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Nancy the dragon Posted Jun 25, 2009
I'm looking for a name to christen my ship. Which would be best,
the Minnow, or the Titanic? 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 25, 2009
Why not call it "This way up"? It might come in handy some day...
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 25, 2009
"Andrea Doria" and "Lollipop" are other options you could consider.
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Garius Lupus Posted Jun 25, 2009
My personal favourite would be the Mary Celeste. 
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Nancy the dragon Posted Jun 25, 2009
The ship would do fine with a name like that, but I doubt the crew would fare well....
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Garius Lupus Posted Jun 25, 2009
I see what you mean. Perhaps the Flying Dutchman might "preserve" the crew better. 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 26, 2009
Benito Cereno, then?
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 26, 2009
That's a good list. 
With all the "sea" puns in those names, I'm surprised they didn't have "Say Goodnight, Graysea"
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Nancy the dragon Posted Jul 10, 2009
Not that it matters now, but I will use that name for my next ship.
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Apollo Posted Aug 11, 2009
What?? Nobody sends out invitations to the revival of dead threads anymore?!?
There was a time I had to mark in my calendar, at 2 month intervals, to keep this thread kickin...
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 11, 2009
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 11, 2009
Invitations would be a nice touch.
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Saturn Girl ~ 1 of 42 (Borg Queen A761708) ~ Gollum's keeper + some ~ [1*7(0!+2)(0!+1)=42] Posted Nov 6, 2011
*pokes her nose in and wonders where everyone's gotten to*
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Mistadrong, (Count vonCount.)the last Gog standing Posted Nov 9, 2011
*wakes up and sees a disembodied nose floating in* It's the phantom red conk
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 9, 2011
Two years of no pulse for this thread, then magically it comes back to life.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 9, 2011
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 9, 2011
Well, yes, it might be a .
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 9, 2011
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 9, 2011
I'm not betting on it, though. A ghost thread would look different, and have messages from people on the other side. The other side of what? I don't know.
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- 2941: Nancy the dragon (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2942: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2943: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2944: Garius Lupus (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2945: Nancy the dragon (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2946: Garius Lupus (Jun 25, 2009)
- 2947: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 26, 2009)
- 2948: ReddishDog (Jun 26, 2009)
- 2949: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 26, 2009)
- 2950: Nancy the dragon (Jul 10, 2009)
- 2951: Apollo (Aug 11, 2009)
- 2952: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 11, 2009)
- 2953: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 11, 2009)
- 2954: Saturn Girl ~ 1 of 42 (Borg Queen A761708) ~ Gollum's keeper + some ~ [1*7(0!+2)(0!+1)=42] (Nov 6, 2011)
- 2955: Mistadrong, (Count vonCount.)the last Gog standing (Nov 9, 2011)
- 2956: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Nov 9, 2011)
- 2957: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 9, 2011)
- 2958: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Nov 9, 2011)
- 2959: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 9, 2011)
- 2960: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Nov 9, 2011)
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