Help name our conference rooms

June 22, 2006 4:24 PM

Help me find related names for our three conference rooms.

We recently built out three conference rooms at work and now want to name them to distinguish them from each other. One is big and the other two are small.
It'd be cool if they were named somehow in relationship to each other (eg, Larry, Moe and Curly, or The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars). It would be an extra special bonus if they somehow related to our location, Portland, Oregon (eg, river or county names), or to our field which is high-definition video/TV (eg, Red, Green, Blue (RGB)).
I'll get a $50 gift certificate if mine get picked -- I'll kick something back to you if I win :)

posted by j to Work & Money (66 answers total)

Philo, Taylor, and Farnsworth
posted by Robot Johnny at 4:25 PM on June 22, 2006

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posted by pmbuko at 4:26 PM on June 22, 2006

doh!


posted by pmbuko at 4:27 PM on June 22, 2006

If the Wikipedia entry regardin Portland is accurate, it indicates some of the Simpsons characters are named for streets in Portland. If that's true, then I'd suggest naming the rooms Flanders, Lovejoy, and Quimby.
posted by blaneyphoto at 4:30 PM on June 22, 2006

Chroma/Luma/Gamma?
posted by Malor at 4:31 PM on June 22, 2006

Dewey, Cheatham and Howe.

Great for a law firm.
posted by nyxxxx at 4:33 PM on June 22, 2006

Spring Point Ledge Light, Cape Elizabeth Light, Portland Breakwater Light could maybe shortened to Spring Point, Cape Elizabeth, and Breakwater (lighthouses doncha know)

Alpha, Beta, Cappa (use the greek symbols on the doors)

Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo?
posted by quin at 4:36 PM on June 22, 2006

Wynkin, Blynkin, and Nod
posted by jfuller at 4:36 PM on June 22, 2006

Previously
posted by clh at 4:37 PM on June 22, 2006

Everyone else is looking at the Portland side of things, so...

How about something to do with the progression of tv tech, like (this is a bad example, but maybe someone has a better one): vacuum tube, projection, plasma
posted by inigo2 at 4:42 PM on June 22, 2006

Bridges—Steel, Hawthorne, and Broadway? Districts—Pearl, Sellwood, and Alberta? Dog parks? Breweries? Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea?
posted by cacahuete at 4:45 PM on June 22, 2006

coaxial, s-video, and component
posted by bjork24 at 4:47 PM on June 22, 2006

Hue, Luminance, Saturation
posted by divabat at 4:47 PM on June 22, 2006

Name them for screen resolutions. The largest one being maybe your largest models name or screen resolution and the other two being appropriately smaller models/resolutions.
posted by Suparnova at 4:49 PM on June 22, 2006

Red, Green and Blue are cool, but use alternate names, like latin or something.

Alternatively,

Bermuda, Miama, and San Juan.
posted by cellphone at 4:49 PM on June 22, 2006

with Bermuda being the largest ;)
posted by cellphone at 4:50 PM on June 22, 2006

Tim/Buck/Tu

(This is kind of lame) 480/720/1080
posted by Drunken_munky at 4:52 PM on June 22, 2006

Also:

Whiskey
Tango
Foxtrot
posted by cellphone at 4:54 PM on June 22, 2006 [1 favorite]

F, J, W from the BBC Test Cards

North, Middle and South Sister (You could get really tricky and use the original names: Faith, Hope, and Charity)

2.35, 1.85, 1.33 (They have the bonus of looking like actual room numbers for the uninitiated.

CinemaScope, Techniscope, Superscope
posted by madajb at 4:55 PM on June 22, 2006

Yellow
Magenta
Cyan
posted by JekPorkins at 4:56 PM on June 22, 2006

Winken, Blinken and Nod.
posted by the Real Dan at 4:57 PM on June 22, 2006

We have three...War, Peace and the think customer room.

Stupid, I know.
posted by obeetaybee at 5:06 PM on June 22, 2006

Marconi, Braun, Baird.
posted by matthewr at 5:08 PM on June 22, 2006

Neverland, Wonderland, Oz.

Foobar, Xyzzy, Gazonk.

Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear.
posted by McGuillicuddy at 5:16 PM on June 22, 2006

-Blur, Fuzz and Static
-Antennium, Cabellium, Satellium
-HF, VHF, UHF
posted by evariste at 5:17 PM on June 22, 2006

Itztlacoliuhqui, Huitzilopochtli, Xochiquetzal

To The Extreme, Cool As Ice, Hard To Swallow

一, Un, Eins

Duck, Duck, Goose
posted by kcm at 5:18 PM on June 22, 2006

ABC, CBS and NBC
posted by fishfucker at 5:18 PM on June 22, 2006

Betamax, VHS, and DVD (this is the big room).
posted by evariste at 5:19 PM on June 22, 2006

HBO, Cinemax, Showtime
posted by evariste at 5:19 PM on June 22, 2006

-Olbermann, O'Reilly, and King
-Letterman, Leno, and O'Brien
posted by evariste at 5:21 PM on June 22, 2006

Angst, Malaise, Ennui
posted by mcstayinskool at 5:23 PM on June 22, 2006

(admittedly this is radio but I liked "franken" and "stein" together) Limbaugh, Franken, and Stein
posted by evariste at 5:24 PM on June 22, 2006

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Software, Hardware, Vaporware
NTSC, PAL, SECAM
posted by macadamiaranch at 5:27 PM on June 22, 2006

Johnny, David, Jay (, Arsenio)
posted by kcm at 5:29 PM on June 22, 2006

Rivers:
Columbia, Willamette (sp?) and Hood

On a related note, Salmon:
Chinook (for the big room)
Coho
Sockeye
posted by fantastic at 5:39 PM on June 22, 2006

POWER / CORRUPTION / LIES
posted by brain cloud at 5:41 PM on June 22, 2006

Minipax, Miniplenty, Miniluv?

