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Gaiman Naming Auction
Embedded Geek writes "Neil Gaiman is auctioning the opportunity to help pick a name in his upcoming novel Anansi Boys. Proceeds will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "I've got to name a currently unnamed cruise ship in Anansi Boys. I have no idea what to call it, and, a couple of days ago, realised that my utter lack of inspiration could do good things for the CBLDF. If you wish, you can bid to have the ship named after you, your loved one, your dog, or even your favourite word." As of 10AM PST the bidding is up to US $2,225.00, but surely some slashdotter who cashed out of the bubble at the right time can bid it up. Be warned, though - the auction indicates "Successful bidder agrees to pay actual shipping costs.""
"Mike and Alice said goodbye to their friends at the dock and then boarded the USS www.goldenpalace.com, eager to start their long deserved vacation."
"surely some slashdotter who cashed out of the bubble at the right time can bid it up"
Naw, I waited until all of my investments went to under 10 cents before cashing out. And I don't know how Neil Gaiman is. Maybe I'm not as nerdy as I thought... No, I'm still a nerd!
(courtesy of Yahoo! image search -- don't get me wrong, I love Google, but Yahoo! image search is much more up to date).
We might end up seeing the SS CowboyNeal, or, worse yet, the SS Goatse! :-)
Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)
If you wish, you can bid to have the ship named after you, your loved one, your dog, or even your favourite word."
Half of slashdotters have the same word for two of the above.
Marketing.
CC.
TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
Well, 'Nancy Boys' is a name suitable to where the ships' located; especially if it's of "Titanic proportions", and thereby 'goes down' alot..
Amazing. /. but wondered what the doc would say. (wife would kill me, that's already been established).
I'm trying to come up with a name for my son.
That he may be named as a result of a slashdot link is scary. Even more frightening is I pondered the name of:
-nB
whois gawk date unzip strip find touch finger mount join nice man top fsck grep eject more yes exit umount sleep dump
Proceeds will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Oh my! Is the Comic Book Guy in trouble? Worst... lawsuit... ever!
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The Good Ship "Overtly gratuitous use of profanity".
Actually, that sounds a lot like an Ian Banks Culture ship.
It's fine. Not even any ads that I saw (firefox+adblock), though possibly it's some kind of brand-awareness ploy...
I'm not so sure about the quality of the list. "W" as a potential name for your baby girl? Possibly to go with middle and final names "T" and "F"?
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That he may be named as a result of a slashdot link is scary.
Dear god, I don't think the world is ready for a Goatsecx Jones....
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
I think someone should commemorate /. by naming the ship by a common /.ism, like
* U.S.S. Slashdot
* The Cowboy Neil
* The Goatse.cx
* All Your Ship Are Belong To Us
* In Russia, The Ship Names You!
I'm sure someone else can come up with more witty suggestions in this vein.
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
We could go with "SS More powerful than Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, and the Incredible Hulk combined"
The money provided to the cause could be used to sue your ass!
A+++++++ insightful comment!!! prompt posting!! would read again!
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Does this ship come with gaidar?
What about the Fark.com UFIA Arena?
... Ah, forget it. Those didn't make the cut last time, either! /got nothin'
Abe Vigoda Memorial
Mikey-San
Karma: +Eleventy billion (mostly affected by watching Celebrity Jeopardy)
So .. let me get this right. I'm supposed to pay you for the chance to do YOUR job FOR you?
"Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals." --The American President (20.1.2009)
Gaiman - Junior high must have been a blast.
Might be easier to rename your dog, though. :-)
Money for nothing, pix for free