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17 August 2006

Help me name my future charges! →[More:]

I'm adopting two young sugar gliders! Right now they're called Mike & Ike, which is cute... but not me.

I want something unusual and not too silly, but a little cute.

Help a sistah out.

P.S. Just so you know, this is will soon be all I can talk about, and I will be inundating you all with stories and pictures.

post by: Specklet at: 15:21 | 55 comments

Proton and Neutron. Of course, you are the electron.

posted by eekacat 17 August | 15:23

Holy crap, awesome!

That was my exclamation of glee, not my name suggestions. Though Holy Crap and Awesome would be pretty sweet names.

posted by mike9322 17 August | 15:27

Cuff & Link (a la Rocky Balboa)

posted by jonmc 17 August | 15:27

You are lovely.

Dirk and Diggler? No? Ok . . . Neo and Genesis? Freedom and Peace?

I got nothin'

posted by tr33hggr 17 August | 15:30

Are they both boys?

posted by essexjan 17 August | 15:30

Dog and Cat.

posted by Daniel Charms 17 August | 15:33

Napoleon & Pedro

posted by Joe Famous 17 August | 15:34

One can be the Duke (or Duchess) of Cute and the other can be Emperor (or Empress) Whuffles.

posted by LunaticFringe 17 August | 15:34

Frick and Frack.

Woofer and Tweeter.

Geronimo and Sitting Bull.

posted by Hugh Janus 17 August | 15:38

Franny & Zooey?

Tom & Jerry?

Stanley & Oliver?

Mary Kate & Ashley?

I'm no good at this...

I'll try better next time.

posted by Lola_G 17 August | 15:38

I like Mary Kate and Ashley.

posted by Hugh Janus 17 August | 15:41

Both boys. Five months old. Mike is a little shy, both are very sweet.

They're native to Australia, perhaps some aboriginal words...?

If they were girls, I'd name them something like Pippa and Dot.

On preview: Frick and Frack is hilarious, but perhaps a little too silly. Oooh, Zooey is good...

posted by Specklet 17 August | 15:41

Frankie & Johnnie?
Martin & Lewis?
Waylon & Willie?

posted by jonmc 17 August | 15:41

Whuffles and Cilantro.

posted by matildaben 17 August | 15:44

Mario and Luigi.

Voltron and Zarkon.

Tish and Tosh.

Amelia Earhart and President Taft.

Sullen and Cranky.

Pestilence and Famine.

Hawkman and Aquaman.

Journey and Boston.

Go with Amelia Earhard and President Taft. It'll be eccentric.

posted by cmonkey 17 August | 15:46

foster & toohey?

posted by slackshot 17 August | 15:49

Mud and Puppie.

posted by mudpuppie 17 August | 15:50

Mike and 9322.

posted by matildaben 17 August | 15:51

Wilbur and Orville

Captain Fluffypants and The Dancing Bear

The Pain In My Head Won't Go Away and There's Nothing We Can Do About It, Dear, So Let's Just Shut Up About It

Sine and Cosine

posted by cmonkey 17 August | 15:56

Ooh, I love Wilbur and Orville!

posted by mudpuppie 17 August | 16:03

Axl and Slash.

posted by mike9322 17 August | 16:03

Didger, Idoo

posted by danostuporstar 17 August | 16:09

Keep 'em coming, guys, these are good.

posted by Specklet 17 August | 16:11

Itchy & Scratchy?
Click & Clack?
Sweet & Dude?

My friend had frogs called Watson and Crick.

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 16:13

Bird & Diz?

Watson and Crick is pretty cute.

posted by Specklet 17 August | 16:14

Saag and Paneer
Chana and Masala
Tikka and Masala
Masala and Dosa
Naan and Chapati
Papa and Dam
Tandoori and Biryani

posted by mudpuppie 17 August | 16:16

I think Mudpuppie missed lunch today.

posted by matildaben 17 August | 16:20

Oh wiki how I love you:

Abbott & Costello
Block & Tackle
Calvin & Hobbes
Crips & Bloods (not really, but that would be hilarious)
Flotsam & Jetsam
George & Ira (Gershwin)
omg omg Penn & Teller!
Batman & Robin
Bert & Ernie
Kirk & Spock

Pup, I like, I like!

posted by Specklet 17 August | 16:27

Meh and Tah.

posted by eamondaly 17 August | 16:31

Sturm and Drang

posted by warbaby 17 August | 16:42

Up Up and Away!

posted by Triode 17 August | 16:58

Tea and Crumpets.

posted by Daniel Charms 17 August | 16:58

I like Pip. Are there any other good Dickensian protagonist names that would go well with Pip?

posted by Specklet 17 August | 17:49

Pipkin & Zipper (Pip & Zip)?
Wallace & Grommit?
Beagan & Keegan (both mean "small" in Gaelic)?

posted by Specklet 17 August | 18:13

LMAO & ROFL?

