23 January 2024
After the success last year of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” and the “Eras Tour” movie, it’s no surprise that two of the finalists in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s “Name a Snowplow” contest involve the music sensation.
Among the 50 finalists in this year’s contest: Taylor Drift and Flake it Off.
Voting will remain open through Sunday. Participants may vote only once through a ballot posted on MnDOT’s website and can select up to eight of their favorite names.
Eight snowplows – one for each MnDOT district in the state – will be named.
More than 8,000 entries for this year’s contest were received. MnDOT officials said they considered “uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences” when picking the finalists.
This is the fourth year MnDOT has held a “Name a Snowplow” contest. Last year’s winners were: Yer a Blizzard, Harry; Blizzo; Clearopathtra; Better Call Salt; Han Snowlo; Blader Tot Hotdish; Scoop! There it is, and Sleetwood Mac.
In addition to the 24 named snowplows selected through the previous annual contests, MnDOT staff also have helped to name three additional snowplows: two in Ojibwe – Giiwedin (The North Wind) and Goonodaabaan (Snow Vehicle) and one in Dakota – Icamna (Blizzard) “in acknowledgement of the highways the state plows adjacent to tribal lands,” MnDOT officials said.
This year’s finalists are:
A Little Salty
A Plow Named Sue
Aaron Brrrr, Sir
Alice Scooper
Barbie’s Dream Plow
Beauty and the Blade
Because Ice Said Snow!
Below Zero Hero
Best in Snow
Beyonsleigh
Blizzard Buster
Blizzard Wizard
Can’t Snow Me Down
Clark W. Blizzwald
Dashing thru the snow
Dolly Plowton
Don’t Flurry, Be Happy
Everyday I’m Shovelin’
Fast and Flurrious
Flake Superior
Flake it off
Frosty the Snowplow
Highway Hercules
I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered
Just Scraping By
Lady Slippery
Land of 10,000 snows
L’Plow du Nord
Make Snowbegone
Minnesnowta N’ice
Miracle on Ice
No More Mr. Ice Guy
Oh, For Sleet’s Sake
Oh Snow You Didn’t!
Orange you glad to see me?
Plower Power
Scrape, Rattle and Roll
Shiver Me Blizzards
SKOL Plow
Snowmageddon
SnowMNator
Snow White and the 7 drifts
Star of the North
Storm Rider
Sweet Child O’ Brine
Taylor Drift
The Great MN Plow-together
Waipahiƞte (Dakota word for “snowplow”)
Who let the plows out?
You’re Killin’ Me Squalls
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