Comments on: Thingamajig Thursday: marshalling wands

By: Forest

Forest — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:11:13 +0000

Going on the ideas of Zach and Dawn, I think they should be called a “force torch.”

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:18:59 +0000

I’ll go with the reCapcha-inspired: Schindler whether

It just sounds cool

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:41:38 +0000

Flermbogs.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:06:20 +0000

I also opened this post because I thought it was something about marshmallows…

In NZ (and I believe the UK as well), flashlights are called “torches”! Torches!

So, I think ‘torch’ should be in the name somewhere! It just sounds cool.

By: Chung

Chung — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:45:00 +0000

At my job we call them night wands….

By: EEB

EEB — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:38:37 +0000

I’m thinkin’ blinky-ma-bobbers…’cause they blink…and in the dark they’d look like they bobbed.
Thusly, blinky-ma-bobbers.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:38:03 +0000

Tarmac Twinklers
Thisaways
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By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:24:39 +0000

Ha! His vest is blinking!

By: GTT

GTT — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:41 +0000

Is it just my eyes or does the guy´s vest flash on and off? Official time is now 10:58 AM and I have just stared at the flashing vest for about 5 min. I really dont want to work today…

On to the actual topic, I like the FORCE wands. You could also call them “GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT WANDS” but then again I might just be on Ghost Whisperer overkill.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:52:43 +0000

The brits are my heroes when it comes to naming devices. I’m going to suggest “wandernots”, because these are designed to control heading and velocity. The incorporation of “wand” is purely coincidental.

In another 10 to 15 years, this would be corrupted to “wondernots” and then “wonderknots”, and of course “wondern*ts” in GI-speak.