It’s Darwin, Not Stalin

Years ago my ex and I found a stray, sort of a 3/4 size German Shepherd that vibrated and shed like crazy. Our dog, a standard poodle named Ms. Baba, and the mini-shepherd didn't get along well. Also the shepherd was initially remarkably gassy, so much so that we named her Elizabeth, after Elizabeth, New Jersey, where there are a lot of refineries and it often smells like, well, Elizabeth, the dog.
We finally put her up for adoption because it became clear that she and Ms. Baba weren't going to get along. A nice family finally adopted her, but everybody's reaction to her name was "Elizabeth! What a lovely name for a dog!"

I have two mini Schnauzers, Rodin and Frida. When I got the first, the black and silver male, I was searching for an appropriate name. It gad to be someone with great whiskers. Both Darwin and Stalin were high on the list which included Karl (Marx), Einstein, Fidel, Nietzsche, Twain, Rasputin, Pancho and several others.
http://www.from-the-doghouse.com/FRIDA-DgH/SHADOW/Namesakes.jpg

Me being an artist, he ended up 'Rodin'. They could've bee blood relatives.

Then we got Frida and that seemed to be a problem until a good friend reminded me "Frida Kahlo had great eyebrows and a mustache and so Frida it was.

The similarities among us three are remarkable, down to a taste for beer.
http://www.from-the-doghouse.com/FRIDA-DgH/SHADOW/BobRoFri-Winter_1150.jpg

Our third Dog, Sophie, a Beagle, is 'technically' my wife's and just as stubborn.

“Acquiring a Dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.” ~ Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Must have been a Trump supporter -- doesn't believe in evolution, but supports Putin...

I would step around a dog named Stalin, assuming that there was a reason for the infamous name. Darwin is def a better moniker.

When I worked in a small publishing company, we had a Holmes and a Watson. When I grinningly introduced them to one another, neither got the reference.

"Stalin" is what Trump would name his dog. And "Trump" is what Putin would name his dog.

After all, Communism is just sharing your sandwich with another student who forgot hers.

Well told, and very funny --with both names having such significance and the older man's mind jumping to "Stalin."

By the way, love the name "Darwin" for a dog!

Our neighbor across the hall has a dog named Darwin. Darwin is, of course, a beagle.

Clearly, the older "gentleman" has yet to evolve!

When I worked at a large American money center bank, we had two guys whose first names were Stalin and Lenin. Fortunately, they did not work in the same area.