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Mat Bowles ([personal profile] matgb) wrote2008-07-29 10:48 pm

The naming of the Ka

So, the purchase of the Ka has provoked much discussion here and elsewhere[1] (bunch of petrolheads and weirdoes), and Jennie has decided that she wants to name it[2]. She has a preferred option[3]. I'm not too keen[4]. So I thought I'd enlist some help from you lot[5]. There now follows a poll[6]:
[Poll #1231865]
I mean, seriously, why would you want to give your car a name, let alone a silly pun? Oh, wait, I'm in Yorkshire, it's Jennie. Combine the two and I'm doomed, aren't I?

Oh, the other scary thing? She went to the post office today to pay her wage in, and I met her at Sainsbury's to do some shopping. She'd bought a copy of the Highway Code and some L plates. Be afraid...

[1] A friends locked post at her personal journal.
[2] It's a really stupid idea of a name.
[3] I mean it, really really stupid.
[4] I hate it.
[5] Help me oh friends list, you're my only hope.
[6] As always, non-LJers will need to login with an OpenID or create an LJ account to vote.

[personal profile] cosmolinguist 2008-07-30 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
My mom still can't drive a stick (manual, which I know is standard here but it's not in the US) and swears this is because my dad tried to teach her. My dad insists she can't drive it because she thinks it's okay to go straight from third to first gear...

Mom says married people shouldn't try to teach each other anything. :) I'm kind of amazed I didn't end up with even weirder ideas about things like marriage than I have.