An Open Source Project. - Page 2

#11 August 27th, 2001, 09:11 AM

Uh Huh
Get The Picture
Lay It On The Line
A Cloud Of Dust
A Flash Of Light
Up In Smoke
Never Say Never.....

#12 August 27th, 2001, 09:53 AM

The Other Half
The Better Half
A Silent Partner
The computer I use crashes every time I post instead of just browsing. So I will
Take A Break
And See What
Comes To Mind....

Atrocities · #13 August 27th, 2001, 11:25 AM

Look here. http://www.info.gov.hk/mardep/sdfiles/shipreg.htm
http://www.webcom.com/~amraam/shipind.html
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/name.htm

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Baron Munchausen · #14 August 27th, 2001, 05:51 PM

I've thought of quite a few more myself. There seem to be many of these metaphors. It's interesting that there seem to be so many for birds. Maybe we'll really get to 100.

Cock of the Walk
Early Bird
Firebug
Homing Pigeon
Old Coot
Snake in the Grass
Watchdog
Wise Old Owl

Edit: And I just rememebered 'early bird'!

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dmm · #15 August 27th, 2001, 06:18 PM

Dahlai Llama

Early Bird [edit: BM and I must be psychic!]
Road Hog
Corn Dog

Alley Cat

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dmm · #16 August 27th, 2001, 09:05 PM

I don't know why, but "Desert Rat" keeps coming to mind.

Spoo · #17 August 27th, 2001, 09:52 PM

Don't forget Desert Eagle. (Ah, Counter Strike...)

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.

tesco samoa · #18 August 27th, 2001, 10:30 PM

desert fox.

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Baron Munchausen · #19 August 27th, 2001, 10:38 PM

A lot of these names are actually names of real creatures, though. There is a rodent called a "Desert Rat" for example. And the "Door Mouse" is a bad pun on "Dormouse" a real creature. I don't know of any metaphor in English that uses "Door Mouse" -- do you? These names might cause conflicts with other lists of actual ceatures.

dmm · #20 August 27th, 2001, 11:10 PM

"Desert Rats" is also the name of a Shrapnel game. It kept flashing on and off, on and off, in the banner ad. After a while it took over my brain and forced me to post it on your topic.