Just thought we'd paste online our latest acquisition (proudly sponsored by Stabi-Craft boats and Discovery Channel).

Expect to see live squid soon :)

It doesn't have a name yet. Anyone with any suggestions?

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=950

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=949

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=948

:boat: :mrgreen:

I think it can only be:

CTHULHU

(or some variation thereof... Perhaps Great Cthulhu or Call of Cthulhu or even Cthulhu Cruises...)

All hail the dead but dreaming lord of all Cephs!

...and imagine the confusion at the wharf as they try to figure that one out. :cthulhu:

Congratulations on the boat!

Hmmm.

Alecton deux? No, that probably wouldn't fly with American audiences. (Our government encourages us to hate the French.)

Hell, if Condoleezza Rice can have a supertanker named after her (true story), then that there jet-screamin' Stabicraft vixen ought to named Tintenfisch.

Clem

Clem

You are kidding about the tanker, right??? OMG....

Anyway, call the boat the Pequod...

Hee hee... Just pulling your leg. Hmm.... How about the Maelstrom? The White Squall? The Ancient Mariner?

About about "Fujisawa's Sake"?

Yeah, didn't think so...

Good luck!

John

Wow!! Nice!!! How bout Cephlamaniac?

Carol

Kraken?

Mesonychoboatis?

Aulacostephanus autissiodarensis? (a Jurassic ammonite)

Bostrychoceras polyplocuin? (don't ask)

Taningia?

Mr Boat?

Grendel?

Schwarzenegger?

What about "Nautilus"? From 20,000 leagues (and just a ceph in general?)

Jetceph came to mind.

Or something more more traditional

Lady Amphitrite (Poseidon's wife).

Sweeeeet boat!!! Wht not Teuthis or Danae, or maybe Neil if thats more to your liking .The Nautilus also sounds great. :D

I have to add a vote for Mr. Boat. That's gold, Phil. :lol:

Here's a few more: (joel started it!)

Sweet Caroline
Soolaimon
Cracklin' Rose
Desiree
Midnight Dream

:twisted:

Or you could call her Archy.

You know, the shape of that boat rather strongly resembles our favorite beaks, IMO.

Beak

Man o' Ceph

err... Man O'Shea

Okay, now I'm just being silly.

What? No TONMO.com suggestions???? :x

How about Tonmoteuthis Hunter? :P

What? No TONMO.com suggestions???? :x

How about Tonmoteuthis Hunter? :P

Hey, that's a good point. Even just TONMO wouldn't be too bad at all.

Or... TONMOTO

-- The Octopus News Magazine On The Ocean

Kinda looks/sounds like :tomato:

Or... TONMOTO

-- The Octopus News Magazine On The Ocean

Kinda looks/sounds like :tomato:

That, sir, is freakin' fantastic. :heee:

Howzabout:

A) The Mary Ellen Carter
B) The Architeuthis
C) The Monkey (Don't ask)
D) The (Insert your wife's name here, Steve)
E) The Dead Sixty-Foot Calamari
F) The Now these names are just getting ridiculous
G) The Mesonychoteuthis
H) The Squid With an Unpronouncable Scientific Name
I) The S. S. Arrrr!
J) The Daywake
K) The Corsair
L) The Freebooter

There... a dozen names. (my fingers/brain hurt).

The Don Estelle?

This has the potential for a good poll if anyone feels inspired.........

Phil,

I cannot accept the burden of winnowing down the suggestions to a manageable, poll-friendly number. Got too many enemies already.

Is Mr. Boat friends with Tugger, Russell Crowe's talking tugboat?

HMS Scylla
Steenstrup's Folly
USS The Sullivans' Squid
USCGSS Nostonmo
Ika-Maru
HMS Mantle (sister ship of the Hood)
Squid, Ho!

:boat:

Clem

Steve, why not name her for this Queen Sheetal you and Colin refer to?

Melissa

..... do you not know who Queen Sheetal is Melissa? Those were the days (as Mary Hopkins used to sing) .... it was dangerous to log on to TONMO then - you never knew what whispy green mists and tutu-clad tane toads would appear.

