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28/5/2011 at 4:28pm
 Location: Cumbria
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Our caravan is called Hugo and he's pulled by William.
Our lawnmower is Edmund. The washing machine and tumble dryer are Eric and Ernie.
Ok Kevin - off you go, I'm ready!

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28/5/2011 at 7:38pm
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Bill as in Bill Bailey

 



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28/5/2011 at 7:52pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Kevin Massey on 28/5/2011
Quote: Originally posted by fallenangel on 27/5/2011
  well if its sad to give things names someone should have told eddie stobart. all his lorries are named when you pass them have a look on the front of them it keeps kids bussy for hours on long jurneys looking for the names 

 


 

Dissagree....Eddie had a fleet of wagons and used female names as a way of identification ... this also turned out to be a brilliant marketing idea too....  I could understand there may be a need to name your caravan if you had multiple vans of the same make and model


 Dissagree with what that hes named them but he did named them he could have just given them numbers. that the point thay have names not numbers or codes.

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28/5/2011 at 7:59pm
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We dont have a caravan yet, but we do have a gaggle of Griffins on the drive Hubby loves the mk2 cavs one is called Marktwo,the very old mk2 cav estate is called Esta,the omega 2.5 v6 is Black pearl,my Vectra is an automatic due to being disabled is called Vinnie my automatic lover,our Daughter as mk2 nova called Hanky dora ,Son in law as Omega called Livvy,Son as mk3 astra estate called Sexy Lexy and 30 year old Chavette called Charlotte. Do we have a life oh yes lots of car shows and of course lots of camping.


28/5/2011 at 11:37pm
 Location: Moray
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Yes it has !  Eventually decided on a bigger caravan today & named it today too, as it's an Eccles we're calling it Spike.. as in Milligan. (some of you will know that Spike was `Eccles' in `The Goons')   

As for the people who think that naming inanimate objects names is daft -  well I reckon you're entitled to think what you like ... & I don't really care what you think anyway !...

All the same some of the comments were quite derogatory - no need for that surely ? Bit pathetic really !  



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29/5/2011 at 9:55am
 Location: Yorkshire
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Quote: Originally posted by fallenangel on 28/5/2011


 Dissagree with what that hes named them but he did named them he could have just given them numbers. that the point thay have names not numbers or codes.

 

They all had both



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29/5/2011 at 10:06am
 Location: west yorkshire
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call my motorhome "tiger" she can roar like a tiger, but purrs like a kitten

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29/5/2011 at 1:02pm
 Location: nottingham
 Outfit: Grand Canyon 8 Pennine Fiesta
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I renovated an old van I found on an allotment years ago nobody knew who owned it and it was used as a potting shed. After 2 years it was finished and became (Yes you guest it ) our potting shed. It finished back as a chassie in the east coast floods in the 60,s

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31/5/2011 at 6:29pm
 Location: whitstable kent
 Outfit: sterling eccles sport 584 freelander 2
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Came back from my nice BH weekend away , and I have to report out of all the people I spoke to on site they all named their vans ( btw I didn't rush up and say what's your vans name, I did have a convo first lol ) and the one on the pitch next to us even had it's name on it in little stickers, so I think after reading all the replies on this thread and speaking to folk, seems like most of us do.Unless the majority of us are all living in a fantasy world!!!


31/5/2011 at 9:59pm
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Murano you make me actually laugh out loud. I visioned you running up to people then

 

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31/5/2011 at 10:12pm
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I was the crazy lady on pitch eleven waving at everyone coming in saying 'stop what's your vans name? ' excellent thankyou move along now please lol


31/5/2011 at 10:34pm
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our little old avondale is affectionately referred to as ' t'owd tin tent', reason being upto aquiring it our camping trips were under canvass but my good lady decided we're too old for tenting ,hence the 't'owd TIN tent' was aquired

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01/6/2011 at 8:11am
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Quote: Originally posted by Absurdbird on 28/5/2011
The washing machine and tumble dryer are Eric and Ernie.

I absolutely love this, for some reason :-)


01/6/2011 at 10:10am
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Elvis - predictably for our 1995 Elddis Golden Crown Signet!


01/6/2011 at 10:12am
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Quote: Originally posted by murano on 31/5/2011
Came back from my nice BH weekend away , and I have to report out of all the people I spoke to on site they all named their vans ( btw I didn't rush up and say what's your vans name, I did have a convo first lol ) and the one on the pitch next to us even had it's name on it in little stickers, so I think after reading all the replies on this thread and speaking to folk, seems like most of us do.Unless the majority of us are all living in a fantasy world!!!

 pmsl

Nothing wrong with having a laugh & what's wrong with a bit of fantasy anyway ? Just shows you have some imagination & a sense of humour imo.  As long as you're able to tell fantasy & reality apart I reckon indulging in a bit of fantasy is good for the soul - so ignore all the boring farts !    



01/6/2011 at 10:23am
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Agree totally, nothing wrong with a bit of fantasy, but back to the real world lots to do.
Off to go and groom the pink unicorns in the garden



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