What Is A Zamboni? Your Questions Answered

[Dr Adequate]

From Palin's People interview, according to the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102201645.html):

Palin said if she and husband Todd had had a sixth child, they had already picked a name for a boy joining siblings Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.

"I always wanted a son named Zamboni," she said.

What, you ask, is a Zamboni?

An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink, originally developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Paramount, California. Frank J. Zamboni & Co, Inc. and other companies manufacture ice resurfacing machines. Zamboni is a federally (U.S.) and internationally registered trademark, though the term is often used as a generic colloquialism for ice resurfacing vehicles.

Please tell me she's kidding.

[Puppycow]

Zam for short. Has a nice ring to it. :D

She's a hockey mom, remember?

I take it you don't care for zany originality in names?
I think there's something to be said for getting away from boring names like John and George. They are overused. YMMV.

[H3LL]

It's the off-spring of Venus' pet. Steve Zodiac will not be pleased?

Palin being a Lazoon is not beyond belief and would explain a lot. http://forums.randi.org/picture.php?albumid=14&pictureid=401

:D
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[bozothedeathmachine]

From Palin's People interview, according to the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102201645.html):[i]Palin said if she and husband Todd had had a sixth child, they had already picked a name for a boy joining siblings Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. She's already got kids named after a thing you run on, a pharamecutical copmany, a tree/Buffy character, someone famous for leading rats, and a math subject, respetively.

Why the hell not a ice tractor?

[Meadmaker]

Are there really people who don't know what a Zamboni is? I guess things are different here in Detroit. I wouldn't name a kid after it, but I'm pretty sure that Zamboni has very high name recognition here in Detroit, also known as Hockeytown.

I've never looked into it, but I'll be we have a much higher percentage of children name Stan, or Stanley, than most cities.

[The Painter]

Are there really people who don't know what a Zamboni is?

Apparently there are. Do they even play hockey in the UK?

[T.A.M.]

a heartbeat away from the presidency...

Is there anyway we can make a giant cut between Canada and the USA, and either fill it with water, or tug Canada over to Europe?

Dear God.

TAM:)

[Praktik]

Is there anyway we can make a giant cut between Canada and the USA, and either fill it with water, or tug Canada over to Europe?

Well they were able to airlift Australia to the south pacific so I see no reason why not.

[Cleon]

I would like to make two points:

#1, as a hockey fan myself, I know what a Zamboni is.

#2, I don't really care what she names her kids. I find it interesting that people don't seem to have a problem with a certain magician who named his daughter "Moxy Crimefighter." Next to that, "Zamboni" doesn't seem that bizarre.

[gdnp]

Placenta...that has a nice sound to it. Too bad it wasn't a girl.

[boloboffin]

It's very possible that she might be trying to own the joke about her kids' unusual names. Of course, no matter what she names a sixth Palin, the nickname at least will be Zamboni. Maybe that will fall to Bristol's impending child.

[gdnp]

It's very possible that she might be trying to own the joke about her kids' unusual names. Of course, no matter what she names a sixth Palin, the nickname at least will be Zamboni. Maybe that will fall to Bristol's impending child.

Is the wedding before or after the inauguration?

[boloboffin]

Is the wedding before or after the inauguration?

I'm going to guess after. Oh, the inauguration! Well, the baby's coming before the inauguration, so before then. Although it might be more important to the Palins to have the child born on Alaskan soil than the parents being married in the eyes of man.

[Damien Evans]

No worse than Moon Unit.

[technoextreme]

No worse than Moon Unit.
Heh.... Zamboni isn't worst than what I was named after. I was named after a fictional cowboy. My brother was named after another fictional cowboy. Thank heavens that the names were Adam, and Ben. :o My mother's rendition of what happened during the baptism is hilarious.
Priest: Ahh.. I see you've named your son after Adam the first son.
Father: No. I named him after a cowboy.

[Small Town Jesus]

I wonder what my friend Armitage Shanks was named after?

[rdaneel]

I think she should name him Nilap Level Palin.

[Upchurch]

St. Louis has a professional hockey team. and from the looks of it: no, we do not play hockey. :boggled:

[negativ]

"I always wanted a son named Zamboni," she said.[/i][/indent]

Please tell me she's kidding.

Although I often like unusual names, I think it's unfortunate when parents fail to take into account the ease with which certain names can (AND WILL) be mocked by the kid's peers, probably all the way into adulthood.

Zambo
Little Black Zambo
Zambozo
Zamboner
Boni
Boner
Hamboni
Hambone

If I were 10 years old again, I could probably come up with better / crueler ones.

[bozothedeathmachine]

#2, I don't really care what she names her kids. I find it interesting that people don't seem to have a problem with a certain magician who named his daughter "Moxy Crimefighter." Next to that, "Zamboni" doesn't seem that bizarre.

Don't forget Pilot Inspektor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Inspektor). And in all fairness, given Penn's tongue-in-cheek persona, the name is rather apropos. Or he's just a whacko. Either way, he doesn't ask anyone to take him as seriously as to run for VP.*

*Though I wouldn't be surprised if he did some day. Paulbots, thy savior is nigh.

