Explain your name

[pumpkinpie]

Has there ever been a topic where everyone explains their screen names? I don't remember one in the months I've been here. And if there was one in the past, many newbies would have missed the chance to read and post.

Anyway, I'll start (or re-start!)

pumpkinpie was the handle my dad gave me when fiddling with the CB radios, back in the early 80's. My sister was thunderbug. I can't remember any of the rest of the familys' handles. I'll have to ask.

(I'm usually pretty good at grammar, but I just can't come up with the correct use of the plural for family in that case. Does that look right?)

Sorry if this thread gets a little too personal. But to solve that, just don't post if you don't want to reveal! :)

pumpkinpie, over and out.

[astronomo flaquito]

astrónomo flaquito = skinny astronomer

the former - absolutely

the latter - amateur

in Spanish because where I live Spanish is the common tongue

[Wolverine]

I'm a huge fan of Michigan football (http://www.mgoblue.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=185&top=2&level=2). 8)

No relation to Hugh Jackman. ;)

[Spacewriter]

because I write about space (and astronomy)

[R.A.F.]

Oh good, an easy question...

R.A.F. are my initials. Now can you figure out what my real name is? :)

[Tranquility]

I got mine from Tranquility Base. Decided to shorten it.

[Wolverine]

Oh good, an easy question...

R.A.F. are my initials. Now can you figure out what my real name is? :)

Royal Air Force? :D

[Normandy6644]

We've had this thread before, though I'm too lazy to go get it right now. :D

astrónomo flaquito = skinny astronomer

the former - absolutely

the latter - amateur

in Spanish because where I live Spanish is the common tongue

Considerando dónde vives, yo pensaría que sí. :D

[Staiduk]

Staiduk is the name of an alien race I came up with in one of my numerous - and generally pathetic - attempts at writing S-F.
I generally choose it as a handle because no-one else will already have it. ;)

[Morrolan]

Morrolan has been my online name for more than 10 years. it comes from Morrolan e'Drien, a character in the Jhereg books by Steven Brust.

[xbck1]

xbck1=My initials+1

[paulie jay]

It's actually my stage name (I'm a professional musician by trade), and is just a distortion of my real name - Paul Jones

[Maksutov]

Simple (like me): it was my favorite type of telescope during the 1960s. 8)

Also, when mispronounced, it can be used as a Jewish toast!

[Ut]

When I got my first computer in '95, my friend insisted that I download mIRC and join him in the wonderful world of IRC. I had no idea what to call myself, so I just sort of beat my keyboard. The end result was something resembling ut;ladflaodlkjal;kjdsaflj. Since IRC servers don't allow semi-colons in nicknames, everything after it was dropped. All that was left was "ut"; I capitalized it to make it a proper name.

Don't tell anyone, though ;) Otherwise, all those painfully annoying questions about Unreal Tournament, the University of Texas/Toronto/Toledo/T-whatever, and Utah will dry up, and I might regain my sanity.

[beck0311]

beck-->most of my last name
0311-->My MOS (military occupational specialty) in the Marine Corps-Rifleman

[Brady Yoon]

What can I say? My name really is Brady Yoon. :D Brady means "slow" as in bradycardia. (slow heartbeat)

[MrObvious]

I have a tendancy to get so involved in my work or a subject that I seem to constantly miss the obvious things in everyday life. E.g. I came home one night and greeted the better half, grabbed a beer and started watching T.V. to wind down.
Problem: She re-arranged the furniture in the lounge, changed the curtains and bought a new couch that I was sitting on; I somehow missed it all. She asked me if I noticed anything differrent and I said "did you get a haircut, it looks good", she didn't get a haircut and I didn't get much attention for a week.....

After she told the story to her friend I walked into the room, both looked at me and her friend said "well if it isn't MrObvious", both burst out laughing. Of course, true to form, I didn't know what they were on about till they explained it to me. My reaction: Yep, I'll just leave now and get another beer.....

[milli360]

I seem to remember seeing ToSeek's explanation in a previous thread.

[Morrolan]

Problem: She re-arranged the furniture in the lounge, changed the curtains and bought a new couch that I was sitting on; I somehow missed it all. She asked me if I noticed anything differrent and I said "did you get a haircut, it looks good", she didn't get a haircut and I didn't get much attention for a week.....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tensor]

It's what's used in what I've been studying for the last couple of years.

[Mars]

I'm the God of War...what else can I say? 8)

[Candy]

My first name is Candy. No one ever made fun of my name, until I reached the age of 25. I thought about changing it, but by then I was just to used to it. Just think if my father hadn't stepped into to say 'Candy', my mother's choice was 'Baby Kay'. I believe I was destined for doom from the very beginning. #-o

[AZgazer]

AZ = Arizona where I had lived for the past 12ish years and rediscovered the night skies.
Gazer = To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention.

AZgazer = Me stuck in Illinois with clouds blocking the sky it seems like every night. :(

No cool story, just seemed to fit. Plus I assumed it wasn't going to be hard to get, I hate fighting for SNs and such.

[Parrothead]

Mine's easy...I'm a Jimmy Buffett fan. Fins up!

[Candy]

Mine's easy...I'm a Jimmy Buffett fan. Fins up! And I thought you had a head shaped like a Parrot's... :lol:

[Candy]

I seem to remember seeing ToSeek's explanation in a previous thread. Where is that thread? I figured out kilopi and GrapesOfWrath, but milli360 has got me stumped. :-k

[Kizarvexis]

Mine is based on a dragon from an obscure comic strip in an obscure magazine. The name, originally, is Kizarvexius, but that was too long for AoHe-doublehockeysticks-. So I shortened it to Kizarvexis. I didn't want to be Steve9542384 or something like that. :)

Kizarvexis

[badchap]

"Badchap" is one of several nicknames I have in real life.

[Candy]

Mine is based on a dragon from an obscure comic strip in an obscure magazine. The name, originally, is Kizarvexius, but that was too long for AoHe-doublehockeysticks-. So I shortened it to Kizarvexis.

Kizarvexis The difference in the names lacks only 'u'. :cry:

[Kizarvexis]

Mine is based on a dragon from an obscure comic strip in an obscure magazine. The name, originally, is Kizarvexius, but that was too long for AoHe-doublehockeysticks-. So I shortened it to Kizarvexis.

Kizarvexis The difference in the names lacks only 'u'. :cry:

Yep, but that made it 11 characters which was 1 too long for AOL.

Kizarvexis

[Candy]

Yep, but that made it 11 characters which was 1 too long for AOL.

Kizarvexis I was making a joke - 'u' meaning you. The name is perfect. You [u] are Kizarvexi[u]s without the 'u'. Get it? You make-up for the missing u! =D>

[mike alexander]

My name. Easier to remember.

[Maksutov]

Yep, but that made it 11 characters which was 1 too long for AOL.

