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.
Unsinkable 2 got me
Definitely the best.
To be fair though, for all we know unsinkable 1 didn’t sink but blew up or something.
It hit an iceberg.
My Dad's sailboat was Passing Wind
Cirrhosis of the River is the best one on the list, hands down.
That's the one I don't get.
Cirrhosis is what happens to your liver if you drink too much
Thanks!
*Cirrhosis of the liver
These are all good but it isn’t even close.
Where’s “wet dream”?
Unsinkable II def top of the game.
I named my kayak Whoops, but put the letters on it upside down.
This would be even more epic if you do manage to flip it one day
I have flipped it lmao. Only like twice, but it was fuckin hilarious each time.
Myoobs ? I'm lost
It reads Whoops when you flip.
ahaaa ! I get it ! cheers
I worked for a marina when I was a
childteenager, and my favorite boat name was a sailboat namedC:[ESC]
“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.”
Pier pressure Is my favorite
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.
Alcoholic?
They already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
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.
Since aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
IMO that's a stretch, they aren't even close to homophones.
It's a play on alcoholic
It would have been a play if it was named in the 1960's.
Being an aquaholic can lead to cirrhosis of the river.
Years ago in a Devon fishing village
Once you're done with whatever you hired them for, do you have to declare it managed?
Should'a been "Wood Knot", or even "Wood Naut".
If you're not dad naming your boat, you're doing it wrong.
Prawn star was the best I’ve seen
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.
Vocal strain from constant light chuckling. The job title is called Chucklehead.
Woah, I've seen "wood not" and "wood too"! Small world
Those boats, you mean?
Yes. Those two specific ones, in that boat house as well
I saw one in Amsterdam called Koekblik (biscuit/cookie tin).
Aboat Time is just Canadian
From Dexter
First boat from Canada ?
No, that's his brother's cobbler shop.
Abewt time
One dude had "Hail Seaser".
Where's the C-Word?
I don't know about you, but I've never seen a boat named "Cunt" OR "Cancer" 🤷
The Seaward was just one of so many good jokes in AD seasons 1-3.
Had a friend whose dad named his boat The Other Woman.
The best ones ive seen in person have to do with divorce
But cirrhosis of the river is hilarious
The USS Unpaid Alimony
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:
wakey wakey
If these are dad jokes, what would a funny name that isn't a "dad joke" be like?
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.
Relevant Flintstones
(Sorry about the shitty video quality; it's the only copy I've ever been able to find.)
My dad's friend had a boat named the "Oy Vey"
Should’ve been oy bay.
what does it mean ?
It's just a Yiddish phase meaning something like oh, crap or ay yi yi.
It's an expression that basically means "oh dear", or "oh no". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oy_vey
Old fart's boat.
I like Dexter's Slice of Life.
@Viking_Hippie Thank you for these. Really witty, especially Unsinkeable II at which I actually laughed out loud reading it!
"Jizzle Drizzle".