# MN snowplow names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211 "2021-03-03T17:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/1 "2021-03-03T17:45:32Z")
There was a contest to name snowplows, of course “Plowy McPlowFace” was in there, but there was some good ones IMHO. My district got " Snowbi Wan Kenobi". > **[Name a Snowplow contest - MnDOT](http://www.dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow/)** > > We’ve narrowed the list down to 60 finalists! Vote now! Brian ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/2 "2021-03-03T19:31:15Z")
There’s some good choices. I’m fond of For Your Ice Only, ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/3 "2021-03-03T19:33:58Z")
I’m disappointed that Mr. Plow (from _The Simpsons_) wasn’t on that list. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/4 "2021-03-03T20:26:20Z")
“Tater Tot Hotdish”? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/5 "2021-03-03T20:30:12Z")
It’s a Minnesota thing. > **[Minnesota Tater Tot HoDish Recipe -- the easiest recipe!](https://www.nelliebellie.com/tater-tot-hotdish-recipe/)** > > Tater Tot Casserole, or Tater Tot HotDish as we call it in Minnesota, is a family favorite! Easy to make with ground beef, frozen veggies, and tater tots --- comfort food perfect for busy families! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/6 "2021-03-03T22:45:33Z")
Are they going to put the names on the trucks, or is this just a symbolic naming? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/7 "2021-03-04T01:21:08Z")
You can track Scottish snow ploughs (“gritters”) live online. They have many funny names too. [Here](https://www.scotsman.com/news/weather/gritter-tracker-2020-funny-names-scotlands-snow-plough-fleet-and-how-track-them-traffic-scotland-map-3062658) is a short article from _The Scotsman._ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/8 "2021-03-04T03:13:14Z")
I got (and voted for) Plowy McPlowface, but really wanted Duck Duck Orange Truck (which I also voted for). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/9 "2021-03-04T03:20:13Z")
They just named the snowplows in Peacham, Vermont. Local schoolchildren organized the naming, including nominating the names which were then put up for a town meeting vote. The plows are now named Day Blaze, Fearless Frosty, Got Snow, Ice Cream and Sparkles. > **[‘Sparkles' and ‘Fearless Frosty' Among New Plow Names Approved by Vt. Town](https://www.necn.com/news/local/sparkles-and-fearless-frosty-among-new-plow-names-approved-by-vt-town/2418400/)** > > Children at one school in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom are celebrating the results of a Town Meeting Day vote — on a ballot question the kids had a hand in shaping. “Everyone needs a name,” second grader Chloe Kempton said of the Peacham Elementary... ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/10 "2021-03-04T03:48:31Z")
I can’t find it now, but at least one article said the names will actually be on the plows. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/11 "2021-03-04T06:22:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s a Minnesota thing. Thank Heavens! I thought it might be a porn thing. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/12 "2021-03-04T15:59:07Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I got (and voted for) Plowy McPlowface, but really wanted Duck Duck Orange Truck (which I also voted for). For those who aren’t in on the joke, “Duck, Duck, Gray Duck” is a regional variant name of the game normal people call “Duck, Duck, Goose”. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/13 "2021-03-04T16:06:54Z")
A friend of mine is the creator of “Ope, I’m just gonna plow right past ya.” (Translation for those that don’t speak Minnesotan “excuse me while I squeeze past you to grab some cream of mushroom soup from the grocery shelf” - or whatever occasion has you doing that strange invade someone else’s space for just a moment. Normally a word like squeeze or squeek is inserted instead of plow) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/14 "2021-03-04T22:36:30Z")
At least according to last weekend’s _[Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me](https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/971953858/lightning-fill-in-the-blank)_, they rejected one of the top names – “Abolish ICE”. Which is too bad, because it is pretty damn clever. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/15 "2021-03-04T22:48:51Z")
I’m bummed to see that my district got the less than imaginative Plowy McPlowFace. Not what I voted for. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mn-snowplow-names/934211/16 "2021-03-04T23:26:20Z")
Yeah, Blanky McBlankBlank was clever and fresh 10-15 years ago. I’ve seen some of the Scotland names before; a couple of my favorites are Sled Zeppelin and Creedence Clear Roads Revival. mmm