roscoe! blah blah blah”
and the cat heard his human say “blah blah blah blah blah blah” ?
It’s all in how you say it, and I think you’ve got that nailed, JGC.
Sasha
Ilkin.
Ann Marie
I second the suggestion that Boss become Bruce. I particularly like the idea of you driving around looking for him at night by yelling “BRUUUUCE”.
Elizabelle
Abelard rocks.
FlipYrWhig
I still liked John Henry, the original steel driving man.
Comrade Luke
Iceman
JustRuss
We got a new cat a while ago, and my sister in law and her kids came to visit yesterday and got here while we were still gone. They didn’t know the cat’s name, so they started him Jo-Jo. It’s growing on me, but feel free to take it for The Cat With No Name.
eddie blake
i’m new.. ish
and i suppose i don’t draw a lot of water…
but i vote for
Ludo…
as in from labyrinth, with the rock-friends, and the beautiful green eyes and huge mitts…
Matt
Rufus T. Polydactyl-Cole.
Sparky
Well, you can call him Numb-nuts for at least a day.
Boss
I think Anne Laurie would be funny name.
Lou
Not mongo – how about:
Mungo
Bear
or
Colin
Schlemizel
Dr. Claws Von Lovington
the Earl Honeybunch of death toes
Some Guy
At the risk of degrading the brand of my own beloved, McLovin is a pretty great name for a cat and it sounds like your boy deserves it.
Here is mine:
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnxwzt9vts2a2hy/IMG_0248.jpg
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bruce
lojasmo
@Yatsuno:
I endorse this.
Alex S.
Ryan, as in Ryan Gosling.
Paul in KY
@PaulW: How about ‘Reek’?
Bex
He’s a Cosy cat.
Alex
Easy….. Call him “Lucky”….don’t overthink it either
Ms. D. Ranged in AZ
Lover was the first thing that popped into my head but that’s kind of pedestrian. So names that actually mean, are a derivative of or reference the term love? Philo (from Phillip), Ceiro (Welsh), Rastus or just Ras (Greek?), Amo (Latin/Spanish), Ferdinand (Shakespeare), Lufian (Anglo)…My favs are Ras, Philo and Loof (short for Lufian).
Ms. D. Ranged in AZ
@eddie blake:
I like that! Ludo is cool.
wmd
Tigger because he’s bouncy? Or Spring?
fidelio
If Cole weren’t such a die-hard Steelers fan, I’d suggest naming the new guy Sweetness, for the late great Walter Payton.
gratuitous
My best friend had a polydactyl cat growing up. His name was Boris. In light of the extremely remote possibility that the new royal baby will have that name, there is something to be said for recycling a dynastic name, and honoring a fine cat from by-gone days.
Original Lee
SemiTribble – he looks to be about the right size, and he’s certainly fuzzy and cuddly, but after today he won’t be reproducing.
Original Lee
@Suzanne: Possibly she is the one who likes long hair. And while it’s not fashionable, she at least looks different than the other royals. After having the kid grab a fistful and yanking, she will probably go to a shorter cut anyway.
Jebediah
Oleo McButternuts
LongHairedWeirdo
You can call him what you like (“as long as it’s not late for dinner”), but before you discard Boss, check out some old Springsteen. If it still doesn’t work, change away.