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    JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:32am

    And swell it is, as the vessel may be baptized “Boaty McBoatface.”

    Nah, it’s been done.

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      sybannJujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      3/21/16 10:43am

      Jesus Christ - it’s TED CRUZ.

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      Paranoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)sybann
      3/21/16 10:50am

      Thanks for ruining boats for me.

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    ProbablyMeRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:23am

    If they’re wise, they’ll go for it — it will prompt more media coverage and sponsorship opportunities than a traditional name. Who wouldn’t donate money for a Boaty McBoatface research project?

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      FelyxLeiter is out thereProbablyMe
      3/21/16 10:36am

      I was thinking the same. Interest in this sort of research is actually pretty important, and people of all ages would be at least a little intrigued to follow the adventures of Boaty McBoatface.

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      many bells down wears many stupid hatsProbablyMe
      3/21/16 12:00pm

      Seriously, if you’re gonna ask the internet, you have to expect this is what you’re gonna get and go with it.

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    Paranoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)Rachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:49am

    I love it almost as much as I much as I love Mr. Splashy Pants (who Green Peace also let the internet name).

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      PrettyPrettyBunniPrincessParanoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)
      3/21/16 3:57pm

      My husband and I were on a whale watching day cruise and we saw a boat called ‘Rum Jubilance’ or some such nonsense so we started naming our hypothetical future boat (he wants a catamaran) with the combinations of type of alcohol + emotion. We finally decided our boat will be called Scotch Fury.

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    paultoesRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:31am

    But yesterday it was Boaty McFloatface, which I think is charming and much more pleasing to the ear. What happened?

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      helgaperezpaultoes
      3/21/16 10:37am

      I believe it was a typo by the article’s author, but I agree that RRS Boaty McFloatface is a better name.

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      Cestrumnocturn1paultoes
      3/21/16 8:36pm

      I prefer Floaty McBoatFace personally....or Tiffany Aching (yeah, that’s one of the popular choices).

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    Ken YadiggitRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:31am

    I fucking love humans sometimes.

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      randilynisFINDILYNKen Yadiggit
      3/21/16 10:33am

      and they, you

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      Fighter of the NightmanKen Yadiggit
      3/21/16 1:22pm

      Come to the UK! Sure, our government is fucked, but we’re hilarious.

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    WhiskeyprayerRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:39am

    They’ll name it what they want despite the popular vote. Take it from someone who’s trash is not processed at the Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts.

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      Huggsy, the bedtime penguin palWhiskeyprayer
      3/21/16 11:42am

      My college unofficially renamed our art building the “Thomas Kinkade Center for Kids Who Can’t Draw Good”. They hang a white sheet with the name on the front of the building every year.

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      MoraliaWhiskeyprayer
      3/21/16 12:57pm

      Don’t look at me! I voted for Ministry of Filth.

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    MarionSlayvenwoodRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:28am

    This story has brought me so much pure joy, it’s magical.
    Of all the things the internet could have chosen, RSS Boaty McBoatface is so beautifully perfectly silly, just the kind of Good Clean Fun we all need. Bless you Boaty McBoatface.

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      miss_cheviousMarionSlayvenwood
      3/21/16 10:32am

      Every time I think of it, I giggle. It’s perfect.

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    GrandmaPearlRachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 10:21am

    Grandma has been trying to vote all morning. My vote is to name the ship the Bea Arthur.

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      randilynisFINDILYNGrandmaPearl
      3/21/16 10:28am

      Cuts through ice as well as it cuts through bullshit.

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    QJ201Rachel Vorona Cote
    3/21/16 11:34am

    RRS Cold Miser

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      wishtRachel Vorona Cote
      3/21/16 3:17pm

      I’m very proud of my country right now. Not just for Boaty McBoatface but for ‘RRS Smeghead’, ‘RRS It’s Bloody Cold Here’, ‘RRS Thanks For All The Fish’, ‘RRS Antarctic Monkeys’, ‘RRS Big Metal Floaty Thingy-Thing’, ‘RRS Bust A Polar Cap (In Yo Ass)‘, ‘RRS Boatasaurus Rex’, ‘RRS Bants and Deck’, ‘RRS Ship Happens’, and ‘RRS Get Your Boat, You’ve Pulled’.

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        wishtwisht
        3/21/16 3:21pm

        Please note that in 2001, 390000 of us listed our religion as Jedi on a census form for shits and giggles.

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