Certainly one of the funniest stories to pop-up in the interwebs during the last year..
> A band of Spanish net buccaneers has mounted a determined incursion into Her Maj's territorial cyberwaters by demanding that Blighty's forthcoming Royal Research Ship be named the RRS Blas de Lezo, in honour of the man who administered the British a serious military shoeing during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
> A band of Spanish net buccaneers has mounted a determined incursion into Her Maj's territorial cyberwaters by demanding that Blighty's forthcoming Royal Research Ship be named the RRS Blas de Lezo, in honour of the man who administered the British a serious military shoeing during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/29/boaty_mcboatface_spa...
It was going to win, so they had to shut down the candidacy. Not even the brits can handle the power of roto2...