. . . or rather, a kitten. Faithful contributor Matthew Cobb sent me an email this morning:
You’ll be pleased to hear we have a kitten. Pics will follow. He doesn’t like Ollie and Pepper [their other cats], who ignore him. Time will tell if it’s a good idea…
Here’s the picture:
Things seem to have settled down in Manchester this afternoon, for I got an update:
He had a big wee this afternoon and cheered up enormously.
The tentative name for this cat is Harry, but I don’t like that. I asked Matthew if I could query the readers here for suggested names, and he said that was fine. But he laid down two rules:
Things we’ve already argued about – no human names (although Harry seem OK); no cutesy names (so Minou was banned, sadly.
So, leaving out human and cutesy names, suggest a name for the cat shown above. If Matthew uses one of them, I’ll send the winner an autographed copy of WEIT (after May all prize books will change to Faith vs. Fact), with the kitten drawn in it.
You can suggest up to five names, and the deadline is Friday at noon.
I like Stellar. Of course, people might think you have an Ozark accent, and get the meaning wrong! My dear sweet granddad, who grew up in Arkansas, told me he had 2 great aunts named Steller and Eller. It took me a bit to realize their names were actually Stella and Ella. 🙂
Haha…. we love to watch the British comedy, Doc Martin. And some of the characters on the show refer to his love interest as “Louiser”!!
Doc Martin is a hoot!!
One of my favourite shows! We cancelled our cable service but I miss the Doc. And the Acorn TV is not available in Canada. We have to find something that gives us Downton Abbey and Doc Martin, etc. Do you watch Foyle’s War? I miss that one too!
I just asked my wife ‘ what would you call that cat?’ her reply? ‘cute’.
How about ‘askim’. What’s your cat called? Askim. Or ceefer. Ceefer cat. Both stolen from others mind you. I always find the remaining cat name after two siblings have been named and one has died to be an amusing distraction so how about Morcambe or Hardy or Costello or Oates etc etc
Starring in his own collection of holiday greeting cards, it’s:
Buster
“Leu”
Short for leucistic :0
Nobody has suggested “Gene” yet?
Seems fitting for a biologist’s cat. 😉
Or he could be an “Alley” cat, short for allele.
so who won???? what is the cats name???
😉