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[Lamma-Gung]

Anybody got a good nickname for the new pavilion in front of the Typhoon Shelter?

I've been asking Lammadonna several times about the official opening ceremony of the pavilion and she promised to let me know. But remembering that it took more than half a year for the official opening of her first office after she moved in last January.

In the meantime, the pavilion is open to the public and it's a nice spot for ferry and sunset watching. Here are a few photos I shot recently.

[Guy MIller]

"Sunset Pavilion"
"Sunset Strip" - for nude sunbathing & after the street in LA
"G.A.G. Pavilion" = Grab-a-grot - a good place to take that partner you've just met but don't want yr friends to meet
"Gaia Alley"
"Passion Point"
"Honeymoon Point"
"Tourist Moon Point" - so you can moon at the ferry as it passes
"Weeping Gallery"
"The Refuge"
"The Refugee Hotel"
"I.I. Sanctuary"
"Y2K Terrace" - it's their seaview terrace
"Island Bar WC"
"Fire Ant Lookout"
"Bookworms Kitchen" - because of the time it takes to get yr food
"The Mouldy Cottage" - we already have a "Green Cottage"
"Gungs Last Stand" - his next stop if he doesn't get more sponsorship
"Gungs Limit" - that's the furthest he's ever walked from the Bakery
"Lammadonnas Folly"
"Lammadonnas Perch"
"TCWs Hat"
"Lammapors Refuge" - where she goes to "get away" from his incessant talking
"Lamma Tourist Office"
"Lamma Community Centre"
"Lamma Space Shuttle" - a play on drug taking & our stoneage technological advance to enter the space race
"Hubble Too" - a space reference as "Hubble" is about to be dismantled if Congress have their way
"The Observatory" - a continuation of the last, but also a low lighting area to look at the stars
"Smokers Retreat"
"Britains Last Bastion"
"Exclamation Point" - a play on "reclamation", but also a place to let off steam
"Ferry Watchers Hangout"
"Granola Eaters Forum" - he isn't talking anywhere else
"HEC Gallery" - a good viewing spot of the 3 stacks
"HKKF HQ"
"Johnny Spot" - a place for discarded condoms
"Lammazine Office" - all the technological hardware is in place to get the latest Lammazine into print
"Lamma Check-in Terminal" - for the airport - Central & TST have one!
"Lamma Lookout"
"Landlord Lock-out" - a place to sleep
"Orators Corner" - after Speakers Corner in London, just as many will go there to listen
"Millers Pulpit" - nobody pays attention to my sermons anyway
"The Pull Pit" - "Millers Pulpit" was a derivatioin of this
"Pets Corner"
"Poets Corner"
"Karoake Lounge"
"Pinkys Nest" - she's going to fill it with beds & start charging
"Hippy Recruitment Centre"
"Pontpierre"
"T.R.A.P. Pavilion" = Turn right at Pavilion - (for tourists asking how to get to SKW)
"PPP Pavilion" = Piss Poor Pagoda
"The Full Stop"
"The Sh** Stops Here"
"Pollution View" - nearest pavilion to the Power Station
"Air Quality Control Centre" - nearest pavilion to the Power Station
"Lamma Palais"
"The Sore Bum"
"The Carbuncle"
"The Library Annex"
"The Rollerdome" - flattest piece of concrete on Lamma for Rollerskating
"The Weed Bed" - a drugs reference
"The Watchwhattower" - nice view, but of what?
"The YSW Beach" - it's all rocks & concrete
"YSW Mandarin Hotel"
"West Point".....
or none of the above

[Lamma-Gung]

Wow, that's quite an impressive collection! Got some help from a few friends, yes?
Let's collect a few more from other people and put it to a vote!
Guy, could you point out your favourites, please, maybe 5 or so, as some of these are great and some less so. My own ten favourites in your very imaginative list:

"Sunset Pavilion"
"Passion Point"
"I.I. Sanctuary"
"Lammadonna's Perch"
"Lamma Tourist Office"
"Ferry Watchers' Hangout"
"Lamma-zine Office"
"Hippy Recruitment Centre"
"Air Quality Control Centre"
"Lamma Palais"

Who's got some even better ones?