Kizarvexis I was making a joke - 'u' meaning you. The name is perfect. You [u] are Kizarvexi[u]s without the 'u'. Get it? You make-up for the missing u! =D>

Reminds of all the various church bulletin boards around here that frequently have this on them:

http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/ur.jpg

Even though they forgot the question mark, can't get much cuter, I guess... :roll:

[MrObvious]

My first name is Candy. No one ever made fun of my name, until I reached the age of 25.

Why would they, Candy is such a sweet name... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[kucharek]

My family name. Boring. But I usually don't get a "This username is already in use"-reply when I subscribe somewhere. In some slawic languages, it's the diminuitive of "cook".

[EvilBob]

Bob is my sometime nickname - my first name's Dylan. (You can see the connection, right?). Evil comes from the movie 'Bill and Ted's bogus journey' where the evil doppelgangers refer to each other as 'EvilTed' and 'EvilBill'.

I guess you had to be there.... 8-[

[milli360]

I seem to remember seeing ToSeek's explanation in a previous thread. Where is that thread? I figured out kilopi and GrapesOfWrath, but milli360 has got me stumped. :-k
Ah, here it is: How did you choose your username? (http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6692)

[kylenano]

Almost ten years ago when I signed up with Demon Internet, you had to have a unique name of up to 8 letters. I was reading Yeats at the time and considering names when I was walking down the road from our house and a squirrel ran past...
I walked among the seven woods of Coole:
Shan-walla, where a willow bordered pond
Gathers the wild duck from the winter dawn;
Shady Kyle-dortha; sunnier Kyle-na-no,
Where many hundred squirrels are as happy
As though they had been hidden by green boughs
Where old age cannot find them...

W. B. Yeats "The Shadowy Waters, Introductory Lines"
He also wrote a poem called To a Squirrel at Kyle-na-no. 'Kyle-na-no' means "wood of the nuts". And I knew that before I used it :D

[zebo-the-fat]

My real name isn't zebo and I'm not at all fat...... so zebo-the-fat sounded just right to me! :D

[Maksutov]

My first name is Candy. No one ever made fun of my name, until I reached the age of 25.

Why would they, Candy is such a sweet name... :lol: :lol: :lol:

You're right. It's easy to cotton to Candy!

http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/cotton%20candy.gif :D

[Meteora]

I wanted a user name that was gender-specific and related to my occupation (meteorologist). I did a few Web searches, but forget now what terms I used, and "Meteora" eventually came up, with references to "goddess of weather." Worked for me.

Okay, now maybe I can change my signature to something better.... :D

[ZaphodBeeblebrox]

My Favourite Character, in my Favourite Book Series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy.

In Real Life, I'm a lot more like Arthur Dent, however, in My Dreams or when I'm with my Kinda Girlfriend, I'm All Zaphod.

When I can't have that Name, I'm his Ancestor, Zipo Bibrok.

Strangely Enough, sometimes that's Even Taken!

[Lycus]

When I first started using the Internet, I tried out various names from ancient Greek history and mythology, especially more obscure ones. Lycus is what I settled on, and it's also the name of a character in one of my stories.

[MentalAvenger]

The origin of MentalAvenger is not as dramatic as it might seem. Long ago, I was trying to sign up on a chat room. I wanted a space-related name, but all the ones I came up with were taken.
Somewhere in there I tried “Avenger” (as in the Avengers John Steed and Emma Peel) and it was, of course, taken. Well, what kind of avenging can you do on the internet anyway? Certainly not physical, only……..Mental!

I use it everywhere now.

[papageno]

I like the character Papageno in the Magic Flute.

(No long story behind it...)

[Essan]

Essan (or, more correctly Easan or Easain) is the name of a cottage in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands where I stay from time to time.

http://img68.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Essan/Bothies/Essan_r.jpg

[Harvestar]

Thorn Harvestar is a character from the Bone comic books by Jeff Smith. I'd dressed up as Thorn for Halloween a few years back and named my computer that. When I joined a Tolkien messageboard, Thorn was already taken, so I went with Harvestar.

[Bawheid]

Bawheid is a Scots perjorative term for someone who knows nothing. (Baw = ball, heid = head) I thought it apt when I read how much others here know.

[Padawan]

Padawan = a beginner's rank

[Jim]

Uh, it's my name.

[Wally]

xbck1=My initials+1

Your first name starts with an "X"??? Xavier, perhaps???

Mine: Wally = dirivative of "waffy"

"waffy" = how I pronounced my name (jeffy) when I was a toddler. lived with "waffy" as my nickname up until my early/mid teens. It kinda didn't fit anymore once I grew up a bit, so one of my friends converted it to wally, which is kinda fitting since my middle name is Walter.

[kucharek]

xbck1=My initials+1

Your first name starts with an "X"??? Xavier, perhaps???


I guess, he meant his initials are W.A.B.J.

[Eye-Zee]

My last name is always mis-spelled as starting "Eis..." unless I spell it out "Iz..." Back in college a friend who heard me do this one too many times started calling me Iyzie, which pretty much only he used, but I liked it. I worried it would be too hard to figure out how to pronounce Iyzie, so I use Eye-Zee.

[SciFi Chick]

I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it. I like science fiction. I'm a girl. It kind of rolls off the tongue. Of course, now that people have taken to shortening it to SFC, I feel like a fast food restaurant. :lol:

[SeanF]

My last name is always mis-spelled as starting "Eis..." unless I spell it out "Iz..." Back in college a friend who heard me do this one too many times started calling me Iyzie, which pretty much only he used, but I liked it. I worried it would be too hard to figure out how to pronounce Iyzie, so I use Eye-Zee.
Reminds me of the story of how actor Topher Grace (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333410/) got that nickname. His real name is Christopher, and he disliked being called Chris. Whenever anyone said his name and stopped at "Chris", he would complete it for them: "-topher." Eventually, that stuck. :)

My screen name, by the way, is just my first name + last initial. Nothing special. :)

[StarStuff]

xbck1=My initials+1

Your first name starts with an "X"??? Xavier, perhaps???


I guess, he meant his initials are W.A.B.J.

Actually, I think it is Xavier. I seem to remember him saying that in another post at some point.

[bbtuna]

Mine comes from one of the Ace Ventura movies. It came out when I was attending an early (5:30 am) church class. Crazy things happen that early. I eventually became the Bumble Bee Tuna, ruler of Jessieland (my real name is Jessica). Like I said, strange things happen.

I also post at Apollohoax under the name of "Spzoid's wife." Hubby uses Spzoid as his screen name for a lot of things and I started using Spzoid's wife when I started playing a game online. I'm not that creative. In case you're wondering, Spzoid = spazoid - a, He had a hard time spelling so his friends just started calling him Spzoid.

[Swift]

Swift is a nickname I picked up in high school in an honors literature class. Its from Jonathan Swift, because my real first name is Jonathan, spelled as Mr. Swift spelled his (not Johnathan, or Jonathon, etc.) and because I really liked his works. We were assigned to read the first book of Gulliver's Travels, but I read all four just because I liked them. Yahoo!

