RED STATE FUN:

Mummified dog finally has a name that will stick (Teresa Stepzinski, 10/10/02, Morris News Service)

A mummified hound dog entombed in a hollow tree in rural Georgia was officially christened on Tuesday following a two-month contest that garnered entries from across the South.

"Our mummified dog shall be known as 'Stuckie' from this day forward," said Holly Beasley, executive director of Southern Forest World, a tiny, out-of-the-way museum in Waycross. "We have three winners, all from northeast Florida, who submitted that same name."

They all submitted the name, with slight variations in the spelling. To avoid potential trademark infringement with the Stuckey's restaurant chain, the museum's board of directors decided on "Stuckie," Beasley said.

The 4-year-old dog is entombed inside a chestnut oak -- one of the museum's most talked-about exhibits for many years.

Why not just cut to the chase and name him Pecan Log? Posted by Orrin Judd at October 10, 2002 10:15 PM