Naming inanimate objects

[Muley Gil]

My granddaddy's last car was a 1952 Buick Super. Came with a straight eight and DynaFlow transmission. When he died, my grandmother kept the car, although she didn't drive. She would go out to the garage and crank up "Old Betsy" about every two weeks, until the battery died.

I was given "Old Betsy" when I got my license. Kept her until 2000. Wish I had her back.

 

[eveled]

Nope no names here. Unless "the black Jeep", or Green truck" count. Maybe I should go back and count all the vehicles I've owned, and number them. Like a fleet.

Pet peeve of mine, is I don't like pets to have people names.

 

[Broke Hoss]

76 GMC 4X4-The Blue Mule

Still call Dad's Win 94 "Betsy"

I have an old SL35 Streamlight flashlight that earned the name "Thumper"

 

[Qball]

I had an old Yamaha 500 single that a friends wife called "The Helicopter" it stuck with the bike for ever
Idling along at slow speed it sounded just like a "Huey" and at full throttle (100mph) BRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Not really stock started it life as a offroad bike.

Best bike i ever had, tore my heart out when i had to sell it.
(Last picture i have of the wonder bike)

 

[30-30remchester]

I name many objects. The practice has a long rich history. A particular 3' Keystone fiberglass fishing rod with an old Zebco 202 reel has been passed down from my wife to a daughter and to 2 grandsons. Whenever it is pulled out fish die. It has been named "Death Ray".

I have a work truck that is a WORK truck. It is dented, NO bedliner, hydraulic hoist in the back, headacre rack, crossbed toolbox, 8,000 lb winch, 8' snowplow, gunrack with permanents occupants, eye bolts into the bed for tiedown points, and aggressive snow tires. This a'int no sissy boy truck, it had to work for a living. I let my daughter name it. I was assuming because of the fact it has more testosterone than a barrack full of Marines, the name would be something like "Mountain Thunder" or "The Hawg" or " Grizzly Getter". Something manly to match its status.

She named it "Buttercup".

 

[Salty RI]

I think it's openly agreed that we all tend to name stuff we own. Like cars, guns and many other things that really don't need a name. Recently I bought a newer jeep, since I don't really have any experience with them but have always been taken pretty good care of by most Mopar brands (with the exception of a 2012 300) and I can't seem to find a name for this one. I've never really been a jeep guy nor have I really even been an SUV guy but I do really like my Jeep so far. Even though I hated my 300 I still named it, it's name was Fiona because it sounds like a pretty name and the 300 was infact pretty. The jeep isn't exactly pretty quite honestly it's bare bones and rugged for the model year (2016). Anyways I've seemed to find myself rambling, as I tend to do when posting on here, what have you all named your vehicles, guns or any other object. Maybe it will give me some inspiration. Thanks for reading and have a safe and wonderful day.

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The only things I have ever named were my dogs. A good name for a Jeep is Nellie Bell.[emoji2]

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[alexfitch225]

I had an old Yamaha 500 single that a friends wife called "The Helicopter" it stuck with the bike for ever
Idling along at slow speed it sounded just like a "Huey" and at full throttle (100mph) BRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Not really stock [emoji14] started it life as a offroad bike.

Best bike i ever had, tore my heart out when i had to sell it.
(Last picture i have of the wonder bike)

That is one beautiful bike. Love the name too

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[2ffat]

The only inanimate object we have named is my wife's Honda HRV. We named it "Harvey." Can you figure out why?

 

[Qball]

That is one beautiful bike. Love the name too

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Thank's
It was hysterical fun, when the buyer asked if it ran?
I kicked it over once and took it for a spin.
Bad move... i miss it even more now.
Light and nimble, with brakes from a Honda twice its weight, stopped on a dime.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I have yet to name any inanimate object car, gun, or anything else. Seems a bit silly to me.

Oh, wait, I did name my boat back when I had one. It was the Zephyr (a gentle breeze). Naming a boat is traditional, though.

Dad did have an old Ford stepside when I was a kid. He didn't name it, but Mom did. She called it the Rattletrap.

 

[SailDesign]

My new Subaru (Impreza, base model) has been named "Gooby the Subie" - mostly to stop my 2 grand-daughters from giving it a sillier name. They called my Fiat "Flower" coz it was red.

 

[SailDesign]

I have only named one gun - my Winchester 52 is called "Bertha" because she's big. Which makes it traditional

Big Bertha (howitzer) - Wikipedia

My "new" Big Bertha in tacticool mode (now returned to original configuration) :

 

[SteveA]

Had a black 340 Duster in high school with a white stripe down the middle. My buddies dubbed it the Skunkmobile.

 

[Bib]

I've only named my motorcycles....my 1974 BMW that i rode for over 25 years was "Trigger". I pretty much wore it out and in 2013 I replaced it with a low mileage 1983 Goldwing..."Angel"

 

[bigride]

I miss Walt. I bought the old truck with the name of a previous owner stenciled on the tailgate. Old Walt was a fine truck.

 

[SailDesign]

I miss Walt. I bought the old truck with the name of a previous owner stenciled on the tailgate. Old Walt was a fine truck.

We had a Deere lawn tractor we called "Veg" because someone had written that in chalk on the right-hand side of the engine cover.

Couple of years later we discovered it actually said "Neg" but the first upright had been rubbed off. That was the side the negative terminal of the battery should be..... <sigh>

 

[Muley Gil]

The only inanimate object we have named is my wife's Honda HRV. We named it "Harvey." Can you figure out why?

A 6' white rabbit aka a pooka??

 

[30-30remchester]

I think that many people name objects that they use on a daily basis. Few people have enough time with their guns these days to name them. Even if the carry them daily they don't use them daily., I have worked with a lot of interesting people and many name their hammers, saws, knives, trucks, ect. Things that you could never borrow and should never ask to do so. A friend used an irrigation shovel everyday in the summer for decades. Old "slicer" was worn to about half its original size. I carried a Colt Woodsman for many decades. It was used when I guided elk hunters and was used to finish off at least 50 deer and elk as well as sending a few to the freezer that was not previously wounded. Rabbits, birds, badgers, prairie dogs, tweedy birds and the like all were its victims. My grandmother said to me once, get your "Cridder Getter" and get rid of that skunk living under the porch. It has worn that moniker ever since.

My guiding Jeep was a worn out mountain car that spent its later life strictly in the mountains. It broke down quite often and left us to get home by "shanks mare". My hunting buddy and I were again working on it, far from town, as it had broken down once again. Looking up from under the hood he said, "but other than that she is cherry". It was shortened and initials used to describe which vehicle to take up the mountain. Lets take BOTT (but other than that).

 

[peterGun]

Say hello to the willys

Big and little


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[GaryS]

I don't name objects, but my wife does. She gives her cars names. A few years ago, I bought a very nice Ariens 28" Deluxe snow blower.

My wife asked if I was going to name it. I said no. She said I really should since it was so expensive.

I replied, "Monica."