Well, first of all, thank you so much for voting - it's been fun!
OH, daughter and I have had a chat this evening and we have realised that it is time to make that decision . . . . as you are aware, the cats came to us with the names Alfie (pale red) and Wilf (dark red.) They weren't bad names but we weren't sure that they were. . . well, 'right' for these chaps. They certainly didn't respond to them!
And so we asked you to vote - and vote you did!
The results showed that the majority preferred Rufus, followed by Tugby. So, what have WE decided to do???
We were overjoyed; these were the two favourites of ours, too!
We had thought Rufus for Wilf, and Tugby for Alfie.
However, now we are not sure.
In the time that we have been waiting for the poll to conclude, we've been calling the cats Alfie and Wilf. Or Alfred and Wilfred. Or, referring to them as The Freds. Or Fred1 and Fred2. Or 'big chap'. Or 'BigLump'o'love'.
And now we are not sure if they are really suited to Rufus and Tugby - although that breaks our hearts slightly as we have always wanted red persians called Rufus and Tugby . . . . .
So, for the moment, we are sticking with Alfie & Wilf. But we are going to sleep on it - so ask us in the morning!