My sister refers to her daughter's dogs as her grand-dogs, and she even lets them come inside her house. It makes me laugh. I never would've thought it.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
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Zenkitty - Jan 25, 2013 8:58:10 am PST #25480 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
WindSparrow - Jan 25, 2013 9:25:54 am PST #25481 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Scrappy, you qre going to be excellent!
Nora Deirdre - Jan 25, 2013 10:04:22 am PST #25482 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I refer to my parents as Grand-meow and Grand-purr.
ETA, and that is how they signed Taz's get well card in 2011.
Toddson - Jan 25, 2013 10:14:06 am PST #25483 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I once found, as a present for my mother, a pin that said "Ask Me About My Grandkitties".
sumi - Jan 25, 2013 10:17:52 am PST #25484 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Scrappy - that's an excellent idea!
Amy - Jan 25, 2013 11:14:17 am PST #25485 of 30001
Because books.
My parents are dog people, and could not possibly care less about their grandcats.
Although that's not entirely true. My dad is kind of fascinated by them, but also allergic, so he doesn't really interact with them.
erin_obscure - Jan 25, 2013 11:15:49 am PST #25486 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
My mother has grudgingly accepted the "grandkitties" as the best she's gonna get and now even asks about them from time to time :)
brenda m - Jan 25, 2013 11:22:54 am PST #25487 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My mom was the first person in my family to use the term granddog, which frankly shocked me. If I had used it I would have expected her to be outraged (whether about the "grand" or the general cutesiness I'm not quite sure).
JZ - Jan 25, 2013 11:37:02 am PST #25488 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
These days though, I see a ton of Emma, Lucy, Emily and Maggie.
Aren't they all pretty near the top of the human lists, too? Matilda's school is full of all of them, and we've got multiples of most of them in our private lives too.
For boy dogs in this area, Jack has to be the all-time leader.
H'm. I think at least half the boy dogs I've ever known have been named Sparky.
And, randomly, my favorite cat names ever have remained exactly what they were the moment I first heard them twenty-two years ago, from a college friend hiding her contraband twin boycats in her dorm room: Aloysius and Sylvester, nicknames Wishy and Vesty. Decades later, I've still never heard a better cat pair name.
Even more randomly, my favorite anything-pair name is from another college friend, who named her breasts Flotsam and Jetsam.
Scrappy, that is not only not a crazy idea, but it's the SECOND BEST IDEA EVER.
But every day you would have to wear a t-shirt that says "What I Said."
This, however, is the FIRST BEST.
beekaytee - Jan 25, 2013 11:48:25 am PST #25489 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Aren't they all pretty near the top of the human lists, too? Matilda's school is full of all of them, and we've got multiples of most of them in our private lives too.
Totally.
This neighborhood is skewing sharply towards traditional girl names these days. Susan, Clara, Stella and Lola. Those last two are also super popular pet names.
Oddly, I've only met one Sparky.