# Suggestions for names for my truck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255 "2012-11-27T09:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/21 "2012-11-28T21:59:04Z")
A quick look at a list of [Canadian comic strips](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_comic_strips) shows a few well-known ones; the best known (though not the best) is “For Better Or For Worse”, so I suggest naming the truck Farley. If not, there’s plenty of other “Bloom County” names left. Bill The Truck? Binkley? Cutter John? Hodgepodge? Lola Granola? ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/22 "2012-11-28T22:03:33Z")
Cleetus ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/23 "2012-11-29T04:58:16Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > A quick look at a list of [Canadian comic strips](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_comic_strips) shows a few well-known ones; the best known (though not the best) is “For Better Or For Worse”, so I suggest naming the truck Farley. > > If not, there’s plenty of other “Bloom County” names left. Bill The Truck? Binkley? Cutter John? Hodgepodge? Lola Granola? I think “Farley” would remind me too much of Canadian author Farley Mowat, who wrote “The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be” and “The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float.” With a name like Farley, I’d be afraid of having “The Truck That Wouldn’t Work.” The comic strip idea may be worth considering, though. Two of my past vehicles have been named for comic strip characters: Opus from “Bloom County,” and Hobbes, from “Calvin and Hobbes.” Thanks for the suggestions folks! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/24 "2012-11-29T05:57:36Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Alberta’s got all the money now, so we call the shots. 🆒\ It’s funny cause it’s true. 🙂 How about naming your truck Jimmy? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/25 "2012-11-29T06:12:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How about naming your truck Jimmy? No, it would remind me too much of one of my golf buddies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/26 "2012-11-29T13:13:31Z")
Canyonero [http://www.amazon.com/Nice-Badge-Canyonero-Decal/dp/B003ZB94WG](http://www.amazon.com/Nice-Badge-Canyonero-Decal/dp/B003ZB94WG) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/27 "2012-11-30T09:11:36Z")
> [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > Canyonero In fact, a friend has taken to calling it “Canyonero”: “Forty feet long and two lanes wide, it’s sixty-seven tons of American pride; Canyonero…” It’s none of the above, but it’s still fun to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/28 "2012-11-30T17:34:26Z")
Chuck. Chuck the truck. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/29 "2012-11-30T18:51:22Z")
Colour! You can’t decide a truck’s personality without more details 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/30 "2012-11-30T19:01:30Z")
Dark grey. The official colour, according to GM, is “mocha-something,” but “dark grey” is accurate enough. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/31 "2012-11-30T19:04:28Z")
UAV Urban Assault Vehicle ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/32 "2012-11-30T20:55:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Dark grey. The official colour, according to GM, is “mocha-something,” but “dark grey” is accurate enough. “Dark taupe” would be more accurate. 🙂 So, Bullwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/33 "2012-12-01T11:15:25Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “Dark taupe” would be more accurate. 🙂 So, Bullwinkle. The problem here is that Bullwinkle–a small, stuffed toy moose–has always ridden with me in my vehicles. He sits on the dashboard. I can’t call both my truck and my truck’s mascot “Bullwinkle.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/34 "2012-12-01T12:11:11Z")
Hugh. As in Laurie. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/35 "2012-12-01T14:52:04Z")
Rocky. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/36 "2012-12-01T15:28:54Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Dark grey. The official colour, according to GM, is “mocha-something,” but “dark grey” is accurate enough. Dark grey: Thunderbolt; Lightnin’; Gloom; Depression; Stormy Mocha something: Double foam latte with a soupcon of cinnamon ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/37 "2012-12-01T17:25:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The problem here is that Bullwinkle–a small, stuffed toy moose–has always ridden with me in my vehicles. He sits on the dashboard. I can’t call both my truck and my truck’s mascot “Bullwinkle.” Dudley Drive-right? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/38 "2012-12-01T17:32:45Z")
Name it Poops! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/39 "2012-12-01T19:20:08Z")
Boris (or Natasha if it’s a girl truck 🙂 ) if it’s a baaad truck. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255/40 "2012-12-01T23:34:48Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Dark grey. The official colour, according to GM, is “mocha-something,” but “dark grey” is accurate enough. Storm King > [@](#): > > The problem here is that Bullwinkle–a small, stuffed toy moose–has always ridden with me in my vehicles. He sits on the dashboard MooseMobile 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-names-for-my-truck/642255.md?page=3)