They're all great except the last one. The "Cirrhosis" one went over my head but I looked it up, it's excellent. The last one, "aqua holic", isn't a dad joke unless I'm missing something.
The "-holic" suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from "alcoholic", but it's commonly used now. So the boat's name just means "water addict", there's nothing punny about it.
I can't decide whether the pencil-pusher who reviews boat naming paperwork has a great job or a terrible one. Should track their workplace injury stats and study the effects of frequent high-intensity eyerolling.
I own a couple of inflatables, a tiny foldable, car trunk capable dinghy with an 4 hp motor, and a mid sized trailerable RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat).
The dinghy is named cuinmeri (phonetic spelling of Queen Mary in Spanish) and the RIHB is called patchwork, because of all the patches it had before I retubed it. And yes, I'm a near boomer (early Xer) dad.
I'm not sure it's possible to humorously name a boat without getting punny in the dad way.
Unless it's a yacht or some other super expensive kind, then you can do villainous puns in stead like naming it what less egotistical people could have spent the money on, I guess 🤷
"College Fund" would be an example of BOTH simultaneously IMO
I guess you could also give it a Gen Alpha slang name that someone old enough to be a dad is too old to understand.
Like, call the boat "Low Key Salty". Simultaneously a play on words and Gen Alpha slang. Best if used for an ocean-going boat docked in the Florida keys.
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neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 122 pts · 167d
Unsinkable 2 got me
Madrigal@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 167d
Definitely the best.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 167d
To be fair though, for all we know unsinkable 1 didn’t sink but blew up or something.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
It hit an iceberg.
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 51 pts · 167d
bert_macklin_fbi@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 167d
My Dad's sailboat was Passing Wind
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 167d
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 33 pts · 167d
Cirrhosis of the River is the best one on the list, hands down.
Hupf@feddit.org · 6 pts · 167d
That's the one I don't get.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 167d
Cirrhosis is what happens to your liver if you drink too much
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 166d
Thanks!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 167d
*Cirrhosis of the liver
deacon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
These are all good but it isn’t even close.
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 33 pts · 167d
Where’s “wet dream”?
tomiant@piefed.social · 27 pts · 167d
Unsinkable II def top of the game.
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 167d
I named my kayak Whoops, but put the letters on it upside down.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 167d
This would be even more epic if you do manage to flip it one day
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 167d
I have flipped it lmao. Only like twice, but it was fuckin hilarious each time.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 167d
Myoobs ? I'm lost
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 167d
It reads Whoops when you flip.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 167d
ahaaa ! I get it ! cheers
BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 167d
I worked for a marina when I was a
childteenager, and my favorite boat name was a sailboat namedC:[ESC]
X@piefed.world · 17 pts · 167d
“Damn, so the Unsinkable sank, eh? That sucks.”
“Not at all, she’s moored at the pier as we speak. I just wanted another one.”
“Oh. I thought there was a grim joke there.”
“Yeah, most people do, which itself is kind of a joke. Shrimp cocktail?”
“Can’t. Allergic to shellfish.”
“Damn, that sucks.”
waz@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 167d
Years ago in a Devon fishing village
toynbee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 167d
Once you're done with whatever you hired them for, do you have to declare it managed?
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 167d
They're all great except the last one. The "Cirrhosis" one went over my head but I looked it up, it's excellent. The last one, "aqua holic", isn't a dad joke unless I'm missing something.
Dadifer@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 167d
Alcoholic?
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 167d
They already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 167d
The "-holic" suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from "alcoholic", but it's commonly used now. So the boat's name just means "water addict", there's nothing punny about it.
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 6 pts · 167d
Since aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · -3 pts · 167d
IMO that's a stretch, they aren't even close to homophones.
Dadifer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 167d
It's a play on alcoholic
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 167d
It would have been a play if it was named in the 1960's.
ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 167d
Being an aquaholic can lead to cirrhosis of the river.
Damage@feddit.it · 16 pts · 167d
Pier pressure Is my favorite
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 167d
Should'a been "Wood Knot", or even "Wood Naut".
baseball2020@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 167d
Prawn star was the best I’ve seen
core@leminal.space · 13 pts · 167d
If you're not dad naming your boat, you're doing it wrong.
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 167d
Woah, I've seen "wood not" and "wood too"! Small world
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 167d
Those boats, you mean?
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 166d
Yes. Those two specific ones, in that boat house as well
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 167d
I can't decide whether the pencil-pusher who reviews boat naming paperwork has a great job or a terrible one. Should track their workplace injury stats and study the effects of frequent high-intensity eyerolling.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 167d
Vocal strain from constant light chuckling. The job title is called Chucklehead.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 167d
I saw one in Amsterdam called Koekblik (biscuit/cookie tin).
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 167d
Aboat Time is just Canadian
64bithero@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 167d
First boat from Canada ?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 167d
Abewt time
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
No, that's his brother's cobbler shop.
Ibisalt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 166d
GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 167d
From Dexter
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 167d
One dude had "Hail Seaser".
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 167d
Where's the C-Word?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 167d
I don't know about you, but I've never seen a boat named "Cunt" OR "Cancer" 🤷
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 166d
The Seaward was just one of so many good jokes in AD seasons 1-3.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 167d
Had a friend whose dad named his boat The Other Woman.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 167d
The best ones ive seen in person have to do with divorce
But cirrhosis of the river is hilarious
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 167d
The USS Unpaid Alimony
elucubra@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 166d
I own a couple of inflatables, a tiny foldable, car trunk capable dinghy with an 4 hp motor, and a mid sized trailerable RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat). The dinghy is named cuinmeri (phonetic spelling of Queen Mary in Spanish) and the RIHB is called patchwork, because of all the patches it had before I retubed it. And yes, I'm a near boomer (early Xer) dad.
Patchwork before retubing:
Alberat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 166d
wakey wakey
merc@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 167d
If these are dad jokes, what would a funny name that isn't a "dad joke" be like?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 166d
I'm not sure it's possible to humorously name a boat without getting punny in the dad way.
Unless it's a yacht or some other super expensive kind, then you can do villainous puns in stead like naming it what less egotistical people could have spent the money on, I guess 🤷
"College Fund" would be an example of BOTH simultaneously IMO
merc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 166d
I guess you could also give it a Gen Alpha slang name that someone old enough to be a dad is too old to understand.
Like, call the boat "Low Key Salty". Simultaneously a play on words and Gen Alpha slang. Best if used for an ocean-going boat docked in the Florida keys.
grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
Relevant Flintstones
(Sorry about the shitty video quality; it's the only copy I've ever been able to find.)
RBWells@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 167d
My dad's friend had a boat named the "Oy Vey"
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 167d
Should’ve been oy bay.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 167d
what does it mean ?
RBWells@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 167d
It's just a Yiddish phase meaning something like oh, crap or ay yi yi.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 167d
It's an expression that basically means "oh dear", or "oh no". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oy_vey
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 165d
Old fart's boat.
paulhellyer@mastodon.nz · 2 pts · 167d
@Viking_Hippie Thank you for these. Really witty, especially Unsinkeable II at which I actually laughed out loud reading it!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 167d
I like Dexter's Slice of Life.
hOrni@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 167d
"Jizzle Drizzle".