Boat Name Problem

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The powers that be have issued me with a form to fill in. Mostly all very easy, because I can usually remember my own name and address. Now my problem lies in that they want three proposed names for my new boat, but my imagination is limited too continuing with "Stingo" and I am averse to calling her Stingo II or Stingo of Durban for various reasons. Does the esteemed panel have some smart-arse suggestions for me please?
 
Stingo,
Stingas (Stingass?)
Stinga,
Stinger
Stingy..............

Well, you said you wanted smart ass replies.......
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Or how about just 'jellyfish', to complement the sting(er)s?.
 
At least "Stinwent" draws a blank on a Google search.
 
But the tale of how I originally came up with the name Stingo is still a tale I bore people with regularly....

... Once upon a warm, sunny, beer swilling BBQ, there were several wise men and several wise SWMBOs gathered for the boat purchase feast. One wise SWMBO nearly ruined the celebration by insisting that the boat be given a name right there and then. After several beers, it became quite clear that it would be a smart plan to fetch a dictionary and then do the flicking through the pages until SWMBO says stop and then moving my finger over the words until SWMBO says stop. Whatever word I stopped on, would be the boat's new name. The word I stopped on was Stingo and the rest of the beers were consumed in celebration of having found an appropriate name:

Stingo: n. (old English slang) strong or well fermented (Yorkshire) ale or barley wine.
 
Our boat was so nealy misnamed by accident my wife and I decided to have a boat naming party on board and with a small gathering of perhaps 20 people we all imbibed with far to much wine - my wife had the honor of naming our boat and I duly tied a bottle (full) of champagne to the flybridge overhang with the intention of my wife swinging the bottle against the steel railing on the stern all was well and the moment came when my wife held the bottle on the end if the string she drew back her hand and was about to let go and with the immortal words "I name this boat (at that precise moment the bottle came away from the string and fell from her hand and smashed on the floor) she continued from where she had left off - fu-k it ive dropped the bast--d thing
with which every one raised there glasses and as one said fu-k it ive dropped the bast--d thing. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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it would be a smart plan to fetch a dictionary and then do the flicking through the pages until SWMBO says stop and then moving my finger over the words until SWMBO says stop. Whatever word I stopped on, would be the boat's new name.

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Why change a wunning habit - try the same again?
 
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After several beers, it became quite clear that it would be a smart plan to fetch a dictionary and then do the flicking through the pages until SWMBO says stop and then moving my finger over the words until SWMBO says stop. Whatever word I stopped on, would be the boat's new name. The word I stopped on was Stingo and the rest of the beers were consumed in celebration of having found an appropriate name:

[/ QUOTE ]It worked once ... so why not again? Don't forget the bit about "After several beers" which sounds crucial.
 
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Why change a wunning habit - try the same again?

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It worked once ... so why not again?

[/ QUOTE ]It's a well known fact that you are highly unlikely to win the lottery twice.
 
Son of Stingo , Spawn of Stingo,
South Stingo,Southern Stingo,etc
The Twins,Double Trouble,
THE STING
Er why not ask Neil Magna Carta?
 
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