Friday, January 11, 2008

The A Plus One Team

So Monday we bought the mini-van. It's not a GMC van, but it is black. I nice little red stripe and red wheels and I'm pretty sure we can become "The A Plus One Team." The "Plus One" is necessary since the original "A Team" consisted of only four members. I will let my family duke out which character they want to be, but I get to be Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, because - I love it when a plan comes together.

Uh-oh, it's The A Plus One Team rolling into town.

So we bought a new '08 Toyota Sienna. We have yet to officially name it, but I think Kristina already thinks she has dubbed it SexyVan. This name has not gone through ratification and I'm not sure Alex should be telling his classmates he is about to go home in the SexyVan. Naming a van is eerily familiar to me as my work had a contest to name two company vans about 3 years ago. I actually won the contest with props to action star Jean Claude and, at my suggestion, the vans were named Van Damme and Damme Van. So clearly those names are off limits. Anyway, here are the current nominations. Please vote using the poll on the right hand side of this page!! Oh look, another chance to use a bulleted list...hooray!

  • SexyVan - Kristina nominated.
  • Miller - Also Kristina nominated (props to actress Sienna Miller).
  • LVB - Short for Ludwig VAN Beethoven.
  • Vantastic
  • Magnifivan
  • Deux Portes de Puissance - Roughly translated as "two doors of power" which signifies the dual power sliding doors package we purchased with the van. This might be my personal favorite.
  • I'm Your Biggest Van - Exactly two readers should get this (and possibly my wife)...you know who you are.
At any rate, we will be towing kids for a long time with this ride. Just pray that The A Plus One Team does not roll up in front of you.

7 comments:

Denise said...

I vote for I'm Your Biggest Van. Duh. Brian suggested Van Haulin.

Kristina said...

Van Haulin is pretty good. But if you could see it in person, you'd know it named itself.....SexyVan.

Anonymous said...

So I had to vote for I'm Your Biggest Van since Im so close to the 2 people who know of this one.

Anonymous said...

I vote for "Biggest Fan" because history and videotape demand it. However, it doesn't exactly roll off the tounge. So here are more suggestions:

The Mystery Machine
Scott Van Pelt
Bradlee Van Pelt
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Martin Van Buren
Rip Van Winkle
Dick Van Patton
Dick Van Dyke
Vandemonium
The Vanda Bear
Sexual Harassment Vanda
Van!
Van - A New Hope
The Van Strikes Back
Return of the Van
The Vantom Menace
Attack of the Van
Revenge of the Van
Fellowship of the Van
Kyle's Mom is a Van
Nothing up my sleeve - it's a Van!
It’s like there’s a Van in our garage and everybody’s invited
Jon Voight's Van
The Puffy Van
A Fifth of LVB
I-Van-a Suck Your Blood
Vanapalooza
The Van-dalizer
Van-illa Wafer
Ceiling Van
Sex! Now that I got your attention, check out our van
The R.M. Pitts-mobile
Van! The Musical
Right Said Van
The Vanwich
I Got a Van – What’s Your Van Got To Do With Me?
The Vanbusters
Ok, So, She’s A Van
We Live In This Down By The River

Anonymous said...

Hey has anyone suggest Van Go, or Vincent VanGo? If not, Les just offered it-- but he doesn't know how to "blog".

Mom said...

Bruce suggested: Vanity

Mom said...

I have two suggestions.
(1) Van der Shoe (or Vandershoe, depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on): translated to Van of the Shoes
(2) Ace Vantoura. This is my favorite as the Ace is for A[lex]C[lara]E[velyn] & the van will be tourin' a lot!