Boaty McBoatface

[Diddums 4,308]

You can enter a name for this research vessel. People can vote for it, and the name currently topping the poll is Boaty McBoatface.

 

 

It will be the £200 million flagship of Britain’s scientific fleet, with a serious mission to study ice sheets, ocean currents and marine life.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500669/We-ship-Boaty-McBoatface-Jokers-make-runaway-favourite-poll-new-Royal-Research-Ship-instead-following-tradition-picking-hero-explorer.html

 

 

Brilliant 

[phil bottle 9,640]

Despite having to link to the feckin mail that is fucking hilarious.

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[Diddums 4,308]

There you go sweetheart, just for you 

 

http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/20/boaty-mcboatface-leads-online-poll-for-name-of-new-research-ship-5763140/

[phil bottle 9,640]

There you go sweetheart, just for you

http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/20/boaty-mcboatface-leads-online-poll-for-name-of-new-research-ship-5763140/

Thank you darling that's much better

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[phil bottle 9,640]

Boat Marley and the Whalers is also quality.

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[cyberninja2601 1,103]

I tried voting for it. It would not let me

[Sennex 1,903]

Y'alls government officials suck

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/04/18/britain-wont-name-ship-boaty-mcboatface-name-after-poll/83187578/

 

 

After Internet users overwhelmingly voted to christen Britain's new $300 million research ship "Boaty McBoatface" in an online naming poll, a government official suggested the name wouldn't be used.

 

"There is a process now for us to review all of the public’s choices," Science Minister Jo Johnson told the BBC Monday, per Newsweek. "Many of them were imaginative, some were more suitable than others.”

 

BBC host Nicky Campbell exclaimed that the government would “ride roughshod over democracy" if it did not go through with naming the ship "Boaty McBoatface," which garnered 120,000 votes — four times that of the next closest choice.

 

Britain's National Environment Research Council, which sponsored the contest, noted that it retains authority to choose the final name.

 

“I think we were clear when launching the competition that we were looking for a name that would be in keeping with the mission," Johnson said.

 

He noted the boat's focus on polar research means it will aid the study of serious issues, such as climate change.

 

“So you want a name that fits the gravity and the importance of the subjects that this boat is going to be doing science into," he said, according to the magazine.

 

Meanwhile, James Hand, the British man who coined the name, remained gracious on Twitter.

 

Thanks to everyone who took #BoatyMcBoatface in right spirit. Final say goes to @NERCscience, and there's plenty of worthy winners.

— James Hand (@JamesHand) April 17, 2016

[Diddums 4,308]

Dicks. 

[tronic44 3,631]

I heard that someone very important to environmental research had passed away and they were thinking of naming it after her. That would be fine by me, if it's not her then definitely Boaty McBoatface