MFNlaw can attest to the fact that Loki and Pumpkin know their names. Hell, even Devi, Queen of Indifference. Whether they'll follow your orders is another thing.

I named my two cars. I don't name my electronics, except every time I get a new laptop and the set up asks me to name it, I name it HAL, because I am so original. Time and again.

I do have "That's a keeper," inscribed on the back of my Nano (which has no name), because it's what my friend (who was, among other things, a karaoke host) would say to someone after a particularly good-for-them song. It was sweet, as was he, and he died suddenly, and I like having it there; I miss him. And it's a music thing, and he was a music dude, so it just seemed right.

I named my basil plants Little Dudes. Does that count?

I think my inherent "dog person" is showing. Not that I don't love the cats! But they're very much ... cats.

Shadow knows his name. Unfortunately, he has begun to react most favorably to My Lord and Sir.

I name my electronics, but I don't always call them by name out loud.

However, since I do sometimes, I'm clearly crazy.

And I swear I was calling my car (all my cars) "Baby" long before I encountered the Winchesters. It just seems to make sense.

So out of curiosity, and only if you don't mind answering, what did he name them?

Shock and Awe. He might have had some issues, and I might have...really enjoyed pushing his buttons with them.

Like, he seriously couldn't look at them. It's not like I was topless or anything. I mean, when I was fully dressed, he'd sometimes close his eyes rather than pan across my chest. Or, like, stare at my hairline to minimise the threat of them being in his peripheral vision.

How could I resist that temptation?

The first time I heard about beastiality, I had an opinion about it in under 5 seconds.

For good or for ill (ILL! ILL!) it's that sort of a topic, I thought.

Huh. [link] Okay, I *used* to be able to make it through a work day without peeing, but I know that's not healthy. Or normal. Is this a vaguely practical thing to do? Or can we just admit that it's really hard, and it really sucks to be between that rock and that hard place and then not raise our risk UTIs for a month?

I'm not a big namer of things. I've never named a car. The cats coming to their names is kind of hit and miss.

Dean will come when he's good and ready, Penny usually comes to her name and she'll come to some of her nicknames. Normally I'm not big on nicknaming cats, but Penny has ended up with quite a collection (Penners, Pen Pen, and Penn-a-licious).

If I was responsible for the bathrooms, I'd just be happy they were being used less often. I don't understand how this works as a statement.

I don't understand how this works as a statement.

If you're the sort of person who'd do this, don't you already get the inequity? You don't get a badge for the pee pee dance, or anything.

Wait--is there a badge?

If you're the sort of person who'd do this, don't you already get the inequity?

That's what I figured, so I don't understand how it influences others, unless you stand in the hall in front of the bathrooms doing the pee pee dance while explaining the inequities of the Male and Female signs.