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Gordon

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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2016, 08:22:11 PM »
Quote from: Moddy McModface on April 20, 2016, 07:38:04 PM
Can't think why anyone would vote for anything so stupid.

Slippery slope worries I suppose, since before you know it people will start changing their well-known monikers in a similar vein.

Wouldn't happen here though! We're all far too sensible. 
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2016, 08:30:41 PM »
That would just be silly.

I hear they've gone for What Iceberg?

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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2016, 08:32:01 PM »
How ridiculous.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2016, 08:47:56 PM »
Quote from: Shaky McShakeface on April 20, 2016, 08:32:01 PM
How ridiculous.

Absolutely - I mean only really silly people would jump on the bandwagon.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2016, 09:38:43 PM »
Quote from: Gordon on April 20, 2016, 08:47:56 PM
Absolutely - I mean only really silly people would jump on the bandwagon.
What bandwagon?
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2016, 02:09:37 AM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on April 20, 2016, 08:30:41 PM
That would just be silly.

I hear they've gone for What Iceberg?
The fourth placed name was It's Bloody Cold Here which I think would be a great name as it evokes the names of Culture ships which would be a tribute to Iain M Banks. What Iceberg? works too.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2016, 10:33:18 AM »
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #32 on: May 06, 2016, 12:04:51 PM »
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2016, 12:24:45 PM »
It appears that the 'Boaty' name will be used for an unmanned submersible based on the RSS Sir David Attenborough.  At least that was announced during the news at the top of the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2016, 12:25:54 PM »
They're trying to get the smaller vessel called Subby McSubface ;D
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #35 on: May 06, 2016, 12:32:53 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on May 06, 2016, 12:25:54 PM
They're trying to get the smaller vessel called Subby McSubface ;D
I think that was Paddy O'Connell's suggestion!!
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #36 on: May 06, 2016, 12:34:57 PM »
Shame: much as I think Sir D is a top bloke and a great communicator, now and then a little daftness in this world is no bad thing.

One can only hope that some right-minded boaty types will now do the right thing, and that before long there will be an outbreak of Boaty McBoatfaces (or even Yachty McYachtfaces) in multiple marinas. 
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #37 on: May 06, 2016, 12:50:35 PM »
Good decision.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #38 on: May 06, 2016, 01:21:42 PM »
Quote from: Hope on May 06, 2016, 12:24:45 PM
It appears that the 'Boaty' name will be used for an unmanned submersible based on the RSS Sir David Attenborough.  At least that was announced during the news at the top of the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2.

I have just heard that too on the BBC One news, a good decision.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #39 on: May 06, 2016, 07:02:12 PM »
Isn't renaming ships supposed to be unlucky?
After all look what happened to Titan Mctitanicface.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #40 on: May 06, 2016, 09:02:29 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on May 06, 2016, 12:25:54 PM
They're trying to get the smaller vessel called Subby McSubface ;D
Any submariner will tell you that submarines are always called boats.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #41 on: May 07, 2016, 01:00:13 AM »
When I was doing a lot of diving on wrecks around the cost, we looked at a map with hundreds of wrecks on it. Looking at all the names, we decided that the best name for a ship would be "HMS Kevin", simply because all the wrecks were James, Charles, Henry, Charlotte .......... Any royal name you like was sunk somewhere. But nowhere did we see a Kevin.
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Re: Boaty McBoatface - the decision
« Reply #42 on: May 07, 2016, 05:32:59 AM »
Quote from: BeRational on May 07, 2016, 01:00:13 AM
When I was doing a lot of diving on wrecks around the cost, we looked at a map with hundreds of wrecks on it. Looking at all the names, we decided that the best name for a ship would be "HMS Kevin", simply because all the wrecks were James, Charles, Henry, Charlotte .......... Any royal name you like was sunk somewhere. But nowhere did we see a Kevin.
No foe would dare take on an HMS Kevin.
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