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Unread 02-06-2004, 11:32 AM
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In the 1950's, the Ford Motor Company asked poet Marianne Moore, she of the dense lyricism and tricorn hat, to come up with names for a new model of automobile. According to William Logan in the current New Criterion, Moore offered the following possibilities:

Intelligent Whale
the Arcenciel
the Mongoose Civique
the Pastelogram
the Turcoting

and (drum roll please)

the Utopian Turtletop

If you guessed that Ford eventually chose "Edsel" instead, you guessed right.

So! Put on your tricorn thinking caps and name the product or products of your choice: breakfast cereal, gasoline, nail polish, scotch, whatever!

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Unread 02-06-2004, 06:29 PM
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Well, I'm currently building a car, using a 2002 LS6 Corvette engine, 6 speed transimission and a 1970 Volvo P1800E.

We're considering calling it The Volvette. Or the CorVolvo.

It's the same model of car Simon Templar (Roger Moore) drove in the TV series 'The Saint'.

Any other suggestions?



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Unread 02-07-2004, 06:21 AM
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I was working a project where the time accounting software was really bad. It required you to acount for your time down to 5 minute intervals. We had to enter rest room breaks, trips to get cofee, and going out to smoke. By the end of the week it took and hour just to fil it in, as they would not accept 8 hour blocks of time. So I created a name for it that spread rather rapidly. I called it Adminastriva. Imagne my surprise when I heard the CEO use that term 6 weeks later to identify the same software.


As to the cars how about a volkswagon minibus converted to a camper/RV. Call it a bed bug.

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Unread 02-07-2004, 01:37 PM
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Geez, Jerry, if it were for James Bond, I'd call it Love Muscle; for the Saint, dunno. Maybe Soulvette?

Happy driving,

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Unread 02-07-2004, 05:13 PM
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Jerry,

Maybe...

Volcor
Vortemp
St. Corvo

Kathy

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Unread 02-11-2004, 11:34 AM
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We need a bit more creativity here.

Blond hair highlights for blonds - Frosted Flakes

People who make frog jokes - Poliwags

Energy drinks - goose juice

Colonoscaphy - goose gander

The LOTR movies - Hobbit Forming

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