Back in the day a friend of mine had a blue shit box I don't even remember the make or model of now. Let's call it a vauxhall (Opel/Buick in the rest of the world) Cavalier with constant issues. It was close to Tardis Blue, and due to its problems and unreliable nature, and it being a different time where insensitive names were the norm, he called it the re-tardis. Not proud, but it is a memory.

I have had two Sonatas, despite being musically inclined I have never called them a musically inspired name. The first one was lied to me by the stealership (used inventory from trade in, off-brand) that it was a limited edition, an L.E; so we called her Ellie.

Sounds like a medicine I shouldn't take before asking my doctor if it's right for me.

I remember landlines in the UK actually operating like this in the nineties. If you hung up, the line would stay open until the caller ended the call. It doesn't make any sense and I remember being surprised when it didn't happen when the caller was on a mobile phone.

Maybe our cable company's exchanges were misconfigured? I'm pretty sure it doesn't happen these days. You could never hang up on unsolicited sales calls for example.