# Name the new Qantas Dreamliners **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708 "2017-05-16T01:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/21 "2017-05-20T14:38:06Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, and Michael Baldwin. A good answer and not a bit stuck up. Although “Michael Baldwin” that’s going to cause a little confusion. What if we call it Bruce just to keep it clear? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/22 "2017-05-20T22:01:49Z")
Southern Skies (2000 Olympics) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/23 "2017-05-20T22:35:29Z")
Will these companies ever [learn](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboatface-what-you-get-when-you-let-the-internet-decide.html?_r=0)? > [@](#): > > People quickly disregarded the more dignified names suggested by the Natural Environment Research Council — Shackleton, Endeavour, Falcon. Instead the contest became the latest in the Internet’s long, storied history to end up with social media users gleefully offering ridiculous names to government-funded projects. mc ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/24 "2017-05-23T23:33:44Z")
Gotta have a [Rainbow Serpent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Serpent)name in there. I find _Ngalyod_ oddly appealing in a Lovecraftian kind of a way. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/25 "2017-05-25T18:51:06Z")
Somebody somewhere must have suggested **Sheila** by this point. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/26 "2017-05-25T18:59:42Z")
Laettner Robinson Ewing BIRD Pippen Jordan Drexler Malone Stockton Mullin Barkley Magic (because Johnson just sucks) Collectively, they can be called the Dream Team. I’ll be here all week. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/27 "2017-05-25T22:13:22Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Somebody somewhere must have suggested **Sheila** by this point. I thought Australian slang might be a good theme, but after “sheila”, “barbie”, and “tucker” I didn’t really know any more good ones. Those could all be names, though. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/28 "2017-05-26T00:27:35Z")
Laver, Rosewall, Newcombe, Emerson, Hoad, Roche, Goolagong, Court ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/29 "2017-05-26T12:25:34Z")
Scott, Charlene, Des, Daphne, Madge, Harold Bishop and Mrs Mangel. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/30 "2017-05-26T12:53:22Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Planey McPlainface, surely? Sure, if it’s ugly. Otherwise, Planey McPlaneface, wot? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/31 "2017-05-26T13:12:52Z")
All of these ‘Something McSomethingface’ replies are cultural appropriations of Scots-Irish naming tradition and should stop immediately. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/32 "2017-05-26T15:18:20Z")
In the Air Up Over ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/33 "2017-05-26T15:26:58Z")
Charles Kingsford Smith Charles Ulm Keith Smith Ross Smith Bert Hinkler Amy Johnson Hubert Wilkins Frank McNamara ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/34 "2017-05-26T18:04:07Z")
Stand down! This is clearly a job for /b. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/35 "2017-05-27T07:59:05Z")
One of them should surely be “Wedge Tail”, affectionately know as “wedgey”. From wiki: The wedge tail eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia. The largest specimen ever found had a wing span of 284 cm (9 ft 4 in). Oh and by the way, using any Aboriginal name would be considered possibly offensive unless it was suggested by aboriginal people. Otherwise it would be considered cultural appropriation. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/36 "2017-05-27T10:46:32Z")
I think they should call one “Margaret Court”. ---
**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/37 "2017-06-05T05:49:13Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I think they should call one “Margaret Court”. I hope this is a woosh ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/38 "2017-06-05T08:03:36Z")
Sweet Revenge Jihad Pilot Is Not Angry, Just Depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/39 "2017-06-05T10:05:38Z")
> [@steepone](#): > > I hope this is a woosh It would be a nice way for Alan Joyce to troll Margaret. ---
**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708/40 "2017-06-06T09:32:07Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > It would be a nice way for Alan Joyce to troll Margaret. Name it after her then give it a rainbow paintjob [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-qantas-dreamliners/786708.md?page=3)