“What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose,
By any other name,
Would smell just as sweet.”
William Shakespeare
I got a phone call yesterday
From our very confused vet
He really wanted to know
If we really now had 27 pets
I laughed so hard at his confusion
I thought about our pet nicknames
And then, he really seemed amused
As he learned about our ‘Name Game’
One of our Katrina dogs had been, ‘Eddie’
Named by my fellow rescuers in New Orleans
My very nasty wife, soon changed it to, ‘Junior’
I call him ‘Momma’s Boy,’ he’s her dog, it seems
Our other Katrina dog was named Tater, after French Fries
But since Day One, my wife has called him ‘Daddy’s Boy’
Almost four years later, he still guards me in the bathroom
As my extremely mean wife, still howls and yelps, with joy
Our southwest dog hails from the Navajo Nation
And his name in our vet’s records should be, ‘Turbo’
But he refuses to go anywhere, without his teddy bear
So we often call him by the bear’s name – ‘Navajo Joe’
My wife calls our feisty little rat terrier mix ‘Little Jack’
While I call him ‘Big Jack,’ to boost up his canine ego
Two of our old sibling cats she calls, ‘Boris and Natasha’
I call them ‘Groucho’ and ‘Marxie,’ and on and on, we go
The Katrina cat that I brought home, who looked so sad
I had called ‘Stinky’ because she loves to sniff my shoes
My spouse vehemently refused to use that name, for her
So she re-named her ‘Flower’ and now, I call her that, too
The feral kitten that I brought home, was named ‘Valentina’
Since I brought her home from a factory, on Valentine’s Day
But now, we both quite often refer to her as our ‘Pretty Kitty’
And our veterinarian’s records somehow still list her as, ‘Stray’
And our latest little kitten, was first named ‘Tiger Lily’
Until we very humorously found out that ‘she’ was a male
So, my perturbed spouse abruptly changed it to, ‘Pee Wee’
But I call him ‘Billy the Kid,’ since he can break out of any jail
Luckily, our many cats and dogs all seem to know their numerous nicknames
And I think they’re amused, since my wife and I, also play this ‘Name Game’
She likes to call me: Pee Wee, Little Big Man, Gringo Slick, and Mr. A..Hole
While I refer to her as: Apache, Mean Tall Woman, Alien, Vieja, or Goofy Dame
But what’s in a name?
That which we call a rose,
By any other name,
Still smells just as sweet!
©2009, Mr. Ed,
AKA – Pee Wee, Little Big Man,
Gringo Slick, and, of course, Mr. A..Hole
And We Would Take In,
A Hundred Homeless Critters,
If We Only Had Enough Space;
Please Visit Your Local Animal Shelter,
Pets Truly Can Put a Smile on Your Face.
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Perhaps Mean Tall Woman has mixed you up with the musician from Australia -
ATHOL GUY ? Anyways - "PEE-POT" is a much more gooder NAME!
Oh Yeah - almost forgot - if you think your Vet is confused, if anyone ever reads your
Will - all those names will wreak havoc!
TomKat - Hoot - El Diablo - El Gato - His Horniness !
Great write, I enjoyed
Ray Hamilton/Not a Poet/ The Great Canadian Buzzard/ Mickey Ray/ the rest I can't mention in mixed company :)
Love,
ET,Eileen,ilenia,queen,chum,soulbud,sis,tiger lily,
(and a few i forgot;-)
Hilarious! That must be so confusing though! Mr. Ed, Ed, or whatever your real name is!
Mary
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Blessings and Love - Micke
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
If you get another kitty, will you name it StormSpinningStoryTeller (for me and Karen)?!? LOL
EDvard, watch out Ole Brother