Naming inanimate objects

[BigBill]

My jeep is Christina she starts and runs great all the time.

My 338wm is Betsy. When she speaks everyone listens.

 

[JH1951]

I have an Explorer. Depending on the day or circumstance it is either "Dora" or "The Exploder" (which it has actually done). My Ford truck is "da twofiddy". My ED carries: 649 J-frame is "Little Man", and my 1911 Sig Ultra is "Fat Boy".

 

[Roland the Headless]

guns : gat and lefty
motorbikes named after horses :blue and silver

Toyota trucks get named after famous pigs :Arnold,babe , Willber

but my jeep Xj is Eugene

BTW we name things we feed ...like kids,dogs , cars ,guns

 

[alexfitch225]

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).

I named my work weapon just because it's with my all the time, it's a Glock 23 that I named Katie after a girl I used to date. They're both reliable and easy to handle but hurt me every time I get too comfortable shooting it ( I've got bigger hands so I get slide bite pretty frequently from it) even though I love my Glock Katie I'm getting rid of her soon for a Smith 2.0. I think a name for my Jeep will come in time.

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[WardenRoss]

Crown Vic - "The Batmobile"

F150 4x4 - "THE Boss"

BMW K1200 - "Traveller"

Victory Vision - "Lucilla"

I only name my vheicles so the dog will understand what vehicle we're going to hop in to.

 

[yaktamer]

When I was a kid my mom drove a '68 Ford Ranch Wagon. The steering was really mushy and it had lousy drum brakes all around. We called it "The Green Peril."

 

[30-30remchester]

I named my work weapon just because it's with my all the time, it's a Glock 23 that I named Katie after a girl I used to date. They're both reliable and easy to handle but hurt me every time I get too comfortable shooting it ( I've got bigger hands so I get slide bite pretty frequently from it) even though I love my Glock Katie I'm getting rid of her soon for a Smith 2.0. I think a name for my Jeep will come in time.

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Katie sounds like a great girl but lordy lets hope she was not as homely as a Glock.

 

[30-30remchester]

Years of holding onto jolting cables has left my shoulders susceptible to pinched nerves between my shoulder blades. To help, when I sleep I hug a huge pillow to rest my arms on. I named my pillow after my first love. Does not thrill my wife when I snuggle "Andrea" every night.

I would not hurry in naming the Jeep or a pet. Within a few months they seem to name themselves. One particular deer that keeps getting on our deck is named "Fat Face" for a reason. When my dad was a boy his dad had a Whippet car. They used to chant. "Whippet spank it get out and crank it".

 

[JJEH]

I don't really name stuff that much but Bruce sounds cool

 

[Doogie85]

The first car that I worked all summer for and bought with cash was a dark green 1969 Pontiac LeMans. Built like a tank and served its purpose as a party wagon well.
I didn't name it, but one of my buddies christened it "The Green Hornet" and it stuck. Good times.

 

[shouldazagged]

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".

I would really like to meet your daughter and shake her hand.

 

[custer1876]

We have a dog who lost it rear leg. gets around fine , nickname is (tripod) My Toyota pickup all black is called the Black Swan....

 

[JohnRippert]

I called my first car, grandad's white 1965 Plymouth Fury III 4dr, "Tank".

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

"The Jeep".

No confusion then...
"I am going for a ride in The Jeep".
"I am going to wash The Jeep".
"I am going to work on The Jeep".
"We are taking The Jeep to the beach".
"We are taking The Jeep out to dinner".
"I am buying a two-thousand dollar set of wheels and tires for The Jeep". "I am lifting The Jeep."
"I love The Jeep".

 

[kozmic]

Anymore I can barely remember my kids' names, so I just point and grunt a lot.