Friday, November 30, 2007
Name a whale
Robert called me over to his cube earlier in the day. He had tears streaming down his face. I was thinking *Time for a M-hug*. Yeah, a man hug. That is when I realized that he was laughing so hard that he was crying.
He pointed me to the Green Peace website, who was running a poll for to name the new species of a whale. These were a list of names suggested by the public and 30 were chosen to select from. I eyeballed it real quick, it the usual touchy feely suspects like Shanti, Kiko, Mira and a few odd ones like Libertad, Jacques and Atticus.
THEN, my eye hit a name half way down.
Mr. Splashy Pants
Yes, I kid you not. Mr.... Splashy.... Pants
So I was laughing but kept it together till I selected Mr. Splashy Pants as my vote and here is what I saw:

That is when I lost it. I love the average netizen.
He pointed me to the Green Peace website, who was running a poll for to name the new species of a whale. These were a list of names suggested by the public and 30 were chosen to select from. I eyeballed it real quick, it the usual touchy feely suspects like Shanti, Kiko, Mira and a few odd ones like Libertad, Jacques and Atticus.
THEN, my eye hit a name half way down.
Mr. Splashy Pants
Yes, I kid you not. Mr.... Splashy.... Pants
So I was laughing but kept it together till I selected Mr. Splashy Pants as my vote and here is what I saw:

That is when I lost it. I love the average netizen.