Rachel Banbury
The county of Shropshire, UK, has voted to name its new gritter ‘Gritty McGritface’.
The gritter is one of 24 that Shropshire Council has allowed residents to name following a vote.
Gritty McGritface will be gritting the roads alongside “Gritney Spears”, “David Plowie” and “Usain Salt”.
A gritter is a machine used for spreading grit and often salt on roads in icy or potentially icy weather.
Can you come up with some other witty names?
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9 Responses
Grittarina would be a very elegant and cool name!?
Sound like a name for a new McDonalds fry
I agree Grittarina would be a cool name! Not sure about elegant tho! ?
Wow ? I
I can’t really think of anything, but those people there are super creative!
Gritlia would be a good name
wow this is definitely epic
Mr Plow would be a perfect name!
Like on The Simpsons.
HA HA HA FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!!!:):):):):):)