Amusing narrowboat names

Sep 19, 2004 10 Replies
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This is a cross-posting from the Waterways ng, but I've been at DIY long enough to know that many of you have a sense of humour and might enjoy a diversion.



I'm a freelance journalist, currently researching interesting/clever/rude narrowboat names for a magazine article. (Don't call them longboats - it upsets the Vikings!)



Examples so far include:



L'eau't Cuisine (a restaurant cruiser) Life O'Reilly Stougham Hall Shy Talk Dances With Ducks Sir Osis of the River Onion Bargee



Anyone spotted similar names?


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I must be missing something! I can only see anything vaguely amusing in 3 of of your 7 names (#s 1, 3 & 6). Maybe you need to spell out the hidden meanings?

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Well, I did specify 'interesting/clever/rude', though 'amusing' might also be a useful quality. Nevertheless, I will spell out for you what, for me, makes each of the other names noteworthy:

  1. 'Life O'Reilly' - a reflection of the relaxed, easy - going nature of boating as a pastime?
  2. 'Shy Talk' - a not-very-well-hidden pun on 'S**te Hawk'? OK, maybe not to relevant to boats and boating.
5.'Dances with Ducks' - one of my favorites. Maybe the boat owner fancied himself as a lone hero in the style of 'Dances with Wolves', but let's face it, there are more ducks than wolves to be seen on Britain's canals!
  1. 'Onion Bargee' - an Indian curry-loving barge owner? (It's a pun, geddit?)

I've got a headache now.

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"Amusing" is what the title says!

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It's a size of brush thing.

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In message , Paper2002AD writes

Far more interesting is

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Saw Sir Ossis this Summer, also

Kinell Ship Happens

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M

How about the stark proletarian: Death by a Thousand Cuts

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Meanders. On a friends narrow boat.

Phil The uk.d-i-y FAQ is at

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interesting/clever/rude

Surely "Me and 'Ers" would be more entertaining (assuming friend has a SWMBO)

Cheers Clive

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Well done Clive; You have figured out the pun. Meandering is what Me & 'Er do with their boat!

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