Forging an identity
By Wade KwonYou have until Friday to name the new mascot at Vulcan Park (though we’re not quite sure why he isn’t named … Vulcan).
From the park’s site:
Vulcan Park and Museum’s new mascot needs a name!
All entries must include the following:
- Contact name, phone, address and e-mail (if applicable)
- Name suggestion
- Meaning of the name (if applicable)
The winner will receive a Family Membership to Vulcan Park and Museum ($50 value), a behind-the-scenes tour for four individuals, a Vulcan BobbleBun Doll and will be recognized at Vulcan’s Annual Birthday Bash in June!
Send your submission to info@visitvulcan.com or Vulcan Park and Museum, Attn: Vulcan Naming Contest, 1701 Valley View Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. The winner will be announced on the Vulcan Park and Museum Web site on Feb. 4.
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You can also volunteer to wear the costume(!), but you must be 5-foot-8 to 6-foot-0 and weigh 180 to 200 pounds, a BMI of 27.1 or “overweight.” Great, fat mascot. Look, a new nickname already.
Our suggested monikers after the jump …
- Iron Man (to tie in to the new Robert Downey Jr. movie)
- RoboLangford
- Vul-can’t (for all the haters)
- Harry Forger
- Spearmonger
- Boy Electra
- Dr. Beardface (it’s Beardfacé!)
- Cleverfield
- Moons Over My B’hammy
- (tie) I Haz a Speer — Pokety Poke or The Abominable Showman
Your suggestions, please. Whoever submits the best one wins a day without pants.
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:39 pm
I’m perplexed… why do you have to be between 180 and 200 lbs? Maybe this is why Alabama is one of the fattest states: we encourage overweight mascots. Babe Ruff, Big AL, and now Lil’ Vulcan.
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:40 pm
Niblet
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:43 pm
I Haz a Speer! Let me sho you it!
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 4:53 pm
My suggestion was “Festus”, short for “Hephaistos”, Vulcan’s Greek name.
Other recommendations:
* Mr. Spock (the only logical choice)
* Fred (for Fred Jackson, Pres. of the Commercial Club that commissioned him)
* Joe (for sculptor Giuseppe Moretti)
* Red (for Red Mountain)
* Robinson (for Robinson Iron, who restored him)
* Hot cheeks (for obvious reasons)
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 5:49 pm
Also, is a “BobbleBun” doll what I think it is? Yikes.
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 6:30 pm
@Brandon: Hey, back off! Big Al has a gland problem.
@Dystopos: Hot Cheeks — good stuff. Maybe also Sweet Cheeks …
@Ginny: A BobbleBun ain’t so bad, considering what else they could’ve done.