A!MG Automobile?!

[keiichichan]

I saw a woman driving a car a couple months ago with Belldandy's face painted on the side of it. It was the pic from the movie used alot in promotions and on the cover of the Ah!My Goddess issue of Animerica. It looked gorgeous and I think that it was painted on. Was thin Timotheus' car (the only person I think inmy area that would drive such a thing ) or was there some kind of promotional thingy where someone could win an A!MG car?

[Timotheus]

It definitely wasn't mine, and I haven't seen anything like it in my neck of Illinois.

[keiichichan]

Wow! I was sure it was yours or something. It's hard to believe there is that big of an A!mg fan around here that no one knows about...eery. If my friend hadn't seen it first, I would assume I was hallucinating!

[ghost]

Man...a REALLY devoted fan. Too bad there isn't a picture of it or anything, huh?

[AztecGod]

Some day when i get my own motorcycle i will paint some OMG and some homeworld stuff on it.... some day

[Aragon]

keiichichan said:

I saw a woman driving a car a couple months ago with Belldandy's face painted on the side of it. It was the pic from the movie used alot in promotions and on the cover of the Ah!My Goddess issue of Animerica. It looked gorgeous and I think that it was painted on. Was thin Timotheus' car (the only person I think inmy area that would drive such a thing ;) ) or was there some kind of promotional thingy where someone could win an A!MG car?

Good god this person sounds like the Ah! My Goddess equivlent of a trekkie!

[keiichichan]

^lol,but the person driving the car was a pretty girl! I thought the trekkie steroetype was middle aged overwight guys with glasses and too much free time. *ducks* don;t get me wrong. I like Star trek,but i'm not a big fan or anything.

[Loki]

Actually, I had a similar thought myself.

I own a sailboat, and was considering having a custom spinnaker made for it with the spectacularly ethereal picture of Belldandy with wings in the garden. A few conversations with professional sailmakers served to scotch the idea though, as it would have been prohibitively (five figures) expensive. Ah well. I had a beautiful vision of unfurling that spinnaker on the downwind leg of a regatta though. Would have made quite a picture.

I want to name my boat "Belldandy", but fellow sailors are against the idea, saying it's bad luck to change a boat's name. Her original name is "Nan James". I have no idea who that is. Secondhand boat, you see. How unlucky could it be to change it to the name of a goddess?

[Aragon]

Loki said:

Actually, I had a similar thought myself.

I own a sailboat, and was considering having a custom spinnaker made for it with the spectacularly ethereal picture of Belldandy with wings in the garden. A few conversations with professional sailmakers served to scotch the idea though, as it would have been prohibitively (five figures) expensive. Ah well. I had a beautiful vision of unfurling that spinnaker on the downwind leg of a regatta though. Would have made quite a picture.

I want to name my boat "Belldandy", but fellow sailors are against the idea, saying it's bad luck to change a boat's name. Her original name is "Nan James". I have no idea who that is. Secondhand boat, you see. How unlucky could it be to change it to the name of a goddess?

Go with the name change, if thats whant you want.

[keiichichan]

I agree go with the name change and the goddess of luck will surely be on your side! ;D

[Timotheus]

If it helps any, here's a item I found on the subject of changing a boat's name.

from the Marine Graphics website...

www.marinegraphics.com/recboatsframe.html

Yes, there *is* a way to change a boat's name without upsetting the various deities of the sea and air.

First time out with the new name on the boat, luff up into the wind and drift to a complete stop, then allow the boat to sail backwards. This represents "backing over" the old name.

Sailing backwards is hard - requires a good breeze, some waves usually help, and a fair amount of skill. But the goddesses and gods that are concerned with these matters are not easy to impress! If the boat is a fin keel type with a separate rudder, you should be able to stabilize in backwards mode and do it for at least a few boat lengths. For a full-keeler, the spirits will most likely be appeased with a half-boat length or so. Under no circumstance should you do this under power!

If the boat is a powerboat, you will have bad luck with the new name until you have run aground three times.
I don't know if these can be intentional groundings - perhaps someone with more experience in this area could clarify this.

A new book out this year, entitled, "Superstitions of the Sea," and subtitled, "A Digest of Beliefs, Customs and Mystery" with a banner that adds, "With Startling New Facts on the Titanic," talks about name changes. It says that the ancients believed a name was integral to a ship and if it was changed, the vessel would be cursed -and because most of the vessels were named after Gods, a name change would at least be insulting to that God. The book adds that the Lloyd's registry shows thousands of name changes, ignoring the superstition (but does not say how many of those boats subsequently sank.)

Then it says: "Name changing, UNLESS A SHIP'S NAME IS CHANGED WITH NEW OWNERSHIP OF A VESSEL, [my emphasis] is still consider by some as unlucky. If the change is absolutely necessary, it is usually accomplished by simple announcement, void of fanfare or ceremony."

But that would also suggest that it's okay to buy a used boat and rename it, without any bad luck to be expected.

[Aragon]

I hope it turns out all right!