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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 #101 of 141
10/10/07 at 12:49pm
Blast Thickneck and Rock Hardpecs
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post #102 of 141
10/10/07 at 12:57pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
Can we get more pics? They're adorable!
Surely...









I'm not squeezing his head off in that last one, as much as it looks like it. It's hard to get a good shot cause they're always scampering around, but my photographer friend came over last night and took some great ones, just waiting on him to send them over.

Oh and by the way, the Space Mutiny names are getting serious consideration.
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post #103 of 141
10/10/07 at 12:59pm
Loafy and Bonk Bonk.
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post #104 of 141
10/10/07 at 1:00pm
Punch Rockgroin and Large McBigHuge

Buff Backbacon and Head Drinklots
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post #105 of 141
10/10/07 at 1:43pm
They're so cute! I can't wait to see the really good pictures.

Flashback to classic 70s TV:

Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto
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post #106 of 141
10/10/07 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
Slow down, I'm gonna spurt!
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post #107 of 141
10/10/07 at 11:02pm
As a fan of Gaiman's Sandman, I found choosing pet names from the Endless work pretty well.

My cats are named Dream and Delirium.

Tempted to name middle daughter Death, but never out loud.
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post #108 of 141
10/10/07 at 11:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Hughes
Punch Rockgroin and Large McBigHuge

Buff Backbacon and Head Drinklots
Drunk Slamchest and Gristle McThornbody

or Roll Fizzlebeef

http://incompetech.com/gallimaufry/mstnames.html
Actually all of these are good
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post #109 of 141
10/11/07 at 12:03am
"That which hath wrought the end of times" and "Squeekers".
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post #110 of 141
10/11/07 at 10:59am
Thread Starter 
Everyone's getting on my case about not having given them names yet, but I can't decide, so hit that poll up there. Lot of good choices in this thread, too many, but these are the 3 pairs I can most see myself actually calling them.

Thanks, fellas.
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post #111 of 141
10/11/07 at 11:05am
You know, I was advocating for Sacco and Vanzetti, but I wound up voting for Buck Plankchest and Big McLargehuge, because they're just hilarious. And I see from the poll that they're the hands-down favorite. When will you make the decision?
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post #112 of 141
10/11/07 at 1:57pm
Hell yah, one of the names I said is in the poll. I feel vindicated! Go Big McLargeHuge!
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post #113 of 141
10/11/07 at 2:00pm
Thread Starter 
Actually, Timothy225 said it first. And you quoted it wrong!

Lisa- no idea. It's pretty neck and neck right now, though.

Vote, dammit!
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post #114 of 141
10/11/07 at 2:01pm
Doh! That's what happens when I don't drink my coffee in the morning. Oh wells...
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post #115 of 141
10/11/07 at 2:03pm
Thread Starter 
Sorry, man. Maybe I'll get some naked mole rats or something and do this all over again...
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post #116 of 141
10/11/07 at 2:10pm
The little teeny toes are killing me. KILLING ME.
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post #117 of 141
10/11/07 at 2:24pm
It's the little noses and beady eyes that are doing it for me. Too cute.
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post #118 of 141
10/11/07 at 5:02pm
I vote for Sacco and Vanzetti! If you met them, you'd clearly see the other names don't particularly suit them. Clearly.
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post #119 of 141
10/11/07 at 5:19pm
In college a girl in my house had a rat named Pickles. Not only did Pickles come when called, but he'd sit on the couch and watch TV with you. They're smart.
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post #120 of 141
10/11/07 at 5:52pm
I'll vote for Sacco and Vanzetti, but even though you've narrowed it down I still think Stinky and Wrinkles is perfect.
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post #121 of 141
10/11/07 at 6:00pm
In high school, one of my friends rescued two lab rats who were about to have lab experiments performed on them... permanently, you might say. So she swiped two of the males and named them Indy and Rod. Rod, because this was 1982, and Rod Stewart was still reasonably cool ("Young Hearts" was his hit song at this time) and she liked him, and Indy after Indiana Jones. They were so much fun. Plus, hilariously enough, Rod Rat had the most enormous balls we'd ever seen on a male mammal. As he'd run across the floor and they'd drag behind him on the carpet, we'd just watch him and go, "Ow ow ow ow, Rod, ow ow..."
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post #122 of 141
10/11/07 at 7:01pm
Thread Starter 
Their balls are ENORMOUS. Put mine to shame.
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post #123 of 141
10/11/07 at 7:15pm
Lisa's story reminded me of the class rat we had in my Psych Honors class back in college. We named him "B.F." after B.F. Skinner, the noted psychologist. He was average rat size, but his fur was yellow. Seems the other rats in the labs took delight in pissing on him in their cages, so his fur got stained yellow. We took pity on him and kept him in our classroom as a pet.
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post #124 of 141
10/11/07 at 9:00pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
Their balls are ENORMOUS. Put mine to shame.
Yeah, Indy's were big, but Rod Rat's were freakish.
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post #125 of 141
10/12/07 at 12:05am
Rats, goats... all species have different proportions. Humans do much better in that regard than the average gorilla, for example.
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post #126 of 141
10/12/07 at 7:59am
I see that Sacco and Vanzetti have significantly pulled out into the lead.
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post #127 of 141
10/12/07 at 9:16am
Drat! Looks like a real rat race! (ooooohhhh - sorry!)