I'll leave it to others to determine how swift I am or not. :wink:

[Gullible Jones]

"Jones" is a common last name, and the gullibility of the human population is one of the reasons why this board exists. My username is derived directly from the problem that the population faces when confronted by people such as HBers. Note that this isn't meant as an insult: the human brain is, to some extent, hard-wired to sponge up ideas. (This is most notable in youg children, but adults also display it.) Without a finely tuned "baloney detection kit", it isn't hard to get snagged by people like Bart Sibrel.

On the boards I have posted on, BTW, I have very different usernames. You might be able to recognize me, though.

And no, you won't learn my name. :P

[PeterFab]

It is my middle name and the 3 first letters of my surname. I don't use my first name much, and it contains a letter not in the english alphabet.

[HAVOC451]

HAVOC451 is a little bit Shakespeare, a little bit Bradbury. :wink:

[Lurker]

I chose my name because I lurked around the original BABB for a long time before I worked up the nerve to start posting. I also chose it because that was before I was treated for my condition and for some reason I thought that it was important that no one should know my real nickname... Go figure...

[scottmsg]

My name came from my unix account when I was in college. It was supposed to be my first name and the first three letters of my last name. However, the administrators somehow managed to mess it up. It wasn't too suprising though, since the first username I was given wasn't even valid.

After a while, I got used to scottmsg, and have kept it for some BBs and other uses.

[Candy]

http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/cotton%20candy.gif :DCute image.

[R.A.F.]

..."Meteora" eventually came up, with references to "goddess of weather." Worked for me.

:lol: I thought that it was a reference to an old Jim Henson production..."The Christmas Toy"...one of the characters was "Meteora". She was "kinda" like Xena: Warrior Princess. :)

[Trebuchet]

Trebuchet = the ultimate medieval catapult. Also, on a small scale, my hobby.
Sounds more interesting than "Bob"!

[Lurker]

Okay, now maybe I can change my signature to something better.... :D
Oh don't do that... I like the it... reminds us to dream big!! :wink:

[Ut]

HAVOC451 is a little bit Shakespeare, a little bit Bradbury. :wink:

Cry Havoc, and release the hounds on Moore!

Sorry, I just had to...

[Swift]

HAVOC451 is a little bit Shakespeare, a little bit Bradbury. :wink:

Cry Havoc, and release the hounds on Moore!

Sorry, I just had to...
And then set them on fire and see if they burn at 451F?
Or are we book-burning Shakespeare? :wink:

[TriangleMan]

Trebuchet = the ultimate medieval catapult. Also, on a small scale, my hobby.
Sounds more interesting than "Bob"!
Careful, you may hurt the feelings of all the Bobs: Bob B, Evil Bob, Cthulhu Bob, Bob (hmmm, do we have a poster just named 'Bob'?) :)

edited to add: Yep, found Bob (http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=14656&start=0).

[Ut]

And then set them on fire and see if they burn at 451F?
Or are we book-burning Shakespeare? :wink:

Actually, I had this (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040619/D83A0PJ00.html) in mind. It was featured on Yahoo and Google news last week, so I figured some people would get it. ;)

[Sever]

My name. (http://www.astronautix.com/craft/sever.htm0)

[orion11349]

Well mine is very simple, I liked Orion my wife wanted something more so I just added 11349 and it has been my screen name for almost every board I belong to :lol:

[Master258]

Master is just a title I like to use and 258 is just three numbers on the keypad. Master258 wasn't going to be my name, I couldn't pick what it should be. I couldn't get in when I first tried so Master258 was just a joke name that I use when trying to get in that stuck.

[Brady Yoon]

All of my internet accounds (including AIM, e-mail, gamefaqs, xanga), have brady in them, so they're all easy to recognize.

[MentalAvenger]

On a side note:

When I was in Boot Camp, about 1000 years ago, we had a guy in our company from the deep south. His legal name was R B Jones. The Navy does not allow any diversions from the norm without explanation. So he had to put R (only) B (only) Jones on all his paperwork. After we found this out we called him Ronly Bonly Jones.

[Candy]

All of my internet accounds (including AIM, e-mail, gamefaqs, xanga), have brady in them, so they're all easy to recognize.I sure hope Brady Yoon (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Brady+Yoon&num=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_oc ct=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images) never starts dating. He is very famous. =D>

[Candy]

Okay, now maybe I can change my signature to something better.... :D Don't change it. It is a great name. =D>

[skeptED56]

Well "Skept" for skeptic, "Ed" because my name is Eddie (well, Edward, but no one calls me that, or at least they better not), 56 is just a random number .

[Excelsior]

NCC 2000 USS Excelsior was a Federation starship commanded by captain Sulu.

[Meteora]

..."Meteora" eventually came up, with references to "goddess of weather." Worked for me.

:lol: I thought that it was a reference to an old Jim Henson production..."The Christmas Toy"...one of the characters was "Meteora". She was "kinda" like Xena: Warrior Princess. :)

Hmm... I see that "Meteora" of "The Christmas Toy" was queen of the asteroids. Not quite what I was aiming for. :-?

Actually, IIRC, the source of the name was from "Meteora: The Unchained Goddess," which is described in an Amazon.com article like this:

"Meteora: The Unchained Goddess" was the fourth film in the Bell Science Series and introduces young viewers to the Goddess of Weather and her companions Wind, Clouds and Rain. This 1956 film, co-directed by Frank Capra and William T. Hurtz, stars Dr. Frank Baxter and horror movie star Richard Carlson ("The Creature From the Black Lagoon").

I... um... never watched it. 8-[

Another article describes that Meteora as "beautiful, but haughty." Oops. Neither of those accurately describe me. #-o

BTW, pumpkinpie, thank you for starting this topic! I was curious about the same thing! :D

[Monoxide Child]

I'm probably gonna get flamed for this lol.
I used to be into ICP and Twiztid.
So I stole THIS guy's stage name:
http://pictures.killerjuggalos.net/albums/monoxide/01.jpg
Yah.. I just thought the name sounded cool.

[bearcub]

My dad's family came from Slovenia, and according to the family our surname means "bear, black bear or big bear". I remember my grandfather being called Bear by all of his friends, and since I'm a son of the family (even though I've long since outlived my youth) ......... you get the idea.

[Pinemarten]

Wolverine was taken and ferrets stink.

[HAVOC451]

HAVOC451 is a little bit Shakespeare, a little bit Bradbury. :wink:

Cry Havoc, and release the hounds on Moore!

Sorry, I just had to...

:lol:
Ok, that was funny.

I've been on the internet for four years with this nic. It's the only one I use. There is one imposter out there using my nic in lower case letters.

[Wolverine]

Wolverine was taken...

:P


:wink:

[milli360]

Meteora:
Actually, IIRC, the source of the name was from "Meteora: The Unchained Goddess," which is described in an Amazon.com article like this:

"Meteora: The Unchained Goddess" was the fourth film in the Bell Science Series and introduces young viewers to the Goddess of Weather and her companions Wind, Clouds and Rain. This 1956 film, co-directed by Frank Capra and William T. Hurtz, stars Dr. Frank Baxter and horror movie star Richard Carlson ("The Creature From the Black Lagoon").

I... um... never watched it.

