The ministers cat was called Hickory Dickory Dock, because he chased the mouse round the clock.

I'll enjoy that toffee...thanks Ratty!

The Minister's cat was called Intery Mintery because he was fond of spells.

The Minister's cat was called Jack, being nimble and quick and fond of jumping candlesticks (and not of humping candlesticks which is what I typed first )

The ministers cat was called King Cole because the minister was a merry old soul.

The Minister's rather small cat was called Little Miss Muffett because it liked to sit on tuffets and hated spiders.

The Minister's cat was called Mary because she liked collecting silver bells and cockle shells.

The minister's silver cat was called Nutmeg because she was found in a little nut tree.

Well done, Berk. I was struggling to think of an N.

The Minister's cat was called Old Mother Goose because it loved to have a good gander at the cat next door.

The ministers cat was called Polly because the minister always had the kettle on.

The minister's cat was called Hickory, as he couldn't hold his bladder and got his dickory out in the dock

That was very funny but it should have followed the alphabet. The English one! We had reached letter Q!

Too late and too rude!

You have to answer in alphabetical order, so we are looking for a Q.

Edit: I'm too late as well! Never noticed that we had "turned the page" as it were!

The Minister's cat was called Queen of Hearts because it was a tart.

The ministers cat was called Ringa Ringa because he slept among the roses...

The Minister's cat was called Solomon Grundy because it was born on a Monday of course.

The ministers cat was called Tom because the minister was a pipers son.

The Minister's haughty cat was called Uppity.

The German Minister's cat was called Vee Villy Vinky.

The ministers cat was called Wren as the ministers wife was called Jenny...

The Minister's cat was referred to as X because its name was a secret.

The Minister's second cat was called Yankee Doodle.


You get Z DC!

The ministers cat was called Yankee Doodle as the minister was a Dandy!

Snap!

The minsters cat was called Zippedy because the minister couldn't give a doo dah what it was called! So there!

Eleven minutes too late DC!

And then you edited it!


Right, what next. Wasn't there a list of past topics somewhere?

I believe it was in skylark's profile.

It isn't there any more!

When I did that I was reading the wrong page, sorry!

Richt, Cat-naming Mites! How about modern composers? Good! That's settled then.

The Minister's cat was called Arvo because it kept bring parts of dead rodents into the house.

The minister's cat was called Britten because he was always getting britten by rratts

The Minister's cat was called Cage (as in John) because he was a very quiet cat.

The Minister's cat was called Davies. He was one of triplets, his two brothers being called Maxwell and Peter.

The minister's cat was called Elgar, as he was quite pompous given the circumstances

The Minister's cat was called Finzi because he had really wanted a goldfish.

I think we maybe have different definitions of 'modern'.

The minister's cat was called Gower because he liked cliff-hangers.

The Minister's cat was called Heitor (as in Villa-Lobos) because he was from Brazil.

Edit: do they have to be living composers? If not, sorry!

Alive or decomposing is fine as long as they are modern!

The Minister's cat was called Ireland because his wife would not let him call it John.

The Minister's cat was called John because the minister's wife changed her mind.

(sorry, I know it doesn't count, but I couldn't resist it )

The minister's cat was called Kodaly to please Cyrilla!

It probably mewed in modes too.

The Minister's cat was called Lloyd Webber because it sounded better than it was!

The Minister's cat was called Mancini because he was pink and thought he was really a panther.

The Minister's cat was called Nyman because he was forever mistaking the Minister for a hat.

The ministers cat was called Orff because he was always being told to...go away...by the cat hating neighbour..

The Minister's cat was called Paul because the Minister's neighbour had 3 cats called John, George and Ringo.

Does that count?? probably not...

The Minister's song-writing cat was called Quilter .

Edit - I've just noticed that it's my forum 1st birthday! I'm off to have cake

The ministers car was called Rutter because he was a Christmas cat.

Happy birthday!

The Minister's cat was called Swinstead because it loved eating Felix.

The ministers cat was called Tavener (without an r!!) because the minister liked a pint with his mates.

The Minister's cat was called Uhlar because it had a roman nose.

The ministers cat was called Villiers because the minister came from Stanford.

The Minister's cat was called Walton because its life was a facade.

Yet agiain I arrive at the impossible letters! I give up! Clever petrat, over to you...

Why thank you, Berk!

The Minister's cat was called X as his favourite modern composer liked to remain anonymous.

The minister's cat was called Young because he was named as a kitten!

(And yes, I did cheat to find La Monte Young!)