American woman discovers Scotland s hilarious gritter names - and can t get enough of Gritney Spears
Scotland s inventive pun-filled names for our fleet of gritters appear to have garnered attention from across the pond.
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You can name a Minnesota snowplow The kooky contest, which started in Scotland, is gaining traction here. January 1, 2021 8:26am Text size Copy shortlink:
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is having a contest to name our snowplows. They re taking submissions until Jan. 22 at dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow, with the winners announced in February. Sounds fun! But you may have a few questions about how this came about. I did. And here s what I discovered:
Q: Why is Minnesota doing this?
A: Because of Twitter, and because it s fun, and the winter days are dark and long. But mostly because of Twitter.
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This can t be real : Scotland s snowfleet in international spotlight as gritters go viral for incredible names
Scotland has been thrust into the international spotlight - for its fleet of gritters. People across the world have taken notice of our incredible snowfleet, and the hilarious names that go with them. Names range from Gritty Gritty Bang Bang to Yes Sir Ice Can Boogie, to Chilly Connolly and Fred - and some people cannot believe the names are real. A Twitter user in California shared an image of our impressive fleet, and her tweet has so far reached almost 50,000 retweets and more than 200,000 likes since being posted yesterday