And I never watched it because by the time it was made, I was too old. :)

I did watch Our Mr. Sun. More (http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/09.23.99/bellscience-9938.html) (but it's Philco, not Filco) and IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157135/) says it was 1958.

[Apothis]

If it isn't obvious already,
I am a huge fan of Stargate SG-1 and a friend of mine has an uncanny resemblance to the Goa'ould system lord Apothis. :lol:

So basically I needed a name and this was the first one that came to mind.

[Stregone]

Stregone is Italian for "Male witch". I used it for the name of a character on a MUD a long time ago and stuck with it as my general net name.

[AGN Fuel]

On a side note:

When I was in Boot Camp, about 1000 years ago, we had a guy in our company from the deep south. His legal name was R B Jones. The Navy does not allow any diversions from the norm without explanation. So he had to put R (only) B (only) Jones on all his paperwork. After we found this out we called him Ronly Bonly Jones.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Celestial Mechanic]

I'm probably gonna get flamed for this lol.
I used to be into ICP and Twiztid.
So I stole THIS guy's stage name:
[Image snipped!]
Yah.. I just thought the name sounded cool.
When I first saw your name I thought it would be a cool name for a band. Too late, though, it's already taken!
:D

[Candy]

If it isn't obvious already,
I am a huge fan of Stargate SG-1 and a friend of mine has an uncanny resemblance to the Goa'ould system lord Apothis. :lol:

So basically I needed a name and this was the first one that came to mind. ASL of your friend, please. :P

[Candy]

http://pictures.killerjuggalos.net/albums/monoxide/01.jpg
OMG. I was pre-gothic in the 80's, before it had a name. Gee, now I know how silly I looked.

[milli360]

AGN Fuel:
When I was in Boot Camp, about 1000 years ago, we had a guy in our company from the deep south. His legal name was R B Jones. The Navy does not allow any diversions from the norm without explanation. So he had to put R (only) B (only) Jones on all his paperwork. After we found this out we called him Ronly Bonly Jones.
Thanks for shaking the hoarfrost off that one, AGN Fuel, I missed it the first time (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm). :)

[Candy]

I missed it the first time (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm). :) You do know that goes on today, as well? I don't have any examples, but I have seen the names. I should email my friend, she loves this kind of stuff.

[Archer17]

Archer=Sagittarius. I'm thinking of changing my name to Steve (for obvious reasons). When I joined 5/03 there already was a Steve but he never posts and might've been extracted by now. If I switch I'll let y'all know .. I'm getting tired of "Archer" to be honest with younz (some Pittsburghese tossed in for good measure)

[AGN Fuel]

AGN Fuel:
When I was in Boot Camp, about 1000 years ago, we had a guy in our company from the deep south. His legal name was R B Jones. The Navy does not allow any diversions from the norm without explanation. So he had to put R (only) B (only) Jones on all his paperwork. After we found this out we called him Ronly Bonly Jones.
Thanks for shaking the hoarfrost off that one, AGN Fuel, I missed it the first time (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm). :)

Sigh - all the good ones are urban myths, huh.....still, it made me laugh!

[MentalAvenger]

I'm glad you think this is humorous. However, R B Jones was in my company in Boot Camp. This may actually be the origin of the “urban myth”. That was in 1967 in San Diego, California.

[Candy]

Sigh - all the good ones are urban myths, huh.....still, it made me laugh! There are still good ones out there. I just emailed my friend. Hopefully, she will be able to jump onboard. She's married to my cousin and the Mommy of the Year. Now, be gentle with her when she comes aboard. Cross your fingers that she registers, cause she is really busy. She is one of the funniest people I have ever met, besides her Dad.

[Monoxide Child]

http://pictures.killerjuggalos.net/albums/monoxide/01.jpg
OMG. I was pre-gothic in the 80's, before it had a name. Gee, now I know how silly I looked.

haha, thats NOT GOTH! lol, definately not. He's a rapper. Underground. Juggalo for life.

[ToSeek]

I'm glad you think this is humorous. However, R B Jones was in my company in Boot Camp. This may actually be the origin of the “urban myth”. That was in 1967 in San Diego, California.

Snopes traces it back to 1958. (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm) (Scroll way down.)

[Eta C]

Well, remaining cryptic, here's a hint. 2.980 GeV/c^2.

[pumpkinpie]

AGN Fuel:
When I was in Boot Camp, about 1000 years ago, we had a guy in our company from the deep south. His legal name was R B Jones. The Navy does not allow any diversions from the norm without explanation. So he had to put R (only) B (only) Jones on all his paperwork. After we found this out we called him Ronly Bonly Jones.
Thanks for shaking the hoarfrost off that one, AGN Fuel, I missed it the first time (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm). :)

My favorite of all those urban legend names is LemonJello (le-MON-jah-lo).
I can just SEE some little kid running around with that name! I hope it's true. Too funny not to be. Same with Ronly Bonly. I guess if they're not, I could make it so when I start having kids! ;)

[Gullible Jones]

Well, remaining cryptic, here's a hint. 2.980 GeV/c^2.

The Eta meson, of course. C because of charm of +1? (I forget the exact statistics for that beastie...)

[Candy]

haha, thats NOT GOTH! lol, definately not. He's a rapper. Underground. Juggalo for life. I said pre-gothic. Remember, this was the mid 80's. My Generation X started so much of what you see and hear now. :wink: How soon the kids forget. Candy in the mid 80's: Black hair, white face, purple lips and eye shadow to match, black finger nails, and black clothes. I was told I scared people. :o My favorite movie at that time was Lost Boys. My favorite group was Ratt. MTV was so new, that it played the same FIVE music video's over and over. Ah, good times.

[edited once for grammar]

[Archer17]

Archer=Sagittarius. I'm thinking of changing my name to Steve (for obvious reasons). When I joined 5/03 there already was a Steve but he never posts and might've been extracted by now. If I switch I'll let y'all know .. I'm getting tired of "Archer" to be honest with younz (some Pittsburghese tossed in for good measure)Well Steve was already taken so you're stuck with Archer17.

[ToSeek]

Archer=Sagittarius. I'm thinking of changing my name to Steve (for obvious reasons). When I joined 5/03 there already was a Steve but he never posts and might've been extracted by now. If I switch I'll let y'all know .. I'm getting tired of "Archer" to be honest with younz (some Pittsburghese tossed in for good measure)Well Steve was already taken so you're stuck with Archer17.

Are you talking to yourself now or did I miss something?

[milli360]

I think the "you" is us. We're stuck with him.

[Eta C]

Well, remaining cryptic, here's a hint. 2.980 GeV/c^2.

The Eta meson, of course. C because of charm of +1? (I forget the exact statistics for that beastie...)

Ding, give the man a cigar. Acutally it has zero net charm being the pseudoscalar (spin 0, negative parity, positive charge conjugation) state of the charm/anti charm system. It's the lesser known cousin of the J/Psi (3096 GeV/c^2). That's the spin 1 state of c/c-bar. Anyway, the eta c played a major role in my dissertation, so it seemed appropriate.

