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Originally Posted by ExcaliburKid
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Getting very off-topic, but technically they refused to give that name to the boat. Instead they decided to give the name to the submersible.
"But despite the poll doing the impossible and uniting the country's electorate, the Natural Environment Research Council rejected the result and dubbed the ship RRS Sir David Attenborough after the renowned TV naturalist, in an effort to spare its blushes. The Boaty McBoatface name was instead given to a yellow submarine aboard the ship."
So.... to my point, the cheeky survey results were rejected, and instead redirected.
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