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Grex Agora41 Item 47: The Name Game
Entered by eskarina on Sun Mar 31 05:37:16 UTC 2002:

Today I went to the UM Botanical Gardens and bought a Venus fly trap.  I've
decided to name it?  Suggestions?

41 responses total.

#1 of 41 by brighn on Sun Mar 31 05:50:56 2002:

Audrey Junior is either cliche or cute, depending on your circle of friends.
=}

#2 of 41 by rcurl on Sun Mar 31 06:21:35 2002:

Tiger.

#3 of 41 by eskarina on Sun Mar 31 06:28:20 2002:

Audrey Junior?  I don't even get it.

#4 of 41 by gelinas on Sun Mar 31 06:29:50 2002:

("Audrey" was the name of the plant in The Little Shop of Horrors.)

How about the totally mundane and obvious "Venus"?

#5 of 41 by jp2 on Sun Mar 31 06:43:18 2002:

I think the name was Audrey II.

#6 of 41 by senna on Sun Mar 31 07:46:13 2002:

They sell venus fly traps?  interesting.  Perhaps I should buy a whole herd.

Call it Raul.

#7 of 41 by jazz on Sun Mar 31 07:53:22 2002:

        I'd suggest "Dick Cheney".

#8 of 41 by mcnally on Sun Mar 31 10:26:06 2002:

  How about "Tim Reid"?

#9 of 41 by mary on Sun Mar 31 11:26:07 2002:

Spot.

#10 of 41 by michaela on Sun Mar 31 11:56:44 2002:

Grendel or Gilgamesh.

#11 of 41 by sarkhel on Sun Mar 31 14:09:46 2002:

"Untrap" or "Free" ?

#12 of 41 by scott on Sun Mar 31 14:26:42 2002:

"Milo".

#13 of 41 by jep on Sun Mar 31 15:12:33 2002:

Serena.

(There aer a pair of sisters who are professional tennis players; Venus 
and Serena Williams.)

#14 of 41 by remmers on Sun Mar 31 15:16:03 2002:

I vote for "Milo" too.

#15 of 41 by gelinas on Sun Mar 31 15:52:32 2002:

I read #10 as "Grendel OF Gilgamesh".

#16 of 41 by other on Sun Mar 31 15:55:55 2002:

Bambi

#17 of 41 by md on Sun Mar 31 16:13:51 2002:

Tullio

#18 of 41 by ea on Sun Mar 31 21:48:35 2002:

Teemu

#19 of 41 by brighn on Sun Mar 31 22:23:39 2002:

#3-5: I don't know about the musical, but in the original Corman flick (with
Jack Nicholson in an early role as the dental patient), the plant was named
Audrey Junior. The florist's daughter was named Audrey.

#20 of 41 by oval on Sun Mar 31 23:28:22 2002:

Bob

#21 of 41 by morwen on Mon Apr 1 01:53:31 2002:

bob bob bo ob banana fana fo fob me my mo mob
bob

Lets do, Paul!

#22 of 41 by oval on Mon Apr 1 01:53:59 2002:

oo he'd like that.

#23 of 41 by morwen on Mon Apr 1 02:21:33 2002:

<laughter>

#24 of 41 by i on Mon Apr 1 02:35:13 2002:

Baalzebub
Gaea
Golgotha

#25 of 41 by gelinas on Mon Apr 1 02:42:08 2002:

(Personally, I prefer "Baalzebul" to "Baalzebub")

#26 of 41 by russ on Mon Apr 1 03:41:17 2002:

"Bugcrist".

#27 of 41 by mcnally on Mon Apr 1 03:43:37 2002:

  Of course it doesn't matter what you call it -- it's not going to come
  when you call..  <rimshot>

#28 of 41 by eskarina on Mon Apr 1 06:57:36 2002:

I'm seriously thinking "Chewy", unless I come up with something better soon.

#29 of 41 by morwen on Mon Apr 1 08:21:35 2002:

Chewy?  Like as in "Chewbacca"?

#30 of 41 by brighn on Mon Apr 1 14:38:00 2002:

Goldblum.

(as in Jeff)

#31 of 41 by gull on Mon Apr 1 17:40:16 2002:

My Venus flytraps always died.

#32 of 41 by tpryan on Mon Apr 1 18:51:28 2002:

        /agrees with #8

#33 of 41 by mooncat on Mon Apr 1 20:13:54 2002:

How about Fluffy?

#34 of 41 by eskarina on Mon Apr 1 20:23:07 2002:

yes, Chewy as in Chewbacca.

I'm looking for a nice double meaning, or a not too repulsive pun.

#35 of 41 by mcnally on Mon Apr 1 23:06:21 2002:

  No real double meaning, but if you decide your fly-trap seems feminine,
  you could go with "Aphrodite"..

#36 of 41 by tpryan on Mon Apr 1 23:10:26 2002:

        How about Little Green Goblin'?

#37 of 41 by remmers on Mon Apr 1 23:24:26 2002:

The earlier-suggested "Milo" works in the same way as "Aphrodite".

#38 of 41 by mcnally on Tue Apr 2 00:29:54 2002:

  (yeah, but when I think "Milo" I picture a little boy who runs around
   accompanied by a dog with a clock in his torso..)

#39 of 41 by buddy on Tue Apr 2 01:51:01 2002:

Hi anna. It's mary i just told my mom about your plant and that you were
asking for suggestions for a name for your plant. My mom suggests "gypsie"