The Culture's starship names - got any suggestions? (Iain M Banks)

[Chupacobra]

How about a couple of ROU names?

Try Nodding Your Head

and

Hah! Missed Me!

 

[Tillane]

More possible ROU names:

Sudden Change In Fortunes
There Goes The Neighbourhood
Pyhrric Victory
Just Try It

 

[suupaabaka]

Do Not Pass Go

This Way Up

Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers ( )

Running With Scissors

Outside The Box

 

[High Eight]

We Apologise for the Inconvenience
Normal Service Will Be Resumed as Soon as Possible
Incest and Morris Dancing
Going to the Inevitable

(Explanations of the last two: "one should try everything once except incest and morris dancing" - Sir Arnold Bax. "I am going to the inevitable" - the dying words of Phillip Larkin)

 

[High Eight]

Normal Service Will Be Resumed as Soon as Possible
quote]

Whoops! Sorry Pyan - I should have read all the posts!

 

[tarifa]

I'll call you . . .

The cheque is in the post

Military intelligence

FUBAR

Try me, I dare ya

Make my day

Come up an see me some time

 

[Tillane]

More ROUs:

Wanna Try Doing That With No Arms?
You And Whose Army?
Do I Look Bovvered?

 

[High Eight]

Has anybody suggested Klaatu Barada Nicto yet?

 

[clovis-man]

How about:

Thanks, I'll eat it here.

Regards,

Jim

 

[Chupacobra]

T3ou...

asbo

:d

 

[Ursa major]

How about:

From Berth to Death?

 

[Vetch]

Oh, that game.

Thing is, some are great but don't really work in the Culture context.
So I suggest

In It For The Gravitas


And, well, perhaps also not really fitting for the Culture, but I love it:
Devious Cruising Rachel

 

[Vetch]

Oh, seems one cannot edit after a certain time... but I want to add some

ROU Got A Few Rifles Aboard

GSV Gravitas, Shmavitas

 

[Urien]

That's A Bit Sore

Don't Touch My Sandwich

Call That Clever?

 

[High Eight]

Don't Touch That!

We Belong Dead

I've Got it Written Down on a Piece of Paper

Kangaroo Court

Indistinguishable From Magic

Very Probably Wrong

 

[Naselus]

ROUs:

Violent Tendencies
Vulgar Display of Power
Now look what you made me do
Random Acts of Senseless Violence
Minus the carrot


Generals:


I said don't touch that
The Morning After
The cat's just dead, ok?

 

[Ursa major]

Silent Filibuster

The Voice of Dog

Shoots and Leaves

 

[Naselus]

No More Mr Nice Guy
My Other Ship is Also an ROU
Not That One
No, It Really Is a Gun in my Pocket.
Good Intentions

 

[Ursa major]

Who Knows

Waiting Doggo IV

Scouting for Buoys

 

[Naselus]

That's what you say to all the boys
Extenuating Circumstances
Blindingly Obvious Solution
Behavioural Problems
Ulterior Motives