Well, check it, you annual bastages. Here she is, the Coleman Colossus 4. She is the newest vessel in our camping fleet. Admittedly, we now have a grand total of two inflatable boats, making this the smallest fleet possible, but nonetheless, she will hold 2 of us and will be instumental in our reconoitering mission to see the island- the first step toward unprecidented camping isolation.
We will of course have at her stern, our decommissioned flagship, the good ship Navigator. We are now faced with the reverencial task of naming the 2 vessels of our armada. Will they be henceforth known as "The Grey Oktober" and "The S.S. Choad?" Or perhaps "The Michael Clark Dunkin" and "The Cousin Balki?" Or maybe "The Nutella Princess" and "H.M.S. Black Label?"
One more thing. It is nearly time to open the more specific planning discussions. I put up a real general list on the old site, to keep track of any solutions we might find. Here is the stuff that needs dealing with page.
4 comments:
"I fly like paper, get high like planes"
Let me first say "arrgh, she be a fine vessel" and I'm looking forward to her launch in just a scant several weeks. Rather than break a bottle on her, being as it is an inflatable boat, I would be in favor of spraying the front with black label. I think it would make a fine inauguration.
I am very much in favor of some of the names already suggested, especially: Grey Oktober, S.S. Choad, Nutella Princess and H.M.S. Black Label. (although the last one I would ask to change to O.M.S. for "Our Majesties Ships" as we are a collective) and I'll suggest a few names of my own. Such as O.M.S Choad King, the Faux-diac, Hathaway's Date, The Colossus IV Class Amphibious Assault Craft - Grey Archangel, The Rockness Monster, Home O'Campers and Big Blue and Kasparov. I'll stop now. Oh, I also Like Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
Is there a way to put a poll on the site? We could track answers once we have it narrowed down to a number of suggestions. The other option would be to create a bracket of names, have them face off against each other until we arrive at a winner OR the two names in the "finals" are the two boat names. This is easy to set up.
On a serious note: we should try to get an inventory page of all of our camping stuff and what will be brought and what needs to be brought. The age of the digital camera should make this an easy and dare-I-say pleasant task?
I like the bracket idea. Once we set up the seeding, the individual matches should be decided by argument, illogic, and a 20 sided die. So, the Deep Blue and Kasparov rematch could be settled by the Pythagorean theorem.
Or we could do a poll.
I am all about the online inventory. Lets make it so Number One.
I say either
"The Show Me Your Tits, My Dear" and the "S.S. Piecemeal Hot Dog in Vomit."
or
"Pissin' and Lyin' in it!" and "You Holding?"
or
"Bitch" and "Raw Dog."
i say all coolers should be made to look like the arc of the covenant. (the raft makes me think of temple of doom.)
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