Name our huge rat

JonT posted a pic said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:16pm ET

Ain't it cute?

The rats name was asked about over on the Mediocre Forums, and we figured that since the rat came from the community they should name it too.

I like Master Splinter but it's not too fitting for a lab rat. Splinter wouldn't take that shit and would spin kick any scientist that tried to experiment on him in the head.

Anyway…suggest some names, vote on your favorites and we'll pick the top 10 or so to vote on again later and officially dub the rat whatever you decide. Maybe I'll even make a little hat with its name on it.

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joshaw said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:18pm ET:

Mehstache the Mouse

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moondrake said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:22pm ET:

I can't believe no one beat me to Willard.

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MEHcus said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:23pm ET:

We could call him Pack Rat but our shipping sucks so....well maybe that fits then. meh.

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- I kind of like Pack Rat because I used to play a game online by that name and its original developers were all in Carrollton. After a few...
  
  PurplePawprints said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:33pm ET
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- Successful years, they tired of the project and sold it to someone else who seems to have ruined it. Fitting.
  
  PurplePawprints said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:34pm ET
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- Firewheel Design? Icon Buffet was so much fun ...
  
  opello said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 2:17pm ET
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Starblind said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:25pm ET:

Regis. Meaning royal. Because of 'rat kings', one of nature's most mysterious and disturbing phenomena. Won't post pic here because pretty gross, but there's pics on Google Images for the morbidly curious.

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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore) May or may not be a hoax. I also like Regis.
  
  JonT said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:26pm ET
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shawn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:28pm ET:

needs banana for scale

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ConAndLibrarian said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:30pm ET:

Master Eugene Hornswoggle

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carl669 said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:39pm ET:

Dexter

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capguncowboy said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:47pm ET:

middelmådig -- it's Norwegian for mediocre. I'm pretty sure it's a Norwegian rat anyway, so it's suiting.

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DaveInSoCal said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 6:52pm ET:

Sir Poopsalot
Mr. Moustache
Wallace ('cause he's on a wall)

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Foxborn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:19pm ET:

I don't know why but he looks like a Wilbur

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- [IMG][/IMG]
  
  Foxborn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:06pm ET
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Ruffinette said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:33pm ET:

Sherlock

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bluedog said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:35pm ET:

"Preston" - Jeff Bezos' middle name.

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- I was going to vote for that and then I thought I couldn't do that to a rat.
  
  ceagee said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:48am ET
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Ignorant said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:35pm ET:

Jenner

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medz said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:41pm ET:

Sir Frances McToots, Esq.

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- He's an attorney rat?
  
  DaveInSoCal said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:10pm ET
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- No. Just a title of respect. I dislike that lawyers have claimed this term as their own.
  
  medz said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:05pm ET
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- Bill S Preston wasn't a lawyer, but he was an Esquire.
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:16pm ET
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- Ratticus Finch, Esq. ?
  
  rockblossom said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:28pm ET
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barnabee said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:50pm ET:

Wally

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- :thumbs up:
  
  justJeffjust said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:01pm ET
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bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 7:59pm ET:

The Brain

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- I'm thinking more Pinky
  
  Ryaneil said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:06pm ET
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- @Ryaneil The mustache suggests he's plotting to take over the world. But he is cute like Pinky.
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:13pm ET
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- Definitely Pinky. Narf!
  
  narfcake said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:01am ET
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speediedelivery said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:22pm ET:

So he gets a name and we got numbers? Zero works for me.

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msklzannie said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:26pm ET:

Nicodemus

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- i need to see this movie again
  
  katylava said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:34pm ET
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- I believe it's on Hulu (or at least it was awhile back.)
  
  msklzannie said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 1:10am ET
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bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:48pm ET:

Ramblin' Rodriguez

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Ruger9mm said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:53pm ET:

Buckaroo.

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Mac454 said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 8:57pm ET:

Mehkey Mouse

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joe43wv said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:13pm ET:

Seemehore or Seymore.

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DaveInSoCal said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:15pm ET:

Ratapotomous Rex

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marklog said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:43pm ET:

snooki?

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- Nah, we like this rat. Butters would be more endearing. And he can share the good news about the DMV.
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:17pm ET
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Thumperchick said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:53pm ET:

Reepicheep - the bad ass rat from Narnia.

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walruspl said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:55pm ET:

Pavlov

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okham said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:57pm ET:

I can't believe no one has said Ben.

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studerc said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:58pm ET:

Caesar.

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Thumperchick said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 9:58pm ET:

Lewis - after the Lewis Rat Labrat Species.