[Guy MIller]

Whoa, hold on there L-B - I only did it to get people started.

I was going to have a "Brainstorming session" with Granola Eater, but he couldn't find his, Everytimeagoodtime couldn't make up his mind if it was a good idea or not, & Victor Meldrew thought it would be a good spot to have a gallery for the Lamma Fun Day pics.
I'm sure there are plenty of other creative thoughts on the subject out there - no hold on, yr probably right - I'll try & work out my favourite 5, although I think it a little strange you are allowed 10.

[Lamma-Gung]

OK, here are my top 5 from your list. And I'll think up MUCH MUCH BETTER 5 suggestions of my own soon, quite soon, someday, perhaps...:

"Sunset Pavilion"
"Lamma Tourist Office"
"Ferry Watchers' Hangout"
"Lamma-zine Office"
"Hippy Recruitment Centre"

[Samson]

Pray tell, Uncle Guy, how exactly is "the Sore Bum" a fitting nickname for the pagoda?

[Lamma-Gung]

Stone benches...

[Insomniac]

CNN - 2015: 'The last place that you can still smoke on planet earth' Lamma Island's ferry spotting den.

[Guy MIller]

[Guy MIller]

BTW I like the place, but only in small doses - the feng shui sucks

[Guy MIller]

A few more - with explanations:

"Lovers Leap" - it's not too far down & Lammaites only do it for show, not for real
"Worldwide House" - Filipino Shopping Plaza & a place to chat
"Harry's Bookshop" - there's a shelf with room for one book
"Nicks Loading Bay" - If you it get there - he'll get it to the ferry
"Nicks Unloading Bay" - if you get it there from the ferry - he deliver it to your new home
"7/11" - it's open 24 hours a day
"The Clocktower" - all we need is a clock - just like the "shop clocks" that are all 10 mins fast
"The Safe Deposit" - a place for Lammaites to store all their valuables
"The Sticky Finger" - shan't go there - cinema back row Lamma alternative
"10ft High Club" - Lamma alternative to the "Mile High Club"
"The Pleasure Turret"
"Safe Sex Area" - Lamma alternative to al fresco sex on a rainy day
"Bay Watch" - location for the next Lamma TV series
"Inequality Den" - who said we're all pigs anyway (George Orwell - I think)
"Tsunami Lookout" - it's on the wrong side of the island
"GAIA Teepee" - Typhoon proof alternative
"The Tom Tom Room" - a place to play their drums on a rainy day
"MST 2 Pavilion" - getting ready for the next MST
"The Amahs Room" - close enough to Po Wah Yuen, but not too close to interfere with family life
"The Recording Studio" - a good place for Lamma Rock Bands to do their recording if Mt Stenhouse is booked
"The Rock Venue" - a good place to listen to Lamma Rock Bands if they are playing on Mt Stenhouse
"L-Bs nude Room" - who going to walk that far to look at him anyway!!
"The NUDE Room" - if they play there - I'll go & listen
"Yungshuwankers Auditorium" - if they play there - I won't go there & listen
"The Yungshuewankers Playroom" - if they play with themselves or their egos there, I won't go & watch
"The Rocks Venue" - a good place for rocks to meet & chat
"Chinese Garden" - not a blade of grass or flower in sight - nicely concreted
"Upton Park" - will be able to fit all the West Ham supporters that'll be watching them next season
"Lamma Passport Control"
"HKKF No Smoking Area"
"Lamma Wetlands Observatory" - there's water there
"The Twitchers Club" - not for Birdwatching, but for those that have been on "Ice" too long
"The Pharmacy"
"The Pill Box"
"Fishermans Bluff" - put a few fishing rods there & the tourists'l think the fish a caught fresh locally
"VV Parking Lot" - once they've "cemented in" the steps in the dead of night
"The Fish & Chip Shop" - if it opens first
"The Feripad" - Well we already have a helipad - I think - somewhere
"Alans Watchtower" - he's heard they're building a new path or drainage ditch somewhere near here
"Lamma LEGCO Building"
"Illegal Structure" - who gave permission for it to be built anyway?
"Rememberance Garden" - to remember those lost & ferry departed Lammaites
"Statue Square" - a good spot for a statue for that unknown Lamma hero
"Lamma Landmark" - a shopping plaza for high class Lamma gift items
"The Bus Shelter" - a good place to take a piss while waiting for the next Lamma Bus
"The MTR Station" - The MTR is coming to Lamma - isn't it?
"The Playstation" - for the kids to take their computer games
"The Vector of Love" - the roofing is the right shape for a teenager hangout
"Beanburglars Brain House" - there are no moving parts
"Millers Coventry" - Victor pls don't send me there if you don't find this thread amusing
"Zzzzzzz Point" - I'm sure you're all getting fed up with this thread - I'll stop here - besides I only posted this one so I could move ahead of Webdog in the "Total Posts" league table - lucky I didn't post them separately, otherwise Legless & Alan would be chalked up as well

