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Old 06-09-2007, 10:51 PM   #1
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Name the Tortoise
My wife bought a Tortoise today; god knows why

She can't think of a name for it though; anyone got any good suggestions??
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Old 06-09-2007, 10:58 PM   #2
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:09 PM   #3
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:13 PM   #4
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Re: Name the Tortoise
How about Squire Muldoon? Or Mervyn?
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:15 PM   #5
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fluffy (my wife's old tortoise)
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:19 PM   #6
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Skippy..

Flash..

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Terry...

Im off to bed......
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:27 PM   #7
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:29 PM   #8
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Re: Name the Tortoise
Actually I don't believe it really matters as they don't come when you call them anyway.
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:30 PM   #9
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:30 PM   #10
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Actually I don't believe it really matters as they don't come when you call them anyway.
I believe they do but they take so long most people give up and move on
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Old 06-09-2007, 11:33 PM   #11
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Old 07-09-2007, 12:35 AM   #12
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My wife bought a Tortoise today; god knows why

She can't think of a name for it though; anyone got any good suggestions??
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Old 07-09-2007, 6:08 AM   #13
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Re: Name the Tortoise
The wife got one too - we're calling ours Gizmo

I prefer Kryten - Novelty Condom Head.

In retrospect it should have been Hoover Jnr. as anything on the floor goes in its mouth It would have been hoover but we've a cat exactly the same. And yes we do feed them
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Old 07-09-2007, 6:48 AM   #14
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Re: Name the Tortoise
Mr Tortoise / Ms Tortoise, depending on the sex of course..
no need to thank me
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Old 07-09-2007, 6:59 AM   #15
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How about "Crusty"?
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Old 07-09-2007, 7:05 AM   #16
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You were there a few minutes before me. I was thinking of Baguette: crunchy on the outside, chewy inside. That or Speed Bump.
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Old 07-09-2007, 7:27 AM   #17
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Arthur. All tortoises should be called Arthur.
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Old 07-09-2007, 8:00 AM   #18
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Call it Turtle. That'll confuse the little blighter.
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Old 07-09-2007, 8:12 AM   #19
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Mr Tortoise / Ms Tortoise, depending on the sex of course..
no need to thank me
Sex isn't known until it's older, makes naming a bit more tricky.
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Old 07-09-2007, 8:36 AM   #20
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Linford as in Linford Christie
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Old 07-09-2007, 8:38 AM   #21
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George!
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Old 07-09-2007, 8:59 AM   #22
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Ray Ban !!
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Old 07-09-2007, 10:09 AM   #23
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Sex isn't known until it's older, makes naming a bit more tricky.
ok then........Tortoise or Brian
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Old 07-09-2007, 10:16 AM   #24
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mom says Relics come to mind. (Will have that explained to me later)

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Old 07-09-2007, 10:19 AM   #26
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Herbert, Humphrey or Horace (or Henrietta for a female).
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Old 07-09-2007, 10:54 AM   #27
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Snorlax...like the pokemon.
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Michelle.
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Old 07-09-2007, 12:10 PM   #29
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How about Terry, Tarquin or Tommy. Or Optimus Prime
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