Join The Fun - Name A Snowplow

It's time to name a snowplow. Join in on the fun. But you only have through Sunday to go online and put in your vote. "What the ???" you're asking? I ca head you in my mind. "Of course they'd name a snowplow. It's Minnesota. It's cold. There's lots of snow (except for this year where I'm seeing bare ground and brown roofs). But, yes. This is the fourth year that MnDOT (MN Dept of Transportation) has held it's "Name a Snowplow" contest. 

For the past three years the MN Department of Transportation 
has run a "Name the Snowplow" contest, and it's been VERY 
popular. Why not join in on the fun? I've listed the names 
and the website below. Read through them, choose up to 
eight, hop over to the website and put in your votes. 

The snowplows are used state-wide, and last year's winners were: Yer a Blizzard, Harry; Blizzo; Clearopathtra; Better Call Salt; Han Snowlo; Blader Tot Hotdish; Scoop! There It Is; and Sleetwood Mac. There have also been three additional named snowplows to honor our indigenous population. Two in Ojibwe - Giiwedin (The North Wind) and Goonodaabaan (Snow Vehicle), and one in Dakota - Icamna (Blizzard). These names acknowledged those plows operating adjacent to tribal lands. 

In a normal winter, our snowplows see a LOT of use. They're 
huge trucks. Sharon and I usually climb into the display 
plow at the MN State Fair every year. They're such amazing 
vehicles! They aren't getting much use this year, at least not 
up here in the Twin Cities. But elsewhere in the state, yeah. 
They're getting used. We've just been "lucky" up here in the 
Cities. It's a rare year that I'm seeing grass - and green grass 
at that - poking up from the snow in my front yard in January. 

So, if you want to vote, voting is open through Sunday the 28th at the following website: www.dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow. The finalists for this year are: 

A Little Salty

A Plow Named Sue

AaronBrrrr, Sir

Alice Scooper

Barbie's Dream Plow (although I doubt they'll paint it Barbie pink)

Beauty and the Blade

Because Ice Said Snow! 

Below Zero Hero

Best in Snow

Beyonsleigh

Blizzard Buster

Blizzard Wizard

Can't Snow Me Down

Clark W. Blizzwald

Dashing thru the snow

Dolly Plowton

Don't Flurry, Be happy

Everyday I'm Shovelin'

Fast and Flurrious

Flake Superior

Flake it off

Frosty the Snowplow

Highway Hercules

I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered

Just Scraping By

Lady Slippery

Land of 10,000 snows

L'Plow du Nord

Make Snowbegone

Minnesnowta N'ice

Miracle on Ice

No More Mr. Ice Guy

Oh, For Sleet's Sake

Oh Snow You Didn't! 

Plower Power

Scrape, Rattle and Roll

Shiver Me Blizzards

SKOl Plow

Snowmageddon

SnowMNator

Snow White and the 7 drifts

Star of the North

Storm Rider

Sweet Child O' Brine

Taylor Drift

The Great MN Plow-together

Waipahinte (Dakota word for "snowplow")

Who let the plows out?

You're Killin' Me Squalls

You can select up to eight names, and voting isn't restricted to people who live in the state. My dear friend and "sister of another mother", Sharon, votes every year. I sent her the link last night. So, if you want to have a bit of fun with those of us in the (Un)Frozen Northlands, go onto the website and vote for the name that appeal to you. You can choose up to eight names. 

On that note, I'm cutting this off and starting my day. Lots to do today, so I'd better get to it. Have an awesome Friday and I'll be back tomorrow to wrap up the week. Slave Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.