Thursday 10 October 2013

How Carlos The Cat got his name

After reading the interesting story behind Kitty Korner's fellow cats and how they got their names, I thought I might as well share the origins of my rather exotic name.

I was adopted from a good friend of the lady of the house, who has some cats on her own. Her cat had some kittens, and they were looking for a new home. The names of my mom and sibling were quite grand and aristocratic. That's why the lady of the house thought that my name should be a bit different and exotic than the traditional cat names there usually are around here. My whole staff were pondering the name issue, and it seemed to be a very difficult task.

As I am a black and handsome boy, the lady of the house came to think some exotic latin names. She googled lists of spanish names to get some inspiration. Finally the smallest of the staff wrote all the suggested names on paper:


After that, they started picking out the names they didn't like. Finally, the result was clear. I became Carlos.

I have to say I'm very pleased with my name. I think it goes well with my handsome looks and my lovely and sociable character. The lady of the house thinks also that I'm a bit like a latin gigolo, and I don't argue with that. I'm quite a catch and I know it. I even used to take naps in the drawer where the lady of the house stores her bra, that's how gigolo I am! Well, nowadays I'm not granted entrance to the walk-in-closet, since you know, the peeing on the clothes happened... But anyways, Carlos The Cat is the man.


Well, to be brutally honest, I might not be the gigolo or the macho I've been just telling you. The lady of the house pointed out that I have been neutered....Yes. I'm fine with that, allthough it upset me a bit when I realised what had happened. But she tells me it was all for my best, and I have to believe her. So, now you know.

12 comments:

  1. Hello, Carlos. I heard about you at Kitty Korner. It's nice to meet you. If you want to advertise yourself a bit, tell the Cat Blogosphere site (http://www.blog.catblogosphere.com/) that you're new and wouldn't mind people and cats coming to read your blog. And you are a very handsome cat.

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    1. Hello, welcome and thank you for the tip! I will do that!

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  2. veree nice ta meet ewe carlo; R pals over at kitty korner sended uz yur way....pleez feel free ta stop by trout towne any time; we all ways haza foodz on de grill. we like how ya getted yur name two....way awesum !!! enjoy yur thurzday :)

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    1. Did you say food? I'm there. Have nice Thursday you too!

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  3. oh, N we meened ta say carlos...sorree.........sum kittehs round heer type two fast N we dont use spell chek.... !! :)

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    1. Actually, I'm sometimes called Carlo too, so you were right after all!

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  4. Hey, Carlos, we came by from Kitty Korner. Looks like you're a new blogger. We'd like to feature you in a meet & greet on our blog, We don't find an email addy on your blog, so if you're interested, send us your email address. We have a comment form in our left sidebar or there's a mailbox.

    Oh, drat, when we tried to publish this comment, we found you have word verification on. Quite a number of bloggers can't read it. We hope you will consider turning it off.

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    1. Hello and welcome! I'd be happy to be featured on your blog! Now there should be my e-mail visible in the profile info, pretty amateur of me but there it is :-). Also, I removed the word verification thingie. Thanks for the tips!

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  5. Hi Carlos! We came by from Kitty Korner. We have a black kitty named Carlos too! He mostly goes by Carl and his full name is Carlos Raphael Camaro. We had to follow you, seeing you are a Carlos and all, but didn't see where the follow button is.

    Also, seeing Jan's comment, the word verification is in under "settings". Many bloggers won't leave comments if its on. Its ridiculous how many strokes they think you need to key to stop spam.

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    1. Well hello there! My full name is actually Carlos Chicos, but I'm usually called just Carlos. Or Carlo, or Mommy's darling (in Finnish though..). Whatever works. I tried to add a follow button, does it work? Did you mean some other kind of following thingie? I'm so useless with this stuff so far, I'm grateful for any hints!

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  6. Hey Carlos, sorry it took us so long to get over again to say hi. The mom here is a tiny (read lot) bit lazy!

    That was an interesting way to get your name. Maybe our next brofur or sisfur...oh wait mom says no more! MOL

    Sasha, Sami, & Saku

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    1. No probs! A nw brofur or sisfur, sounds nice! Allthough I have to say that I myself kind of like beeing the only king on the hill, it has it's benefits too!

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