[Swift]

Well, remaining cryptic, here's a hint. 2.980 GeV/c^2.

The Eta meson, of course. C because of charm of +1? (I forget the exact statistics for that beastie...)

Ding, give the man a cigar. Acutally it has zero net charm being the pseudoscalar (spin 0, negative parity, positive charge conjugation) state of the charm/anti charm system. It's the lesser known cousin of the J/Psi (3096 GeV/c^2). That's the spin 1 state of c/c-bar. Anyway, the eta c played a major role in my dissertation, so it seemed appropriate.
What a charming story. :D

[Lurker]

What a charming story. :D
Strange how I have never heard it before.... :wink:

[Gullible Jones]

Right, zero net charm. Whoops. (Must... Remember... Physics... Stuff... #-o )

I don't smoke, though, so please, no cigar. :wink: :P

[Patrator]

Patrator is latin for "An achiever/accomplisher". I used it as the title of my Curriculum Vitae (Resume) a couple of years ago. Not one single employer asked me about it. I doubt some even noticed it in big, bold letters on the front page.
I'm currently self-employed and doing quite well, so I've no need for a CV but it's such a rarely used word, I've sort of adopted it as a user name/email on various sites. It means I don't have to add a number on the end of it.

[a_lost_packet_]

Well, my handle is fairly explanatory.

a_lost_packet_

All data on the internet is transmitted in "packets." Sometimes these, inadvertently, never make it to their destination. If it wasn't for a packet's "halflife" they'd be popping around different routers forever.

I'm just one of those packets that pops up on a random hit every once-in-awhile. I might have something to say.. I might not. But, in either case, I'm usually "lost." Hopefully, my expiration date is forged and I'll live forever. :)

For more info on "packets" http://grc.com/dos/PacketRouting.htm


a_lost_packet_

[ToSeek]

But we've found you! ;)

[Tensor]

But we've found you! ;)

Man ToSeek, you can find anything on google. :wink:

[Candy]

Archer=Sagittarius. I'm thinking of changing my name to Steve (for obvious reasons). When I joined 5/03 there already was a Steve but he never posts and might've been extracted by now. If I switch I'll let y'all know .. I'm getting tired of "Archer" to be honest with younz (some Pittsburghese tossed in for good measure)Well Steve was already taken so you're stuck with Archer17. Since the other Steve is obviously gone, maybe the BA will allow you to be the Steve. Have you asked him? He seems like a man with a good head on his shoulders. I bet he would and could make it happen.

[Gullible Jones]

Maybe you could change it to Sagittarius A?

[Argos]

Argos(*) is a Greek monster with a hundred eyes. It sees everything. I thought it was suited for an informatiomnivore like me.

(*) Argos Panoptes => Pan = all ; optes = eye. There are several Arguses in Greek mythology.

[Candy]

Well Steve was already taken so you're stuck with Archer17. You could be Adam and Steve. :lol:

[Ut]

Maybe you could change it to Sagittarius A?

Or Stevittarius A!

[NASA Fan]

This is the second message board that I registered on, I did not know what to call myself. Since this site is pro NASA, I choose to incoporate that into my name, and since I am a supporter on NASA, I choose NASA Fan.

Since joining this site, Humphrey has accused me of being a rebel (against his quest to rule the world), so now I usually call myself "Rebel" on many other sites.

[Chip]

Some have told me that "Chip" implies high tech, electronics or logic, but actually its in honor of my late father who was Chippewa Indian.

On the old BABB several years ago I started as "Gregory."

[hedin]

It´s my first name plain and simple although in my native tongue it is spelled Heðin and pronounced He-jin.

[Candy]

It´s my first name plain and simple although in my native tongue it is spelled Heðin and pronounced He-jin. But what does it mean? Candy means sweet. The lady from Mexico, where I work, calls me Dulce.

[rigel]

After one of only a dozen stars that I can see.

[01101001]

01101001 is largish binary number that is easy for geek friends to remember: hexadecimal 69.

My rare given 3-letter name was taken here, which I run into more and more as the Net grows. I needed a screen name even rarer.

I have the geekish 01101001.com domain (don't bother; nothing there) which will some day host some of my ambigram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram) hobby. It fits. Ambigrams are words or phrases that can be read more than one way; for instance 01101001 upside-down is 10010110, or 69 upside-down is 69. Oddly, too, 10010110 (hexadecimal 96) is the logical 1's complement of 01101001. Also, 01101001 is ASCII "i" and "i" upside down is "!". There's a whole lot of other connections there that are worth a good page of exposition on the subject of ambigrams.

Later, I discoverd that 01101001 is the begining of the easily generated, infinite Thue-Morse Sequence (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Thue-MorseSequence.html) that continues on as in my signature. So, all you who tried to decode it and failed, now know. It's pretty cool. Among its properties is that it contains no substring of the form www, where w is any binary string. (E.g., you won't find 000, anywhere in it, or 111, or 101010, or 101101101.)

Enough said.

[Gullible Jones]

Cool. 8)

[milli360]

01101001:
for instance 01101001 upside-down is 10010110, or 69 upside-down is 69.
Shouldn't that be "69 upside-down is 96", if you're referring to the 10010110 hex?

[01101001]

01101001:
for instance 01101001 upside-down is 10010110, or 69 upside-down is 69.
Shouldn't that be "69 upside-down is 96", if you're referring to the 10010110 hex?
No... I'm just speaking of the graphical qualities now.
01101001 read upside-down is 10010110.
Independently (and of no relation to 01101001 being hex 69)
69 upside-down is 69.
96 upside-down is 96.
MOM upside-down is WOW.

Stand on your head to look at your monitor (or turn your laptop upside down).

I've got a number of science-related ambigrams in my portfolio. I have a way of writing Feynman so that upside-down it still reads Feynman (and as I hear it, Feynman's daughter has a copy of it on her office door). I can draw these names with rotational symmetry, so that they can still be read upside-down: Galileo, Newton, Kepler, Einstein, Hawking, MKaku, Turing, Knuth. Fot the woo-woos, I even have an Art Bell.

I gotta get going on that website.

[Gmann]

Gmann, is a shorter version of my last name. Everyone calls me "Gmann" because they can't pronounce, or spell, the long version

[Sever]

Ever play Half-Life?

[milli360]

01101001:
No... I'm just speaking of the graphical qualities now.
01101001 read upside-down is 10010110.

Ah
01101001:
Ambigrams are words or phrases that can be read more than one way; for instance 01101001 upside-down is 10010110, or 69 upside-down is 69.
But then, 10010110 is not an ambigram (http://www2.iap.fr/users/esposito/ambigallery.html) of 01101001.

[01101001]

01101001:
No... I'm just speaking of the graphical qualities now.
01101001 read upside-down is 10010110.

Ah
01101001:
Ambigrams are words or phrases that can be read more than one way; for instance 01101001 upside-down is 10010110, or 69 upside-down is 69.
But then, 10010110 is not an ambigram (http://www2.iap.fr/users/esposito/ambigallery.html) of 01101001.
Oh, I see where I'm not being clear. An ambigram can be read more than one way, but it doesn't have to read the same all ways. "01101001" is ambiguous writing, an ambigram. It is a different well-formed number depending on how you hold the paper it is written on.

