damn, joel... you have provided a veritable plethora of monikers... even
more than terry.

Mick
Hilo, Hawaii

----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Need a Name!

> > We've owned our new Westy for about a month now and are no closer to
> picking
> > out a name than the day we bought it.  We must be experiencing some
> kind of
> > naming block!
>
> don't worry about it ... let the bus name itself. or some kids or
> something that happens to you and the bus. buses usually name
> themselves after a while. and it happens when you least expect it. :)
>
> >Anyway, I thought why not seek out the greater wisdom of the
> > list for some creative ideas.  And so it begins...
>
> you're just a glutton for punishment, aren't you?? :)
>
> > She/He (not sure of this either) is a very clean Gold '86 Weekender.
> I've
> > always wanted one this color and seem to be wanting the name to make
> some kind
> > of reference to it either direct or indirect but I just can't come
> up with
> > anything.  The family hasn't been much help either.  My son
> suggested Homer
> > which as a Westy name has some merit but it just doesn't do it for
> me.
> > So, any thoughts?  Do I need to offer a prize?
> > '86 Weekender without a name
>
> well ... looks to me like you've already named it. sorta. :)
> House with no Name. like the old song. ;)
>
> so you want the color to be in the name somehow? like SunBus?
> or Inca-dinca-do? (inca = sungod= gold. get it?? :)
> or what was the name of the mythical city of gold? El Dorado? or
> whatever?
> 'gold' in german is 'gold', so that's no help.
> but "heart of gold" is "gutherzig". golden-colored is "goldfarb".
> if you had two of them that color, you could call them the Goldust
> Twins. :)
> Yukon Gold? from the goldrush of the yukon and alaska.
> Goldslush? especially if it was an automatic transmission.
> or, the old old old old song, Oh, dem Golden Slippers ... assuming you
> have bald tires and Can't Get No Satis-Traction. ;)
> Goldie Brawn?? like the movie actress.
> or like Phaedra said, Fool's Gold but twist it into "I'm Pyrite". :)
> or since the bus IS made of steel and such, "Iron Pyrite" ... or if
> you love deserts after a meal, Iron Pie-Right!
> Rollen Golden?
> Old Gold? (a very old brand of cigarettes).
> Golden Oldie?  or Gold DeNoldie. ;)
> Bold Gold ... who goes where no bus has gone before. ;)
> Golden Daze? Dazie for short.
> Gold Fever ... or Gold Feeber.
>
> or since gold is sorta 'yellow' in color ...
> Yellow Fever?
> Yellow Slow? (from the old northern saying, "Never eat yellow snow").
> and if you like the Beatles music ... Yellow Goodbye. :)
> Oleo? Margarine? (Margie for short) Butter? (Butt for short?) Parkay?
> :)
>
> and another word for that shiney metallic yellow color is 'brass' ...
> Fast Brass
> Half-Brass
> Fat-Brass
> Brass Section, if you're a musician.
> Brasso ... for all you ex-military types. :)
> Brassoon? for more musicians.
> or since they were usually made of brass .... Spittoon? :)
>
> or basing it upon the color of the sun and all that stuff ...
> Solar Wind
> SunFun
> Sunny
> Shiney
>
> or just for no reason at all ...
> Fudd. Elmer for short.
> Leo (lions are sorta kinda somewhat maybe 'gold' in color).
>
> :)
>
> yup. it's definitely Frydaye on The List. ;)
>
> unca joel
>