# Band Name! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101 "2009-11-19T01:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/1 "2009-11-19T01:01:12Z")
Something would make a funny band name. “Dead Monkeys” that would be funny. Seeking help in not committing wholesale slaughter (Band name!) I posted a thread, “Central Newt Hibernation”. Two guys post “Band Name!” What’s the deal? I could see, “Plumbing Company!” Central Newt Plumbing Company, now that would be funny. Should I ever start a plumbing company, by gad that’s what I’ll call it. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/2 "2009-11-19T01:11:44Z")
Prince Rupert and the Royalists. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/3 "2009-11-19T01:25:46Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Prince Rupert and the Royalists. In the same vein (heh): Prince Albert and the Danglers. Do newts even hibernate? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/4 "2009-11-19T01:42:42Z")
Ever since hearing a certain quote from Winston Churchill, I’m convinced that “Rum Buggery and the Lash” would be a good band name (with “Rum Buggery” presumably being the front man). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/5 "2009-11-19T01:46:35Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Do newts even hibernate? Some say they are active under the ice. Some say if the water dries up they hibernate on land. Palazzo, it’s “Rum, buggery and the lash” as Churchill described the Royal Navy. It was, BTW a Lord of the Admiralty. Your missing comma makes all the difference. “Rum buggery” means buggery that isn’t any fun. “Rum, buggery” means at least they let you get drunk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/6 "2009-11-19T01:54:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Palazzo, it’s “Rum, buggery and the lash” as Churchill described the Royal Navy. It was, BTW a Lord of the Admiralty. > Your missing comma makes all the difference. “Rum buggery” means buggery that isn’t any fun. “Rum, buggery” means at least they let you get drunk. 🙂 I’m familliar with the original context of the quote and the effects of my dropped comma. The thing is, my (possibly twisted) mind just derives too much humor from a singer going by the name “Rum Buggery” to leave the comma in place. ETA: I suppose it could be left in and turned into a three man act a la Earth, Wind and Fire. Then you could have arguements over got to be Rum and who was stuck with the Lash. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/7 "2009-11-19T01:57:04Z")
It does seem…rude…to mess with a Churchill quote. I beg your pardon, but don’t try recruiting for the Royal Navy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/8 "2009-11-19T02:07:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It does seem…rude…to mess with a Churchill quote. > I beg your pardon, but don’t try recruiting for the Royal Navy. > 🙂 No worries. (Though I doubt the original quote was much of a boon to recruitment either.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/9 "2009-11-19T02:19:18Z")
Speaking of amphibians, how about **The Nictitating Membranes**? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/10 "2009-11-19T02:21:45Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > No worries. (Though I doubt the original quote was much of a boon to recruitment either.) Okay, “Rum, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and the lash.” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/11 "2009-11-19T14:52:45Z")
The Facultative Anaerobes. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/12 "2009-11-19T20:10:55Z")
Den of Exoskeletons ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/13 "2009-11-19T20:14:35Z")
A nice spoonerism, and good band name: Methyl Ermine ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/14 "2009-11-19T20:21:11Z")
I’ve always been partial to “The Embryonic Rat Brain Precursors”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/15 "2009-11-19T20:35:50Z")
I attempt to back fun of those who read a thread, “My Mother Died” and post “Band Name!” and folks are showing up by the dozen. What we got here is a lack to communicate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/16 "2009-11-19T20:39:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What we got here is a lack to communicate. 🙂 **The Hud Suckers!** ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/17 "2009-11-19T20:40:44Z")
Sexual Tyrannosaurus ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/18 "2009-11-19T22:18:02Z")
Fruit Flavored Bitch Slap ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/19 "2009-11-19T22:23:05Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > **The Hud Suckers!** Now _that_ is a Plumbing Company Name if I ever heard one! ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101/20 "2009-11-19T22:39:54Z")
We use the name, “The Johnson Sausage Finger Project”. For when we write tunes that aren’t exactly…um, normal. :dubious: > **[GarageBand for Mac](https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/?cid=oas-us-domains-garageband.com)** > > GarageBand for Mac has everything you need to learn, play, record, mix, and share incredible music, even if you’ve never played a note. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name/518101.md?page=2)