Cat Mandu - Name

Name

Cat Mandu was originally called "Catman". His name was changed after a customer at the Golden Lion (Hope's pub and guesthouse in Ashburton, Devon) asked a music question which Hope couldn't answer; the customer commented: "I bet Catman do" (know the answer). Consequently he became "Catmando". The cat later moved with Hope to the Dog and Partridge public house in Yateley, Hampshire. Gurkhas, stationed nearby at Aldershot, were intrigued by a name that sounded like the Nepalese capital Katmandu; subsequently the cat became the subject of a front page feature in the Nepali Times. The "Cat Mandu" spelling became common through media misinterpretation.

One of the OMRLP proposed laws is that no other cat shall be called "Cat Mandu" as there can only be one.