Well, kudos where kudos is due - nice choices, Surge! Cluny and Gabool are good, too - I need to wiki Redwall to get the reference.

Good luck, everyone!
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post #128 of 141
10/12/07 at 10:02am
How have more people not voted in this?

I voted for sacco and vanzetti yesterday, and I can't believe this is what passes for suspenseful entertainment at work.
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post #129 of 141
10/12/07 at 11:02am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothy225
Drat! Looks like a real rat race! (ooooohhhh - sorry!)
"God is gonna get you for that, Walter, God is gonna get you for that."
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post #130 of 141
10/12/07 at 11:56am
I'd prefer if Adrienne Barbeau got me for that, several times in fact, but...
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post #131 of 141
10/12/07 at 6:54pm
Thread Starter 
Looks like Sacco and Vanzetti it is. Awesome. My friends were pulling for those, actually, but I'm wasn't sure how I liked the idea of more fucking guineas around this place. It definitely works, though. Now, to figure out which is which...

Surge wins! Thanks everyone, this thread cracked me up.
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post #132 of 141
10/12/07 at 9:32pm
My most heartfelt congratulations, Surge! Good show, sir!
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post #133 of 141
10/13/07 at 7:39am
WHOOOT!! I'm still claiming to be part of this because Sacco and Vanzetti were my original choices before I changed my mind, heh. Nice choices, Alex. Now you have to get one of those frilly, cutesy light blue baby banners with baby bottles, teddy bears and ABC blocks all over it that says, "WELCOME TO THE WORLD, SACCO AND VANZETTI".
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post #134 of 141
10/13/07 at 9:58am
There really is something heartwarming in naming cute little pets after railroaded to execution anarchist terrorists.
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post #135 of 141
10/17/07 at 12:40pm
Thread Starter 
So, these little bastards are around 6 weeks old and already going through puberty. They're going friggin' nuts, squeaking and running around the place. Their balls are about twice the already-massive size they were, and red. They're fighting all the time now and still haven't worked out which is the Alpha male. Although I think Sacco's going to win, he's a fiendish little guy.

But yeah, they apparently go through this for a couple more weeks. I almost felt like calling up my mom and saying I'm sorry for my teenage years.
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post #136 of 141
10/17/07 at 3:00pm
Yeah, probably many parents wish that their teenagers were pains in the asses for a couple of weeks instead of several years.

Edit to add: By the way, Alex, thanks for the new sig line. That's too good to pass up.
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post #137 of 141
10/22/10 at 4:19pm
Thread Starter 
Poor Sacco gave up the ghost today, after being sick as hell for a few days. Old man lived two years longer than his brother. Great little pets, even if they did end up looking like shrunken old man scrotums when they got older.

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post #138 of 141
10/22/10 at 4:28pm
Proud to say that I went with SV; it's gratifying to see it ahead in the polls by a considerable margin

EDIT Just read to the last page of the tread... Sorry to learn of this sad news. I am fond of the idea of pet rats (though I never have owned one) and from what I have seen in the thread, yours were very cool

You have my condolences.
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post #139 of 141
10/22/10 at 4:31pm
Aww, sorry to hear that Alex. It always sucks when a pet isn't with us anymore.
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post #140 of 141
10/22/10 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
Poor Sacco gave up the ghost today, after being sick as hell for a few days. Old man lived two years longer than his brother. Great little pets, even if they did end up looking like shrunken old man scrotums when they got older.
Looking like a shrunken old man scrotum qualifies him as a Jedi Master.

Vale Master Sacco.
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post #141 of 141
10/22/10 at 5:17pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
Proud to say that I went with SV; it's gratifying to see it ahead in the polls by a considerable margin

EDIT Just read to the last page of the tread... Sorry to learn of this sad news. I am fond of the idea of pet rats (though I never have owned one) and from what I have seen in the thread, yours were very cool

You have my condolences.
Kate, read threads, THEN post. Read threads, THEN post. Read threads, THEN post.


Alex, sorry to hear of your loss sir, I've heard rats can be nice companions. Are you planning on getting any others?
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