Minnesota Held A Contest To Name Its Snowplows And The Results Will Give You A Hearty Chuckle Image: Minnesota Department of Transportation What do you do when you need to name a vehicle, be it a research vessel or some snowplows? Minnesota knows the right answer: Ask the internet. The replies to the state’s contest to name its snowplows may have you in tears. Advertisement The Minnesota Department of Transportation launched the contest in December. Like Scotland, Minnesota wanted the internet to give it some creative and side-splitting names, and by golly it delivered. The names were voted on, and here are the top eight, from Minnesota Department of Transportation: