beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Zomboat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunnelman51 Posted October 26, 2019 Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 On 22/10/2019 at 15:40, Athy said: I'm surprised at some people's reaction to that name. Most people in this country would associate 'Isis' with an Oxfordshire river (or part thereof) rather than a bunch of deranged terrorists. Some older readers, of course, might think of an upmarket Morris saloon. I ran one of these for twelve years. Picked it up for 180 quid in 1976. Empire green it was, 2639cc, six cylinders. Big bench leather seats. 1956 series1. Crossply tyres, it cornered like the Queen Mary, vague steering, you really had to concentrate! I pulled a caravan with it for a while, but got fed up with stumping up for 4 star petrol when it was only doing 17 mpg. Eventually I sold it to a guy in Reading whom had great hopes of restoring her -it had stood in my garden for 15 years- but the last I saw of it was when someone posted a picture of it looking sad and dejected on a street in Birmingham. UUO 433 was its number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted October 26, 2019 Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 43 minutes ago, Tunnelman51 said: I ran one of these for twelve years. Picked it up for 180 quid in 1976. Empire green it was, 2639cc, six cylinders. Big bench leather seats. 1956 series1. Crossply tyres, it cornered like the Queen Mary, vague steering, you really had to concentrate! I pulled a caravan with it for a while, but got fed up with stumping up for 4 star petrol when it was only doing 17 mpg. Eventually I sold it to a guy in Reading whom had great hopes of restoring her -it had stood in my garden for 15 years- but the last I saw of it was when someone posted a picture of it looking sad and dejected on a street in Birmingham. UUO 433 was its number. UO Originally when new registered by Devon county council. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom766 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thank god we get to name our boats, it's fun and very entertaining. Especially the ceremony ? I re named my little springer, which I live on, Sweet Cheeks. hehe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Whilst on the subject of ISIS: Although the Boat Race crews are the best-known, the universities both field reserve crews. The reserves race takes place on the same day as the main race. The Oxford men's reserve crew is called Isis (after the Isis, a section of the River Thames which passes through Oxford), and the Cambridge reserve men's crew is called Goldie (the name comes from rower and Boat Club president John Goldie, 1849–1896, after whom the Goldie Boathouse is named). The women's reserve crews are Osiris (Oxford) and Blondie (Cambridge). From Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steilsteven Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Nothing wrong with calling a boat ISIS but probably better to call it TAMESIS. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 I've heard that signwriters are getting brisk business from owners of boats named 'Jeremy' -although I suppose they could just paint out the first two letters, then people would think that the boat was named after a cognac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 20:35, Ray T said: Whilst on the subject of ISIS: I used to be an inspector for the Independent Schools Inspection Service. I see it's been renamed the Independent Schools Inspectorate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, Athy said: I've heard that signwriters are getting brisk business from owners of boats named 'Jeremy' -although I suppose they could just paint out the first two letters, then people would think that the boat was named after a cognac. Some one called Martin? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, koukouvagia said: I used to be an inspector for the Independent Schools Inspection Service. I see it's been renamed the Independent Schools Inspectorate. We had the school board man living just around the corner from us. He was just like Blakey in On the buses, stalking around during the day with a clip board looking for kids not at school. He was a pain, when playing truant we had to make big detours around his house. We sometimes shot rice at him with our pea shooters from behind hedges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 52 minutes ago, Athy said: I've heard that signwriters are getting brisk business from owners of boats named 'Jeremy' -although I suppose they could just paint out the first two letters, then people would think that the boat was named after a cognac. Has Clarkson put his foot in it again then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Riley Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, bizzard said: We had the school board man living just around the corner from us. He was just like Blakey in On the buses, stalking around during the day with a clip board looking for kids not at school. He was a pain, when playing truant we had to make big detours around his house. We sometimes shot rice at him with our pea shooters from behind hedges. Rice? Mardy sutherner. We used proper ammo, black peas. A delicacy unheard of much beyond Rochdale and the surrounding towns. We would have had his beady eye out. Edited December 15, 2019 by Jim Riley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Batty Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 I have to admit I didn't understand what was so offensive with the name 'Isis' for a narrowboat. Overthinking the thing, I suspected there was some obscure characteristic of the God that had become politically incorrect. Given that 'Isis' is the alternative name for the upper Thames from source to that curious outflow of the River Thame at Dorchester, it seems quite fitting. Would anyone change the name of their boat 'Meander' / 'Me and 'er' if some extremist group suddenly adopted that name? Speaking of politically incorrect, a GRP cruiser near Wallingford named 'Minced Moorhen' usually makes me chuckle when we cruise by. That said, I can't imagine naming my own boat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthoin Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 We bought one of the 'Isis' named narrowboats last year. After quite a few negative comments from both the towpath and friends, the boat is now named 'Preaux'. Hope no one can possibly object to the new name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Sthoin said: ....the boat is now named 'Preaux'. Hope no one can possibly object to the new name... Oh no!! Anything but Preaux! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 We used to have ex station boat Mecca. even in early 2000s we used to get idiots asking why ( we) had called her that. The answer simply being we didnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 13 hours ago, Sea Dog said: Oh no!! Anything but Preaux! A PG Woodhouse fan? Or a horseman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpness Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 Saw "Dreadlocks" today, had to think about that one, I wonder if they do? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire cat Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 26/10/2019 at 20:50, Tunnelman51 said: I ran one of these for twelve years. Picked it up for 180 quid in 1976. Empire green it was, 2639cc, six cylinders. Big bench leather seats. 1956 series1. Crossply tyres, it cornered like the Queen Mary, vague steering, you really had to concentrate! I pulled a caravan with it for a while, but got fed up with stumping up for 4 star petrol when it was only doing 17 mpg. Eventually I sold it to a guy in Reading whom had great hopes of restoring her -it had stood in my garden for 15 years- but the last I saw of it was when someone posted a picture of it looking sad and dejected on a street in Birmingham. UUO 433 was its number. It was issued with a new log book in 2012. Not taxed as a heritage vehicle so not on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHS Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 22 hours ago, sharpness said: Saw "Dreadlocks" today, had to think about that one, I wonder if they do? Was it on the Ashby Canal or the Lancaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpness Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, MHS said: Was it on the Ashby Canal or the Lancaster? No, but another lockless canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer2911 Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Funniest: 'Morning Flatulence' Most excruciating: 'Wecandonomor' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyhanger Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 18/10/2019 at 16:05, captain flint said: The worst name I've seen, so, so bad it's almost good, it's Canality J'aime Hard to think of anything more contrived, and the fact it should be Canality Je t'aime - but then nobody would get the calamity Jane reference - makes it even more heroically bad, like a desperate rhyme! Apologies if the owners are on here, but I'm kind of fond of it in its way, the canal would be poorer for its absence. I saw another name that made me laugh, but which I like, on a very traditional looking old working boat, painted a sobre dark green, with carriage lines, and an old school, curved, painted name, that on closer inspection reads, 'Wuff Bark Donkey'. There's a wide boat which hangs around the East End of London also called "Wuff Bark Donkey". I chuckle when I see it, but I can't work it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyhanger Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 A few years ago I shared a lock on the lower Thames with a boat called "Snurger". I asked the owner if he had named his boat--"no"--so I asked him if he knew what the name meant---again "no". By now he was interested and wanted to know the meaning. I wasn't prepared to shout across the lock, so I had to walk around and quietly speak to him. After his initial shock, and then hilarity, we boarded our boats and left the lock. Imagine my surprise to see "Snurger 11" moored up below the lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 You made me go and visit the Urban Dictionary... ewww! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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