Most writing, of course, doesn't have that property. Some, like, "68" (just to pick a different number) or "MOM" pretty much naturally have that property. Some things can be written with often-laborious, clever graphical design so that they are ambigrams.

Personally, I do prefer the special class of rotationally-symmetric ambigrams, so that they do read the same upside down as right side up. But, I have done some with mirror-symmetry, and some asymmetric ones that read entirely different when looked at differently.

OK, I think I need to get off my behind make some of my collection visible. Have a look at these examples of ambigrams, all with rotational symmetry:

Art Bell (http://www.01101001.com/images/artbellanim.gif) [an animation, so you don't have to stand on your head]
http://www.01101001.com/images/artbell_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/artbellanim.gif)

Galileo (http://www.01101001.com/images/galileo.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/galileo_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/galileo.gif)

Newton (http://www.01101001.com/images/newton.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/newton_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/newton.gif)

Kepler (http://www.01101001.com/images/kepler.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/kepler_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/kepler.gif)

Einstein (http://www.01101001.com/images/einstein.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/einstein_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/einstein.gif)

Planck (http://www.01101001.com/images/planck.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/planck_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/planck.gif)

Hawking (http://www.01101001.com/images/hawking.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/hawking_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/hawking.gif)

MKaku (http://www.01101001.com/images/mkakuanim.gif) [another animation]
http://www.01101001.com/images/mkaku_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/mkakuanim.gif)

Turing (http://www.01101001.com/images/turing.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/turing_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/turing.gif)

Knuth (http://www.01101001.com/images/knuth.gif)
http://www.01101001.com/images/knuth_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/knuth.gif)

I should try to do a Plait!

Oh, here's the Feynman (http://www.01101001.com/images/feynman.gif) I mentioned. Now... it's not so readable, and readability is very important to me, so it troubles me. In this case though, I sacrificed some readability in order to give more depth to the artwork. If you look closely, you may see that it is built upon a sine wave -- the photon symbol in a Feynman diagram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram).
http://www.01101001.com/images/feynman_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/feynman.gif)

Finally, here's an ambigram that shows "mom (http://www.01101001.com/images/mom.gif)" upside-down suprisingly doesn't always have to be "wow".
http://www.01101001.com/images/mom_t.gif (http://www.01101001.com/images/mom.gif)

[Master258]

I got my name from a vision
God came down on a flaming pie and said from this day on you will be called Master with a 258 after

[frogesque]

Frog first saw life as a contributer to a local rag's poetry corner where my words of wisdom were published for all the world to see. Frog was chosen because I was once kissed by a real princess in the grounds of a real castle (Ahhhhh.... :-({|= )

When I came onto the web (at that time with AOL) the screen name Frog was taken so I coined the word frogesque to keep the frog theme and sort of tonge in cheek to describe me. (Well, you can have Romanesque, statuesque, Rubenesque etc ....)

Been frogesque or Froggy for short ever since.

[Gullible Jones]

Frogs are pretty darned cool, IMO, so I can see why you chose that username. :)

[Togusa]

"Togusa" is the name of one of the characters in the Masamune Shirow manga Ghost in the Shell, which I was reading (along with Appleseed, another Shirow manga) when I first logged on to the Internet about six years ago. :)

[Togusa]

OK, I think I need to get off my behind make some of my collection visible. Have a look at these examples of ambigrams, all with rotational symmetry:

<list of really great examples of invertible text snipped>

:o

Really, really nice. :D

BTW, have you seen Scott Kim's work? (www.scottkim.com/inversions) Your examples remind me of his pieces, which I first saw in his now out-of-print book, Inversions (a copy of which I am now truly fortunate to have in my library).

[Celestial Mechanic]

[Snip!]Oh, here's the Feynman (http://www.01101001.com/images/feynman.gif) I mentioned. Now... it's not so readable, and readability is very important to me, so it troubles me. In this case though, I sacrificed some readability in order to give more depth to the artwork. If you look closely, you may see that it is built upon a sine wave -- the photon symbol in a Feynman diagram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram).
It sort of reminds me of a small article Tom Lehrer had in a math journal (sorry, I can't remember where) where he was poking fun at fellow professors and he writes this squiggle on the blackboard (a figure is reproduced in the article). He then explains that it's the word "minimum". Of course the i's aren't dotted, there are no curves (just sharp corners) and thus no clues as to where the letters begin and end. This may be part of the problem with your Feynman ambigram. I do hope that you will take up pen/tablet/mouse/whatever and work on it some more, I like what I have seen so far.
:)

[Richard of Chelmsford]

I'd like to be able to say I'm a descendant of the Grand Duke, Dickon of Chelmsforde, who really discovered America in 1392..

but actually, I used to phone in to a radio chat show in the UK and they always called me 'Richard of Chelmsford'..when I went on their website I just kept the handle so that people would know it was me.

And the namme stuck..I use it on a few sites.

There is one Islamic site I visit but I use a very different handle there..an astronomical one..in the interests of anonymity.

[cyswxman]

Mine is where I am and what I do.
(I think I wrote this somewhere else before)

[milli360]

01101001:
An ambigram can be read more than one way, but it doesn't have to read the same all ways.
Got it! Thanks.

[TriangleMan]

Frogs are pretty darned cool, IMO, so I can see why you chose that username. :)
Then you have not encountered Whistling Tree Frogs, which can be really annoying. I find myself cursing them every couple of weeks or so when one is near my screen door when I'm trying to sleep! :evil:

I provide guests with earplugs to help them sleep as it can take some people a few nights to get used to the constant racket.

[gritmonger]

"gritmonger" comes from the title of a short comic I drew- I liked the "monger" suffix from "fishmonger" and "whoremonger" - and I liked the old "Grit" magazine ads that plagued the back pages of countless comic books- so I just made "gritmonger." I use the name because generally it looks like it might be a word without being taken on every board or site I register on.

[ToSeek]

Frogs are pretty darned cool, IMO, so I can see why you chose that username. :)
Then you have not encountered Whistling Tree Frogs, which can be really annoying. I find myself cursing them every couple of weeks or so when one is near my screen door when I'm trying to sleep! :evil:

I provide guests with earplugs to help them sleep as it can take some people a few nights to get used to the constant racket.

They're considered a good thing in Puerto Rico, but I agree they can be loud.

[Hutch]

Hutch is simply a contraction of my last name..I need to get more creative.

My own favorite is "The Stainless Steel Rat" from a Science Fiction series I enjoy, but it's often already taken. :x

[pteranodon]

I think pterousaurs are the most magnificent species of all times, after Homo sapiens sapiens.

[TriangleMan]

*bump* we've had lots of people register since July so I figured this thread should be active again. :-"

[Doe, John]

I consider myself to be quite average. In this forum of accomplished researchers and generally intelligent people, I like to think of myself as the "everyman" wandering about the outskirts of intelligentsia. :-?

