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Cassandra

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Ok, someone has just told me he has a name for his van.

Now I admit talking to my car, swearing at it, even pleading with it when its not working right, and I know the male of the species sometimes consider their automotive contraptions to be female, but names?

So fess up, do you do this? :rolleyes:
 
we bought a blue car one time & the salesman, a friend of ours called us the royal family so we called the car queenie.
when my motorbike would be going well i'd say to her "good girl" , "thats a good girl" or maybe "thats the girl"
i dont know why but cars & mbikes are always a she.
tony
 
i think some do have names for them. but just like a female when they mis behave they get called names we shant tell on a public site .ha ha.
 
tony said:
we bought a blue car one time & the salesman, a friend of ours called us the royal family so we called the car queenie.
when my motorbike would be going well i'd say to her "good girl" , "thats a good girl" or maybe "thats the girl"
i dont know why but cars & mbikes are always a she.
tony
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and boats it seems, I remember the 'God bless her and all who sail in (on?) her' speech HRH Liz does with her champers too.
 
How dare you infer that I am a nutter for calling my m/home Big Bertha.:mad:

I do not have to stay here and be insulted.

I can go anywhere.:p:p
 
Hi Tony,

She is typically female. If you are not nice to her, she gives you a hard time.

Very noisy (another female trait):p

I put stuff in the van and she hides where it takes me hours to find it.:confused:

She whispers to the satnav (another female) to get me lost.:(

You just cannot win.:rolleyes:
 
maingate said:
Hi Tony,

She is typically female. If you are not nice to her, she gives you a hard time.

Very noisy (another female trait):p

I put stuff in the van and she hides where it takes me hours to find it.:confused:

She whispers to the satnav (another female) to get me lost.:(

You just cannot win.:rolleyes:
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hehe sounds about right! :p
 
The majority of people who give names to vans and cars are female in my experience, and the majority of names given are usually female.

Nothing wrong or right in any of that, just an observation.

When I was younger we had a small Dormobile motorcaravan based on the Bedford HA. My mum called it "Roma" and my dad called it "The Van", so go figure :p

I still have The Van in my front garden rusting away in the trees. It is 1968 vintage and only 20k on new engine, but rust and general condition is so bad I doubt it will ever drive again. I also have a 1979 Vauxhall Cavalier Sports hatch (unamed) in similar condition. The neighbours just love me!
 
yea i gotta admit i havn't called mine anythin special like 'Phil'
but i know women who name their cars and it is quite shameful to know
 
Firefox said:
The majority of people who give names to vans and cars are female in my experience, and the majority of names given are usually female.

Nothing wrong or right in any of that, just an observation.

When I was younger we had a small Dormobile motorcaravan based on the Bedford HA. My mum called it "Roma" and my dad called it "The Van", so go figure :p

I still have The Van in my front garden rusting away in the trees. It is 1968 vintage and only 20k on new engine, but rust and general condition is so bad I doubt it will ever drive again. I also have a 1979 Vauxhall Cavalier Sports hatch (unamed) in similar condition. The neighbours just love me!
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Tell them its Retro Art, they cant argue with that! im sure theres probably some random lottery grant you can get to 'enhance' the exhibition with a few pot plants! :D
 
See the avatar, that's our Minnie, the name my wife gave her. She's an old girl ( so's the wife!! sorry dear oowww!!! ), but she keeps on going. :D :D
 
leon said:
yea i gotta admit i havn't called mine anythin special like 'Phil'
but i know women who name their cars and it is quite shameful to know
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mine has a few names, none of which i can post :p

i might have to consider calling 'her' Philomena' tho :D
 
I have just sold Bertie the Bedford as we now have an old Fiat called Tina
 
Ours have been called (in chronological order) van, red van, blue van and new van, although new van had the working title of 'Mastodon' which came from the Spooky men's chorale's first album "Tooled up". Obvious really.
 
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