Names that just don't go

amdublin · 05-06-2010 10:58AM

storm2811 wrote: »

My brother has two budgies called Johnson and Fernando..I think they're "life partners".

I love when animals have human names and real lives.

Kasabian · 05-06-2010 11:03AM

Used to have a dog named Prince , we changed it to Symbol

watna · 05-06-2010 11:12AM

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

Mr. Manager · 05-06-2010 11:56AM

I bought a puppy just over a week ago and we were certain he would be called Phil but after a while of name changing we stuck with McClane.

He's a bad ass

stupidusername · 05-06-2010 12:26PM

Used to have a hamster we named Arlo. We picked the name before we got her, then realised we'd picked a female, but the name had already stuck. Currently looking after a stray dog I've named Toby. Is Toby a human name?

alwaysadub · 05-06-2010 12:31PM

stupidusername wrote: »

Used to have a hamster we named Arlo. We picked the name before we got her, then realised we'd picked a female, but the name had already stuck. Currently looking after a stray dog I've named Toby. Is Toby a human name?

My friends nickname is Toby,everyone calls him that. Bar me- I refused from the start,and call him by his proper name as i told him Toby is a dog's name!

So i think it's both personally

ejmaztec · 05-06-2010 12:41PM

watna wrote: »

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

We've got a mad bastard terrier called Kramer after the mad bastard on Seinfeld.

We did have a tabby cat, which I naturally named "Spot", but I accidentally reversed over it on the drive.:(

Din Taylor · 05-06-2010 12:41PM

watna wrote: »

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

What a brilliant idea. You could name all of your pets after members of the A Team. What kind of animal would get each name?

Steve_o · 05-06-2010 12:43PM

I used to have a cat called Emer...

Din Taylor · 05-06-2010 12:48PM

Also, a girl at work just got one of those camp "purse" dogs, that Paris Hilton has, as an accessory. We really wanted her to call it Killer. Unfortunately she went for Boo.:(:(:(:(:(

gavmcfad · 05-06-2010 12:50PM

My neighbour has a dog called Thateffindog.
He asked me yesterday if i had seen him

itsallaboutheL · 05-06-2010 12:52PM

I had a hedgehog named Pig.

Then my mother put him outside and he died.

The bitch.

Thomas828 · 05-06-2010 01:00PM

FearDark wrote: »

Used have a dog named John. Fact.

I had a pet sparrow called John when I was six.

donmeister · 05-06-2010 01:01PM

I had a cat called bimbo when I was younger (unaware of the word bimbo actually meant

) ahhhh simpler times!

horatio999 · 05-06-2010 01:03PM

had a dog called Stay great fun training him Here Stay

AssaultedPeanut · 05-06-2010 01:10PM

Two cats years ago used to hang around my parents house in Cork, I named them Eugene and Philip

sheep-go-baa · 05-06-2010 02:07PM

I used to have goldfish called Gin and Tonic

MJ23 · 05-06-2010 02:10PM

I have a cat and his name is Pa. He has one eye.

05-06-2010 02:15PM

Neighbour at home had a dog called Felix and a cat called Rover.. I thought it worked well.

Slidey · 05-06-2010 02:22PM

My mate got in total flap when I called my dog Sprocket.

He has a phobia about the fraggles and reckons me calling the dog gives him palpitations and brings him out in a cold sweat

Jaxxy · 05-06-2010 02:25PM

I have a pet spider who lives in my car wing mirror, his name is Kevin. I thought I'd killed him when I'd flicked ash into his web by accident but he appeared again a couple of days later a little grayer and a lot wiser.

Next door have a dog called Fred. When I was a kid we had a black lab called Ben and a Scottish Terrier called Scotty. Then we had a Shepherd called Lee because he was a rescue dog and very underfed, and when we took him home he looked "Lee Marvin". Human names for pets are so much better.

punchdrunk · 05-06-2010 02:27PM

I used to have a black moor named simon,until himself and wanda got eaten by Jaws

Luno · 05-06-2010 02:29PM

My old cat was called Dermot!

Rylan · 05-06-2010 02:32PM

I have a dog called Marie.

We're getting married in August.

citizen_p · 05-06-2010 02:36PM

i knew a guy called connel o connel, that seemed stupid.

Jaxxy · 05-06-2010 02:38PM

Mousey- wrote: »

i knew a guy called connel o connel, that seemed stupid.

I know a Brian O'Brien. Parents can be cruel.

galah · 05-06-2010 02:39PM

Our cat is called Elvis.

Used to have a cat called "Bhubh" ("wuff" for ye non-Irish-speaking folks).

And another cat called Bríste. Who went on to be Briste, sans-fada, after an encounter with a car.

Apparently, a lot of dogs in Germany are called 'Kiera' (in an appaling example of abusing nice names for animals).