28 November, 2007

'Pants it is, then

A certain environmentalist pressure group has been running a web poll to name a whale being tracked in an ongoing project.  The shortlist (of 30 – not so short) includes 'Kigai' ('strong spirit' in Japanese), 'Sedna' (the Innuit goddess of the oceans), 'Veikko' ('brother' or 'good friend' in Finnish); oh, and 'Mister Splashy Pants' ("just too funny to leave out").

Guess which is winning, with 72% of the vote. The next most popular option, 'Libertad', has 3%.

[Via BoingBoing.]