# I need a name... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146 "2005-11-09T01:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/21 "2005-11-09T16:27:52Z")
Buster Keaton’s boats were always named Damfino. “What’s the name of your boat?” “Damfino.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/22 "2005-11-09T16:43:00Z")
“Orca Bait”. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/23 "2005-11-09T17:00:44Z")
Chum ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/24 "2005-11-09T17:14:34Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > “Orca Bait”. For all those lake orcas prowling the Northwoods? :dubious: Sturgeon Bait just doesn’t have that ring to it Now, if or when I get a sea kayak and move the a coast… ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/25 "2005-11-09T17:25:41Z")
Pssht. Lake Orcas. Where I come from, we have _puddle_ orcas! They’re not hard to spot, but when they breach, you don’t want to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/26 "2005-11-09T17:28:09Z")
Ratty. In _The Wind in the Willows_, Ratty (who was not a rat) said “There is nothing in life so worth doing as mucking about in boats.” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/27 "2005-11-09T18:48:59Z")
Wauona Privateer I just have to add these for fun. Not a Duck Banana Boat Boy Toy ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/28 "2005-11-09T22:28:30Z")
Well, if it’s really good looking you could go with _Selma Kayak_. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/29 "2005-11-09T23:36:33Z")
Ahab ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146/30 "2005-11-10T05:35:10Z")
Way out here they have a name for wind and rain and fire The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe, and they call the wind Mariah Mariah blows the stars around, sets the clouds a’flyin’ Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe from Paint Your Wagon How about Mariah? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name/330146.md?page=1)