Hi all, the big day has come & having nurtured them throught the winter months, today was the day for 300 odd green mantids to burst forth out of their egg case into the big wide world of my kitchen window.
I am SO struggling with "M" names so if anyone can help 8-)

Keef

Minnie, Mickey, Mitch, Michelle, Monica, Melvin, Munch, Monty...

Mordacai, Methuselah, Melvin, Marcus, Maria, Martha, Melissa, Marianne...

Morticia, Mortimer, Milton

Morton Maxamillion Mac Merideth Maryanne May Melody Marvin

Macbeth, Minerva

Madison, Monroe, Marilyn

Megan, Magnus, Malcolm, Marcel, Mario, Marlon, Marion, Mary, Marsden, Moya, Maire, Matthew, Maxwell, Meged, Melbourne, Melba, Milo, Mischa, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrison.

J

Mabel, Margaret, Maggie, Maeve, Madeline, Madonna, Mahatma, Melinda, Macy, Moses

Marcie Meg Manford Marco Miguel Mikka

Interestingly (or not...), only gelatinous blobs have posted on this thread... maybe I should start my own thread for my last 187 posts that I need to leave this gelatinous state...

Maria, Myron, Miles

Jean's an:archi:

You've soared way past me. A couple of days of not being home, reading a book cover to cover after I got home last night, and trying to get a new skein of yarn plied off today has really put me behind the curve.

Must post more.....
Must post more....
Must post more....:bonk:

:oops: Sorry Jean! Nice to know that even though you are :archi: , you are still willing to associate with us low-life blobs...

HOw about MoonUnit?

Gotta keep posting tonight....Maybe I can break 800 tomorrow.

Margie? I had a Great-Aunt Margie once...wonderful person...

:lol: cheers guys ! we up to 300 yet ?
BTW "MoonUnit" is a no !

Keef

Mysterio, He without Conscience.......

Haliphron, Haliphron, posting with my counter on...

Monitor, Myrtle, Myrna, Mantid

Margarita, Murgatroid

Maisie, Mischa. What's wrong with Moonunit?

:lol: cheers guys ! we up to 300 yet ?
BTW "MoonUnit" is a no !

Keef


Nope, only 82.

Monroe, Madison

Magdelena, Morris, Munchies, Micah, Micro, Macro, MacDonald's, Big Mac, MacNugget (hmm, I think it's lunchtime), Millicent, and of course, who could forget Maleficent?

Michaela, Macaulkey, Madge, Mercury, Merlin - now you have 100...

Only 200 more names to go (hmm.. about the same number of posts I need to escape this state :sly: ).

Monitor ? perlease !:roll:
I just found out mantids can retail at £30 each, that's £900 smackers ! Bit late now though, they all left the building !:cry:

Keef

Maddox, Maalcolm, Manning, Marcello, Manolo, Mason, Marshall, Mathias, Mateo, Maurizio, Micah

Mandy, Myrtle, Myrna, Muriel, Musetta, Marissa, Morrigan,

Moriarty, Ming, Mercator, Mendes, Middlesborough, Mengele, Mortis, Mainwaring, Montmorency, Martok, M (as in James Bond).

Mylos, Milton

Maureen, Morgana, Monique

Mariah, Marguerite, Marlys

Mohammed

(Looking nervously over shoulder - type action)

Maritza, Mignon

Manon, Micaela

Macbob Wonderbuns :mrgreen:

:lol:

McSorceress, MacSpartacus, McMonty

Mac-N-Cheese?

Mc Cuttle

Maralea, Myles

McLean (as in McLean Stevenson)

Moroteuthis, Mesonychoteuthis, Macroscaphites, Mastigophora, Michelinoceras, Mu.

MacGyver, Mercedes

Miskatonic, Marina, Morelli :grin: (who, by the way, could prevent all this nonsense by promoting us out of this gelatinous state...)

Moses

Maia

Is everyone unaware that "Mark" has not yet been suggested?

http://www.tonmo.com/images/lukeskywalker.jpg

Mallory, Melina, Mina

Oops! That's my brother's name.:oops:

Mao Tse-tung

Manfred, Mindy, Mandy

Originally posted by Tony
Is everyone unaware that "Mark" has not yet been suggested?
That's because Spartacus already named one Mark, but there is always Mork...

Miranda

Mosquito, Malaria, Manatee, Monk, Monkey, Moniker, Moth,

We've already had Mandy I'm afraid Sorseress. Lose a turn.

Moloch, Magog, Marduk, Minerva, Maximus, Mercury, Mephistopheles.

Uh, Phil,

See post #6
Originally posted by Cuttlegirl
Macbeth, Minerva

and post #26
Michaela, Macaulkey, Madge, Mercury, Merlin - now you have 100...

http://www.tonmo.com/images/tiyf.jpg

Blinking gibbets, cuttlegirl. Do you actively study this thread? OK, I lose two turns.

Oh I see now Tony. Fours years and I've never noticed that. While I'm here...

Moncrieff

Phil,

I just remembered posting them...

