There was a national competition poll to name a new Arctic exploration ship and the winner was Boaty McBoatface. In the end they bottled it and named it after David Attenborough. To be fair, one of the support boats was given the boaty moniker. #politebritishcompromise
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In Ottawa we name our snowplows:
https://engage.ottawa.ca/name-the-plow
I was about to do the same 😄
I'm really curious.
I actually don't know who's in charge of the barge.
https://mdl.mndot.gov/items/m5183
Horsey was a tribute to the Boaty moniker by an Australian trainer. Sadly Horsey died long before his promising career peaked😢. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/15/sport/horsey-mchorseface/index.html
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