How about Frodo, or Gandalf, or Pippin, or Proudfoot?

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Toddy

La la la la la la la la la la da da...
There was once a shady dame from Seville;

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Gollum.....my preciousssss!

"Why doesn't he just name him 'Turtle'?"

God used to be my co-pilot, but then we crashed in the Andes and I had to eat Him.

...and you can call him "Stew".

Get it?

Turtle Stew.

Well I thought it was funny.

It's a very tough-sounding exotic foreign name. And it sounds really cool if you yell it in the proper Spanish accent.

- Are you a Turtle?

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My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father- prepare to die.

My first year of Spanish class, I was totally in the dark...Every once in a while my teacher would talk about this guy named Donkey Hotay that we had never read about.

Took me 2 years to figure out about Don Quixote *laughs*

AHHHHHHHHHH hun, i love that movie!!

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>It's a very tough-sounding exotic foreign
>name. And it sounds
>really cool if you yell
>it in the proper Spanish
>accent.

Actually Nailbone, the correct spanish is La tortuga.

Strider, you crack me up again, this thread is a hoot. When I first read the title of the thread I thought you had lost your mind, I started thinking dirty thoughts

Anyway, since you're Strider and the turtle's your baby boy I think he should have your name, Aragorn.

LOL thread !!!!!

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>
>Actually Nailbone, the correct spanish is
> La tortuga.
>
I know, but El Tortuga sounds so much more fierce and manly!! Like El Kabong!!

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>
>>
>>Actually Nailbone, the correct spanish is
>> La tortuga.
>>
>I know, but El Tortuga sounds
>so much more fierce and
>manly!! Like El Kabong!!

LOL, maybe Strider could just call the turtle "El Mariachi" and just pretend his Antonio Banderas

Nailbone, when's the draft?

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>
>Nailbone, when's the draft?
>
I don't know. Another league I'm in is set for Sept. 1. I imagine our's will be about the same time.

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Ooooh Antonio Banderas! *swoon*

Call him Seymour because when he comes out of his shell, its because he wants to see more. Get it???

I also have no idea if its been suggestted, but I am too busy thinking of me and Antonio

Lady T-mean Uber b!tch

I admit I love Strider. But, unfortunately I am not IN love with Strider *laughs*

Reasoning behind this:

1) He doesn't love me (unrequited love is a #####)
2) He would totally suck about buying me gifts from hints I throw out for birthday or christmas *laughs*
3) He has no accent (I have always been a sucker for an accent)
4) Math! *uggh* (Need I say more?) (Foreplay: Honey, can you help me with these square roots?)
5) He does not cater to my own inner diva *no pictures please*
6) My dog eats turtles
7) I am not a homewrecker
8) My mother would like him better than me

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9) you're not his type

*Smile*

Ummm wouldn't BUGGY, be a great name for a turtle???

Ok, how about Hobbit

#9 is the reason for #1 *laughs*

But, this was my reasons for not being in love with him
not why he doesn't love me *laughs*

>9) you're not his type
>
>
>*Smile*

No kidding Buggy, have you ever seen the kid throw a tantrum

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I officially apply Kyngs !!!!!

So you want me to promote you now, Katem?

Reasoning behind me not being in love with Katem

1) He would steal all my men
2) He looks too much like my real boyfriend (it would get too confusing trying to remember who was who)
3) His butt is better than mine (b@tch!)
4) He would cost me too much money--I would want to buy him stuff all the time because he is sooo cute
5) He does not cater to my own inner diva *no pictures please*
6) My dog hates cats
7) He won't take me to Mexico
8) My mother would like him better than me also

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>So you want me to promote
>you now, Katem?

Girl, I was actually applying for the public relations job at Strider Inc.

But thanks for the plug

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I do have a cuter butt than Kyngs and better eyes than Sherps !!!!!

Just thought of a good one- GAMERA! Love bad Japanese films.

turtle turtle turtle!

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I love it!

1. Spot
2. Rover
3. Neck *get it? Turtle Neck?*

--personally likes Draco's Gamera suggestion best

Heck, if you really wanna stretch it, and you're a South Park fan, name it Sidney Poitier. (see the Mecha-Streisand episode if you don't get it)

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Daddy, there's a monster outside my room. Can I have a glass of water?

