What do you think of Boaty McBoatface?

Silly, but it made me smile!

DH was incensed and that made me laugh even more

I really dislike the way some things are decided by the public, then because a tiny minority of other people dont like it, they change it.

Doesnt really matter in this case. The boat will always be known as Boaty McBoatface. Yeah!

NERC will have the final say, no matter how the voting goes, but it did make me smile!

My guess is that it will end up being Henry Worsley. (I hope I've got the name right)

Yes Phoenix, I have yet to google Henry Worsley!

Boaty Boatface

Yes I like it - aren't boats often called funny names.

It made be chuckle , there was also a suggestion RRS Hussain Boat. Im sure a sensible suggestion will prevail but as dark clouds continue to gather across the world a little lighthearted humour is always welcome in our house.

I bet it will always be known as Boaty McBoatface no matter what serious official name they decide to give it. Fair cheered me up when I first heard it.

Brilliant Cari!

I think it shows the British sense id humour, it is good not to take ourselves too seriously.

That's what you get for asking the public to choose. The public is a very naughty boy. I love it. ?

I love that Cari the world needs more of that!

Before Edinburghs's sewage disposal system was modernised, the effluent was taken well out to sea and dumped, by the good ship Gardyloo ("Watch out for the water" - the traditional cry from the top windows of the capital's tenements, as maids emptied the slops onto the street below)

This happened within my memory, and you could take a trip down the Firth of Forth on the Gardyloo to see the performance in action.

It's quirky and I love it ?

Not the emptying of slop buckets onto the Royal Mile, I hasten to add.

It made me laugh and I love the train driver getting in on the joke.

What was the point of people being asked to make suggestions? Big moan alert. They should do the honourable thing and name it Boaty McBoatface.

Obione, apparently NERC assumed only those in the know would offer suggestions. It was when a presenter from Radio Jersey took it up that the name caught on. Lucky he did, it has raised many a smile!
Love Trainy McTrainface too!

I'd put good money on it being called that from now on despite its 'official ' name whatever that may be.

Here in Birmingham in Victoria Square we have a naked lady lounging in a pool..the real name is 'the river'. Not many people know that! From the time it was installed it was named The Floozie in the Jacuzzi and in fact that's what you'll find if you do a Google search. We're all very fond of our Floozie.

Now, tho, the jacuzzi's been dry for quite a while, due to cracks in the concrete. The council have decided to not repAir it, but to plant flowers etc round her. Have the Good Men of Birmingham never heard of a lady garden? Really? , they certainly have in the pub and if they also plant low growing shrubs, bet you anything the jokes about her trimming her bush will start. Can't wait

In Dublin the statue of Molly Malone is called The Tart with a Cart by the locals.

I think it shows that scientists have a sense of humour.
( I think the Dubliners coined the floozy name first for a fountain there?)
I hope NERC also have a sense of humour and don't quash all the young scientists who voted for this. My DH really, really hopes he might get a chance to go to the Arctic on it one day. Or maybe "in her" as ships supposed to be female...