RicW 67 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Ok pipple, this a light hearted one. There have been quite a lot of threads in here about names for dogs. Folk who have dogs and want names for them. Well, I have two great names for dogs, and no dogs to give them to. In Roman mythology the god Mars was the God of War. He had two dogs, called Phobos and Deimos. In "Julius Caesar" Shakespeare has Caesar's spirit say "Cry 'Havoc!.' and let loose the dogs of war". Swift in Gulliver's Travels says that the people of Laputa had identified two moons of Mars. At the time it was thought that Mars had no moons. In 1877 the American astronomer Asaph Hall, observing Mars during a close conjunction and using the latest telescope, discovered that Mars does in fact have two moons, situated just where Swift said they would be. He named them Phobos and Deimos. It strikes me that Phobos (pronounced foe/boss) and Deimos (pronounced dye/moss) would be great names for a couple of coursing lurchers. Cry "Havoc" and let loose the dogs of war indeed! Just a thought . . . Ric 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Ok pipple, this a light hearted one. There have been quite a lot of threads in here about names for dogs. Folk who have dogs and want names for them. Well, I have two great names for dogs, and no dogs to give them to. In Roman mythology the god Mars was the God of War. He had two dogs, called Phobos and Deimos. In "Julius Caesar" Shakespeare has Caesar's spirit say "Cry 'Havoc!.' and let loose the dogs of war". Swift in Gulliver's Travels says that the people of Laputa had identified two moons of Mars. At the time it was thought that Mars had no moons. In 1877 the American astronomer Asaph Hall, observing Mars during a close conjunction and using the latest telescope, discovered that Mars does in fact have two moons, situated just where Swift said they would be. He named them Phobos and Deimos. It strikes me that Phobos (pronounced foe/boss) and Deimos (pronounced dye/moss) would be great names for a couple of coursing lurchers. Cry "Havoc" and let loose the dogs of war indeed! Just a thought . . . Ric thank f**k for that,maybe it will stop the,what shall i call my f*****g dog posts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 598 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I don't see the sense in those "what should I call my dog?" posts myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
just jack 998 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 i like ALAN let the kids choose, as long as its not to stupid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I don't see the sense in those "what should I call my dog?" posts myself. know what you mean mate,might as well ask what COLOUR car should i buy,does my head in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stabba 10,745 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 You been reading those plummer books again Rik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Nah. It's the crap 7.5% cider that's never seen an apple that does my head in. Whoops. What a giveaway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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