I guess I'll go and suggest a Survivor name. Since you said your turtle can stay under water for long periods of time, how about naming him Greg? Is he in any way a crazy whack-job type turtle too?

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That's a mighty cute turtle you've got there, Strider. I think you should name him true.

Gotta love the shallow, the deep will drown you -Buggy

true

Okay, "officially" he will be named SuperTurtle but call him "Supe".

Strider showing turtle to friends: "This is my turtle Supe."

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My first thought....Flash!

My girls think these names are cool: Speedy, Sam, or Speck.
Well, that's our contribution, although you seem to already have some great ideas.

Edited because my husband wants to make his contribution...Slick!

I hope I don't show this to my inlaws, they'll want to get in on it too! Oh boy, a family affair with Strider's nameless turtle!

LAST EDITED ON 08-20-02 AT 09:50 PM (EST)

I already shared my idea w/ Strider in AK's last night, but I wanted to include it on this thread.
RIZZO
Why Rizzo you ask? Rizzo was the name of the lazy mechanic on the TV series M*A*S*H*. He was always pretending to be working under a jeep, when in reality he was only sleeping!! I used to own a tortoise, and Rizzo was his name-o!

Regards,
Red Lady
edited to improve typing skills

Hey...as long as it has ZZ in it..it's gotta be good!

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LAST EDITED ON 08-22-02 AT 02:01 PM (EST)

I must be hungry, because as soon as I read the first sentence of your description of your dear turtle (male soft-shell) the only name I could think of was "TACO"!
MM "We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time." - Vince Lombardi

A man taco?

Name him Murtle. Murtle the Turtle.

No, I am not in first grade.

----GTmike

The Pokemon version of a turtle: Squirtle

Sliders Turtle Squirtle, try saying it 3 times fast.

What do the pigeons think of the turtle?

Come on in, the water's fine!

The pigeons and the turtle haven't met yet. The pigeons are very tame, and from what I've seen, they would probably not care too much about him. They don't even react to the dogs, so I doubt they'd react to the turtle.

Strider

How about...

Meadow Muffin?

When will you tell us his name, Stider? Seems so sad to have him go nameless so long...

Femme

Thanks for all the great ideas! I've narrowed it down to (in alphabetical order):

Frodo
Gamera
Gonzzo (with two Z's, of course)
Katem
Seymour
Spot
Tortuga (neither La, nor El)

Feel free to present a persuasive argument for your favorite in 50 words or less. The final decision will be made tomorrow morning.

Strider

Get it? The tortoise and the hare?

#1: HARE--NOT the Musical.
#2: Webby--in honour of SB--of course.
#3: Yertle--, in honour of Dr. Seuss.

>Feel free to present a persuasive argument for your favorite in 50 words or less. The final decision will be made tomorrow morning.<

Ahhhemmmmm... *I* think my argument rests on its own Merrits.
It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.

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Since you have ruled out my suggestion of Morla - maybe you're not a Neverending Story fan, or perhaps you don't like the idea of naming a boy turtle after a girl turtle - I vote for Tortuga. It's cute, and you'll get to talk about your turtle with a sexy accent.

(Phew, exactly 50 words, if you don't count this sentence, that is...)

Femme

Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful ideas!

AND THE WINNER IS.....

(Drum roll, please)

A last-minute suggestion...

WEBBY!

TeddyBear, thanks from me and my turtle, I mean, Webby.

Webby is perfect, not only because it honors and reminds me of SB, but also because Webby has big webby feet!

Now, I have a dozen or so pigeons without names...

Strider---------- Webby

LOL!

Name the birds BIRD. Then you can say, "Hi Bird", "good Bird" and they will all feel special, because they will all think you are talking to them.

Buggy- wondering if Webby ( the turtle) likes his new name

Sounds like Alex the Bachelor's Method Of Operation

LAST EDITED ON 08-22-02 AT 12:15 PM (EST)

>Now, I have a dozen or
>so pigeons without names...

Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Dopey, Doc, Sleepy, Happy. There, seven down, five to go.

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There's also Larry, Curly, Moe and Shemp. Only one left...

.......

>AND THE WINNER IS.....
(Drum roll, please) A last-minute suggestion...
WEBBY!

TeddyBear, thanks from me and my turtle, I mean, Webby.
Webby is perfect, not only because it honors and reminds me of SB, but also because Webby has big webby feet!<
Webby~~~~~~Woohoo, I acutally won!!!!

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