Does your MINI have a name?
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#1282
This won't sound particularly clever, but I think it is: Minnie.
There is a great scene in Puccini's underappreciated opera "The Girl of the Golden West", when the title character enters the barroom, (her name is Minnie), firing a pistol into the air to break up a fight (over her, naturually), and the gold miners at the bar all shout at the same time, in English, even though the opera is in Italian, "HELLO, MINNIE!!' as the orchestra thunders out her theme/leitmotiv from the pit. Its a great moment.
While "La Boheme" and "Madame Butterly" will sell more tickets, I would rank Girl of the Golden West (getting off topic) with the best of the Puccini operas and certainly among the best of the 20th Century Operas. I am SO pumped that the Met is performing this season, and will be on live broadcast.
Craig
Beaufort, SC
There is a great scene in Puccini's underappreciated opera "The Girl of the Golden West", when the title character enters the barroom, (her name is Minnie), firing a pistol into the air to break up a fight (over her, naturually), and the gold miners at the bar all shout at the same time, in English, even though the opera is in Italian, "HELLO, MINNIE!!' as the orchestra thunders out her theme/leitmotiv from the pit. Its a great moment.
While "La Boheme" and "Madame Butterly" will sell more tickets, I would rank Girl of the Golden West (getting off topic) with the best of the Puccini operas and certainly among the best of the 20th Century Operas. I am SO pumped that the Met is performing this season, and will be on live broadcast.
Craig
Beaufort, SC
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#1289
#1293
"Clarice" if it's a girl.
"Eine schöne" if it's a thing. (German for nice one)
hey it was off the top of my head.
I still don't have a name for my Chili Red MCS 2008.
Cheers!
#1296
Thank you all for the GREAT suggestions. I should take delivery on my baby Saturday! It's been a long wait but definitely gonna be worth it. Well I figured since I'm a guy it's gotta be a girl name right? As far as my driving style, well I don't horse beat my cars but I do like to push them and have a little fun occasionally (after the break in period of coarse, which I don't even know what that means I need to do?). Any advice on that would be great as well! Also, I have thought of getting a custom/vanity plate. Any suggestions on that as well? Sorry for all the questions, but I have never been excited like this for a new car, but now graduating school and starting my career, I figure it's time to reward myself after all the hard work! Keep all the feedback coming, and thanks again to you all!
#1297
Thank you all for the GREAT suggestions. I should take delivery on my baby Saturday! It's been a long wait but definitely gonna be worth it. Well I figured since I'm a guy it's gotta be a girl name right? As far as my driving style, well I don't horse beat my cars but I do like to push them and have a little fun occasionally (after the break in period of coarse, which I don't even know what that means I need to do?). Any advice on that would be great as well! Also, I have thought of getting a custom/vanity plate. Any suggestions on that as well? Sorry for all the questions, but I have never been excited like this for a new car, but now graduating school and starting my career, I figure it's time to reward myself after all the hard work! Keep all the feedback coming, and thanks again to you all!
#1299
#1300
Haven't named a car in decades, but after a track weekend when (A) the seam in the stock muffler failed and (2) one of the rubber hangers also failed, allowing a slight 'droop' in the exhaust, which under extended full throttle caused the lower trim to melt (char) (!)
... I named it "Elphie", a nickname of Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West - "I'm melting! I'm melting!"
(As taken from the book "Wicked", the 'follow-up' to the "Wizard of Oz")
... I named it "Elphie", a nickname of Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West - "I'm melting! I'm melting!"
(As taken from the book "Wicked", the 'follow-up' to the "Wizard of Oz")