> > > Mou"always wanted to name a pet Scooter"sie
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> > Brunnen-"I *have* a pet nicknamed Scooter!"G
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> Here's what really kills me: People get a pet, they come up with a name for it that usually *isn't* Sam or Frank or Bob, but is, in itself, a sort of nickname, then they NICKNAME the pet!!! "This is my cat, Buster. I call him Doodles." (Never one to call the kettle black, I'm quoting MYSELF, here.)
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> Hei"about a third of the people I'm introduced to announce, 'I had a DOG named Heidi!'"di

I knew a guy once who had two budgies. He called them Rover and Fang.
My cat doesn't really have a name. She comes running when I call no matter what name I actually use, so I call her all sorts of things. Scooter is one of them.

Brunnen-"Heidi?"G