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I know once upon we had a topic here concerning if you ever named a pet after somebody famous. I'm too lazy to look for the old thread and feel there's enough new people around here that it would be a good topic to talk about once again.
I once had two cats from the same litter that I named Luke and Leia after Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia from the Star Wars movies. Unfortunately they both got kidney failure and I had to put them to sleep at 5 1/2 years old for Leia and 6 years 3 months for Luke. Miss them both dearly. Will always remember their birthday since it was 9/9/99.
Finally almost two years later I got two more cats once again from the same litter. This time I named them after two pro hockey players from Finland. Named the one Teemu after Teemu Selanne and the other I named Miikka after Miikka Kiprusoff. Right now they're approx. 8 months old. Birthday unknown as I received them through a third party.
Who else has named a pet after somebody famous?
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I remember Luke and Leia since we share the same birthday.
We name every stray cat that is orange and white stiped...that shows up here....Morris. Since Morris was the most famous of all cats (next to Garfield, of course).
I have a friend, who named one of her goldfish- Freddie Mercury. He is a pond goldfish and weighs over 7 lbs.
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quote:Originally posted by ISIS: I have a friend, who named one of her goldfish- Freddie Mercury. He is a pond goldfish and weighs over 7 lbs.
No way! I had a cat years ago (in the 80s) that I named Freddy, for Freddy Mercury...
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I had a cat named Ferris and I have a dog now named Angel after the girls in LITTLE DARLINGS.
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It wasn't 80s per se, but I did name a pair of fiddler crabs I once had Franck and Howard after Martin Short and B.D. Wong's characters in the Father of the Bride films.
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quote:Originally posted by jdocster04: ...I had a cat years ago (in the 80s) that I named Freddy, for Freddy Mercury.
Did the cat had better teeth than Freddie Mercury? Posts: 3385 | From: Sacramento, California, USA | Registered: Sep 2002 | Site Updates: 0
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I've never had a pet named after someone famous. However, my German shepherd's name is Bowser, and someone asked me if I named him after Bowser in the Mario games....
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I have a dog called Jess, a cat named Trevor (he's 19) and 2 fish named Seymour and Edna.
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I have a cat named Mango (after the famous comedian in the 1500's, Mango the Mirthless) and a rabbit named Ash (short for Ash Brown, invented by Mango the Mirthless).
My goldfish Bubbles and Bob were named by my son and therefore have no historical significance...
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oh wait...fish count??? I had two golden sharks named Donny and Marie ...but Marie died. I have had all these fish that come and go but no matter what happens DONNY LIVES! We joke that he's like a Horror movie icon...he will bury us all, even the PEOPLE who live in this house!
I have a bunch of fish with different names but the ones named after celebrities are the grey and black striped ones named John, Paul, George and Ringo and I have a blue and white tetra named Blueberry White (after Barry White).
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quote:Originally posted by jdocster04: ...I had a cat years ago (in the 80s) that I named Freddy, for Freddy Mercury.
Did the cat had better teeth than Freddie Mercury?
Yes the cat had all of his teeth... Posts: 2729 | From: Kansas City, MO "At the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance" | Registered: Apr 2007 | Site Updates: 9
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quote:Originally posted by pettyfan: ...However, my German shepherd's name is Bowser, and someone asked me if I named him after Bowser in the Mario games.
There's also John "Bowzer" Bauman, of the 50's retro singing group Sha Na Na. He later went on to have a career as a game-show host and a stint as an MTV VJ in the early 90's.
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ACK! SHAN NA NA without Bowzer is like The Last Supper without Jesus!!!
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I suggested we name our dog Lola cause I had heard the Kinks song of the same name right around that time and liked it. I however didn't listen to the words all that carefully and it was later explained to me by one of my guy friends that the song "Lola" was about a transvestite!?! I guess I missed that part...oh well my little baby Pug is named after a tranny, there are worse things...hahaha !!
"La la la la Lola!"
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A dog named scooby doo.Btw,my mom had a cat on birth control pills for a year before figuring out it actually was a boy..
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The three of you are funny... hehehehe... bandit takes the cake though. First of all I've never heard of birth control pills for cats. That alone is funny, but, figuring out the cat's a boy, after a YEAR... Too funny... Posts: 2729 | From: Kansas City, MO "At the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance" | Registered: Apr 2007 | Site Updates: 9
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I never had any famous people pet names, but my boss has a cat named Bernie, a cat named Scooter, a cat named Tino, a dog named Jeter and another dog named Joe D. Can you guess he's a New York Yankees fan?
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quote:Originally posted by 80'sRocked: I never had any famous people pet names, but my boss has a cat named Bernie, a cat named Scooter, a cat named Tino, a dog named Jeter and another dog named Joe D. Can you guess he's a New York Yankees fan?
If he additional pets, he would've named them: Babe, Lou [Gehrig], Whitey [Ford], Mickey [Mantle], Pepi [Joe Pepitone], Reggie [Jackson], etc! Posts: 3385 | From: Sacramento, California, USA | Registered: Sep 2002 | Site Updates: 0
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