Friday, June 30, 2006

World Cup Edition: Seven



Sonia kicks off a jam-packed DWCE by summoning name suggestions for the soccer ball from the mysterious DriveTime Magic Hat, which prompts the first instance of venturing into the DriveTime Cutting Room Floor. In the end, Ravi tabs two (or is it three?) finalists.

Plus -- in anticipation of the World Cup Quarterfinals -- Ravi and Sonia demonstrate the DriveTime Corner Kick.

(QuickTime, 05:32)

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm with Sonia. Long live Fifa the ball!

Anonymous said...

I still like Adiba but I can go for Fifa. :D

~L~

Ravi said...

I don't know about all of this Fifa sentiment... it's like naming one's dog Petco!

For the record, the full name I'm proposing is Antonio Fahrgeist (aka. Huggy Ball)

Anonymous said...

You're just making this complicated aren't you Ravi? *wink wink*

I still like Adiba. ;P

~L~

Anonymous said...

I'm for Huggy Ball just because of the long explanation that will have to be made each time someone responds "Huggy Ball? Why Huggy Ball?" :)

Stefan said...

How can you not like Antonio Fahrgeist (aka. Huggy Ball)?


too awesome

Joe C said...

Well, of course I have to cast my vote for my nominee, Fifa. But really, I thought "DriveGeist" or "FahrenGeist" (driving spirit) really did it in terms of appropriateness for DriveTime.

-joe c.

Joe C said...

By the way, Sonia, thanks for the vote(s) of confidence!!

joe c.

Anonymous said...

Fahrengeist. No further discussion needed.

Anonymous said...

Fifa ... hmmm.... Pheepha?
Feefah ... fo fum ...

We'll vote for "Fifa," with a pet name of "Fifi" ... or "Huggyball," which since the proper name is Fifa, will take even LONGER to explain ... :)

Laura and Randy

Anonymous said...

fahrgeist is great
and even though driving/to drive translates to "fahren" in german, it would still be reduced to "fahrgeist", nobody would say "fahrengeist"....

Rich said...

My vote goes to Antonio Fahrgeist, a.k.a Huggy Ball. The six-degrees-esque explanation is just too good to pass up.

Abdusalaam al-Hindi said...

Yeah I like the name Fifa too. It just rolls off your tongue.

Anonymous said...

I choose "Fargeist" for the following reason:
In "bizarro" Seinfeld world the character of Fargus (which sounds a lot like Fargeist) represents the "good" version of Neuman. Now the character of Neuman is played by the indomitable actor, Wayne Knight. This happens to be the same family name a one Michael Knight a.k.a. the "Night Rider," which brings us back to the ubiquitous David Hasselhoff. So by my logic a vote for Fargeist is a vote for "Hasselhoff the Ball." That's right oh discriminating DriveTime Magic Hat, stick that in your pipe & smoke it.

Steve Garfield said...

Antonio Fahrgeist aka. Huggy Ball is my choice for the name of the ball.

Huggy Balls nickname caould even be HB.

Patrick said...

Aw man!

The Drivetime Wiki article got deleted.

:(

Patrick said...

Hmm, I'm liking Huggy Ball aka HB

Anonymous said...

I'm also with Sonia too.

i vote for FIFA

Anonymous said...

Huggy Ball! Love Ravi's long winded, demented logic.

Ravi said...

Thanks all for the thoughts/votes on ball name. We're tabulating them based on ancient formula passed down by DriveTimers of yore... and we're talking with "the ball" of course.

We'll have a naming ceremony in our Pre-World Cup Final edition!

Anonymous said...

MY VOTE!

once world cup is over try something new. Let's hear about some NASCAR!

Yaye & Tallulah said...

My first dog's name was Fifi (Yes, it was a french poodle. Look man, I was only 5 years old!) - so I vote for Fifa!