.... it all started a long, long, very long time ago, when Colin was knee-high to a grasshopper, sitting alone in some bar (or was it Phil?) .... it was so long ago

I don't know of Queen Sheetal, but your description evokes the little girl in the Australian cane toads documentary with her pets, cane toads, all dressed up for tea. My cat is worried that she will be subjected to dress up, like the toads and the cats mentioned in

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1218&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50

I hope no one will post pictures of their octopus in costume!

Melissa

.... actually, I quite like Queen Sheetal as a boat name.

The RV Queen Sheetal

We'll post a poll of the best/more appropriate names soon, but keep up the suggestions for the time being.

Cheers
O

Ps, Phil, I think the RV Don Estelle has both elegance and sophistication too.

heheh.... hows about Squid Pro Quo ?

i think i heard Homer say that on the Simpsons once, just happened to remember it.

What about the Nesis?

J

What about the Nesis?

That's a good one.

:cry:

playing off someone elses earlier idea, how about 'squid caroline' that way riding in the boat will be twice as likely to make Kat gag.....

playing off someone elses earlier idea, how about 'squid caroline' that way riding in the boat will be twice as likely to make Kat gag.....

Yeah! I was also going to suggest something like Crunchy Graneledone, but I thought that would be too obnoxious.

LOL

I was going to suggest Sealegs but I quite like Cthulhu and Nesis...

I suppose Fly By Ammonite is pushing it. :roll:

Of course given its colour, you could just call it the lil hippo :roll:

And if Steve had, you know, more of a porn star thing going on you could use something like Naughtylust. Just about any species (http://tolweb.org/tree/eukaryotes/animals/mollusca/cephalopoda/cephIndex.html) is ripe for dirty punning.


Wait a sec, this isn't groaners...

:roll:

Just in case Steve's been able to conceal his excitement about the new toy... this one says it all. :)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=1011

I was trying to decide how the rod holders stood with the probable aim of the craft. Admittedly it would look great off Rangitoto but on the Chatham Rise it would probably look a bit out of position!

My choice of name after studying the photos carefully (and the person standing alongside her) is "The Shiny Bugger"

Have you named her yet??

J

Phil and I agree....this is what you should buy and use for future expeditions....

http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/02/news/funny/ebay_aircraftcarrier/index.htm

although i hear on the black market old Soviet Kilo class subs might go as low as 50M USD.... :periscop: :roll:

:shock:

I'm still getting to grips with the hippo/Archi Face Off in your avatar and you go post something like that!!

90 mill!

There's a lot you could do with a ship like that, as far as decking her out with tanks was concerned, and the near-endless research opportunities. You would have to wonder how seaworthy she was, and what sort of money was involved refurbishing her for the luxury/tourist market. You could be purchasing one COLOSSAL albatross ......

As far as naming the boat is concerned (the smaller one), I've kind of settled of the R.V. Don Estelle (thanks Phil). Additional signage goes on before 15 Jan (3 other sponsors), and when that's done I'll find a place to put her name.

There will be no loose lips aboard this ship.

Oh wow! The Don Estelle! :notworth:

If anyone is wondering who Don Estelle was, these links should be of some help:

http://www.donestelle.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/i/itainthalfhotmum_1299001653.shtml

Steve, if you were to buy the aircraft carrier as a huge floating laboratory then I think you should leave the catapult launch mechanism intact. It could be used for irritating reporters or certain ranting fishermen......

I will not have gossip on the hanger deck.

Excellent name - I can see you chasing down a giant squid shouting 'Lovely boy' or turning to Tintenfisch and saying 'I is looking for a volunteer and that volunteer is you'.

Emps

Steve,

If you cannot afford the aircraft carrier, how about this for an ideal laboratory for you? This is one of the weirdest ideas I have ever seen:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26428&it em=2451944274

I was skeptical, but I must concur, that is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen as well! :confused:

You'd need to hang a lot of curtains, and you'd need to hire someone to pull them all at night.

Not sure if I'd want to live in it; it'd sure be different. Perfect extroverted bachelors pad.

Steve,

If you cannot afford the aircraft carrier, how about this for an ideal laboratory for you? This is one of the weirdest ideas I have ever seen:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26428&item=2451944274

:shock:

There is a dc3 in the mif=ddle of the nth Isl somewhere that is a coffee shop!!!

J

.... and it has the cooky bear painted all over it too....
:wink: