Maybe not that many. But he’s definitely polynomial. –Wait, that’s not right.
ANYWAY, he has lots of names.
We don’t even know how many names he has, because he’s a stray. For all we know, he has a name in every port.
Oh, by the way, here is a picture of him, getting ready to lie down and eat the treat I gave him. I love those liver-colored spots on his white bits. I have lots of treats left over from when Joe was alive, and this little feller is just pleased as punch to mooch ’em off of me. 🙂
So when he first came up, Next Door Grandson wanted to call him Hector, having just finished a unit in school on the Greeks and Romans. But the dog is just not Hector material.
His official name is Bob the Dog (named after a kid’s book character #1 daughter likes), but he’s also called Roamer Bob because it took him a while to settle in and choose this location for his permanent address. His tag says he’s Victor, but that’s because the tag belongs to a late cat of #1 daughter’s, Bob having lost his own.
At his actual house, they usually call him Pup, and my mother calls him Pup-pup. Charlie and I usually call him Roamer Bob, because it strikes us funny, but Pup-pup usually gets his attention.
Speaking of names, I just looked on How Many Of Me, and found that there are 234 people in the United States named Marian Allen. I would have thought there would be more. Huh.
Here are a couple more pictures of him.
You got more treats?
You DO got more treats!!
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: A character has just said goodbye to a beloved pet, when a stray comes around. How does the character feel? What do they do?
I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is.
Marian Allen's Amazon profile
There are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S. Yep yep, it’s like I always say, being a Cairn Rodrigues means never having to use numbers in your email address.
Jane
August 14, 2013 at 10:00amHi. Those pix make me want to send this fellow a treat. Maybe a bag of treats!
Here’s a name not being used much anymore:
CARLOS DANGER!
Heh.
😉
Marian Allen
August 14, 2013 at 10:50amI don’t know that name! Tell me about it! 🙂
Jane
August 14, 2013 at 5:53pmYou will have to use the Google. This story is too long!
😉
Marian Allen
August 14, 2013 at 6:28pmOh … the STORY is long.
Jessica Nunemaker
August 14, 2013 at 2:48pmHa! There are 3 people in the US with my name! But my maiden name? I was the ONLY one! Not that I didn’t figure that one out already…but still. 🙂
Marian Allen
August 14, 2013 at 3:23pmOh! I didn’t think to look under my maiden name! I’ll bet there are a gazillion of me there. lol
Cairn Rodrigues
August 14, 2013 at 8:17pmThere are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S. Yep yep, it’s like I always say, being a Cairn Rodrigues means never having to use numbers in your email address.
Marian Allen
August 15, 2013 at 7:22amLOL! Hey, whatever works, right? ~grin~