An Open Source Project.

[dmm]

"Desert Rats" is also the name of a Shrapnel game. It kept flashing on and off, on and off, in the banner ad. After a while it took over my brain and forced me to post it on your topic.

[dmm]

Ships in the dreaded Elvis fleet:
Rockin' Robin
You-Aint-Nuttin-But-A Hound Dog


Other ships:
Wise *** (a crappy ship for trading with the AI)
Kiss *** (for gifting to a human player threatening your annihilation)

[dmm]

The Monkey Business (Gary Hart, captain)
Monkey's Uncle
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Busy Beaver
Mother Hen (support ship)
Blind Bat (no sensors)
Beached Whale (no engines)
Raging Bull
Fish Out of Water (no life support)
Fish N Chips (computer-controlled)
800-Pound Gorilla
Squirrely (minister-controlled)
Dead Duck (shot-up ship for trading to AI)
Peking Duck (long range sensors [GET IT? ])
Naked Jaybird (no armor)
Happy Clam (only a "shell" of a ship; sits in orbit to placate population)

[Alpha Kodiak]

It's scary what happens when you keep a notepad open to write down thoughts while at work....

On a Lark
Frog Prince
Lord of the Flies
Silence of the Lambs
Flea Market
Flea Circus
Top Cat
Dog and Pony Show
Dog House
Dogfight
Cat Fight
Old Crow
Pink Panther
Super Fly
Bantam Weight
Pork Chop Hill
Horse Sense
Mark of the Beast
Four Horsemen
Italian Stallion
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Cat O' Nine Tales
Bull Pen
Fly Weight
Mad Dog
Hot Dog
Dirty Dog
Red Dog
Cuckoo's Nest
Crow's Nest
Hair of the Dog
Glue Factory
Not Cricket
Roach Trap
Roach Clip
Roach Coach
Blood Sucker
Pigs in a Blanket
Jail Bird
Sing like a Canary
For the Birds
Golden Goose
Loaded for Bear
Bear with me
Grin and Bear It
Laughing Stock
Spruce Goose
Gossamer Condor
Tiger in the Tank
Cat and Mouse
Wild Weasel
Horse of a Different Color
Flea Flicker
Dyna Soar
Jackrabbit Start
As the Crow Flies
Lonesome Dove
Ugly Duckling

How's that for a day's worth of random programmer thoughts?

[dmm]

Eating Crow
A Bird in the Hand
Mad as a Hornet
Sitting in the Catbird's Seat

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Talk Turkey
Uncle Tom
Chicken Feed
Fowl Ball!
Shrike Three!
Infield Fly
Flight of the Bumblebee
Worm Out of It
SawBuck
Doe Ray Me
Buck Rogers
Buck the Tide
Buck the System
Fawning Sycophant
Roe Your Boat
Adder Boy!
Asp Me Anything
Egg On Your Face
Chicken Lips
Crocodile Tears
Crocodile Rock
Don't Have a Cow, Man!
Bull(doo-doo)!

[DirectorTsaarx]

First, the animal metaphors:

Barrel of Monkeys
Lounge Lizard
Blue Iguana
Crunchy Frog
Software Toad
Fish Heads
Fish Lips
Tiger by the Tail
Bull by the Horns (or by the Ba!!s)
Snipe
Guttersnipe
Atom Ant
Danger Mouse
Courageous Cat
Minute Mouse
Mighty Mouse (Here he comes to save the day!!!)
Cat in the Hat
Pale Horse
March Hare
Spelling Bee
Quilting Bee
Skeletonized Cow (okay, this one is pushing the limits...)
Dust Bunny
Dust Puppy
Crud Puppy
Cool Cat
Krazy Kat
Fritz the Cat
Teddy Bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear
Naked Ape
Grape Ape
Deputy Dog
Male Chauvinist Pig
Swamp Fox (American Revolutionary War hero)
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And now, the psychedelia:

Strawberry Alarm Clock
Incense and Peppermints
Tangerine Dream
Mellow Yellow
Mr. Tambourine Man
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Strawberry Fields Forever
Oingo Boingo
Led Zeppelin
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And the crossover hits:

Butterfly Dead
Iron Butterfly
Three Dog Night
John Cougar (Mellencamp)
Blue Oyster Cult
Adam Ant

<edit: moved some entries to "crossover hits">

[This message has been edited by DirectorTsaarx (edited 29 August 2001).]