DISCLAIMER - none of the above reflect a personal view, just a representative selection of fellow Lammaite impressions of the state of Lamma I have received in the last 10 minutes or so

[Guy MIller]

[Samson]

[Guy MIller]

[Lamma-Gung]

Guy,
Well, you really don't know when to stop, do you?

You should have quite while you were ahead in this naming game!
So now we have even more choices and still no Top 5 from you? There can only be 20 options maximal in our polls, but that's already too much for most people to choose from. We need to reduce the choices to the best ones.

If you don't want to do it, I'll just play God, eh, Editor, and make the choices myself right now. I'm not really expecting anybody else to come up with good choices soon, you've EXHAUSTED most of the angles for nicknames already with your exhaustive lists, leaving us all verbally exhausted.

[Guy MIller]

Ok I'll try & think of my favourite 5.
It's just that I thought I would try a thousand words instead of just one picture for a change.

[Guy MIller]

In no particular order:

1) Lovers Leap
2) Lamma Community Centre
3) Worldwide House
4) Zzzzzzz Point
5) TCWs Hat

[Lamma-Gung]

OK, we're getting there!
One last thing, could you add descriptions to my 10 top choices, please. Then the voting can commence and descriptions make it easier, considering the pretty wide range of IQ levels amongst the voters (most pretty close to genius level, of course).

"Sunset Pavilion"
"Passion Point"
"I.I. Sanctuary"
"Lammadonna's Perch"
"Lamma Tourist Office"
"Ferry Watchers' Hangout"
"Lamma-zine Office"
"Hippy Recruitment Centre"
"Air Quality Control Centre"
"Lamma Palais"

With all these nicknames, you certainly have enough material for a little Blog story to take the piss out of the pagoda, so to speak. Interested?

[daffyd]

Samson asked:

[Alan]

We need to create some history to make it a tourist attraction. Cheung Chau has Cheung Po Tsai's cave, Tung Lung and Po Toi have prehistoric rock carvings (suspiciously, not "discovered" till quite recent times); here we seem to have some putative Japanese war sites, such as the Kamikaze Caves and the Japanese Hospital, (neither with any actual facts behind the names). So we could mount a few fake samurai swords on the walls, and say without fear of contradiction that what we have is actually a commemorative Shinto shrine, (explaining the tacky orientalist design) for the squad of Japanese soldiers left to defend Lamma at the end of the War, who when the Allied fleet sailed in committed mass hara-kiri. Thus I suggest Seppuku Point.

If restrictions on selling charcoal come in, the faltering outlying islands suicide industry will need a boost. The Blue Bird could set up a stall selling sake by the shot, to help visitors get up their nerve. Suitably sharp wakizashi could be rented out for the hard core, or weighted belts sold to the more squeamish. Local martial arts experts could perform coups de grâce (for a nominal fee). It'd also undoubtedly improve the yield for the rock fishermen (we might even attract some sharks).