"When I Left There Was Only One Of Youse
Kitteh Warz
Posted on 08/02/2012 2:34:41 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN
We adopted two kittens today,a boy and a girl.
They're black-and-white and only 3 months old.
Now we just have to pick names for them.
Pow and Boo -—— after your PowersBoothfan? Somehow, names just seem to come along that fit. Please pat them for me. And a little scratch to their ears.
"When I Left There Was Only One Of Youse
Kitteh Warz
SCOOTER & SKEETER
I can’t get the cat to even do a weapons check at the front door.
And what is it with all the dead bodies on the porch????
Black and white kittehs are referred to as “Tuxedo” cats. The boy can be “Tux” and the girl “Ceda” or “Cedo”?
Just OH SO CUTE!!!
We found one or two short blasts from a compressed air can used for cleaning keyboards to be even MORE effective than a spray bottle of water. It’s nice, too, because you won’t get anything wet.
There must be a School of Boat Naming to annoy unimaginative people as well. We had one in our marina called “Boat” and the dingy was called “Dingy”.
They will both come when you call them anyway. :)
Thank you. :)
They’re now called Lilly and Joey.
They’re now called Lilly and Joey.
They’re now called Lilly and Joey.
The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
Hash n’ Sash
Made me think of jelly bean and jelly belly. Bean and Belle for short.
But remember:
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter -
But all of them sensible everyday names.
. . .
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
- T.S. Eliot
(from “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”)
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