Thread: This is "Bob"
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:46 PM   #14
alanmcorcoran
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Re: This is "Bob"

Not sure why, maybe it was the tendency for eighties nerds to name their computers, often after Tolkien or Trek characters, but I've generally resisted giving anthropomorphic names to inanimate objects. Sort of like naming your toaster.

On the other hand, non-model or brand names crop up for me all the time, such as: "The Butterfly Car" (my POS Toyota adorned by daughter #1 with butterfly decals), "The Bus" (Suburban) and "The Beast" (my early name for my Strat, since abandoned as it is more like a kitty now.) In the early eighties I had a Plymouth Fury III I referred to as The BattleCruiser (it was the size of a star freighter and got escape velocity-like mileage.) And I think everybody at some point in their life has owned a Shitwagon.
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