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Subject:Re: Need a name
From:Joel Walker
Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:08:39 -0500

> Hah!  I was thinking about posting the same question today!  I've
had my
> brown 85 Westy for 4 months with no name.  I've been throwing around
"Jiminy
> Cricket", 'cause, ya' know, it does kinda look like a cricket or
grasshopper
> from the front.  Please send comments or suggestions!  Keep in mind
that
> other than every day use, I have the van rigged out and geared up
for search
> and rescue (I work search dogs), but I haven't been able to think of
a name
> I like that pertains to that.

brown. camper. round headlights. big. hmmmm ....

Brown Round?
Little Brown Jug. :) just Jug fer short.
since it kinda sorta somewhat looks like a loaf of brown bread ...
Schrotbrot (in german)
big round eyes? brown owl, or Waldkauz. :)
Hazelnut. or Haselnuss ... from an old song about such things. :)
Brow Inn?? :)
Brownian Movement (if you're a chemist). :)
Brown-eyed Susan (a flower, Rudbeckia triloba). or Beckia for short.
or Loba. or Trilo.
and you could paint the leaves of the flower on the bus. :)
Brown Recluse? :)  but then you have to be rather venomous .... ;)
Brownstone ... an old name for common apartment buildings.

now, you've got brown leather, so it could be ...
Brown Cow (as in, How Now, Brown Cow?)
Horsefeathers (don't know where i got that one)
Leather Whether
or just    Tanned Van

and woods are also brown, so ...
Oaken Bucket (from Nantucket?)
Cedar Chest (or if you happen to be volupuous, See der Chest??)
or if you like sailing, Sea der Chest?
Storage Closet.
Armoire
Mahogony (My Hogony?)
Chestnut (would be better if you were a mammary-obsessed male driver).
:)

or ....

go buy a big box of Crayola Crayons, and pick the color that matches
your bus ...
and hope it's not Raw Umber!!! :)

unca joel