What do you think of Boaty McBoatface?

Jess yes in English they're female, in French male! What are they in Welsh?

Must admit to being mystified at first by Boaty Mc Whatsit, but caught on after hearing on this thread about Trainy McTrainface. Love GardyLoo! As a Black Country woman, I did appreciate Alishka's comments about the Floozy in the Jacuzzi and the lady garden

Doesn't sound as if your break has cheered you up jing!

I think it is probably a generation thing

And I hope that train driver put his joke up before he had heard the news from Brussels. God help us otherwise.

Did you feel like joking yesterday?

Actually it doesn't even sound funny on the surface. Lame more like.

Did you have a good tine jing? Assuming youve been on a jaunt

It might seem funny on the surface, but when you think this ship replaces boats named Ernest Shackleton and James Clark Ross, this could be seen as present day dumbing down taken to the extreme. Surely the Brits can do better than that?

I think if we went with Boaty it would also be a sign of our confidence in ourselves - not worrying how it looks to others. I also think people would take the Boat to their hearts and take great interest in it

I love it too - and the public Gawd Bless 'Em for doing it !

It does occur to me these days, that it's generally the public that gets things right... on BBC Question Time for example, the most intelligent and thoughtful comments are always from the audience.

And whilst I know the Daily Mail is a ghastly rag... the public comments on articles written often make me laugh out loud.

It's wonderful when real people have their say... unfettered, witty and not the least bit PC.

Bring it on I say... because pomposity is a bit like virginity.

One prick and its gone !

Alishka that is so funny!

Would an Irish boat be Boaty O'Boatface? Or an aristocratic yacht perhaps Yachty FitsYachtface? It could catch on.

I think it's funny and we all need a laugh these days, I saw about the train and I expect it cheered up the commuters on a bad news day !

I think then it should be called "David Attenborough formerly known as Boaty" if they insist on something more serious. Mind you "chill out" would be my advise.

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...

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

It's quirky and I love it ?

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.

I love that Cari the world needs more of that!

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