# Imaginative types: Name needed for fictitious British cargo carrier **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278 "2009-02-17T16:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/21 "2009-02-17T22:29:53Z")
Oh, hell, just saw you already rejected ‘Mastodon’. Oh well, how about: Vickers Armstrong Ayrton Mk IV (cockney rhyming slang for a ten-pound note, geddit?) Vickers Armstrong Haulmaster Mk IV Vickers Armstrong Veteran Mk IV Vickers Armstrong Mastiff Mk IV ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/22 "2009-02-17T23:35:16Z")
The British Army imaginatively calls theirs the [RG 12](http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showphoto.php/photo/13945). The [Bedford](http://wiki.wwiionline.com/index.php/Trucks) was the standard in the late 30s. How about calling it the Marlborough, after the famous general? (Wellington, of course, being used for a bomber in the War). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/23 "2009-02-17T23:40:01Z")
Vickers-Armstrong Constant Mk IV Vickers-Armstrong Praetor Mk IV Vickers-Armstrong Magister Mk IV Vickers-Armstrong Proconsul Mk IV Vickers-Armstrong Efficient Mk IV Vickers-Armstrong Cockswain Mk IV ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/24 "2009-02-18T00:03:21Z")
Cockswain is funny. You should put that in the “clean words that sound dirty” thread. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/25 "2009-02-18T00:17:27Z")
The Oliphant-Wittingtonsidebottom 9000. Type “B”. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/26 "2009-02-18T00:23:01Z")
Ooh, I was hoping it would be something like a little stream puffer cargo carrier. Then you could call it the [“Vital Spark”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vital_Spark). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/27 "2009-02-18T00:35:24Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Cockswain is funny. You should put that in the “clean words that sound dirty” thread. Way ahead of ya. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/28 "2009-02-18T00:38:01Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Final one, I promise: > > Vickers Armstrong [Cerne Abbas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant)Mk IV. Everything you ordered: [manly, powerful, very English, huge, and ridiculous](http://images.google.com/images?q=cerne%20abbas%20giant&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi). :eek:…snicker… ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/29 "2009-02-18T00:43:29Z")
So far, I’m liking “Percheron”, “Oliphant”, and “Mafeking”. “RG-12” is just a little too plebian. “Vital Spark” is cute, but not self-important enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/30 "2009-02-18T01:28:08Z")
The Trouncinator. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/31 "2009-02-18T01:35:33Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > The Trouncinator. Too chi-chi. Too _busy._ Too…too…_California_.;)😃 ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/32 "2009-02-18T01:45:47Z")
Armstrong-Vickers Homunculus Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Dromedary Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Omnibus Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Queen’s Reign Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Good Queen Bess Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Lucifer Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Hercules Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Enforcer Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Nemesis Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Hyperion Mk IV Armstrong-Vickers Bull & Cock Mk IV - Very British I’d say.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/33 "2009-02-18T02:19:52Z")
Marquefore Mk.IV ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/34 "2009-02-18T03:20:43Z")
**RSL** for the three things the British Navy was built upon. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/35 "2009-02-18T04:57:15Z")
The Armstrong-Vickers Mk IV Sherpa. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/36 "2009-02-18T05:32:16Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Marquefore Mk.IV I saw what you did there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/37 "2009-02-18T05:33:21Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > **RSL** > > for the three things the British Navy was built upon. coughcoughcough um, no, I don’t think so–:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/38 "2009-02-18T05:40:17Z")
HMS Rantipole ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/39 "2009-02-18T08:40:10Z")
Norton-Sedley tracker Mk-IV ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278/40 "2009-02-18T09:03:18Z")
Does anyone else think it looks like some sort of modern day conestoga wagon? The Conestoga IV would be my suggestion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginative-types-name-needed-for-fictitious-british-cargo-carrier/486278.md?page=3)