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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...

You have to think that when companies and government agencies ask for the public’s input that they aren’t going to get the results they intended and that’s what Scotland is learning the hard way after it asked the public to name 50 of its snow plows! Scotland held a public drive that was organized by Amey, a road infrastructure company responsible for maintaining public roads and bridges, that ended last month and of course it had a record number of participants try to come up with punny names for its new trucks. The best part is that you can actually track where each of the newly-named...

We told you awhile back about Scotland's delightful tradition of naming snowplows and "gritters." Now Minnesota is having a naming contest, too.

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...

THIS week we speak with QPR season ticket holder William Wall who works in construction recruitment.