I have hard drive partitions called Arabica and Liberica, and I'd add Robusta if I'd a third.
posted by evil holiday magic at 5:42 PM on June 22, 2006

Sockeye, Sakai, Sue Cae (North Dakota)
posted by kcm at 5:45 PM on June 22, 2006

er.. South Dakota.
posted by kcm at 5:46 PM on June 22, 2006

Sting, Stewart, Andy

Jimi, Mitch, Noel

Jack, Eric, Ginger
posted by JekPorkins at 5:47 PM on June 22, 2006

Buddha, Confucius, Laotsu
posted by evariste at 5:55 PM on June 22, 2006

Lucy, Ed, and Lawrence.
posted by fleacircus at 6:03 PM on June 22, 2006

Rose, Willamette and Columbia. I'd make the Rose room the big one.
posted by codswallop at 6:08 PM on June 22, 2006

Portland related? How about...

God, Damn and Hippes.
posted by sexymofo at 6:24 PM on June 22, 2006

Paiute, Klamath, Yaquina, or something else from this list.
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:25 PM on June 22, 2006

cocksucker, motherfucker, tits

big, small 1, small 2

Conference Room, Large; Conference Room, Small, 1 of 2; Conference Room, Small, 2 of 2

Freedom, Liberty, Justice

Mahmoud, Eileen, Cristobal
posted by Meatbomb at 6:31 PM on June 22, 2006

Cube, Dre and Biggie
Larry, Curly and Large Conference Room
Talk, Ask and Projects
Stewert, Colbert and Nealon
Hot, Cold and Just Right
Cheap, Fast and Good
posted by nomad at 6:52 PM on June 22, 2006

Assblaster, Captain Splatterpants, Hortense.
posted by kookoobirdz at 7:14 PM on June 22, 2006

Shoe, Megaphone, Grunties.
posted by kookoobirdz at 7:16 PM on June 22, 2006

Perhaps their geographic layout should be considered. I'm in San Diego. If the Big Room is in the north corner of the building, I'd name it Los Angeles. The Small Room to the south is Tijuana. The Small Room to the northeast is Victorville.
posted by SPrintF at 7:38 PM on June 22, 2006

Composite, Component, Digital
that last one is tough ... SDI? 601? HDMI? Bah.

Y, Pb, Pr

720p, 1080i, 1080p

I still like Red / Green / Blue the best, or the very first comment above. Keep in mind that the names should not confuse people in conversation. "We're having the 720p vs 1080i debate in the 1080p room". That is, the names should be orthogonal to likely topics.
posted by intermod at 7:46 PM on June 22, 2006

Carbon, Copper, and Silicon
posted by benign at 7:50 PM on June 22, 2006

Portland related? Lager, Ale, Stout.
posted by peep at 7:57 PM on June 22, 2006

Van Helsing, Van Morrison, Van Jacobson

Def Leppard, David Lee Roth, Dökken

Tootie, Natalie, Blair

Tagor, Wolo, Zandee
posted by kcm at 7:57 PM on June 22, 2006

P.S. Yum.
posted by peep at 7:57 PM on June 22, 2006

Aramis, Athos, Porthos
posted by sailormouth at 8:40 PM on June 22, 2006

I visited a company whose conference rooms were all named for famous scientists and inventors such as Da Vinci, Galileo, etc.

Whenever I asked where the Heisenberg Room was, they always said, "I don't know..."
posted by Doohickie at 9:13 PM on June 22, 2006

Whenever I asked where the Heisenberg Room was, they always said, "I don't know..."
...but it's definitely going 0 miles per hour!
posted by evariste at 9:37 PM on June 22, 2006

Macro, milli, micro
posted by ptm at 10:09 PM on June 22, 2006

Walton, Drexler and Darius
posted by frogan at 10:32 PM on June 22, 2006

Mars, Phobos and Deimos.
posted by hortense at 10:38 PM on June 22, 2006

Japan, Italy, Germany

or

Iran, Iraq, North Korea
posted by Juggermatt at 12:49 AM on June 23, 2006

Rose (R), Garden (G), Beer or Blueback (B)
posted by turtle42 at 5:52 AM on June 23, 2006

Response by poster: wow - you guys are amazingly creative!
I'm submitting a ton of these and I'll find out on Monday...
Thanks for all your help!
posted by j at 8:18 AM on June 23, 2006

Please don't do something like Helens, Hood, Bachelor. My vote (because it always gets voted down when I propose it at work):

Alderaan, Hoth, Bespin
posted by togdon at 8:33 AM on June 23, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks for all your responses -- I didn't win, though :(
we ended up with surfing-themed names.
posted by j at 5:05 PM on June 28, 2006