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Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:13:57 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Need a Name!
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damn, joel... you have provided a veritable plethora of monikers... even more than terry.

Mick Hilo, Hawaii

----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:00 PM Subject: Re: Need a Name!

> > 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 >


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