My dad’s sister, Anna Mae Vickroy, was a fifth grade teacher way back in the 60s and 70s. She and Uncle Mel had three boys and a girl, Cindy, who was my closest living female cousin on the father’s side and the closest thing I had to a sister you saw only every couple of weeks. They lived in Byron but went to church in Linden. We lived in Linden, right across the street from their church, but we attended church in Byron, which was about three blocks from Aunt Ann’s home. The geography really doesn’t have much to do with the gist of this blog, but I thought somebody would want to know.
Anyway, the Vickroys had their run of pets, like any families, but naming them? I know coming up with names wasn’t that hard since they had four kids, but still. In no particular order:
Type of Pet/Name
French poodle /Frenchie
Black cat /Midnight
White dog/ Whitie
Rabbit /Peter
Interesting Pet Names
Another black cat/ Inky
Mutt /Tiger (looked like the dog on the Brady Bunch)
Cat with white paws /Boots
The best name they EVER came up with was for a white cat with three small black spots around its nose. They called it Boogers.
Of course, the Stimer clan was just as bad.
Black and white rabbit (mine)/ Violet (after a character from Charlie Brown)
Black and white long-haired cat /Fluffy
Fluffy’s kids: Sleek black kitten /Fred
Fluffy black kitten /Barney
White cat, offspring of Boogers /Miffy (Milk, Ice cream, Flour)
Another white cat/ Fphawggue (Fog)
Current cats: brown-gray cat named Amber (for her eyes) aka Dork, Little Girl;
white/tiger patches named Dr. Sues aka Susie, Sushi, SueSue, Doofus, and Little Boy;
orange-black-white calico (originally called Calie, a name I hate) now called Kelly
I am just dying to have a chance to have a cat really named Doofus, although I’ve heard calling a cat Whoopie can make you sound interesting when calling for it at odd hours of the night.
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This is funny because we recently got a new Red fox lab puppy.
ReplyDeleteOur family could not agree on names. It was stressful. My kids thought the breeder had dumb names for her dogs- our puppy's RedFox mom- was named Copper Topper. His dad a white fox was named Jack Frost. I thought they were cool names.
The breeder lady suggested we name our pup Chili...since we was a red fox lab and I though it was cool but he is turning more yellow so I am glad we didn't. We named his Manny.
I once had a childhood friend who had a dog and named it dog...I've never forgotten it.
ReplyDeleteAre you familar with the comedian Stephen Wright? He said, "I got a dog and named it 'Stay.' I used to go, 'Come here, Stay. Come here, Stay.' My dog went insane."
ReplyDeleteI think this entry was a lot of fun. I liked how you began with a non sequitur. (The Simpsons do that all the time.) It added a nice, homey touch.
My favorite name you gave was Fphauwgge. (I think I have the spelling right.) I was wondering if I could borrow a few names for future offspring.
Names are important. I think they have a lot to do with a person's personality later in life. We have often had a lot of trouble coming up with names for our kids, whether we knew their gender beforehand or not.
My wife didn't like the names of our last two sons, Timothy and Stephen. But the family kind of out-voted her. She likes the names now. I guess it takes a while for some names to grow on one.
Our cat went through many names, including backhoe-loader-kitty and captain-feather-beard.
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