[Theta Orionis]

I was going to register as Orion, but that name was taken (and never used).
So, I choose one of the nicer parts of Orion, the M42 area and Theta Orionis.

[Van Rijn]

Mine is based on the popular Poul Anderson character, Nicholas van Rijn. Beyond having some Dutch ancestry (but also English, German, French, and a couple others) I'm almost nothing like the character. I do like the character, though, hence the name.

See, for instance:

http://www.nesfa.org/reviews/Olson/WarOfTheWingMen.html

[George]

This was the first BB I was ever on and I wanted something that would intimidate and invoke fear in the reader to offset my lack of scientific knowledge (Edit...and use of grammar/spelling).

The name was popular in the late 50's by an extremely adventureous and curious individual. He accomplished amazing attention-getting feats.

Later, the name was taken by a jungle king who commanded the respect of the wildest of beasts (even some trees).

I had tried to use this name in passwords and such but was always rejected due to its obvious popularity and power. Surprisingly, I tried it here and no one had it.

It may be of some coincidence that it is my given name. :)

[gzhpcu]

My Id at work: g = group, z = zurich, pcu = unique (within the company) 3 letter acronym for my family name.

[Maksutov]

My Id at work: g = group, z = zurich, pcu = unique (within the company) 3 letter acronym for my family name.
So the "h" is silent...

[Gramma loreto]

Gramma loreto is my favorite reef-dwelling fish (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=5281), also called the Royal Gramma or the Fairy Basslet...ahem...no wisecracks please. Gramma loreto should not be confused with the imposter Pseudochromis paccagnellae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=12647&genusname=Pseudochromi s&speciesname=paccagnellae)...aka, False Gramma, Royal Dottyback, or Bicolor Pseudochromis.

Hmmm...now that I'm not keeping a reef tank for the foreseeable future, perhaps I should change my name to one of my freshwater charges. How about Melanotaenia lacustris (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?ID=10497&what=species)?

Cheers...Loreto

[mickal555]

I was going to be mickal666 actually when I first adopted the name being my favorite number at the time. I Even typed it in but I changed it at the last second to one number below 555 (this was before I knew what 666 was I only found out from a friend just after candy or someone mentioned it)

[Candy]

My Id at work: g = group, z = zurich, pcu = unique (within the company) 3 letter acronym for my family name.
So the "h" is silent...
You are so bad! :lol:

[cyswxman]

Mine is a combination of abbreviations for where I work and what I do.

[teddyv]

My supervisor at an old job used to call me this from time to time and I just sorta liked the way it sounded. Just my first name and first letter of the last.

[gzhpcu]

My Id at work: g = group, z = zurich, pcu = unique (within the company) 3 letter acronym for my family name.
So the "h" is silent...

Yikes...sorry.....zh=zurich :oops:

[Sakura Kinomoto]

Sakura Kinomoto is my favorite anime character. (From Card Captor Sakura)

[Brady Yoon]

Mine's pretty self explanatory. :) Yes, it's my real name. :P I think my name means "slow."

[Joe The Dude]

My first ISP was AOL.

I spent a whole day trying to sign up with no success, as I kept getting "This username is already taken" responses. :evil:

In frustration, I blurted out "Isn't this suppose to be easy for the Average Joe, Dude?". #-o

That's when inspiration hit and I succeeded in making my made my username JoeTDude. :lol:

Over the years, through MMORPGs and other ISPs, I've been able to separate it a bit and evolved into Joe The Dude. :roll:

Although, I still retain the original aol format of JoeTDude with the stand alone AIM program.

My current ISP is SBC's DSL service.

[Padawan]

I used to play a game a few years ago called Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast. The standard name was Padawan, so when I wanted to hide from annoying kids I used the nick Padawan.

I have abandoned the game since long, but the nickname stayed with me, hehe :)

[PyroFreak]

Likewise, mine comes from a computer game. I used to play Team Fortress all the time, and I was the pyro class all the time, cause it was fun and annoying to everyone else. Good times, good times.....

[Doodler]

Doodler is an in-house diminutive of my chosen profession. I'm a draftsman working in an architectural firm in Maryland.

[Fram]

Fram is an abbreviation of my name (first three of first name plus first of last name). It wass the ship of Fridtjof Nansen, and just sounds cool (although I have been thinking of changing it to wolfram, which is in Dutch an extra pun for those who know me). And it's easy to remember.

[TriangleMan]

Fram is an abbreviation of my name
And here I thought your name was related to an auto parts (http://www.fram.com/) manufacturer. :oops:

[tngolfplayer]

tn- Tennessee
golfplayer- Pretty explanatory.

[Nicolas]

Nicolas is my second name

[Mainframes]

Well my first name is James (although people now call me Jim) and when I was younger my friends and I used a bizarre form of rhyming slang for everything, especially for computer games.

My handle became Hall of Fames because I used to get on them a lot, and then by some very tenuous link it became Mainframes as they are computer related as well. Handle has stuck ever since.........

[Fram]

Fram is an abbreviation of my name
And here I thought your name was related to an auto parts (http://www.fram.com/) manufacturer. :oops:

:D :D :D Never heard of it before! The shorter the name you choose, the more chance you have of getting multiple associations of course. I believe I have once read that all three-letter dot com are taken (like www.abc.com I mean), and that most four letter ones are gone as well. I don't know if that was true and what the current status of this is, but it gives an idea of what I mean...

[captain swoop]

Captain Swoop was the Bowler hatted hero of a friends comic strip many years ago.

[mickal555]

Captain Swoop was the Bowler hatted hero of a friends comic strip many years ago.
I always thought it had somthing to do with magpies....... :-k

[Tom]

Mine is my real name.

Strangely enough, I am named after my uncle Harry.

Who's name was not Tom. But everbody called him that.

You wonder why I am confused sometimes.... #-o

[Candy]

Mine is my real name, too.

My mother wanted to name me Baby Kay, but my father said that was stupid. As if, Candy Kay, weren't! My mother still calls me Baby Kay. #-o

Since I am the favorite sibling, I have two nieces named after me - Candace and Kaylynn. :D

[TriangleMan]

Mine is my real name.
Strangely enough, I am named after my uncle Harry.
Who's name was not Tom. But everbody called him that.

Okay, now I'm confused too. :wink:

[Gillianren]

in the SCA, I'm Gillian. might as well stick to what you can remember, huh?

[Maksutov]

Mine is my real name.

Strangely enough, I am named after my uncle Harry.

Who's name was not Tom. But everbody called him that.

You wonder why I am confused sometimes.... #-o
You wouldn't have a cousin named Richard, by any chance?

[sarongsong]

:roll:

[pumpkinpie]

My mother wanted to name me Baby Kay, but my father said that was stupid. As if, Candy Kay, weren't! My mother still calls me Baby Kay. #-o



Candy Kay is not stupid! It's a great name. My middle name is Kay, too. I love it. I love that I can write out First K. Last and have it represent my true name.....and when people ask, "What does the K stand for?" I just say "K!"

