In these difficult times, where everyone is struggling to make sense and make money in the floundering economy, a little humor in the form of the 20 most unusual names of pets for whom their owners paid insurance is the perfect antidote.
The winners, culled from all 465,000 pets insured by Veterinary Pet Insurance, are (my analysis in parentheses):
Dogs:
10. Spatula (no clue)
9. Admiral Toot (too easy)
8. Sophie Touch & Pee (try calling that out at 11 p.m. when you want your dog to come inside)
7. Scuddles Unterfuss (why didn’t they just randomly hit their keyboard for a name?)
6. Peanut Wigglebutt (at least it rhymes)
5. Meatwad (I think my gym teacher called me that in eighth grade)
4. Low Jack (that’s funny)
3. Rafikikadiki (too bad there’s no testing for owners getting a dog license)
2. Sirius Lee Handsome (too astronomical and an unfortunate promoting of the satellite radio company)
1. Rush Limbark (name on loan from God, no doubt)
Cats
10. Toot Uncommon (weak)
9. Rosie Posie Prozac (TMI)
8. Sparklemonkey (more like a band name and a bad one at that!)
7. 80 Bucks (why not 70 or 90)
6. Miss Fuzzbutt (using courtesy titles with pets is crazy)
5. Snoop Kitty Kitty (I almost chuckled)
4. Buddah Pest (c’mon, “siriusly”)
3. Optimus Prrrime (Latin or fake Latin just doesn’t work)
2. Sir Lix-a lot (true, but courtesy title still bothers me)
1. Edward Scissorpaws (Johnny Depp is often lost so I appreciate the effort to remind people of a great, great movie and a greater actor.)
Crazy financial times call for crazy lists via IFAwebnews.com .