Mother - "Let me talk to this lady here, and call your dad to make sure he's ok with us getting a puppy."
Little Girl - "What should we name him?"
Bystander - *ears perk up*
Little Girl - "Spot?"
Bystander - *grits teeth*
*thinks 'Must. Not. Let. Girl. Name. Puppy. SPOT.'*
Little Girl - "Here Spot! Come here, Spot!"
Puppy - *ignores the call*
Bystander - *approves of puppy*
*frantically thinks 'If she starts at SPOT then there isn't much I can do toward infusing any creativity into her naming process. Anything I say isn't bound to do much. Can't make a suggestion that pushes too far. But Must. Not. Let. Girl. Name. Puppy. SPOT.'*
Little Girl - "Here, Spot!"
Bystander - "He looks like a Sparky to me."
Little Girl - *looks up, slightly confused*
Bystander - "Er, I'd better go."
1 Comments:
I felt the same way when my husband wanted to name our stray, "Kitty." (Seems it's a tradition for him to name all his stray cats, Kitty.) But it was so uncreative (the cat version of Spot) that I just could.not.do.it! So, not wanting to break his long standing tradition, I tacked on Lou (where I got that name is another long story)and called it good. (And may I add that it really makes no difference that I did? Because she is mostly called Kitten.)
Sparky is a big step up from Spot.
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