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Doc's Holiday 8 20.51%
Psyche 2 5.13%
Tangent 0 0%
Ship Who Sang 2 5.13%
Flying car 4 10.26%
Heliotrope 0 0%
Deus Ex Machina 2 5.13%
Trouser Leg of Time 4 10.26%
Psnark 3 7.69%
Pshock Doc 4 10.26%
Folie a Deux 2 5.13%
Ship Happens 14 35.90%
Roger, Roger! 2 5.13%
Filthy Whore 6 15.38%
Freudian Ship 17 43.59%
Mind Dancer 2 5.13%
Molly Brown 2 5.13%
Adrian's Gift 3 7.69%
Fugue State 2 5.13%
Zany Carter 6 15.38%
Ptherapy 3 7.69%
Placeboat Effect 6 15.38%
The Blue One 12 30.77%
They Fight Crime 3 7.69%
Pay the Laddy 2 5.13%
Not Psynking 7 17.95%
# 42 3 7.69%
Wait... What? 11 28.21%
Pinwheel 10 25.64%
SUmkIV 4 10.26%
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:54 AM   #31
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I don't get it, but I voted for "The blue one"... as has been previously stated, because it is (obviously) next to the fish.......

And it's got to be better than "PORTUGAL" (which I am amazed did NOT appear.......)
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Old 07-21-2009, 07:17 AM   #32
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I don't get it, but I voted for "The blue one"... as has been previously stated, because it is (obviously) next to the fish.......

And it's got to be better than "PORTUGAL" (which I am amazed did NOT appear.......)
hey !! THAT'S what we should name it !!! it's perfect ! good thinking, xiaopanda !


(hm, that guy has panda right in his name... makes you wonder...)
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Old 07-21-2009, 09:58 AM   #33
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hey !! THAT'S what we should name it !!! it's perfect ! good thinking, xiaopanda !


(hm, that guy has panda right in his name... makes you wonder...)
No Zelda, you can't name it Portugal. Because you have to have Portugal on one side and Germany on the other.....
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Old 07-21-2009, 09:58 AM   #34
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No Zelda, you can't name it Portugal. Because you have to have Portugal on one side and Germany on the other.....
i see no problem with that !
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:01 AM   #35
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i see no problem with that !
Good point. I mean, they're right next to each other anyway. Or is ICELAND! in between?
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:18 AM   #36
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The port side would be Germany and the starboard side Portugal. Because that's the only way it makes sense, really.
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:26 AM   #37
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Thats all find and dandy for a one way trip, but what when you turn around and head back? You'd have the countries on the wrong side! There's be war and bloodshed, all because you gave your boat two names!
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:29 AM   #38
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And it's got to be better than "PORTUGAL" (which I am amazed did NOT appear.......)
This could get confusing. If the captain yelled "PORT", the helmsman(woman) may veer suddenly to the left *or* the captain may be served a small glass of fortified wine, while the village idiot would be looking at the horizon for land.

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Old 07-21-2009, 11:25 AM   #39
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The port side would be Germany and the starboard side Portugal. Because that's the only way it makes sense, really.
And along the keel be sure to write "Australia".
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Old 07-21-2009, 06:33 PM   #40
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At this point I have to ask if the vessel already has had a name? If she has (all ships are she's btw) it is very unlucky to rename her. The correct process is:

1. Offer the vessel the new name
2. Strike the bow of the vessel with a bottle of champagne once only

If the bottle breaks the vessel has accepted the new name. If not you need to leave her old name in place or risk the wraith of Neptune.

Just thought I'd mention it..........
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(hm, that guy has panda right in his name... makes you wonder...)
LOL....Not quite "Pandorg" (which I LOVE!! 'Resistors are fultile...You will be assimulated..." but "xiao" means "little" in chinese, so it's "Little panda" in a culturally sensitive context.....

I wonder if I'll have to change it to "Okka Panda" if I move back to Oz........
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Old 07-21-2009, 07:46 PM   #42
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LOL....Not quite "Pandorg" (which I LOVE!! 'Resistors are fultile...You will be assimulated..." but "xiao" means "little" in chinese, so it's "Little panda" in a culturally sensitive context.....

I wonder if I'll have to change it to "Okka Panda" if I move back to Oz........
hmph, "little" panda, posing as a harmless cute small animal, the better to lull us into complacency no doubt ! and what does "okka" mean ?? plus you're really australian ????? we know what to make of them around here ! yeah, i've got my eye on you, "little panda"...
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And along the keel be sure to write "Australia".
Which makes keel-hauling a whole lot more funner.

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At this point I have to ask if the vessel already has had a name? If she has (all ships are she's btw) it is very unlucky to rename her. The correct process is:

1. Offer the vessel the new name
2. Strike the bow of the vessel with a bottle of champagne once only

If the bottle breaks the vessel has accepted the new name.
...and you've wasted a perfectly good bottle of champagne.

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leave her old name in place or risk the wraith of Neptune.
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Do that anyway, and get a sticker for the "bumper" that says, "Neptune is Cthulhu's bee-yacht!".
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Do that anyway, and get a sticker for the "bumper" that says, "Neptune is Cthulhu's bee-yacht!".
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hmph, "little" panda, posing as a harmless cute small animal, the better to lull us into complacency no doubt ! and what does "okka" mean ?? plus you're really australian ????? we know what to make of them around here ! yeah, i've got my eye on you, "little panda"...
Oh yes, I am an Intiate of Lulling!! Kinda like a chinese version of Drop bears, (xiaopanda's)... Okka is like...(umm....Looks for US to Aust. translator) Umm...a Uber-masculine, beer drinking, sport loving man's man....and not in a rainbow flag waving way....

...and I feel honoured your keeping an eye on me....
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