Deborah Lipp

I used to date a guy whose mom bred show dogs, or pedigreed dogs that could be show dogs, or something. Anyway, I learned from him that show animals get really long names so that they aren’t repeated in the official pedigree database. Or something. It prevents hundreds of cats named “Socks” from being listed. And the long names can be pretty funny.

Anyway, I got the idea in my head that if it was good enough for show animals, it was good enough for my animals. So I started giving my cats ridiculous names. These are their “real” names, of course, the short version is just a nickname. So, for example, Princess was really Princess Just Go Ahead Now. Cuddles, who started life as Persephone, was Persephone Queen of Night and Shadow. And so it goes.

So, as I’ve come to know their personalities, I’ve decided on the full names of the Gang of Two. They are

Mighty, Mighty, Mingo
and
Fanty Fraidy Run Away! Run Away!

Yeah, like you care.

The Gang of Two will heretofore be known as…

Mingo and Fanty.

Tom has won. Tom, just let us know where we should send your kittens.

Okay, there are like 50 people a day reading this blog (or skimming it and going Hell, no!) but no one has commented all week. So, here’s your chance.

Tonight Mary arrives with our two new adorable six week old orange kittens. Perfect for poker stakes in the Buffyverse. (But I digress. ) At home I have been referring to the anticipated new arrivals as the Gang of Two.

Arthur and I are having serious name-the-kittens squabbles. I want to call them Fred and Ginger, but Arthur feels it violates his principles to name a ginger kitty Ginger. (Fred and Ginger are perfect names because I have a tendency to call everyone and everything Fred. Or Freddie.)

Going for the Serenity tie-in, I thought Mingo and Fanty would be great, but Arthur points out that both movie characters are male, plus I keep getting mixed up and saying Mango and Finty. Which aren’t bad either.

Arthur suggested Patience and Fortitude, which are pretty damn good, if portentious, and Forty is a nice nickname. (I have been in love with the original Patience and Fortitude as long as I can remember.)

Sorry I haven’t installed a poll plug-in yet, this will be manual.

The Gang of Two should be called:
Fred and Ginger
Mingo and Fanty (Fanty’s the pretty one)
Mango and Finty
Patience and Fortitude
Other _________

If you win the contest, you get kittens named in your honor.