One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for January 08, 2021

You can call it anything you want if it’s your sled

Actually, the “bob” part originally meant short—like bobbed hair.

Short for robertsled.

Now, couldn’t grandpa have googled this and gave us a history lesson? How easy peasy! ;-))

The first racing sleds were made of wood but were soon replaced by steel sleds that came to be known as bobsleds, so named because of the way crews bobbed back and forth to increase their speed on the straightaways.

From:

ibsf.org/en/our-sports/bobsleigh-history#:~:text=The%20first%20racing%20sleds%20were,their%20speed%20on%20the%20straightaways.

known as bobsleds because of the way crews bobbed back and forth to increase their speed on the straightaways.

bobsled (n.)

also bob-sled, 1839, originally used for hauling timber, from bob (n.2) + sled (n.). So called because it is a short type, or because its body rested on short bobs, one behind the other.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/bobsled#etymonline_v_32065

https://www.etymonline.com/word/bob?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_13666

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=sled

If she is not on it, it is a RUTHless Sled.

How about calling it Rosebud?

Sha-Nay-Nay!

Just give it back to Bob and forget about it.

You need a bobsled to be pulled by bobbed tail horses.

Without resorting to the “Google” I thought it was because it was a sleigh designed to be harnessed up close to a horse for manoeuvrability, and to keep the horse tail from smacking the driver was bobbed.

Another word that will have to be replaced with a gender neutral word.

If you can’t remember it’s name. Call it a FredSled.

When it breaks, I call it “that filthy piece of #$^#&@!!!”

It’s called a bobsled in reference to the riders head bobbing in the process of steering.

Yeah! And what about bobcats? And Bobtail, with the bells ringing?

In its original form, the first races used skeleton sleds made of wood. However, they were soon replaced by steel sleds that came to be known as bobsleighs because of the way crews bobbed back and forth to increase their speed at the start.

How about Rose or Bud …or…….