Patience

Google “silly boat names,” and before you know it, you’ll find an entire afternoon has drifted away. There’s a fellow in St. Louis who christened his boat “Zombies Can’t Swim.” There’s another in Port Douglas whose boat is named “In a Meeting.” One angler calls his fishing boat “The Codfather.” Another had “Error 404 Fish Not Found” painted on the back of his. I’ve seen a speedboat named “Unsinkable II,” and I’m dying to hear the story behind it. “Seas the Day,” “Kids’ Inheritance” and “She Got the House” all had me giggling. But the award for silliest boat name so far goes to the Natural Environment Research Council. The NERC decided to let school students, teachers and parents all over the UK vote on a name for their new polar research vessel. Several very respectable names were offered for consideration, including “Shackleton,” Endeavor,” “Falcon” and “Attenborough.” But the winner by a boatload was the “RSS Boaty McBoatface.”