The former Editor was sacked over the issue. The TV show had an
on-line "vote" to choose the name of a cat - the result was
revealed on live TV as "Socks"; it has been discovered that the
actual result was "Cookie". It seems the former Editor decided
that the chosen name had some obscure colloquial meaning that
wasn't appropriate for a children's show, so changed the result.

Because of this, it has been said that there has been a loss of
trust in the programme, so the former Editor lost his job.

There has been a compromise - the TV show will soon have two
cats - "Socks" and "Cookie". Here's a 'photo of a two-headed cat
with four front paws ;-)

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/images/0,,2173507,00.html

He's amazing.  Is he a Birman, or what?

It used to be a women's nickname a few decades ago.  I knew women
of my mother's generation who used it.  Not sure what it's short
for.  (The word is not used for a food item in the UK, so it can't
have come from that - the American word is of Dutch origin).

I'd have called him Zorro with those face markings.

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