All new parents go through the difficult task of naming their offspring/pet/body part. (j/k on the last one.) Sprite and I agonized over the puppy's. If he had been a girl, which we originally intended, the name would've been Sandy (in honor of getting her in San Diego). Since he was a boy, we were left with our imaginations.
As we got to know him more, we found him curious, bold, and playful. He was fluffy. He also waddled. Big time. Some candidates: Wadsworth (for his cute-as-hell waddling), George (for Curious George), Max (sounded strong), and Albert (Sprite's middle name). Yet, none of them really suited him.
As the afternoon went on, we tried various names. Sprite called him Butterball a number of times. It suited him, but I didn't want to call him that. So I suggested Butters, Butterball and South Park reference. Plus, his personality is relatively similar to Butters', naive, curious, good-natured, and adventurous. Butters he is. =)
Also, Sprite loves the fact that he can say, "Butters, you are grounded!" when Butters does something bad.
You have such an awesome puppy.
ReplyDeleteAnd I too love the fact that you can say "Butters, you're grounded!" Although the only risk is that you will be more likely to scold him, because it's just so hillarious.