What do you think of Boaty McBoatface?

Anything that can raise a smile can only be a good thing.

Don't know what happened here but rest assured I do like 'Usain Boat'!

I heard that on the CNN news report! Another one is Usain Boat

One of the other names with high votes is "Its Bloody Cold Here"

Thanks Wilma, long may she sail! Easy to find via 'Most Loved Today'. I'd gone through the whole list,which took a while, and failed to find it.

Well, I love the name and just voted for it and if anyone else wants to vote this is the link

Vote for Boaty McBoatface

Just click on the heart.

Alishka. She's now the Flirt in the Dirt, I'm told! Very lovely her lady garden looks too!!

David Attenborough - to keep up the tradition because goodness knows we're losing them, & to honour a great man (and I'm far from being a stuffy biddy).
The public vote but then can be overruled - hmm - that won't happen in the referendum so we just have to hope that the public know best......

I like Robert Winston he always seems such a kindly chap.

The train face was at 08.35. What time was the explosion?

GranE my DD, every year, takes a group of schoolchildren to different locations in London, where they listen to lectures on various interesting aspects of science. Professor Robert Winston gave the lecture this year. The kids loved it. That's the kind of thing that keeps children interested in science. Not down-market pandering to the masses.

Here, here! whitewave Breathe indeed!

So good to have something to smile about in this day and age.........And it is funny!

Boaty McBoatface simply made me laugh and I don't know why. I think they might give it an official name, then a pet name, like a pedigree dog. I wish it were possible to 'like' some of the Gransnet comments.

I believe the train guard was before the bomb.

Oh jing --and breath

No, Jinglbells, they will be following it in class at school and on quality CBeebies and CBBC programmes. It is a mistake to think that children are not interested in grown-up science.

I'm out of here. Again. #Gransnet

" what's not to like "???!!!

Oh, fuck me!

Did you notice anything happening at all yesterday? Great line in empathy from that train driver.

There could be bit more to the research than just interesting the kids.

Important as that may be of course.

And do we really think they will all be following the journeyings of 'Boaty McBoatface' on Twitter? Or their Facebook pages?

I've known many scientists including DH, most of whom have an excellent sense of humour and would find Boaty McBoatface very funny. I loved the Trainy McTrainface episode. I guess it partly depends on whether you enjoyed Blackadder. It's brought a smile to many people - what's not to like?

Agree with GranE and thatbags.
One of my sons has plenty to do with NERC, in case that has any relevance to anything at all.
Science is fun and Britain can be fun too.

I like the name Boaty McBoatface for a research ship. One's not going to forget it, for a start. Might provoke some interest in the research being done. NERC should be glad of the free publicity.

Pardon?