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Inlander:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM
pwhodges:
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.
Tom:
Every cat I've ever known has been named only to simply be called "the cat" instead.
Elizzybeth:
--- Quote from: Tom on 07 Dec 2010, 23:42 ---Every cat I've ever known has been named only to simply be called "the cat" instead.
--- End quote ---
My mom signs gifts for me with her cat's name ("Spook") rather than "Mom."
I think she thinks it's cute?
(But it actually just kind of makes her look a little nuts.)
(Emails like this don't help, either: "All Utopian Goals and Dreams will elude humankind until a Massive Collective Alteration in State of Consciousness occurs. Mass Enlightenment will allow Earthly Paradise to Manifest! ie The solution is Spiritual!" Oh, Mom.)
Jimmy the Squid:
My mum sends me stuff about how awesome Christianity is. Also feng shui. Oh well.
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