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dixiegrrrrl

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3. Actually, BoatyMcBoat Face is now re-named

Reply to MuseRider (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 03:33 PM

Mar 2021

sez the Guardian.

It's going to be called the RRS Sir David Attenborough instead of Boaty McBoatface, despite the fact that Boaty McBoatface won an online poll to decide its name.

As for the snowplow, I liked Darth Blader, considering how many cars get disappeared along side of the road.

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Plowy McPlowFace plows through the competition to win snowplow naming contest [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 OP

I was super disappointed that there weren't more Minnesota-specific winners. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #1

One would hope MuseRider Mar 2021 #2

Actually, BoatyMcBoat Face is now re-named dixiegrrrrl Mar 2021 #3