Tuesday 13 November 2007

anything but that

the annoying thing about the spring carnival is the endless iteration of racehorses' names on the news. such daft, grating names they give them. they aren't funny or felicitous or in any way well-constructed. they just irk.

whereas if i was filling out a birth certificate for a racehorse (unlikely), i'd choose one of these:

"strange lumps"
"tinkety-tonk"
"sunday tabloid slapper"
"glitterbug"
"stinky cheese"
"not tonight, dear"
"welly top"
"ooh, matron"
"please sir, i feel sick"
"gammon and spinach"
"eurotrash"

4 comments:

Len said...

Eurotrash sounds like a good name for a horse.

Cath said...

So did you hear there is a horse (and it won) named "Lock it in, Eddie".... oh dear.

coffeesnob said...

no. didn't hear. it's a bit like the names they give cars. not real words. what's a "terios"? some sort of extinct dinosaur? what's a "getz"?

ChloƩ said...

Tinkety-tonk sounds good.

Even though I like Clippity-clop better, I think.

Oh dear.