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Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 12:53 pm
Oh, sure, we value input from the public. Kiss it where it's fattest, liars.
No Boaty McBoatface
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 1:01 pm
Indeed if you let people vote for a name you must stick with the one voted for, otherwise what was the point?
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 2:05 pm
Bastards.
It occurred to me that it's properly a ship, not a boat.
Shippy McShipface has a bit of a ring to it, yes? What a missed opportunity.
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 2:22 pm
(May 7, 2016 at 2:05 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Bastards.
It occurred to me that it's properly a ship, not a boat.
Shippy McShipface has a bit of a ring to it, yes? What a missed opportunity.
I'd be ok with a ship called that. 'My assignment's been changed - Central have informed me that I'm to be Shipfaced, forthwith.'
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 2:37 pm
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(May 7, 2016 at 12:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Oh, sure, we value input from the public. Kiss it where it's fattest, liars.
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Yeah - I knew they were never going to use the crowd-sourced name. It's just like a few years ago, when Mountain Dew hold a public vote to decide the name for their new soda.
They never released the "Hitler did nothing wrong" drink either...
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/moun...bly-wrong/
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 3:07 pm
I may be wrong (again!) but I think they asked for suggestions rather than having a formal vote.
and yes, it's a ship not a boat
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Correct on both counts.
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RE: Lying Buncha Science Bastards
May 7, 2016 at 3:46 pm
I never heard of no Attinberow!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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