[Dr Adequate]

First, no we're not big on ice sports down my way, I'd never heard the word "Zamboni" before.

Second, as I indicated in my OP, she might just be joking. The thing is, it's hard to tell with her record. I mean, if someone told you a couple of years ago that she'd had kids called Track, Bristol, Willow, and Piper, and then told you that she'd decided to call the fifth one Trig, you'd have thought that that was a joke, wouldn't you?

Thirdly, no, of course I don't take this a bit seriously.This has no bearing on her fitness as a potential VP whatsoever. Not unless that office confers the power of renaming states, in which case I shall become her most ardent supporter.

[Snide]

I think she should name him Nilap Level Palin.It would only be appropriate with their last name. But I would prefer Ono for the middle name...

[Ausmerican]

Don't forget Pilot Inspektor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Inspektor)..

As far as Pilot Inspektor goes I dont bother criticising Jason Lee for that when there is this:
Lee is a member of the Church of Scientology[8][9] and is on the Board of Advisors for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights,[10] an organization founded by the Church of Scientology "dedicated to investigating and exposing psychiatric violations of human rights."

[JoeTheJuggler]

Palin is supposed to drop the puck at a Blues game here in St. Louis tonight. I'll be curious to hear what kind of reception she gets.

The City of St. Louis is overwhelmingly pro-Obama. The suburbs are much more mixed, and the rural areas of Missouri are overwhelmingly pro-McCain. I'm pretty sure the Missouri polls still have it within the margin of error.

[WildCat]

I thought everyone knew what a Zmboni was, oh well. The Gear Daddies (a band from Minnesota) even wrote a song about it!

vVkJbvv3pHg

[Gnu World Order]

Although it might be more important to the Palins to have the child born on Alaskan soil ...

So when Alaska secedes, he/she will be a citizen of the new nation?

[dudalb]

The song that Wildcat posted is a favorite on the PA System at San Jose Sharks games.

[T.A.M.]

If the child gets "Zamboni" as a name, I wish him never to live in Canada...a lifetime of teasing to say the least.

TAM:)

Seeing how we are talking hockey songs, here is a great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYzABMePJk

[ZouPrime]

I'm going to name my first daughter "Fannie-Mae" and my first son "Freddie-Mac"

[ktesibios]

I thought everyone knew what a Zmboni was, oh well. The Gear Daddies (a band from Minnesota) even wrote a song about it!

vVkJbvv3pHg

And Woodstock used to drive the Zamboni when he and Snoopy played hockey on the frozen birdbath.

I wonder what are the ramifications of giving a kid a name that's already a registered trademark, e.g., if I were cockeyed enough to, say, name a son "Xerox". Could the trademark owner sue?

[technoextreme]

I honestly have to wonder what the Zamboni family thinks about this. First Joe the plumber. Next up Joe Zamboni.
I wonder what are the ramifications of giving a kid a name that's already a registered trademark, e.g., if I were cockeyed enough to, say, name a son "Xerox". Could the trademark owner sue?
Trademark rules get iffy with names. Admittedly, it's not as absurd as Megatron or Optimus Prime. Ehhhh... I guess if you could get away with Megatron or Optimus Prime Zamboni wouldn't be that absurd.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1150275917551
http://www.legalzoom.com/legal-articles/Most-Outrageous-Name-Changes-.html

[Agatha]

Apparently there are. Do they even play hockey in the UK?
We certainly do, I have a season ticket for the Sheffield Steelers. It gets virtually no TV coverage, though. One programme once a week in the season on one of the subscription channels.

[dudalb]

I think it was Palin making a joke.
It says something that it is hard to tell when she is joking and when she is serious.

[gtc]

I like diaeresis for a girl's name and umlaut for a boy (except it is a bit close to omlette).

[dudalb]

Palin said if she and husband Todd had had a sixth child, they had already picked a name for a boy joining siblings Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.

The only Willow I want to see:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_1884049023a0ba1811.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=14149)

[boloboffin]

So when Alaska secedes, he/she will be a citizen of the new nation?

You'll have to ask them. Palin got on a plane in Texas with leaking amniotic fluid to make sure Trig was born in Alaska. Sounds like a high priority to me.

[FreshHat]

Palin got on a plane in Texas with leaking amniotic fluid to make sure Trig was born in Alaska.

Is a plane in that condition safe to fly? :D

[Pardalis]

Palin said if she and husband Todd had had a sixth child, they had already picked a name for a boy joining siblings Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.
"I always wanted a son named Zamboni," she said.

Why not Tango, Bravo, Whiskey, Papa, Tango and Foxtrot, while she's at it?

(although I don't dislike Quebec ;))

[boloboffin]

Is a plane in that condition safe to fly? :D

:wackytwitcy:

[Dr Adequate]

This has no bearing on her fitness as a potential VP whatsoever. Not unless that office confers the power of renaming states, in which case I shall become her most ardent supporter. Well since Sarah Palin is to down-to-earth and folksy to post on teh internets, does anyone else have any suggestions?

[Pardalis]

does anyone else have any suggestions?

