Portland has chosen the name of its new street sweeper
Portland residents were asked to dream up punny, but clean, name submissions for the bright green public works vehicle.
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Portland residents were asked to dream up punny, but clean, name submissions for the bright green public works vehicle.
Which one has your vote?
The public is being asked to come up with fun, original and clean names
The punny choice was tops in the naming contest run by the Seattle Department of Transportation. The name was suggested by an 11-year-old resident. The submission got over 1,500 votes on Twitter.
Top 10 The Top 10 names for each piece of equipment were as follows: Mack plow No. 1: Bartholomew Blizzardblaster, No Mo Sno, It’s Snow Wonder, Snow Betcha, Snowseph Gordon-Levelit, Mack Daddy, Choncy, Kirby Truckett, The McDouble, Plowio Kart. Loader with snowblower: Snowly Moly, Master Blaster, Blow DiMaggio, Chewbacca, Snow Montana, FARGO’s FURY, Shooter McGavin, Catalina Snow Mixer, Nom nom nom, The Spirit of Carl Snowalter. Mack plow No. 2: Snokyo Drift, Sir Plows-A-Lot, Blizzard Wizard, Plow Bunyan, Snowy Fatone, DEUCE, Mayor Dave’s Mack, Fran Truckington, How about Snow, Lost: Sh...