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A new naming contest for another new municipal gizmo!
Do you recall a couple of the other naming contests I wrote about? I do. First there was that floating bridge on the Isle of Wight. Name of Floaty McFloatface. Then there was a contest to name a new dwarf … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, DOJ, Government, News media, The Facts of Life
Tagged Abolish ICE, Chicago snowplow, Floaty McFloatface, Isle of Wight, Minnesota snowplow, naming contests, Snowplow named Abolish ICE
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I have harvested a lovable new word
…from Jonathan Swift. I’d never read Gulliver’s Travels until recently, when I was sent a nice old copy (1940, and let me brag I translated the date from Roman numerals, so maybe it’s 1840, but I don’t think so). I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Floaty McFloatface, glumgluff, Gulliver's Travels, Isle of Wight, Jonathan Swift, Lilliput
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In a name-new-snowplows contest, what name won the most votes?
What seems like a long time ago, when we all had a desperate need for something to laugh at before going to sleep, I learned about a new floating bridge on the Isle of Wight. The Isle’s governing body had … Continue reading
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Tagged Darth Blader, F Salt Fitzgerald, Floaty McFloatface, Isle of Wight, Minnesota snowplows, Plowy McPlowFace, Snow Wan Kenobi
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