The residents of Madison, Wisconsin, have spoken on which “punny” titles which be most appropriate to bestow upon the city’s snowplow vehicles this wintry season.
The residents of Madison, Wisconsin, have spoken on which “punny” titles which be most appropriate to bestow upon the city’s snowplow vehicles this wintry season.
While this is the first time the city is holding a contest for their snowplows, this is not the first time street equipment has been given special names. The residents of Madison, Wisconsin, voted on which “punny” names to bestow on the city’s snowplow vehicles this Winter.“Seymour Pavement” is a loader with plow and wing.The submission process was simple. Residents could email their favorite names and even specify which vehicle they wanted to label, Johnson added.The contest used a ranked choice election, allowing people to cast their vote on more than one name.
The loader was caught in a tight race between “Scoopy Doo” and “Seymor Pavement,” the latter winning by 13 votes, Johnson added.From “May the Force be with Snowbi Wan, always,” to “But voters kept feeding ballots to him and then, suddenly, Seymour won!”
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