I had a duck I named George, a mud turtle too. I think I got the name George from several places' during my youth and named my pet's George because of the frequency of hearing it. Come on over and see my Post of one of the cartoon's I saw that had both Gremlin's and George got mentioned.
No wonder guy's learn to become quiet as they spend more time with a person who doesn't have time to spare. Hope your class room full of student's and you are having a good school year so far?