The cat formerly known as Salem.
I actually adopted the best cat of my life from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington in 2006.
I went online and made a list of cats I was interested in and then did an in-person visit. Salem climbed right up onto my chest and rubbed his cheek against mine and purred, and I knew he was the one (why can't that happen when it comes to finding the romantic one?!).
I didn't like the name Salem but wasn't sure what else to call him. A friend of mine has a cat named Marcus. I always thought that sounded cute, so I copied it but put a "Mr." on the front to make it slightly different.
Face/paw
I didn't think much of it since I know lots of cats with a Mr. or a Ms. in front of their names (Mr. Whiskers/Ms. Kitty). I had a roommate at the time who was pretty straight laced.... church on Sunday, Bible study on Wednesday, and she was waiting on God to bring her her man.
I told her I had picked a name for the cat -- Mr. Marcus -- and she looked at me like I was crazy and said, "you know Mr. Marcus is a porn star, right?"
Um, no...how would I know that?
Mr. Marcus (not the porn star, who will not be pictured here), with Daily Do Good founder Saranah Holmes
And she said, "EVERYONE knows Mr. Marcus; he's, like, super famous." So then just about every single time I told people what my cat's name was they would say, "Oh like the porn star?"
The reality was he didn't resemble a porn star at all....more like a British gentleman :)