humour: picking a new name?

Discussion in 'General' started by Kotori87, Apr 12, 2010.

  1. Kotori87

    Kotori87 Well-Known Member

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    Are you building a British warship, but aren't sure what to call it? Are you tired of the same old boring names, like Invincible, or Indefatigable? Did somebody else already take the name you wanted? Well keep reading, because I have JUST the thing for you! Bitondo Bros. Productions presents our latest invention:
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    So call now at 1-800-HMS-Invisible and reserve your new British I-boat name today! And hurry, because supplies are limited. There's only 256 names, and names like HMS Inconceivable won't be available forever.
    HMS Inadvisable, HMS Insensible, HMS Indesirable, HMS Incapable, HMS Incompatible, HMS Insuitable, HMS Insultable, HMS Inable, HMS Inapplicable... the possibilities for your inspiring new name are limitless!
     
  2. Knight4hire

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    From the Captain of the Liberty Ship "Lumpy";

    ROF LMAO
     
  3. KeriMorgret

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    I have a funny feeling that there was a couple of big midterms that didn't get studied for while this exhaustive research was being conducted?
     
  4. GregMcFadden

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    I preferr the insufferable...
     
  5. Anachronus

    Anachronus Well-Known Member

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    Inflamable seems very apt.
     
  6. Tugboat

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    I've always gone with HMS Inedible...
     
  7. NickMyers

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    HMS Invertible
    :D

    Any chance of ironic Maru names next? I still need to name mine.
     
  8. Tugboat

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    I always liked Happosai Maru... something like 'Drunken Sea'.
     
  9. Knight4hire

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    Now why did my mind drift of to a George Carlin routine that birth control pill need catchy names...

    " Now here is a real man's product: Impregnable...."
     
  10. Gascan

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    I'm slowly beginning work on a list of Marus. It'll be similar to the I-boat list, but I have to work on my Japanese vocabulary and Kanji first. For example, the Ou Maru (king's transport), not to be confused with Omaru (a toilet for potty-training kids). My tramp steamer is named Ou Maru, so that one is already taken, but I'm working on more.

    Tired of captured warships being used by the enemy, a common occurence during the Age of Sail, the British designed HMS Incompatible. Due to difficulties obtaining the correct parts for maintenance, they quickly went the opposite direction with HMS Interchangeable, which was considerably easier to work with.

    HMS Inescapable, HMS Inevitable, and HMS Ineludable were highly successful maintaining the blockade against Germany. They were far more successful than HMS Inapplicable and HMS Inable.

    There were significant boiler issues with HMS Incondensable and HMS Incompressible. The engineers are still having trouble determining the power and displacement of HMS Incalculable. Still, those three ships got further along the design process than HMS Inconceivable.

    I'm glad I'm not on the crew of HMS Incinerable...
     
  11. Tugboat

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    How about the Omaru Maru?
     
  12. bb26

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    or HMS Irreparable.
     
  13. Kotori87

    Kotori87 Well-Known Member

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    For shame! I simply told a pack of highly-trained hampsters to look for *ble, arranged the results alphabetically, and combed through the "I" section. They did all the hard work of searching through dozens of different dictionaries in the first place. You didn't think I'd miss my all-important schoolwork to do something as trivial as compiling a list of names, did you?
     
  14. Knight4hire

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    LOL Kotori87!!!
    For some reason I have a hard time believing that...
     
  15. KeriMorgret

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    For compiling the list of names? No. For compiling the script to generate the list of names? Yes!
     
  16. Jay Jennings

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    Do you have names for any other class of ships, like the 'U' class such as HMS Unservicable, HMS Unusable, HMS Unreliable, HMS Uncontrollable and HMS Unsailable?
    J
     
  17. Knight4hire

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    And don't forget: HMS Unbearable, HMS Unfloatable, HMS Unsteerable, and HMS Unimpregnable.
     
  18. Knight4hire

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    HMS Unmanageable, HMS Undesireable. . .
     
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    HMS Refit, HMS Repair, HMS Reuse, HMS Repo, HMS Rowrowrowyourboat? ;)
     
  20. Knight4hire

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    You are breaking the trend, those do not have the "able" ending.