Way too much time on your hands. You sound like Unca Joel.

Mike

PS.  That's a good thing to sound like.

On 10/12/02 8:54 PM, "patrice b" <prb@TELEVAR.COM> wrote:

> Well, when I realized my van was female "Vana" seemed a no-brainer...and
> she's that Glacier Blue, so she's VanaBlue-- which sounds sort of like a
> nice Southern lady...and I added the blue part because I didn't want her
> mistaken for Vana White...I often find myself saying, "Vana, I'd like to
> buy a valve, please" when I am roadside playing Wheel of Misfortune...;-)
>
> I'd thought about naming it just Blue or Old Blue when I first got it and
> hadn't determined the sex of the vehicle...would sing to myself, "Had an
> old vaaaaaaan, and his name was Bluuuuue, bet five thousand dollars, and
> he'll be good to youuuuuuu. Bluuuuue, Bluuuue-uuu-uuue, Good van you."
>
> If your rig is regal he might be "BlueBoy"... if very working class, maybe
> "Bluto"...blue is the sky and the bluebird of paradise, so you could always
> have the rolling Paradise Lounge....
>
> I have too much time on my hands, huh?
>
> I don't have vanity plates cuz I'm saving the extra money for vanagon
> parts. ;-)   VanaBlu is available in my state, though...
> one of the reasons I needed a larger travelling vehicle is that when I go
> anywhere I have no cat sitter and Creamcicle the Wonder Cat travels
> with...so I'd considered BluzCat, CatBox, and CatHaus, but somehow telling
> people I drive in a rolling cat house gets me disapproving looks... though
> it got me an emergency appt with a mechanic over the phone right away one
> time....
>
> Happy naming.  Drive it a little and it will come to you.  I have a Mazda
> hatchback named Muffy-- not because she's a debutante but because her
> muffler had an obnoxious hole it in when I first got it and every stoplight
> I would growl about the damned muffing muffler muffa muffa whyioughta.....
>
> --Patrice
> 85GL "VanaBlue"
>