Which Black Sabbath vocalist should I name my new hamster after?

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Ozzy is obviously the classic vocalist, sang on some amazing records and had a few great solo records of his own, really important artist to me as I was getting into music. Unfortunately, he's done a pretty good job of running his reputation into the ground, even with me. Dio, on the other hand, is one of the greatest all-time vocalists, sang on a bunch of classic albums himself, and apparently a really nice guy. Don't know if it's a great name for a hamster, though. What do you think, ILM? I'm getting him on Saturday, so you have until then. Here's a picture:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5882397161_b4786d2626.jpg

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Dio	29
Ozzy	8

― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago)

Oodizzy

― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago)

Yidoozz

― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago)

Diozzoy

― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago)

Ian

― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago)

Fenholt

― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago)

Ronnie James Hampsto!

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

Blabbath

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago)

Hamster Salad

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago)

Why is your hamster stood on a hockey puck? What happened directly after this photo was taken?

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:25 (thirteen years ago)

Technical Petstasy

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:26 (thirteen years ago)

Call him Gillan.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

Seriously? I'd call him Geezer. That's an awesome name for a hamster.

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

Geezer Hamster

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

And you can just call him Geez when you're drunk.

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

What if I don't drink?

I don't know what he's standing on, I think it's an upturned food bowl. The breeder took the picture.

― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago)

I don't drink. I was just offering a potential scenario. I still think it's a good name for a Hamster. Much better than Biff Byford for example.

― Actual LOL Tolhurst (Doran), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago)

I gotta cosign Doran's points re: Geez.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago)

Hamsters have breeders? Hamsters need help breeding? They are unique in the rodent kingdom if this is true.

The idea of a hamster named Tony Martin amuses me greatly.

― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

Congrats on the new ham, J3ff!
My family had an unusually stupid ostrich named Ozzy, it died getting eaten by dogs, so I think of it as an unlucky pet/animal name.

― I'll show you the power of laughter! (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago)

Voted for Dio, but like the Geezer idea better.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago)

Ronnie James would be kind of a fun pet name. Who's that? Oh that's my hamster RONNIEJAMES

― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago)

i have met a hamster named ozzy. i have never met a hamster named dio.

so dio

― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago)

Ronnie James would be kind of a fun pet name. Who's that? Oh that's my hamster RONNIEJAMES

<3 this

― original bgm, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago)

Write-in for Tony Martin.

― Vernon Locke, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

We had a curly shaggy blonde medium-sized mutt. When people would ask what breed she was, I'd say, "She's a Bon Scott terrier."

― bendy, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 02:29 (thirteen years ago)

dio, but only if you always refer to him as "ronnie james" or "ronnie james dio"

why not just get two hamsters?

― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago)

Dio, but it can only be referred to as "Ronnie James Dio", otherwise all bets are off.

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

Gotta go with the Geezer write in vote.

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago)

Glenn.

― chrondos crispus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 04:46 (thirteen years ago)

Hamsterdamned

― Darin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:06 (thirteen years ago)

Hampsta Cadabra

― Darin, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:11 (thirteen years ago)

hamsternaut

― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 05:34 (thirteen years ago)

Hammy Blade.

― chrondos crispus (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 06:42 (thirteen years ago)

Call it Horsey.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:05 (thirteen years ago)

Another vote for Tony "The Cat" Martin, but you have to go for Dio, or maybe Padanova for the cognoscenti.

― Synth Solo (Matt #2), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:07 (thirteen years ago)

dang, pillbox got "hamsternaut"

ham leaf

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:14 (thirteen years ago)

now in darkness wheel stops turning

― winsome posters leave the hall (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:43 (thirteen years ago)

Falling off the edge of the hamster wheel

― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago)

I want to reach out
And chew some seeds

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago)

Hamster of Reality

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago)

Cedar Bloody Cedar

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago)

They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well

― original bgm, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago)

Wood chews of the universe
A love that never dies
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago)

Doing laps on the Wheel of Confusion

― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GouLP2GE1M8

― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

I'm going through cage-e-e-ehs

― Stanley Tunechi (Spectrist), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

a habitrail acrobat
hole in the salt lick
hand of doom

― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

lol at hand of doom

― winsome posters leave the hall (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago)

Ham Blackster

― t**t, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

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Behairmoth

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:30 (thirteen years ago)

Hamstadon

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:31 (thirteen years ago)

Hammy Sagar

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:31 (thirteen years ago)

Ted Cutegent

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:34 (thirteen years ago)

Lord Hamstis

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:36 (thirteen years ago)

Saint Furtus

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:37 (thirteen years ago)

Hamibal Corpse

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:37 (thirteen years ago)

i thought of the last one but then quickly realised it might be a tad insensitive

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:38 (thirteen years ago)

aw, Ted Cutegent! That's too cute.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

This thread reminds me that my family once named an ostrich Ozzy.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:40 (thirteen years ago)

Jeff is going to use all these names btw in his new screenplay for a cartoon about friendship amongst metal loving rodents called [i]My Little Ha\m/ster[i/]

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:42 (thirteen years ago)

You had an ostrich?

