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Ships in the dreaded Elvis fleet:
Rockin' Robin
You-Aint-Nuttin-But-A Hound Dog


Other ships:
Wise *** (a crappy ship for trading with the AI)
Kiss *** (for gifting to a human player threatening your annihilation)

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The Monkey Business (Gary Hart, captain)
Monkey's Uncle
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Busy Beaver
Mother Hen (support ship)
Blind Bat (no sensors)
Beached Whale (no engines)
Raging Bull
Fish Out of Water (no life support)
Fish N Chips (computer-controlled)
800-Pound Gorilla
Squirrely (minister-controlled)
Dead Duck (shot-up ship for trading to AI)
Peking Duck (long range sensors [GET IT? ])
Naked Jaybird (no armor)
Happy Clam (only a "shell" of a ship; sits in orbit to placate population)

[Alpha Kodiak]

It's scary what happens when you keep a notepad open to write down thoughts while at work....

On a Lark
Frog Prince
Lord of the Flies
Silence of the Lambs
Flea Market
Flea Circus
Top Cat
Dog and Pony Show
Dog House
Dogfight
Cat Fight
Old Crow
Pink Panther
Super Fly
Bantam Weight
Pork Chop Hill
Horse Sense
Mark of the Beast
Four Horsemen
Italian Stallion
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Cat O' Nine Tales
Bull Pen
Fly Weight
Mad Dog
Hot Dog
Dirty Dog
Red Dog
Cuckoo's Nest
Crow's Nest
Hair of the Dog
Glue Factory
Not Cricket
Roach Trap
Roach Clip
Roach Coach
Blood Sucker
Pigs in a Blanket
Jail Bird
Sing like a Canary
For the Birds
Golden Goose
Loaded for Bear
Bear with me
Grin and Bear It
Laughing Stock
Spruce Goose
Gossamer Condor
Tiger in the Tank
Cat and Mouse
Wild Weasel
Horse of a Different Color
Flea Flicker
Dyna Soar
Jackrabbit Start
As the Crow Flies
Lonesome Dove
Ugly Duckling

How's that for a day's worth of random programmer thoughts?

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Eating Crow
A Bird in the Hand
Mad as a Hornet
Sitting in the Catbird's Seat

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Talk Turkey
Uncle Tom
Chicken Feed
Fowl Ball!
Shrike Three!
Infield Fly
Flight of the Bumblebee
Worm Out of It
SawBuck
Doe Ray Me
Buck Rogers
Buck the Tide
Buck the System
Fawning Sycophant
Roe Your Boat
Adder Boy!
Asp Me Anything
Egg On Your Face
Chicken Lips
Crocodile Tears
Crocodile Rock
Don't Have a Cow, Man!
Bull(doo-doo)!

[DirectorTsaarx]

First, the animal metaphors:

Barrel of Monkeys
Lounge Lizard
Blue Iguana
Crunchy Frog
Software Toad
Fish Heads
Fish Lips
Tiger by the Tail
Bull by the Horns (or by the Ba!!s)
Snipe
Guttersnipe
Atom Ant
Danger Mouse
Courageous Cat
Minute Mouse
Mighty Mouse (Here he comes to save the day!!!)
Cat in the Hat
Pale Horse
March Hare
Spelling Bee
Quilting Bee
Skeletonized Cow (okay, this one is pushing the limits...)
Dust Bunny
Dust Puppy
Crud Puppy
Cool Cat
Krazy Kat
Fritz the Cat
Teddy Bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear
Naked Ape
Grape Ape
Deputy Dog
Male Chauvinist Pig
Swamp Fox (American Revolutionary War hero)
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And now, the psychedelia:

Strawberry Alarm Clock
Incense and Peppermints
Tangerine Dream
Mellow Yellow
Mr. Tambourine Man
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Strawberry Fields Forever
Oingo Boingo
Led Zeppelin
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And the crossover hits:

Butterfly Dead
Iron Butterfly
Three Dog Night
John Cougar (Mellencamp)
Blue Oyster Cult
Adam Ant

<edit: moved some entries to "crossover hits">

[This message has been edited by DirectorTsaarx (edited 29 August 2001).]

