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What is your cars name?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by glen68, Mar 18, 2014.

  1. WilDavis

    WilDavis Senior Member

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    "ChuggyPig" (look it up!)

    DROID4 ?
     
  2. Former Member 68813

    Former Member 68813 Senior Member

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    This is all weird, because mine is called "Prius"
     
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    Peri short for Periwinkle Blue. My 2004 Highlander was Elly, My 49 Ford was Daisy.
     
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    My Sea Glass Pearl 2013 is Momi Kai, which is Hawaiian for sea pearl. The GPS is named Portia.
     
  5. WilDavis

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    Of course, but I can only quote T. S. Eliot on the subject: (with suitable apologies!)


    The Naming of Cars is a difficult matter,
    It isn't just one of your holiday games;
    You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
    When I tell you, a car must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
    First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
    Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
    Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
    All of them sensible everyday names.
    There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
    Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
    Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
    But all of them sensible everyday names.
    But I tell you, a car needs a name that's particular,
    A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
    Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
    Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
    Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
    Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricoshar,
    Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
    Names that never belong to more than one car.
    But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
    And that is the name that you never will guess;
    The name that no human research can discover—
    But THE CAR HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
    When you notice a car in profound meditation,
    The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
    His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
    Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
    His ineffable effable
    Effanineffable
    Deep and inscrutable singular Name. ;)
     
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    Ours is called "Katie" essentially because the first two letters of the registration are KT.
     
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    I don't think your apology is entirely adequate. :)
    One cat is named Cristy since we found her on Craigslist...y
    The other is named Ziva because she is so beautiful and the sound of her name is clearly different than Cristy.
     
  8. WilDavis

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    …I have to agree with you, but honestly think that T. S. Elliot was blessed with not only a wonderful imagination but was one of those fortunate folk with a keen sense of humour, unlike so many people I've met on this side of The Pond! My two Cell-Mates (felines) are "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" (just two of their many names) - Wil
     
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    If I am talking about it, it is My Car. If my DW is talking about it, it is Your Car. No other names as of yet.
     
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    So is mine.
     
  11. WilDavis

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    …sounds rather confuserating!
     
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    Cristy is a 21 pound female and is the clean-up crew for Ziva's left-overs.
     
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    I call it "car." The wife and daughter, however, have nicknamed it "Miss Sassy Chassis."
     
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    I named mine Alice. Just seemed to fit. She is practical, yet has a subtle sexiness and without realizing it, she can have a spunky and almost supernatural amount of energy when you least expect it. Black with chrome wheel caps and soon shark fin and chrome body moldings. Being green never looked so hot.
     
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    The 'Golden Egg'
     
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    So, does that mean if you get into a car-to-car altercation (forbid), you'll call it "Scrambled Eggs"?
     
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    I though this was supposed to be about cars?
     
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