Kristin called a little while ago because she suddenly realized that the cats have the same names as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. So she wanted to know if that is who they were named for, as indeed they were. (Of course, she pointed out that the movie was long before her time, so the names were just names to her.)
Helen and Tom had a custom (?) of naming cats for outlaws and dogs for racecar champions. So Buddy the Dog is named for Buddy Lazier, who won the Indy 500 in 1996.
This was not a hard and fast rule, apparently. (So few rules are.) There was also a mutt named Indy, named (in the minds of the adults) for the Indy 500 itself, but mainly because the kids loved Indiana Jones. Who was played, of course, by Harrison Ford. Who was Tom's brother Steve's roommate in college. Seriously.
Which brings us full circle back to the movies.
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Harrison Ford? That was his roommate?!?! Shut up! Tell Steve to let Harrison know Indiana Jones sucked. (;
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