Jimmy Buffett Boat

August 28, 2007 1:35 PM

Any good Jimmy Buffet lines that would make a good name for a boat?

So I've got the perfect lazy Saturday boat and I want to give it a clever name that follows a Jimmy Buffett theme. Right now the best thing we've come up with is "5 O'Clock Anywhere" but thats a little too obvious. Any suggestions?

posted by ZackTM to Grab Bag (43 answers total)

Brahma Fear
God's Own Drunk
Incommunicado
Gypsy's Palace
The Jolly Mon
posted by taliaferro at 1:41 PM on August 28, 2007

Cheeseburger in Paradise
posted by jeffmshaw at 1:43 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Banana Wind

Son of a son of a sailor?

I dunno, I'm not into Jimmy Buffet.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:47 PM on August 28, 2007

Last Mango in Paris
posted by briank at 1:49 PM on August 28, 2007

The Last Mango
Jungle Cowboy
Somewhere Other Than Here
The Change in Lattitude
3/4 Time
The Spider John
posted by taliaferro at 1:49 PM on August 28, 2007

Havana Day dreamin
posted by remthewanderer at 1:50 PM on August 28, 2007

I would like to implore you to choose a different basis for the name. Preferably something utterly unexpected; the planet is full of Jimmy Buffett boats.

...having said that, if I can't convince you to go with "Thrillho" or "Insuperable Twilight" or the like: Incommunicado.
posted by aramaic at 1:51 PM on August 28, 2007

The Pink Crustacean
Cheap Vacation
Landfall
Salome's Drum
posted by jbickers at 1:52 PM on August 28, 2007

Response by poster: Right now I'm liking Incommunicado and Havana Day Dreamin but like Aramaic said, it's not as unique as I'd prefer.

Let me expand my theme to pretty much anything that would fit snuggly in the Jimmy Buffett / Caribbean Island life theme. I'm picturing cruising on the boat out to a deserted island with a pitcher of Margarita and a hammock.
posted by ZackTM at 2:01 PM on August 28, 2007

Fruitcakes
posted by MtDewd at 2:07 PM on August 28, 2007

if you plan to spend much time in the caribbean, you'll find the jimmy buffet theme is pretty much played out to the nth degree.

that said, how about:

salt on the rim
salt and lime
posted by thinkingwoman at 2:16 PM on August 28, 2007

Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?
posted by timeistight at 2:18 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Theres always Kenny Chesney!
posted by ZackTM at 2:19 PM on August 28, 2007

Apocalypso
posted by mrleec at 2:28 PM on August 28, 2007

CHEEZBURGER? You can put it in paradise yourself. :)
posted by Orb2069 at 2:31 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Since boats are referred to as "she," how about A Woman To Blame? (from the "Margaritaville" lyrics)
posted by amyms at 2:34 PM on August 28, 2007 [3 favorites]

I CAN HAS PARADISE?
posted by Bud Dickman at 2:39 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Not a Buffett line, but "Archimedes Principle" would be a cool name, as would "Eureka," which, of course is what the nakes Archimedes ran around shouting while naked when he developed his principle.

But to give you an obligatory Parrothead suggestions,

"Desperation Samba"
"Pascagoula Run" or
"Jolly Mon"
posted by 4ster at 2:48 PM on August 28, 2007

Stupid lack of proofreading. Archimedes was never nakes.
posted by 4ster at 2:48 PM on August 28, 2007

If JB is really played out to the Nth degree in the Caribbean, perhaps you could find Mr. Buffet and attempt to scare him. Perhaps he will scream something and you can quote him on your boat.

"WHAT THE HELL?! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!"
posted by tcv at 3:28 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

A Parothead friend of mine suggests:

The Hemisphere Dancer or perhaps Strange Bird. Or simply "A1A" might do it.
posted by cior at 3:30 PM on August 28, 2007

Err, Parrothead.
posted by cior at 3:31 PM on August 28, 2007

"Margaritaville" ! or "Lost Shaker of Salt"?
posted by solongxenon at 3:42 PM on August 28, 2007

Coral Reefer
posted by misha at 3:46 PM on August 28, 2007

"Spending Money Foolishly" (from his bio).
posted by andreap at 3:57 PM on August 28, 2007

"Trip around the Sun".
posted by wafaa at 4:15 PM on August 28, 2007

In Jimmy Buffett's book Where Is Joe Merchant?, Frank's plane is the Hemisphere Dancer and Desdemona's houseboat is the Cosmic Muffin.
posted by Melinika at 4:17 PM on August 28, 2007

mademoiselle voulez vous danser

desdemona

the good fight

joe merchant
posted by yoga at 4:17 PM on August 28, 2007

Mr. Moon? (From Chanson pour le petit enfants)
Juicy Fruit?
Occupational Hazard? (from A pirate looks at forty)
posted by agentofselection at 4:28 PM on August 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Dance Like Carmen?
posted by agentofselection at 4:29 PM on August 28, 2007

A little side shuffle would be a Harry Belafonte reference:

Matilda
Banana Boat
Sea and Sun
She Smarter
posted by yclipse at 5:33 PM on August 28, 2007

It's my own damn fault
posted by bilabial at 5:44 PM on August 28, 2007

All You Can Eat
Phoebe's Phather
My Dinghy (Mobile, Ala)
posted by rob511 at 5:54 PM on August 28, 2007

Awesome as it is, I don't think you can go with Hemisphere Dancer, because that is already the name of Jimmy's own plane. My favorite so far is "Occupational Hazard", that is great. Here are some Buffett related things I could see naming a boat:

St. Somewhere
Cabin Fever
Misdemeanor Craziness (from "If it All Falls Down" - thats a pretty deep reference, only the real Buffett fans would probably get it, but I like it even without the Buffett context)
Port of Indecision
Lovely Cruise
Nothin' to Plunder
posted by kms at 6:03 PM on August 28, 2007

Lime of the Ancient Mariner
posted by rob511 at 6:27 PM on August 28, 2007

The Weather Is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful
posted by A Long and Troublesome Lameness at 7:16 PM on August 28, 2007

Three Sheets to the Wind
posted by lilithim at 9:31 PM on August 28, 2007

Why Don't We Get Drunk (and screw)?

although I suppose the part in paren. would be up to you.
posted by worker_bee at 5:55 AM on August 29, 2007

Rainy Weather and Personal Responsibility?
posted by electroboy at 6:33 AM on August 29, 2007

Jamaica Mistaica
posted by PFL at 7:37 AM on August 29, 2007

Not specifically Buffett, but perhaps Buffett-esque...

"Boat Drinks"

from the movie "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
posted by johnvaljohn at 1:50 PM on August 29, 2007

My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don't Love Jesus
posted by jason's_planet at 1:51 PM on August 30, 2007

>Why Don't We Get Drunk (and screw)

Wouldn't fit on the transom. But this would, and it would be wonderfully esoteric:

WDWGDAS
posted by yclipse at 2:55 PM on August 31, 2007