This local council just won social media with its gritter naming competition

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This local council just won social media with its gritter naming competition
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For a while, Britain experienced the Boaty McBoatface (http://mashable.com/2016/04/17/boaty-mc/) phenomenon — public institutions asking citizens to name boats/gritters (http://mashable.com/2016/11/24/oldham-council-gritter-naming-competition/)/vehicles and getting swamped by a whole lot of ridiculously inappropriate names.*

SEE ALSO: Public road gritter naming contest winner will make wordplay enthusiasts proud (http://mashable.com/2016/12/06/road-gritter-naming-contest-winner/)


Now local authorities are starting to wise up and they're preemptively hijacking any attempt to sabotage the vehicle-christening.*

When asking for suggestions to name two new gritting vehicles, Doncaster Council posted this shady tweet: "Keep em clean and be original - we'd prefer not to spend the next few days trawling through responses of Gritty McGritface and Gary Gritter." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/doncaster-council-gritter-naming-competition/)

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