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 18:16

Jake & Elwood?

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 18:17

Oooh pie! Jake and Elwood! Holy shit, that's great!

posted by Specklet 17 August | 18:26

Holmes and Watson

posted by cmonkey 17 August | 18:29

Pippin & Tog.

posted by Zack_Replica 17 August | 18:29

I like Pippin and Tog a whole lot!

Okay, so here's the list:

Jake & Elwood
Frick & Frack
Frankie & Johnnie
Amelia Earhart & President Taft
Wilbur & Orville
Watson & Crick
Abbott & Costello
Block & Tackle
Calvin & Hobbes
Crips & Bloods (not really, but that would be hilarious)
Flotsam & Jetsam
George & Ira
Penn & Teller!
Batman & Robin
Bert & Ernie
Kirk & Spock
Pipkin & Zipper (Pip & Zip)
Wallace & Grommit
Beagan & Keegan ("small one" and "small flame/ardent" in Gaelic)
Gilbert & Sullivan
Rajah & Kushraho ("kingly" and "joyous" in Sanscrit) (Raj & Kush)
Danger Mouse & Penfold
Bunsen & Beaker
Han & Chewie
Pippin & Tog

posted by Specklet 17 August | 18:35

Geefle and Gonk?

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 18:41

Belle and Sebastian?

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 18:42

Geefle and Gonk scared the hell out of me when I was a kid, so that's out.

And I can't name a boy glider Belle! He'd have social problems. I'm alreaady neutering them anyway, he doesn't need a pansy name on top of being ball-less.

But Jake & Elwood... Hmm.

I think I'll have to meet 'em first and see if they're rascally (Jake & Elwood), super cute (Pippin & Tog), very sweet (Beagan & Keegan), dignified (Rajah & Kushraho), or weird (Amelia Earhart & President Taft).

posted by Specklet 17 August | 18:48

All of my ideas were taken, except for one :

MacNeil and Lehrer.

posted by suckerpunch 17 August | 19:11

Bacon & Eggs

posted by dersins 17 August | 19:17

As they're true blue dinmum Aussies, why not name them after the gumnut babies, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie?
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posted by GeckoDundee 17 August | 20:43

Didger and Eedoo didn't even make the first cut!? Those are perfectly cromulent names.

That stamp is killing me though.

posted by danostuporstar 17 August | 21:29

Bugger. After reflecting on the fact that they're blokes, I compiled a huge list of more suitable names complete with web links so you would know who I was talking about. I previewed, corrected an error or two, and closed the window. Poooof! All gone.

Here we go again. (Bundaberg in Queensland is the sugar capital of Australia).

Bundy and Coke
(A popular drink)

Ned and Dan
(Jessie James in home made armor and his smarter brother, who some say was hanged in his place)

Burke and Wills
(Aussie versions of Lewis and Clark)

Bert and Charlie (or Chilla or Smithy as he was also known)
They were the two most influential early aviators (though Orville and Wilbur is an awesome suggestion). Both from Queensland, and Bert was from Bundaberg.

Roy and HG
(Just to make up for the Gumnut Babies thing. The two blokiest blokes in all of blokedom. Very, very funny and very, very smart too).

Hoges and Strop
Iconic Aussie comic and sidekick.

I'm sure the other Aussies will have a heap of suggestions.

posted by GeckoDundee 17 August | 21:30

Oops. Not my day today.

Burke and Wills

posted by GeckoDundee 17 August | 21:36

C'mon Dan, every other bloke around here's called either Didger or Eedoo. Why not just call them Davo and Johnno and be done with it?

posted by GeckoDundee 17 August | 21:39

Wheretable & Undead Chairs?

posted by pieisexactlythree 17 August | 23:14

Opal and Bondi

posted by brujita 17 August | 23:40

So they're both sweet and sugar gliders?

Glucose & Sucrose
Pang & Kreas
Cain & Beet
Type I & Type II

posted by rob511 18 August | 02:55

Thanks all! I'll keep you posted!

posted by Specklet 18 August | 10:34

Castor and Remus
Romulus and Pollux

posted by ROU Xenophobe 18 August | 11:04

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