As someone who loves punny dad jokes, the thing that the internet discovered this week is right in my wheelhouse.
A Twitter user discovered that Scotland snowplows — known as “gritters,” as I just learned on Friday — have actual names attached to them.
And those names are gold Jerry, GOLD!
There’s Mr. Plow (that name again is Mr. Plow), Ice Destroyer, BFG — Big Friendly Gritter, Yes Sir Ice Can Boogie, Sir Salter Scott and For Your Ice Only.
I’ve spent about an hour chuckling at the full list (see below). This is just the best and now I want to name my own snow plow if I owned one.
I just learned that Scotland names their entire snowplow fleet and the names are incredible pic.twitter.com/e6FBBtCbao
— Jackie Sojico (@jackiesojico) December 11, 2020
This is the updated list published yesterday! Taken from the @heraldscotland website pic.twitter.com/PO9JUtsKEC
— Dr Jenni Coutts • comissions open (she/her) (@jenni_coutts) December 11, 2020
And now I have this stuck in my head the rest of the day:
