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Name my rats!

Poll Results: Who wins?

 
  • 54% (27)
    Sacco and Vanzetti
  • 32% (16)
    Buck Plankchest and Big McLargehuge
  • 14% (7)
    Cluny the Scourge and Gabool the Wild
50 Total Votes  
post #1 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:51am
Thread Starter 
Because I'm not enough of a fucking walking cliche, I decided to pick up a couple of hairless (Sphinx) rats yesterday, the first pets of my own in probably a decade.

They're just a few weeks old, and still have a little downy hair on them, but they're going to lose it. They're pretty goddamn cute if I do say so myself, and friendly as hell. Here's a couple of crappy cell phone shots of them.





My problem? I have no idea what to name them. My girl is set on naming one Barton Fink, but I think that's lame. I don't want any metalhead/horror fan jokes either, no Anton LaVey or Lord Therion Van Crouten or whatever.

Help me think of two names and I'll hook you up with a bunch of horror movies and goodies and stuff!
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post #2 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:52am
Hortense and Macabee.
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post #3 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:54am
Little boy rats or girl rats? Or is it not important as they don't come when you call them anyway?
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post #4 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:54am
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico and Juan Maria Ramirez
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post #5 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:55am
Kodo and Podo
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post #6 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:56am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jay f
Little boy rats or girl rats? Or is it not important as they don't come when you call them anyway?
Boy rats. One's kinda shy so far, the other has no problems coming up to me and jumping in my hands. I guess it doesn't matter about the name, though.

They apparently are pretty intelligent and can learn to do tricks and such, but we'll see... I've only had them a day!
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post #7 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:56am
Well let's see, you like heavy metal...how about Benny and The Jet?
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post #8 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:56am
Aw. Hairless rats are so warm, and wrinkly. So a name that suits a wrinkled up old man.

Or, I dunno, Harold & Maude.

Do we know their respective gender(s)?

Have they gotten comfortable enough in their new home to start showing much personality? Like the curious one and the nervous one, the biter, the one that is obsessed with the salt...
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post #9 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:59am
Thread Starter 
One loves sunflower seeds more than anything. I considered naming him Mulder for a nanosecond but then realized I'd have to slit my wrists after doing that.
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post #10 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:59am
Pomp and Circumstance
Sturm & Drang
Yul and Telly
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post #11 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:59am
For a nice Italian Boy like you, I'd go with Sacco and Vanzetti
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post #12 of 141
10/9/07 at 11:59am
I will help you continue your walking cliche trend:

Hamato Yoshi & Oroku Saki

aka Splinter's Master & the Shredder
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post #13 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:01pm
Respect your Mexican heritage! Jesus and Manuel.
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post #14 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:01pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Death Surge
For a nice Italian Boy like you, I'd go with Sacco and Vanzetti
That's not bad.

I was considering Sammy the Bull and Henry Hill for a second...
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post #15 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:02pm
Optimus Prime and Sid Bream.
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post #16 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:06pm
Dolemite and Superfly.
George and Lenny.

I want to win some goodies and all, but, Death Surge, that's awesome.
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post #17 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:06pm
Oh, they're cute! I do think that little old man names would suit them. I like giving completely inappropriate human names to pets. It ratchets up the cuteness factor.
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post #18 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:06pm
Actually.. if their Sphinx rats, something cool and.. egyptian

Anubis & Horace?
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post #19 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:06pm
Hanta and Virus

(Note: LD wins the thread.)
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post #20 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:07pm
I like Horace! It's both Egyptian and old man-sounding.
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post #21 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:07pm
If you even think about Ben and Willard, we're calling the brute squad.
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post #22 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:08pm
Statler and Waldorf

Kharis and Im Ho Tep

The Pet Shop Boys

Captain and Tenille

Leopold and Loeb
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post #23 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:08pm
Ok, boy rats, one friendly, one shy....


Odion (Nigerian for the first of twins) for the bold one

Razi (secret) for the one that hides.


ETA: Vanalika is the Hindu name meaning sunflower.
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post #24 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:09pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
If you even think about Ben and Willard, we're calling the brute squad.
Hah! Didn't even think of that.

I'm going to have to write FOOD OF THE GODS on their food bag.
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post #25 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Statler and Waldorf
This should win.

If not, might I suggest Pancho and Lefty?
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post #26 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:12pm
Shouldn't you be rescuing these things from your neighborhood Taco Bell instead of buying them?

Then again, they are hairless. But you could've shaved the rescue rats.

As for teaching them tricks, give clicker training a go. Works great for dogs and horses and seems like something well suited for rats too, maybe.

I got nothin' for names.
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post #27 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:13pm
Dr. Leo Marvin and Bob Wylie
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post #28 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:13pm
Stanley and Burt
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post #29 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:15pm
If you're not a Braves fan, how 'bout:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Or, maybe

James Westphal and Dr. Kenneth Noisewater?
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post #30 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:17pm
Pinky and the Brain!
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post #31 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:20pm
I like Lisa's Horace. And the one in the wood box? Henry works great. Horace and Henry Hill.
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post #32 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:20pm
Fulci and Dario.
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post #33 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:22pm
Let's get disrespectful and call one of them Kazan.
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post #34 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:23pm
Max and Noodles.

Alternatively, fabfunk and duke fleed.
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post #35 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:24pm
Benji and Freddie (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference)
Danny and Billy (the tunnelers from The Great Escape)
Yul and Brynner (after another famous hairless individual)
Gouda and Muenster (obvious reasons)
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post #36 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:26pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the references. Some of these are going over my head.

Joe- Hanta is good. Couldn't remember the name of that one. Hanta Virus and Black Plague?
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post #37 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:26pm
You're good at this, Dickson.
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post #38 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
Thanks for the references. Some of these are going over my head.

Joe- Hanta is good. Couldn't remember the name of that one. Hanta Virus and Black Plague?
Hanta and Ebola.

Black Plague can be your cat. (They can carry plague-laden fleas better than a hairless rat, which won't maintain a flea infestation)
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post #39 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:29pm
Kang and Kodos
Rizzo and Gonzo
Nicodemus and Mr. Ages
Stool and Pigeon
Hamster and Gerbil
Templeton and Ratboy 3000
Bubonic and Plague
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post #40 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:29pm
Tacky & Tsubasa (google it)
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post #41 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:29pm
Dickson's biting my Yul and Telly suggestion up the page. Back off my hairless names!

Alopecia & Areata - hairless AND ethnic sounding. Shorten to Al and Ari for old man sound.
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post #42 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:30pm
I do have to say, I like Sacco and Vanzetti, or Statler and Waldorf.

Or, here's something to think about. My college boyfriend and his roommates got three little kittens. They named them Resident, Boxholder and Occupant so they'd always get mail. Nicknames for short were "Resi, Occi and Boxy". You could always borrow two of those names - I'm sure after 20 years, they won't mind.
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I like Lisa's Horace.
Nope, that wasn't mine - that was Zooey's.
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post #43 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by The LD
James Westphal and Dr. Kenneth Noisewater?
For reference's sake, these are Brian Fantana's "boys" from Anchorman.
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post #44 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:41pm
Shampoo and Conditioner
Masters Roland Arthur Templeton and Reggie Anderson Talbot
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post #45 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:41pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil!
Dickson's biting my Yul and Telly suggestion up the page. Back off my hairless names!
Damn, missed that one.
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post #46 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:42pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by LisaNewYork
Nope, that wasn't mine - that was Zooey's.
*loosens up tie, bulges out eyes* No respect.. no respect at all..

Rod and Todd?
Sam and Max?

okay.. here we go, for Zooey: Jack (Lemmon) & Walter (Matthau).. whats better than the Grumpy old Men themselves?
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post #47 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:42pm
Ozzy and Karloff
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post #48 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:43pm
Vinz Klortho (The Keymaster) and Zuul (The Gatekeeper).
Remy and Emile.
Ash and Evil Ash.
Bender and Flexo.
Archie and Jughead.
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post #49 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:44pm
Laurie and Michael
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post #50 of 141
10/9/07 at 12:54pm
You can try any of these "clever" names or you can be efficient and call them One and Two like I did with my goldfish.
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