[Baron Munchausen]

Ok, I wanted to stay 'purist' and only use animal metaphors but the number wasn't going to be enough. After bending a little bit on the rules I've got 150 metaphor derived names. That's enough for relatively low 're-usage' in a real game. Dunno how some of them would look as ship names, but here they are.

800-lb Gorilla
Alley Cat
Barrel of Monkeys
Bat Out of Hell
Beached Whale
Bird in Hand
Bird of Prey
Black Sheep
Blind as a Bat
Bottled Lightning
Brass Monkey
Bug in a Rug
Bull Feathers
Bull Pen
Busy Beaver
Busy Bee
Buzzing Insect
Caged Bird
Can of Worms
Chattering Magpie
Chicken Feed
Clay Pigeon
Clinging Vine
Cock of the Walk
Coffin Nail
Cold Fish
Cool Cat
Crocodile Tears
Dark Horse
Dead Dog
Dead Duck
Deputy Dog
Dirty Rat
Dirty Bird
Dog in the Manger
Dumb Bunny
Dumb Ox
Dust Bunny
Eagle Eye
Early Bird
Fine Feathered Friend
Fire-bug
Fish in a Barrel
Fish Out of Water
Fly on the Wall
Fat Cat
Flash in the Pan
Fraidy Cat
Frog in the Throat
Frog Prince
Gay Dog
Gift Horse
Gilded Lily
Gold-bug
Grape Ape
Grased Lightning
Great White Buffalo
Guttersnipe
Hair of the Dog
Hepcat
Holy Cow
Holy Mackerel
Homing Pigeon
Horse Feathers
Horse Laugh
Horse Sense
Hush Puppy
Iron Horse
Iron in the Fire
Jail Bird
Kettle of Fish
Lab Rat
Lame Duck
Laughing Hyena
Lazy Grasshopper
Legal Eagle
Lion in Winter
Lion's Share
Loan Shark
Lone Wolf
Lonesome Dove
Long Pig
Long Spoon
Lounge Lizard
Love Bird
Lucky Dog
Male Chauvinist Pig
Mall Rat
March Hare
Moby Grape
Monkey Business
Monkey on Your Back
Mother Hen
Naked Ape
Nest Egg
Newshound
Old Coot
Old Crow
Old Goat
Pale Horse
Pig in a Poke
Pink Elephant
Pink Panther
Raging Bull
Ratfink
Red Herring
Road Hog
Rubber Chicken
Rubber Duckie
Rug Rat
Sacred Cow
Sacrificial Lamb
Scapegoat
Scaredy Cat
Screaming Eagle
Scurvy Dog
Shaggy Dog
Shaved Fish
Shrinking Violet
Silly Goose
Sitting Duck
Sleeping Dog
Sleeping Giant
Sly Dog
Sly Fox
Snake in the Grass
Solitary Oyster
Sour Grapes
Spring Chicken
Stolen Thunder
Stone Pony
Stool Pigeon
Straw Dog
Straw Man
Stubborn Mule
Super Fly
Tar Baby
Top Cat
Trained Monkey
Ugly Duckling
Wall Flower
Warhawk
Watchdog
Wet Blanket
Wet Hen
White Elephant
Wise Old Owl
Wolf at the Door
Yard Ape
Young Lion

Reflex action
Cocked Up

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Leguin

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton - guess who....

The Right Hand of Justice...

A Leap of Intuition

Jumping to Conclusions

Not Welcome Mattress

I am out of Here!


[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 07 September 2001).]

A Loaded Question
A Nebulous Response

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[Rollo]

I got another one:
Sick Puppy

Rollo

Going Off Half Cocked
Back To Square One

Actually I doubt that you are able to square a one, you think that it remains one too.

Dont be asinine
Take A Wild *** Guess

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 07 September 2001).]
Would you rather :
Be taken up on it
Be Taken upstairs for a ride
Be taken aback
be taken along for the Hell of it

????

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 07 September 2001).]