Jack Flash Jr wrote
@MCB: I remember a cool lilac point named "Piet" hanging out in Melville at some point... but that was a loooooooong time ago....
Indeed. Piet snuffed it a loooooooooong time ago too - he was hit by a car, poor thing. Louis and Ella were actually his replacements... My dad wanted to call him Jaapie (in keeping with the very plain, Afrikaans name, theme), but my mom drew the line, thank goodness! Though she's now got two Airedales called Harriet and Mildred?! lol! My family are pro at giving pets hilarious human names, I must say!