Car for play, I hope, meaning for fun, driving, enjoyment of the Open Road[1], that sort of thing - not anything to do with seat-belts, "seat covers", gear sticks, back seats, and all *that* malarky.
[1] Where still available.
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It's funny I must be half sharp. Been looking at this all day seeing Car... 4... Play. But the Mrs gets back from work, looks over my shoulder and says... *car foreplay... what the hell's that about?*
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I'm a female ! That's what I saw the minute I read it. (Very deep voice)
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>>But the Mrs gets back from work looks over my shoulder and says...
>> *car foreplay... what the hell's that about?*
I hope you didn't correct her. As best as I can tell women don't want to hear what you think. They want to hear what they think in a deeper voice.
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Wow - I'm going to post that as my "status" on Facebook !
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I know the name might be contentious, but the idea was that cars are things that evoke just what FT has said - open roads, freedom, enjoyment, fun and exhilaration. In short "play". What kids do best and what we grown ups like to do sometimes, even if it is just to escape from it all. So it was car - for - play.
And then the joke dawned on us here, everyone laughed. Sorry, I am a bit into jokes that can be a bit corny at times, but you don't forget them do you?
We did ask around here if it was too risque but then it did do the other meaning of what cars are to people - sexy, alluring and so on. In some cases you would think that a car is an extension of a man's personal parts: their "pride and joy". Someone told me that they know of a man that used to kiss his car goodnight. And isn't the whole point about flash cars, fast cars, gleaming cars, that they are simply seductive. "Drive me" they call.
Motor shows know this all too well and link the new car model with the beauty model draped all over bonnet. So after thinking this through we realised that the double entendre was actually quite good.
Admit it, it does make you smile doesn't it.
Enjoy!
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I wasn't too sure about Car4play on its own, but taken with the '...a passion for cars' slogan, I think it works pretty well.
A good effort, doubly so on the basis it must have been done on the hurry up.
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It just doesn't do it for me.
I would have been hoping for something like "Honest Steve"
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>>It just doesn't do it for me.
In fact, one of the reasons I didn't immediately register and bookmark the first time I came here was probably the name.
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Personally I take the site title and the strapline underneath to be (hopefully) indicative of a slightly lighter-hearted, less severe approach to the whole thing.
It is very clear what this site is not.
This is a good thing. It doesn't have to cower under a larger corporate umbrella where there was always a faint atmosphere of Big Brother watching to make sure nothing undermined the good name of the proprietor.
Time will tell I guess. I expect C4p will find its level, and as long as the idiots are kept at bay and the conversation flows as freely as it did 4 or 5 years ago then I'll stick around. I enjoy talking to you lot.
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"...watching to make sure nothing undermined the good name of the proprietor"
Like the "no naming and shaming" policy?
I thought that the general approach at the BR was about right, but the "no naming and shaming" rule seemed a bit over the top.
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I don't think it will get onto the Weird Web Site Names list. tinyurl.com/yf8vew8
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The sIte name was 'negatIve' for me too and delayed my regIstratIon. the Image I had was of txt speak and It was only after readIng posts that I got past that.
Sorry, just beIng honest. I'm pleased It was set up though. Thanks.
Last edited by: Kharon on Sun 28 Feb 10 at 10:38
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I should like to ask about the name of this site. - Fenlander