Phil, nice bit of lateral thinking going on there !

one got left behind on the egg case (see arrows), called him "Maroon", turned out he had 2 duff legs on one side so he got "Mashed"

Keef

Myrmadel

Matilda

Matthias, Mattimeo

the combination of the "M Names" and the passing of Vince Welnick a few days ago made me feel obligated to post this:

http://www.thetubes.com/lyrics/life.htm

rather off topic... so it goes. However, if you want to name any of them after cars, scroll down to the "automotive" section of the list at the end of the song.

- M

monty, going off topic isn't an issue with my drivel !:oops:

Keef

My daughter's class nutured a mantis egg mass, and guess what happened yesterday??? 300 baby mantids in their classroom... mind if I borrow a few M names for her teacher?

My daughter's class nutured a mantis egg mass, and guess what happened yesterday??? 300 baby mantids in their classroom... mind if I borrow a few M names for her teacher?

8-) Fill ya boots !
According to my other half the eggmass/case is an "ootheca" !

Keef

8-) Fill ya boots !
According to my other half the eggmass/case is an "ootheca" !

Keef
Try sayin THAT ten times fast! :razz:

:oops: Sorry Jean! Nice to know that even though you are :archi: , you are still willing to associate with us low-life blobs...


Hmmmmmmmm to tell the truth I've been so busy I hadn't even noticed :oops: Of course I'll associate with you after all we're all blue bloods :grin:

We're getting ready for the international science festival here and we're having 2 weeks of squiddy goings on (including :oshea: visiting) and the official :welcome: to Karunui the :mesonych: model, with new displays (I'm supposed to be working on text :roll: ) and teacher resources (working on those too :goofysca:) so tis busy all round

oh yeah and another 'M' name.................messie of course!

J

Manfred, Mindy, Mandy

Darn, I was going for Manfred! Anybody suggested Mandrake yet?

We've already had Mandy I'm afraid Sorseress. Lose a turn.

Moloch, Magog, Marduk, Minerva, Maximus, Mercury, Mephistopheles.

Nice entries, there Phil. So long as you've included Moloch, you might want to use one of his other names - Melech.

Ahhh... Mordred.

Mordred, Molly, Monstrosa, Macgillicutty, Maserati, Mikhail, Molotov, Moroni.

Darn, I was going for Manfred! Anybody suggested Mandrake yet?

Do I get half credit for doing it first, but spelling it Manford?:oops:

Moroni

Fargin Bastages!

This has got to be my most popular topic ever in two years of posting drivel, whether cephalopodan or not !8-) Normally, when I join in , the topic stops, thick skin me :razz:
Due to my recent success next year's rearing project is gonna be TADPOLES ! :roflmao: so don't say you weren't warned !

Keef

Tad, Tom, Tex, Tony, Tiger, Trixie....

Have to do better than that big Kev, then French aren't called frogs for no reason ! This bit of France (don't know about the rest yet) is a frogfest !8-)
Nearly went for a job inseminating hens today, stopped at the brink for some unknown reason, maybe coz I don't know any French chat-up lines !:grin:

Keef

Toulouse, Telford, Tempest, Terrell, Thierry, Thoreau, Toussaint, Travis, Tremont, Tyrell, Tyson

French enough for you?

however, in French the word is la grenouille.....

Have to do better than that big Kev, then French aren't called frogs for no reason ! This bit of France (don't know about the rest yet) is a frogfest !8-)
Nearly went for a job inseminating hens today, stopped at the brink for some unknown reason, maybe coz I don't know any French chat-up lines !:grin:

Keef

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Michel Legrand rules! All his compositioins rule. He's a great genius. Period. Like John Barry, Ennio Morricone, or Lalo Schifrin. Legrand = genius! Listen to some of his scores!

and...tadpole is le tetard....

This has got to be my most popular topic ever in two years of posting drivel, whether cephalopodan or not !8-) Normally, when I join in , the topic stops, thick skin me :razz:
Due to my recent success next year's rearing project is gonna be TADPOLES ! :roflmao: so don't say you weren't warned !

Keef

What kind?

Originally posted by Spartacus

Due to my recent success next year's rearing project is gonna be TADPOLES ! so don't say you weren't warned !


That was last summer's project for me! Of course, it was an unplanned project... My daughter says "Mommy, why are the frogs hugging???" and the next day we have 100 eggs - I successfully raised 15 (which is a good ratio for African Dwarf Frogs).

Tonmo, of course.

Telford, French enough for you?
err..... maybe not !
you've not found my English/French/English dictionary perchance Sorseress ?

Cephkid, potentially they should be Hyla arborea, Rana temporaria & Rana esculenta for when I get peckish.

Erich, I seem to be right out of "A Man & a Woman", will "The Longest Day" or "Killing Zoe" have the same effect ?

Keef

[QUOTE=spartacus]err..... maybe not !
you've not found my English/French/English dictionary perchance Sorseress ?

Nope! Just an on-line list of baby names and country of origen. :mrgreen: