"sam" wrote in message
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Yowie wrote:
Suki, as you know, was named because he was such a 'sooky' puss, even
though Indigo was also a perfectly decent name. Pickle was the name that
Cary chose for the short haired cat previously known as Casper, Kunks &
T.D. (in that order). Pickle is a strange name, but he answered to it
immediately and it seemed to fit, so it stuck - I mean, what do you
expect if you let a 3 year old name a cat?

But it gets a little more interesting. Are any of you familiar with the
kids show Higglytown Heroes? And do you know what the Higglytown heroes
say instead of swearing?

Would you believe its...

You guessed it,

They say "Oh Pickle".

So my darling 3 year old named his cat with the worst 3 year old's swear
word he could think of.

Not coincidentally, "PICKLE!!!!!" has become somewhat of a swear word in
my vocabulary too, as Pickle (the cat) is displaying behaviour that
illicits naughty bad swear words that I, as a parent, am not allowed to
say in front of a three year old.

So, Pickle the cat isn't a ******** cat* so much as a complete and utter
"pickle"head.

Yowie
(Tish, the tradition of Ted lives on, even if it is in 3 year old speak)
Ah, the Shmogg lives on! Does Cary say whether it's a sweet, dill,
bread-and-butter, or other variety of Pickle?


Cary recognises lebanese cucumbers as pickles, but not regular or
continental cucumbers (they're just cue-kers, according to him). We have to
buy a 'pickle' (small p) every time we go fruit & veg shopping.

Yowie