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JustABozoOnThisBus

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3. Boaty McBoatface was the internet-selected name for a new British research ship. But, ...

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 04:12 PM

Jan 2022

... Powers-that-Be decided the name was undignified, so the ship was named "Attenborough" after some television narrator.

I don't think they'll be seeking copyrights over the name of a dump truck.

Brits should have allowed the McBoatface name to be used. There would have been much more interest in the research vessel by school kids.

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Plowy McPlowface has a job to do [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 OP

We keep trying to get them to use Abolish ICE as a plow name, but they just won't go for it. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #1

That is from Boaty McBoatface. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #2

Boaty McBoatface was the internet-selected name for a new British research ship. But, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2022 #3

You have to think about the dignity of the scientists and sailors muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 #5

Scientists' and sailors' dignity somehow survived a voyage on a ship named "Beagle" JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2022 #6

They should have named it Boaty McBoatface. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #7

More than "as much as 51 inches" in a single season... GopherGal Jan 2022 #4