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:43 (thirteen years ago)

My family had ostriches, emus, and rheas because they were part of this weird pricing bubble at the start pf the early '90s. One of the many weird investments my dad has made over the years and basically broke even on.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:44 (thirteen years ago)

did this have anything to do with the ostrich burger craze of the time?

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:47 (thirteen years ago)

I know my dad read some article in the newspaper about how much $$$ ostriches were selling for and he got dollar signs in his eyes, so that's why he got into it. None of them were for meat production. We had a bunch of incubators in our living room, and any one that lived past a year, he'd sell to other people in the same situation as him, people breeding ratites and selling them to other ratite farmers, who were then selling them to other ratite farmers. They were selling for $20k-$50k at one point. I found an article on JSTOR about the U.S. pricing bubble that says:

In summary, high expectations of ostrich productivity and overestimates of demand for ostrich products influenced prices early in the evolution of the
industry. Industry information promoting the relatively scarce ostrich as "revolutionary," due to its purported high productive efficiency and large
potential markets, likely contributed to the high initial prices. Subsequent price decreases occurred as investors gathered more information about actual
productive efficiency and the relatively slowly developing markets for ostrich products. The combination of "new industry" arguments and lack of
information provides insight into the high prices early in the industry's evolution. However, without also considering the role of speculation in the
industry's evolution, these arguments do not justify the average 1993 price of $25,523 for a mature breeding ostrich.

The effects of this for me, as a kid, was that a lot of our yard and house were taken up by ostriches and ostrich-raising stuff. It lead to a lot of good and sad childhood memories: baby ostriches dying in my hands, an ostrich kicking my pet rabbit to death, and getting to go on nice road and camping trips with my dad across the western U.S. to deliver ostriches he'd sold to people.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:59 (thirteen years ago)

Sorry to take over the cutes kvlt hamster thread, I guess I had a lot to say about ostriches (as always).

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:00 (thirteen years ago)

Hamster! Hamster! Hamster of puppets pulling my strings!

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:19 (thirteen years ago)

Cliff Furton?

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:20 (thirteen years ago)

Furonymous

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:33 (thirteen years ago)

Furzum

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:33 (thirteen years ago)

Tom G. Hamstwarrior

lol, was gonna say Ham Warrior

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 23:40 (thirteen years ago)

"I ham my own best friend"

― calstars, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:16 (thirteen years ago)

Halford.

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:08 (thirteen years ago)

Winger.

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:08 (thirteen years ago)

Van Hamster.

― Tuomas, Friday, 11 May 2012 10:46 (thirteen years ago)

Lemmy Kilhamster

― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

Hamgus Young

― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:54 (thirteen years ago)

Blackie Clawless (only really works if she/he has got no claws and is black)

― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:56 (thirteen years ago)

ditto Stryper

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

Lemmy was the name of my first hamster.

Picking the little dude up tomorrow!

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

Are you super excited? Have you chosen the name yet?

― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:23 (thirteen years ago)

Trey Hamzagthoth

― how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)

Ham Eternal

― how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

Pete Hamdoval

― how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:26 (thirteen years ago)

Furzum OTM

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

I am super excited! I'm still leaning towards Ozzy, despite all of the excellent suggestions.

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:30 (thirteen years ago)

Rod(ent) Stewart

― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

No Sleep Till Hamstersmith

― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

lock thread

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/11813_10100923230370765_3409092_56026118_724782259_n.jpg

I AM IRON HAM

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:53 (thirteen years ago)

:-D

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/303460_10100923230505495_3409092_56026120_824883838_n.jpg

No more hams-tears

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:56 (thirteen years ago)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/560151_10100923230685135_3409092_56026124_2063736116_n.jpg

Flying high again

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:57 (thirteen years ago)

can you name one of his poop pellets Sharon?

― tell peeta my fire dress is draggin on the floor (some dude), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:57 (thirteen years ago)

Sorry for the blurriness, I'll try to grab some better pictures when he's no longer such a spaz.

― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:57 (thirteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

name...??

― ilxor, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:59 (thirteen years ago)

judging from the captions I'm pretty sure it's Ozzy

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:51 (thirteen years ago)

next one needs to be Geezer

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:51 (thirteen years ago)

it is indeed Ozzy. He's still a little hyper, but he's settling in nicely. He enjoys climbing on the walls and ceiling of his cage.

― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Thursday, 14 June 2012 07:07 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Ozzy speaks

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/for-those-about-to-squeak-ozzys-nibbles-of-the-week/

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 23:05 (twelve years ago)

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