r/cats • u/emotionallasagna • Nov 14 '24

Advice New office cat needs a name!

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No idea if it's a he or a she. Lives in the neighbourhood and comes in our office to chill during working hours.

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u/Sketched2Life Nov 14 '24

Or a very human name, like Dave or Harper, like:
Dave got stuck behind the fridge again.
Harper couldn't keep off my desk, there's footprints all over my documents now.

Imagine the horrified looks before you clarify, it's a cat.

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u/HealthyInPublic Nov 14 '24

I definitely support this idea! My late cat had a normal human name that was a decently common name for human kids at the time... I cannot tell you how many people first assumed I was talking about a human child when I talked about him. Lol

And we just adopted a kitten and also named him a human name. He's barely been with us 3 months so far and someone has already asked me if I was talking about my son - so I had to hit 'em with the "well yes, but actually no."

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u/Strdust414 Nov 15 '24

My dogs name is Oliver and my last job had two co-workers with kids named Oliver.

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u/MapleMapleHockeyStk Nov 14 '24

I had a cat named Doug. Had to clarify some of my Facebook posts ....

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u/Footballyiayia Nov 15 '24

We rescued 2 feline brothers. The shelter had already named them Douglas and Fur as in the beautiful Oregon Douglas Fir trees🌲 We opted to keep the names since they were humorous.

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u/professorstrunk Nov 14 '24

Dave chewed up my charging cable AGAIN

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u/Sketched2Life Nov 14 '24

A: "Can you convince Dave to see a Therapist, he seems like a nice guy, but he clearly needs professional help."
B: "No, seems like normal behavior, and vet fees are pretty high right now"
A: "?!"

Gotta love Dave.

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u/RaggedyOldFox Nov 15 '24

"Dave smelt my finger today then showed me his a-hole"

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u/Thrillhol Nov 15 '24

Steve. Linda. Paul. Pam.

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u/krazykripple Nov 15 '24

Dave keeps shoving his butt in my face during zoom meetings