People online just love to name things, and heres yet further proof.Elon Musk tweeted Friday about what to call his new tunneling machine, and was immediately deluged with amusing pun-packed ideas.Thinking about a name for our first tunneling machine ' Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2017 Boaty McBoatface, the publics choice of monikerafter Britains government asked it to name a new polar exploration ship, inspired a raft of suggestions ' as did Musks name and various plays on the word bore.The billionaire even chimed in on some of the submissions:@zanesloanbc Simple. I like it. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2017 @ivanmartinsanz Good one Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2017 It remains to be seen whether Musk will actually choose one of the suggested names for the machine, which reportedly forms part of his new The Boring Company venture that aims to create underground tunnel networks to relieve traffic congestion.But for the record, here are some of the funniest suggestions. Our favorites' Borer the Explorer and Borat.@elonmusk William Burroughs Dana Hull (@danahull) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk I'd call it Borat pic.twitter.com/OOHprmuKr5 jjsee (@jjsee) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Tunnel McTunnelFace Hunter Barnes (@hunterbarnes144) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Aurora Borealis Nicholas Henry (@nick_henry) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk How about: "This is Not a Drill." Zach Hunter (@zachjhunter) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Scoop Dogg Malcolm Brooks (@MalcolmBrooks) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk A hole new world! BEN THOMAS (@___benthomas) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk How about 'moley moley moley'' pic.twitter.com/iF3vde9i1K Paul Bailey (@paulmarkbailey) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk David Attenburrow Prestige Clips (@PrestigeClips) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Musketeer Nick Hounsfield (@WavemakerNick) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk The Bore'n Identity. The next one can be The Bore'n Supremacy. 'ichard Westmoreland (@RSWestmoreland) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk You dig. julien cadot (@juliencdt) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Borer the Explorer Hugh Minson (@minceontoast) May 6, 2017 @elonmusk Or armadrillo Steve Bastoni (@stevebastoni) May 6, 2017 @elonmusk Diggy McDigface' Seth Grahame-Smith (@sethgs) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk No Diggity' Alemsah Ozturk (@alemsah) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk The Elongater Scott Johnson (@scottjohnson) May 5, 2017 @elonmusk Bory McBoreface WIRED Germany (@WIRED_Germany) May 5, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=572c5835e4b096e9f090eccb,58db73a6e4b0cb23e65c9ab1,56fa71ece4b0143a9b492cdd -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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