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swag

(26,487 posts) Sun Mar 20, 2016, 03:25 PM Mar 2016

Boaty McBoatface could be the name of £200m research vessel after public vote

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/boaty-mcboatface-could-be-the-name-of-200m-research-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html

The official name of a new multi-million pound research vessel could be the RRS Boaty McBoatface after the internet was asked for its ideas.

When the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) opened up suggestions to name their new ship, little could they have predicted what the frontrunner would be.

Steaming ahead of its rivals, RRS Boaty McBoatface is outstripping the likes of Endeavour, Henry Worsley, David Attenborough, Falcon and many more offerings.

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Boaty McBoatface could be the name of £200m research vessel after public vote (Original Post) swag Mar 2016 OP

I love it! I hope the name doesn't get vetoed Victor_c3 Mar 2016 #1

That's funny and I totally love it. In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #2

To counter the HMS Dreadnought, we might have had the USS Skeered O' Nothin' Kaleva Mar 2016 #3

If you want a serious response The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #4

Yeah! shenmue Mar 2016 #5

Oh internet. progressoid Mar 2016 #6

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

1. I love it! I hope the name doesn't get vetoed

Reply to swag (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 05:00 PM

Mar 2016

keep it silly and entertaining. People will remember what it is and what it does - and I'm willing to bet be more willing to fund its research and science in the future.

Who says scientist are supposed to be a bunch of stuffy nerds? I forget which one, but either Plutonium was named as a joke or the (ex)planet Pluto was named as a joke after the other.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. That's funny and I totally love it.

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Sun Mar 20, 2016, 06:52 PM

Mar 2016

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)

3. To counter the HMS Dreadnought, we might have had the USS Skeered O' Nothin'

Reply to swag (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 07:36 PM

Mar 2016

" In 1906, when Great Britain launched HMS Dreadnought, Congressman Williams introduced a bill to change the name of USS Michigan to USS Skeered O' Nothin' as a challenge to the prestigious English."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sharp_Williams