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Last edited Thu Oct 27, 2016, 08:00 AM - Edit history (1)
P&O Cruises - 8:55 PM - 26 Oct 2016
We're proud to announce that the name of our new ship, launched in 2020, will be decided by YOU our guests!
https://twitter.com/pandocruises/status/791367794118057984
We're proud to announce that the name of our new ship, launched in 2020, will be decided by YOU our guests!
https://twitter.com/pandocruises/status/791367794118057984
[font color=black size=6 face=4]Cruisey McCruiseFace?
Floaty McNorovirus?
Brian Ferry?
Tom Cruise?
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/21/boaty-mcboatface-man-sorry-ship-name-suggestion/82068384/
Boaty McBoatface? Man sorry for ship name suggestion
(NEWSER) – When the Natural Environment Research Council in the UK put the naming of its $300 million Antarctic survey vessel to a public vote online, well, the Internet had a little fun. Suggestions ranged from the inspirational ("Henry Worsley," the former British Army officer and explorer who died in January trying to cross Antarctica without aid) to the literal ("It's bloody cold out here"
and the snarky ("Notthetitanic" , but the current front-runner is "Boaty McBoatface," reports the Independent. The name has garnered 21,000-plus votes, nearly 10 times as many as the second highest "Henry Worsley." The NERC has set April 16 as a deadline and noted that it will choose the name.
(NEWSER) – When the Natural Environment Research Council in the UK put the naming of its $300 million Antarctic survey vessel to a public vote online, well, the Internet had a little fun. Suggestions ranged from the inspirational ("Henry Worsley," the former British Army officer and explorer who died in January trying to cross Antarctica without aid) to the literal ("It's bloody cold out here"
and the snarky ("Notthetitanic" , but the current front-runner is "Boaty McBoatface," reports the Independent. The name has garnered 21,000-plus votes, nearly 10 times as many as the second highest "Henry Worsley." The NERC has set April 16 as a deadline and noted that it will choose the name.