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Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. They sound like cute names, but then you'll have 3 kitties nicknamed "Siggy" :) Dan > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. > > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." > > somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) I actually think it's kind of neat. Although it's true, you might end up with three cats nicknamed Siggy. Unless of course you call them Fried, Mund and Linde. Melissa >> > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >> > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) Ah, another thing I forgot. You'll end up with cats addicted to alliteration. "Wehe, O Wa:lsung, Wehe!" :O Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > >Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I wouldn't worry unless you notice them pulling little swords out of trees. Or howling "Waaaaaaaaalse! Waaaaalse!" when they want to be fed. =o) Melissa >> >Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Melissa At least they won't go "Weia, waga, woge du welle!" Now, will they have aunts named Gerhilde, Rossweise, Schwertleite, Waltraute, Ortlinde, Grimgerde, Siegrune, Helmwiege, and (last but not least!) Brünnhilde? David >>> >Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >David You beat me to it!! Those are the noisy Aunts, the ones who go "Heia! Heia! Hojotoho!, Hojotoho!" There are other Aunts, too. There are Flosshilde, Wellgunde and Woglinde (the ones who go "Weia, waga" and the Droopy Aunts, aka The Norns. ;) who are, BTW, individually named Urd, Verdandi and Skuld (although those names don't appear in Wagner's Ring). I always thought Wotan would be a spendid name for a one-eyed cat. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >> >Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o) >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Melissa BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Actually, it's what Siegmund and Sieglinde do afterwards that's potentially worrying. :P Oh, well, if you make sure they're neutered, I guess there's less chance of them bringing about the Twilight of the Gods. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War Gee-- If one cast the Ring with cats-- Particularly large cats: Fafner and Fasolt! Water-loving cats: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde. Trickster who refuses to be confined: Loge. The nagging cat: Fricka The one-eyed cat who lords it over everyone and everything but forms bizarre alliances with Loge: Wotan The one who never appears except at moments of extreme duress, and then only partially: Erda The three who slink around together in the darkness: First Norn, Second Norn, Third Norn. Hmmm.... I'm having trouble thinking of the other characters as cats.... David > Gee-- > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > David Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen. An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich. A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the Nibblers. Melissa Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o) >> Gee-- >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o) Don't forget whiny, sneaky, complaining cat-- Mime. ;) Why stick to the Ring? Touchy Diva Cats: Isolde, Venus Big Dumb Boycat: Tristan Holier-than-thou Cats: Lohengrin, Parsifal, Elisabeth Schizo Psycho Cat: Kundry Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman Long Suffering Cat: Marke Flirty Cat: Eva Monomaniac Cat: Senta Singing Cat: Walther Fussy Cat: Beckmesser ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>> Gee-- >>> [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >Fussy Cat: Beckmesser > ;) Almost forgot: Post-neuter, nursing grudge: Klingsor ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen. >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I thought about mean cats, but didn't want to go there.... Don't forget Mime--he's the bullied one in Das Rheingold, and the wanna-be evil one in Siegfried. Hmmm--even there, he comes across more as a whiner, and is still subservient to Alberich. Wow--what messy feline dynamics! And what an amazing thing--a cat thread tied (intelligently) to Wagner! Is this an amazing newsgroup, or what! David >>>Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen. >>> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > David It can be surprising how intelligent some of us are. :-P Tweed >And what an amazing thing--a cat thread tied (intelligently) to Wagner! Is >this an amazing newsgroup, or what! Well, people have been finding new meanings in "Der Ring" ever since its first performance - why not a cat angle. I think I started something interesting here. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) > Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman >> Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > > Make Levees, Not War But does that mean you'd only see this cat once every seven years? =o) Melissa > > Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman > >> Theresa [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Melissa Addendum: You could also call that cat Der Wanderer. =o) Melissa > But does that mean you'd only see this cat once every seven years? =o) Could be worth it. >> > Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman >> >> Theresa [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Melissa Well, since that's really Wotan, that would have to be a one-eyed cat, too. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >> Gee-- >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o) Mostly. After observing them for a few minutes, one is a possible Siegfried: the brave one who knows no fear. The other two are cowards unworthy of such glorious names. See my latest new message: 'Red tabby kittens: first pictures'. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) >>> Gee-- >>> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >unworthy of such glorious names. See my latest new message: 'Red >tabby kittens: first pictures'. I always think of Siegfried as Anna Russell describes him: "Very young and very handsome, and very strong, and very brave, and very stupid." Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. Cute now but maybe not so cute in a year, right? Hope you can talk yourself out of it, because for sure with names like that, they will end up with nicknames. Maybe nicknames you wouldn't have chosen. Jo >> Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >> i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Hope you can talk yourself out of it, because for sure with names like that, >they will end up with nicknames. Maybe nicknames you wouldn't have chosen. Mundy, Fred, and Linda of course :P I think they're cute names so why not go for it? >>> Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >>> i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I think they're cute names so why not go for it? I will give those nicknames serious consideration. I'm still undecided, though since I am beginning to be able to identify them individually, I'll need names in the next day to so. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) >Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. Well, if they are as inbred as a lot of kits are, it's not exactly inappropriate, but it might be confusing for the kitties. Wagnerian names don't seem to have a really broad appeal. ;) I love Wagner, but I don't think I'd give one of my kits a Wagner name. Just too heavy and clunky for cats, IMO. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >>i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Wagner, but I don't think I'd give one of my kits a Wagner name. Just > too heavy and clunky for cats, IMO. Depends upon which Wagnerian singers you've been listening to! > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > > Make Levees, Not War They all sound like great names. Why wouldn't you want to name them thusly? Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. >They all sound like great names. Why wouldn't you want to name them thusly? Those names are *heavy* with connotations. In "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (specifically, "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", and "Götterdämmerung"), Siegmund and Sieglinde are sibling children of Wotan - he is supposed to be the hero who will recover The Ring, but isn't up to that standard. She gets married off and the two don't see each other until years later when he seeks sanctuary in her home - then he and she run off and she gets knocked up by him just before he gets killed. Their son is Siegfried, who *is* the hero who doesn't know the meaning of fear, is independent of Wotan, and who does recover The Ring, and in the process gets trapped into some seriously heavy tragic opera. I guess I see now: cats deserve serious names, but not tragic ones. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >>They all sound like great names. Why wouldn't you want to name them thusly? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >know the meaning of fear, is independent of Wotan, and who does >recover The Ring But has no idea what it's for or what to do with it. The real recovery and return of the ring is completed by Bru:nnhilde, who becomes the real free hero, after becoming temporarily thoroughly befuddled by love and revenge. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >But has no idea what it's for or what to do with it. The real >recovery and return of the ring is completed by Bru:nnhilde, who >becomes the real free hero, after becoming temporarily thoroughly >befuddled by love and revenge. I was kind of glossing over the story to concentrate on the names. After all, the story is the story of the world from the early days of the Aesir gods to the end of the time of the gods and the time of man - *huge* story. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. Why? I've had a lot of operatic cats. There was Papageno (Magic Flute) many years ago and later a Mimi and a Brunehilde. At present I have Melisande (Pelleas and ....) and Cendrillon (Massenet's version of Cindrella) > > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. > > Why? I've had a lot of operatic cats. There was Papageno > (Magic Flute) That's a great name for a cat! Did he ever watch the birds from a window sill while humming "Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich, ja" ? =o) Melissa >>>Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >>>i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That's a great name for a cat! Did he ever watch the birds from a > window sill while humming "Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich, ja" ? =o) Actually, he was a bit of a coward (like the original). More than once an angry bluejay sent him in the pet flap and heading for the furthest corner under the bed. > Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens > i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. No "Sieg Heil"? A very suitable name for a cat! LOL Yowie >> Somebody please talk me out of naming the three new red tabby kittens >> i'm getting this aftenoon Siegmund, Siegfried, and Sieglinde. > >No "Sieg Heil"? A very suitable name for a cat! LOL At the moment, I'm favoring sticking to my original plan of giving cats names of animal characters in web comic strips. I'm thinking of naming the brave one Ebenezer ("Two Lumps), the other male Atticus (after Atticus Finch in "Catpaint"), and the female Solange (9 Chickweed Lane). I sort of promised myself I would name the next female Solange, but I had forgotten that in the heat of the moment. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Maybe you should name them Bruckner, Stravinsky and Charlotte Ives (in case one of them sings in a different key than the others). Cantate |
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