Houston’s Adopt-A-Drain Program Turned Into a Hilarious Nickname Battle

We're almost halfway through 2018. You would think municipalities would learn not to let the internet have free rein over the naming of anything.

In a world where Boaty McBoatface is a thing, Houston really should have seen this coming. The public works department started a program that allows residents to claim a drain near them and commit to keeping it clear. It also let people name their drain, here's a few examples:

• Mark Drain’s The Adventures of Storm Sawyer
• Drainopaloosa
• Drain-Ogh
• Drain You
• Mrs. DraineyMcDrainerFace
• Mr. DraineyMcDrainerFace
• The Pain Drain
• So Proud Of My Large Wet Drainage Son
• Leaf It Alone
• WHATA-drain
• Puddle Slayer
• Oscar the Drain
• My Sluggish Sewer
• Home of Pennywise
• Messy Drain Boy
• One Drain One Dream