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Scots love giving things creative names - from Hurricane Bawbag of 2011 to the many gritters that clear our roads during winter.

Flotsam & Jetsam: Wild sheep and floorboard whisky By Jim Carter Inspired by officials in Scotland who have been naming their snowplow and road-salting vehicles for years (License to Chill, William Wall-Ice, Sweet Child O’Brine), the Minnesota Department of Transportation has climbed aboard with a contest to encourage citizens to name its fleet. Among the most popular entries so far: Plowy McPlowFace, Plow Bunyan and our favorite, Snowbi Wan Kenobi. (We should be able to top that.) What to do? Angie Masse, an owner of A Maze in Corn, a snow maze in St. Adolphe, Manitoba, boasted the world...

Plowy McPlowface Has a Shot in Naming Contest. ‘Abolish ICE’ Does Not. The Minnesota Transportation Department excluded that one as too political. The public can vote on 50 finalists, including Raspberry Brrr-et, Road Carew and Mary Tyler More Snow. The public has until Feb. 26 to pick names for eight snowplows in Minnesota, from a list of 50 finalists culled from 23,000 submissions.Credit...Andrew Link/The Rochester Post-Bulletin, via Associated Press Feb. 22, 2021 The suggestions came in by the thousands, with the inevitable puns and nods to Prince, Minnesota Twins legends and, of...

Beccah Rosalie (@thechildrenareeverywhere) couldn't stop laughing as she read out the names, including William Wall-Ice and Gonnae Snow Dae That A TEXAN teacher trapped at home by the state’s severe snow storm has been sharing the names of Scotland’s gritters on TikTok.  The US has seen deadly freezing winds, ice and snow lead to widespread power cuts in Texas, with Joe Biden approving a state of emergency earlier this week. Texas saw its temperatures drop to some of the coldest seen in 30 years, reaching -18C on Sunday. The extreme weather and the following chaos led TikTok user...