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Thumperchick said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:05pm ET:

I wanted this where someone would actually see it:
♫ He lives on the wall
He's a rat with no name
He'll never live down the shame
No one remembers
The rat with no name
Cuz if you got no name
No one remembers your pain
fa la la
laaaaaa la la la laaa ♪

(Could name him Horse, since the horse in this song has no name, it would be kind of mehta.)

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medz said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:07pm ET:

Princess Tickle Whiskers

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janetv said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:22pm ET:

Biff.

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- Marty
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:25pm ET
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mediobarkre said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 10:43pm ET:

GLaDOS

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Mehhhhhh said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:05pm ET:

pulpo

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gertiestn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:17pm ET:

Mr. Bezos

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smilingjack said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:26pm ET:

I had a rat named Splinter. Son named him. He was a good rat.
I had a rat named Basil from Faulty Towers. He was a good rat.
I vote for one of those.

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pooflady said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:30pm ET:

Rat-tooey

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- Not Ratatouille?
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:34pm ET
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Thumperchick said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:39pm ET:

Why aren't we coming up with girl names?

Amelia.

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- After she gets her lip waxed . . .
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:45pm ET
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- That mustache is a temp. they change out those once in a while
  
  Thumperchick said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:47pm ET
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- Aha. What else does the rat wear? Spectacles I hope? Maybe a monocle?
  
  bluedyn said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:57pm ET
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somf69 said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:41pm ET:

Toow

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somf69 said Mon, Jul 21st 2014 at 11:51pm ET:

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- ceagee said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:45am ET
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BillLehecka said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:11am ET:

Guinea.

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ABitterWoman said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:15am ET:

Rous the Rodent of Unusual Size

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- JonT said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:19am ET
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- Incontheevable!
  
  bolashoof said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:26am ET
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scrapple said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:18am ET:

Sheeeeeet

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bolashoof said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:24am ET:

Beaker

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denboy said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:35am ET:

For those of you needing inspiration here's Rattypaedia. I'll throw Charlemagne in the ring.

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BabyBear said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:41am ET:

Rick Perry.

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ceagee said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:41am ET:

Erlenmehyer

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- Maybe Erl for short.
  
  dave said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:03pm ET
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- His Name is Erl
  
  marklog said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:04pm ET
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JonT said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:42am ET:

I had a few rats as pets growing up, and I loved them all. The first 3 I had were named Max, Max II, and Max III because I was a kid and had no creativity - though the last one was officially named Maximus Esquire III (the third).

I also had a rat named Scout, and I inherited a pair named Fender and Toaster.

Great pets.

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- Nice, I had gerbils. I named the first one Cujo, when he died the next one was Cujo Jr. (he only had three legs!). Never saw the movie
  
  badmnky said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:59am ET
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- WHAT? You missed the opportunity to call the third one Max: Beyond Thunderdome?
  
  Starblind said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:06pm ET
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badmnky said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:56am ET:

Nibbles le Souris. since the mouse-tache makes him look french.

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jayplus707 said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 1:14am ET:

Mehkey Mouse

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- @Mac454 beat you to it. I can't believe you didn't read every single entry that every one else painstakingly thought to post. gee whiskers.
  
  ceagee said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 1:35am ET
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hisgrossness said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:59am ET:

Senor Scaperat. Responsible for all late deliveries and meh click record fails.

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cengland0 said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 4:36am ET:

Motorized Rat In Dressing Room Prank

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- That was quite humourous!
  
  curtise said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 5:39pm ET
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TheVertigo said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 7:12am ET:

Brett Ratner

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Bingo said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 8:41am ET:

Rat Muttledge?

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- this please.
  
  marklog said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:01pm ET
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- As a fellow Matt, I felt a little bad about suggesting this. Not bad enough, obviously. But a little.
  
  Bingo said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:02pm ET
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- Just need to point out that this would = Rat, the Rat.
  
  Thumperchick said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 6:12pm ET
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- @Thumperchick You say that like it's a bad thing
  
  Bingo said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 9:30am ET
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- Maybe it should be Ratt Muttledge?
  
  hollboll said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 11:28am ET
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rockblossom said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:00pm ET:

Baltar - BSG reference as well as an anagram

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JonT said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 12:27pm ET:

I brought a banana for scale but got really hungry in the car and ate it on the way here, so I had to use the peel:

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- holy hell that's a giant rat! or a very very very tiny banana.
  
  carl669 said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:04pm ET
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- that's what she said
  
  katylava said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:25pm ET
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- Thank you @katylava; for making the joke I talked myself out of.
  
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- Hey, what's that on the wall above the rat's other ear? I see a small grey spot. Does your rat have fleas or sumthin?
  
  bluedog said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:57pm ET
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- @bluedog that's a screw, there's another on the other side which is what I hung the banana peel on.
  
  JonT said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:59pm ET
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- @JonT: Ahhhh...okay. I'll wait for @kaylava to make the inevitable joke about screwing the rat with your banana.
  
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slappywhite2001 said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 2:37pm ET:

Rutherford. After Rutherford B. Hayes, the "meh" of US Presidents.

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pooflady said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 3:33pm ET:

rat-a-tat

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Josephus said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 4:31pm ET:

Scraps. Because, you know, lab rat experiments. Plus, the name's full of crap.

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no1 said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 8:10pm ET:

darth garth

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walruspl said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 8:34pm ET:

Scrotum - I just made this word up. It sounds very intellectual and lends itself to someone who is very deep and philosophical. I will now post and then check to see if this word already exists.

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- how about Mutorcs?
  
  TheVertigo said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 8:48pm ET
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medz said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 8:36pm ET:

Chauncey

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bluejester said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 10:36pm ET:

Nibbler

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medz said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:03pm ET:

Burns

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killdevil said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:05pm ET:

Algernon.

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- Great. Now I'm going to have to read the book again.
  
  smilingjack said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:34pm ET
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- Great name. The eponymous Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means.
  
  PiperScout said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 2:23pm ET
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- @killdevil Beat me to it.
  
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GenCurmudgeon said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:13pm ET:

Nezumi, "Zoom" if you uncouth louts want to anglicize it. But, surely, a Japanese rat is responsible for packing our fukubukoro.

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medz said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:20pm ET:

Gargantor The Destroyer
Capt. Scuttlebutt
Waldorf

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PWiddy said Tue, Jul 22nd 2014 at 11:28pm ET:

Mediocrates

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- Just saying, it has rat, it has mediocre kind of...
  
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jprael said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 12:11am ET:

Professor Ratigan.

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cercopithecoid said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 12:35am ET:

Gilda "Rat"ner

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patti said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 6:20am ET:

Gozer the Gozerian

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TheVertigo said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 7:31am ET:

"meh"phistopheles

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Teripie said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 10:46am ET:

Name him Prince. No, name him The-Rat-Formerly-Known-As-Prince.

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no1 said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 1:16pm ET:

spot

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caffeine_dude said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 5:49pm ET:

its not that I don't have an opinion but every name I could think is alre this post above.
the only thing I could think to add is Silent Bob.

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- replied to my self meh.
  
  caffeine_dude said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 8:19am ET
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- "What the f- is the Internet?"
  
  curtise said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 5:40pm ET
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Klozitshopper said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 5:53pm ET:

Ruckus

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catwolf said Wed, Jul 23rd 2014 at 10:30pm ET:

Jekyll or Hyde...

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Stabby said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 12:11am ET:

Manderly.

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caffeine_dude said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 8:13am ET:

Minimouse

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ceagee said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 8:15am ET:

She/he 's your pet "Peeve"

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lichme said Thu, Jul 24th 2014 at 11:30am ET:

I call the big one Bitey

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kippyj said Mon, Jul 28th 2014 at 9:13am ET:

Deano.

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marklog said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 12:15pm ET:

"Our Customer Base"

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JerseyFrank said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 4:00pm ET:

"Hugh Drot"

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curtise said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 5:42pm ET:

Emil or Remy.

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medz said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 5:49pm ET:

Leticia

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dealluva said Tue, Jul 29th 2014 at 6:29pm ET:

le mousrato

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2many2no said Tue, Aug 12th 2014 at 10:15am ET:

Mehry Jane
(an infamous party girl)

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silverqueen said Sun, Oct 12th 2014 at 11:59pm ET:

Well... Did I miss it? What was the outcome? What is the rat's name?

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- @silverqueen There's a second thread on possible names https://meh.com/forum/topics/what-should-we-name-the-giant-rat-in-our-lobby
  
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Kerig3 said Mon, Oct 13th 2014 at 3:32am ET:

MehMo or MehMo Toself

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Kerig3 said Mon, Oct 13th 2014 at 3:36am ET:

MehTa Data

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lisaviolet said Mon, Oct 13th 2014 at 11:55am ET:

I asked the cats. Their overwhelming choice is "Dinner".

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- @lisaviolet Based on the picture with the banana, maybe they should start with a capybara and work their way up.
  
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- Rocky can take it and he'll share. He's a pretty big cat as you can see by the photo I've included.
  
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