Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:00:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Subject:      Re: Need a Name!
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> We've owned our new Westy for about a month now and are no closer to
picking
> out a name than the day we bought it.  We must be experiencing some
kind of
> naming block!

don't worry about it ... let the bus name itself. or some kids or
something that happens to you and the bus. buses usually name
themselves after a while. and it happens when you least expect it. :)

>Anyway, I thought why not seek out the greater wisdom of the
> list for some creative ideas.  And so it begins...

you're just a glutton for punishment, aren't you?? :)

> She/He (not sure of this either) is a very clean Gold '86 Weekender.
I've
> always wanted one this color and seem to be wanting the name to make
some kind
> of reference to it either direct or indirect but I just can't come
up with
> anything.  The family hasn't been much help either.  My son
suggested Homer
> which as a Westy name has some merit but it just doesn't do it for
me.
> So, any thoughts?  Do I need to offer a prize?
> '86 Weekender without a name

well ... looks to me like you've already named it. sorta. :)
House with no Name. like the old song. ;)

so you want the color to be in the name somehow? like SunBus?
or Inca-dinca-do? (inca = sungod= gold. get it?? :)
or what was the name of the mythical city of gold? El Dorado? or
whatever?
'gold' in german is 'gold', so that's no help.
but "heart of gold" is "gutherzig". golden-colored is "goldfarb".
if you had two of them that color, you could call them the Goldust
Twins. :)
Yukon Gold? from the goldrush of the yukon and alaska.
Goldslush? especially if it was an automatic transmission.
or, the old old old old song, Oh, dem Golden Slippers ... assuming you
have bald tires and Can't Get No Satis-Traction. ;)
Goldie Brawn?? like the movie actress.
or like Phaedra said, Fool's Gold but twist it into "I'm Pyrite". :)
or since the bus IS made of steel and such, "Iron Pyrite" ... or if
you love deserts after a meal, Iron Pie-Right!
Rollen Golden?
Old Gold? (a very old brand of cigarettes).
Golden Oldie?  or Gold DeNoldie. ;)
Bold Gold ... who goes where no bus has gone before. ;)
Golden Daze? Dazie for short.
Gold Fever ... or Gold Feeber.

or since gold is sorta 'yellow' in color ...
Yellow Fever?
Yellow Slow? (from the old northern saying, "Never eat yellow snow").
and if you like the Beatles music ... Yellow Goodbye. :)
Oleo? Margarine? (Margie for short) Butter? (Butt for short?) Parkay?
:)

and another word for that shiney metallic yellow color is 'brass' ...
Fast Brass
Half-Brass
Fat-Brass
Brass Section, if you're a musician.
Brasso ... for all you ex-military types. :)
Brassoon? for more musicians.
or since they were usually made of brass .... Spittoon? :)

or basing it upon the color of the sun and all that stuff ...
Solar Wind
SunFun
Sunny
Shiney

or just for no reason at all ...
Fudd. Elmer for short.
Leo (lions are sorta kinda somewhat maybe 'gold' in color).

:)

yup. it's definitely Frydaye on The List. ;)

unca joel