I hear Tractor and Rootbeer are available.

[steve s]

Although I often like unusual names, I think it's unfortunate when parents fail to take into account the ease with which certain names can (AND WILL) be mocked by the kid's peers, probably all the way into adulthood.

Zambo
Little Black Zambo
Zambozo
Zamboner
Boni
Boner
Hamboni
Hambone

If I were 10 years old again, I could probably come up with better / crueler ones.


"I've got a package for Harry Asswipe."

"It's Ahh-zwee-pay. Harold Ahh-zwee-pay."

Ten points for the cite.

Steve S.

[Redtail]

"I've got a package for Harry Asswipe."

"It's Ahh-zwee-pay. Harold Ahh-zwee-pay."

Ten points for the cite.

Steve S.

Nicholas Cage on SNL.

[steve s]

Nicholas Cage on SNL.

*ding*ding*ding* We have a winnah! Your ten points are in the mail.

Steve S.

[UnrepentantSinner]

Although I often like unusual names, I think it's unfortunate when parents fail to take into account the ease with which certain names can (AND WILL) be mocked by the kid's peers, probably all the way into adulthood.

Zambo
Little Black Zambo
Zambozo
Zamboner
Boni
Boner
Hamboni
Hambone

If I were 10 years old again, I could probably come up with better / crueler ones.

This is a Palin we're talking about so when he's eighteen and knocking up some sixteen year old he can say things like "I gave her a helping of beefazamboni."

[Puppycow]

Not worth its own thread, but there's this:

Sarah Palin takes in a hockey game in St. Louis (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27367683/)

Just minutes into the game, Blues enforcer Cam Janssen and Kings tough guy Sean O’Donnell dropped the gloves and began to fight near center ice. By then, Palin was in a luxury box with Blues principal owner Dave Checketts.

Palin watched the fight intently, clapping as the fight got more intense. By the time referees separated the combatants, Palin was waving an oversized foam Blues finger.

[eeyore1954]

a heartbeat away from the presidency...

Is there anyway we can make a giant cut between Canada and the USA, and either fill it with water, or tug Canada over to Europe?

Dear God.

TAM:)

i wouldn't start digging that moat just yet. She is a heartbeat and several million votes away. Although don't suggest it too loud it will be the next suggestion to shore up america's borders.

[JoeTheJuggler]

Not worth its own thread, but there's this:

Sarah Palin takes in a hockey game in St. Louis (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27367683/)

I heard on the local news that she got a mixture of boos and applause here.

I forgot about her appearance and got stuck in the traffic jam trying to get to a gig near there.

ETA: On a more interesting note: while in a St. Louis hotel, Palin gave her deposition on the abuse of power case.

[CptColumbo]

"I've got a package for Harry Asswipe."

"It's Ahh-zwee-pay. Harold Ahh-zwee-pay."

Ten points for the cite.

Steve S.

Nicholas Cage on SNL.
In her defence, at least she didn't name one of her kids Kal-El.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cage
His third and current wife is Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki, met Cage at Los Angeles based Korean Nightclub, Le Privé. She is mother to his son, Kal-El (born October 3, 2005), Superman's birth name from the planet Krypton.

[hgc]

You'll have to ask them. Palin got on a plane in Texas with leaking amniotic fluid to make sure Trig was born in Alaska. Sounds like a high priority to me.


You don't really believe that tale, now do you?

[gdnp]

You don't really believe that tale, now do you?

Is there another alternative, other than the "Bristol is really Trig's mother" one?

[The Atheist]

Well since Sarah Palin is to down-to-earth and folksy to post on teh internets, does anyone else have any suggestions?

I asked my Alaskan buddy to talk to Mrs Palin and she quickly came up with these suggestions:

New York becomes Towers
California - Beach
Nevada - Joshua
Colorado - Tall
Mississippi - River
Washington (state) - Penny
Arizona - Heat
New Mexico - Road Kill
Tennessee - Cousin
Florida - Zimmer
Texas - Hades

I'll try to get the rest later on.

[hgc]

Is there another alternative, other than the "Bristol is really Trig's mother" one?


Personally, I believe Bristol is Trig's mother, but then a December birth (not severely premature) for Bristol's current child would blow that theory out of the water.

The other alternative though is that she made up the story about her water breaking in Texas. That's actually not unlikely either. She lies constantly, even with the truth sounds just as good.

[gdnp]

For those who are interested in what their own name might be had they been born into the Palin family, I recommend this site (http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html). For example, my name came out as Thump Hummer Palin. I liked it so much I kept it. some others:

Dr. Adequate = Flex Gunship Palin
Ben Burch = Blitz Harden Palin
hgc = Fog Piles Palin
The Athiest = Bullet Bodycheck Palin
Barack Hussein = Plank Castle Palin
Puppycow = Seagull Junker Palin
Pookster = Nam Guadalupe Palin

You know, I think the software needs an upgrade. Hers are funnier.

[Ausmerican]

Roller Texas Palin. Don't know any from Texas. If I was single and drunk I might Roll a Alaskan Palin.

[Cleon]

Just call me Wood Corps Palin.