Trainy-mctrainface

Efour · 21 Jul 2017 at 21:51

Link

A bit of an RSS post but it made me smirk.

A Swedish train operator asked the public to name a train and well, yeah. At least they say they are going to honour it.

Immature humour FTW!

CREATIVE!11 · 21 Jul 2017 at 21:52

The successor to boaty mcboatface

adolf hamster · 21 Jul 2017 at 21:55

well at least some places still have a sense of humour....

Sankari · 21 Jul 2017 at 22:04

Another is named Glenn, after a long-running joke that everyone in Gothenburg is called Glenn. The joke has a basis in fact: the name is particularly common in the city and its surrounding area, with its popularity stemming from the 1980s, when local football team IFK Göteborg had four players all called Glenn in its lineup. Forty-three per cent of voters supported the name Glenn.

I would have been happy with Glenn, but Trainy McTrainface is superb. And well done to the Swedes for going along with it!

StriderX · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:04

Why would you name a train :|

cheesyboy · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:07

StriderX said:
Why would you name a train :|

How else would you call it in for dinner?

dowie · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:15

Good for them for sticking with it unlike the British officials refusing to name the survey ship.

Vonhelmet · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:35

StriderX said:
Why would you name a train :|

Virgin name train carriages, and you're fretting about entire trains?

It's more fun than just giving them numbers, surely.

StriderX · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:50

Vonhelmet said:
Virgin name train carriages, and you're fretting about entire trains?

It's more fun than just giving them numbers, surely.

NO FUN ALLOWED. :mad:

Vonhelmet · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:51

StriderX said:
NO FUN ALLOWED.

Propose name change from StriderX to whatever his member number is.

Toadem · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:58

At least they have the guts to follow through, good for them

413x · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:59

Vonhelmet said:
Propose name change from StriderX to whatever his member number is.

413x · 21 Jul 2017 at 23:59

Toadem said:
At least they have the guts to follow through, good for them

You absolutely need guts to follow through!

Amp34 · 22 Jul 2017 at 00:24

StriderX said:
Why would you name a train :|

Presumably you've never heard of the Flying Scotsman? Most intercity trains are named in the UK.

Toadem · 22 Jul 2017 at 00:42

Amp34 said:
Presumably you've never heard of the Flying Scotsman? Most intercity trains are named in the UK.

Also Stevensons Rocket, Orient express or even the Hogwarts Express

theres a great big long list

Should we bring up Thomas the tank engine as well lol

mistersprinkles · 22 Jul 2017 at 02:28

CREATIVE!11 said:
The successor to boaty mcboatface

As a citizen of the proud country where Boaty McBoatface (which I think is what they named the submersible rather than the vessel itself) lives, I am glad to see Trainy McTrainface join the club of Mc(vehicle)face vehicles. Hopefully soon we will get Planey McPlaneface and Trucky McTruckface and the circle will be complete.

Sankari · 22 Jul 2017 at 03:40

StriderX said:
Why would you name a train :|

One of the most famous early trains had a name: Robert Stephenson's Rocket.

ElliorR · 22 Jul 2017 at 07:00

Vonhelmet said:
Propose name change from StriderX to whatever his member number is.

3 inches?

Sliver · 22 Jul 2017 at 07:58

ElliorR said:
3 inches?

According to your Mrs, that is accurate.

[TW]Fox · 22 Jul 2017 at 08:15

StriderX said:
Why would you name a train :|

Naming ships and railway locomotives is a tradition going back hundreds of years.