2007/03/23 New York
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The dog and other pets

Around 5 PM

One of my neighbors, the one living, below, has a dog.
For weeks I believed that this neighbor had a bad temper, because I heard him cursing a lot.
This afternoon I reached the conclusion that his dog is called Fuck You.
It happened around 5 PM, I was standing in the hallway, waiting for the elevator. First I heard him cursing, then I saw his dog. I thought this man must be mad as hell, but when he saw me he smiled and said, “how are you, pal?” And without missing a beat he added: “Fuck you, behave.” Now my question is – I don’t have much experiences with animals – is it common to call your pet Fuck You? I would argue that since the dog doesn’t attach meaning to the words it’s not extremely cruel to give him a name like this. But of course the question remains if it is pleasant for the owner of the pet to be forced to curse more than necessary?


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Even a madman can smile; a dog should have a decent name. I like Titus (not the Roman general, but the dog in the famous old comic books ‘Nero’ by Marc Sleen).

said Jan Thys 23/03/2007 09:26 • x
Perhaps it's common for someone with Gilles de la tourette? I wonder what Freud would say?
said karin cc 23/03/2007 09:33 • x
Stand-in
Are you Sieger Sloot?
said Federika van Steenderen 23/03/2007 11:13 (Updated 11:14) • x
At least I never heard of a pet named like that before. Maybe it started off as a joke? And maybe for the owner, ever since he named his pet, the words "Fuck You" have taken a whole different meaning. Nevertheless, next time when you are in the elevator with them, you could always try and ask "Nice dog. What's his name?!".
said J. B. Warnke 23/03/2007 14:06 • x
Nu we toch over taal bezig waren. Misschien is deze 'unspeakable name' een verbastering van de vroeger in NL en B zeer gebruikelijke hondennaam 'Fox.'
Een lief klein hondje wordt dan een Fox-je , fonetisch: Foksje.
Naar het schijnt moet je altijd het beste denken van de mensen.
said Dominique R. 23/03/2007 18:48 • x
What's in the name
Breeding dogs is a noble profession. It is an artform. I guess that's why these dogs should get names starting with a specific letter (according to year and number and god knows what more).
Then there's the biological naming. A dog isn't that smart. He finds it hard to differentiate human sounds and pronounciation. That's why a Dogs's name should always end on a hard syllable.

I'm guessing that this dog had the letter P, the owner liked Shakespeare (who doesn't) and named his dog Puck. Later on in his life, the owner read in a paper that a dog's name should end on a hard syllably, and added a y. Pucky remined him of Chucky, the fearsome puppet in some movies. He didn't like it one bit. So he tried and tried. Pucke (same as y), pucka (the dog isn't a girl!), and at last Puckou. As time went by, saying puckou was to be forgotten, and the dog's called: Fuck you.

But you are right. One shouldn't curse more then he needs to.
said Dens Powells 23/03/2007 19:16 • x
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