‘Peter Parka, Plowy McPlowface’: Edmonton Residents Charmed By City’s Punny Plow Names
Published on February 7, 2024
The Big Leplowski could be coming to an Edmonton street the next time a blizzard hits the city. The Big Leplowski is just one of 15 city plows that had punny names bestowed on them last year as part of Edmonton’s ‘Name a Plow’ contest. The contest encouraged residents to come up with humorous names for the city’s snow plows. Despite the top 15 names being announced last January, a number of city residents took to the website Reddit this winter to express their surprise and delight that Edmonton has given memorable monikers to a fleet of its plows. “It’s my first winter living in Edmonton,” the original poster said on the city’s subreddit page. “It made me happy to discover that some of the snow plows have names.”...