[Meteora]

...and when people ask, "What does the K stand for?" I just say "K!"

About 20 years ago, my supervisor's initials were SKE. One day I asked her what the "K" stood for. She replied, "Kay." Stupidly, I asked, "no, really, what does it stand for." "KAY!!!" "...oh." #-o

[Candy]

...and when people ask, "What does the K stand for?" I just say "K!"

About 20 years ago, my supervisor's initials were SKE. One day I asked her what the "K" stood for. She replied, "Kay." Stupidly, I asked, "no, really, what does it stand for." "KAY!!!" "...oh." #-o
People get into arguments with me about this. I say Kay, and they say K, what's it stand for? I say Kay, etc... Now, that I think about it, it is funny. :lol:

[Swift]

...and when people ask, "What does the K stand for?" I just say "K!"

About 20 years ago, my supervisor's initials were SKE. One day I asked her what the "K" stood for. She replied, "Kay." Stupidly, I asked, "no, really, what does it stand for." "KAY!!!" "...oh." #-o
People get into arguments with me about this. I say Kay, and they say K, what's it stand for? I say Kay, etc... Now, that I think about it, it is funny. :lol:
Reminds me of an old Dilbert, where Dilbert is introduced to the new Vice President of the company; the guy comes up to Dilbert, sticks out his hand and says "Neil" (as in his name), but Dilbert interprets it as "kneel" and gets down on one knee. :lol:

[grewwalk]

grewwalk = McGrew + Walker

My last name and my wife's last name. We started with AOL many years ago and as everybody knows, just about every name is already taken to 5 digits .....

[Evil_Bomber]

I started using mine way back in LAN games of a Quake mod called Team Fortress. I would play as the Demo-Man class, and The Tick was a pretty popular cartoon amongst our group at the time, so I named myself after The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight. Of course, with a 15 character limit on names, I shortened it to Evil_Bomber or EMB if I was really lazy :) It's stuck with me since then, since it's usually never taken. If it is, I'll usually tack a 42 at the end in referrence to H2G2.

Sadly enough, the :: in my signature is Mayan for 42. I thought it looked like a good way to indent my name a little bit, and I could do it on more formal emails and still have a hidden geeky symbol right in plain sight.

[Bawheid]

...and when people ask, "What does the K stand for?" I just say "K!"

About 20 years ago, my supervisor's initials were SKE. One day I asked her what the "K" stood for. She replied, "Kay." Stupidly, I asked, "no, really, what does it stand for." "KAY!!!" "...oh." #-o
People get into arguments with me about this. I say Kay, and they say K, what's it stand for? I say Kay, etc... Now, that I think about it, it is funny. :lol:

Like Homer Jay Simpson. :D

[enginelessjohn]

My name is John, and I'm into gliding, which is notable for the lack of engines. Used it first on a flying forum and it stuck.

Not that I've anything against engines mind. Got to service the carburetors on the other half's Triumph Spitfire sometime soon.....

Cheers
John

[pumpkinpie]

Mine is my real name.

Strangely enough, I am named after my uncle Harry.

Who's name was not Tom. But everbody called him that.

You wonder why I am confused sometimes.... #-o
You wouldn't have a cousin named Richard, by any chance?

I have a distant cousin named Thomas Richard Harry.
No joke.
:lol:

Also, my coworker Cindy Melissa tells the story that she's named after her aunt Molly......I guess the "M" in the middle name was close enough to still be in honor of her.

[Thumper]

It's my nickname among a certain group of friends. Some people only know me by it. Many have trouble with my real first name so often introduce myself by saying, "Call me Thumper."

There's a story of HOW I got the name. But it's really not that interesting.

[kleindoofy]

Mine's German and means "little dummy." It was the nickname given to a close friend of mine by her father when she was small, the irony being that she is extremely intelligent. I like the sound of it and think it's a fittingly unpretentious nick for forums etc. It also reminds me of Sokrates' point of view: Oida ouden eidos! (Damn, where's the Greek font?)

[pghnative]

"pgh" is the airport code for Pittsburgh International Airport, and also used to be shorthand for writing "Pittsburgh" (particularly back in the day before US Zip Codes).

I'm a native of that fair city, hence the screen name.

[Candy]

"pgh" is the airport code for Pittsburgh International Airport, and also used to be shorthand for writing "Pittsburgh" (particularly back in the day before US Zip Codes).

I'm a native of that fair city, hence the screen name.
3-Letter Airport Code Listings (http://www.seniorsomething.com/apcP.html)

PGH Pantnagar, India

PHG Phillipsburg, KS [Phillipsburg Municipal Airport], USA

PIT Pittsburgh, PA [Pittsburgh International Airport], USA

Are you sure? I know every city has a three digit city code, but I can't find a link. Like Chicago's two major airports are MDW & ORD, and the city code is CHI. Sometimes the airport and city code are the same. :-k

[pghnative]

Are you sure? You may be right about the airport --- it's been a while since I've flown into or out of it.

[jorowi]

OK...I'll bite.

jorowi is the first two letters of my first, middle and last names

[Candy]

OK...I'll bite.

jorowi is the first two letters of my first, middle and last names
John Robert Winston III? 8-[

[Tranquilis]

Heh!

Mine is rather less obvious than you might think... Taken from the tub of rank water we 'wogs used to dunk ourselves, prior to being presented to his most noble majesty, Neptune Rex.

Yeah, I'm a Shellback. :P

[Andromeda321]

Way back when in the beginning of the universe (four years ago) I registered for my first internet bulletin board. I chose Andromeda because I liked the galaxy so much and on top of that I loved the mythology behind the name as well (the story with Perseus, Cassiopeia, and the rest of the fall constellations). Andromeda was taken on that BB so I settled for Andromeda321 because it's the reverse of my birthday (1/23). I switched it here and there other places but it's the only one that's seemed right since. :)
Mythbuster #1: despite the fact that some people call me "Rommie" here and there I have yet to actually watch the show Andromeda (where I'm told the nickname originates).
Mythbuster #2: because it's been mentioned the official Pittsburgh International Airport abbreviation is "PIT." But hey, it's abbreviated around the city to "Pgh" rather often.

[Brady Yoon]

Nothing creative here. :D

[Candy]

Heh!

Mine is rather less obvious than you might think... Taken from the tub of rank water we 'wogs used to dunk ourselves, prior to being presented to his most noble majesty, Neptune Rex.

Yeah, I'm a Shellback. :P

Hello Tranquilis! :D

[pumpkinpie]

OK...I'll bite.

jorowi is the first two letters of my first, middle and last names

I like that method! Can I change my username? It would be sakago. Me likey!

[Tranquilis]

Hello Tranquilis! :DHeja, right back!




I've been lurking long enough, time to stop being a wall flower, and join the party!

[Kullat Nunu]

I don't remember explaining my username.

Kullat Nunu is an obscure (fishy it is anyways) Babylonian name for the star Eta Piscium and it has to do something with the chord connecting the two fish. I chose it because I'm a fan of the Mesopotamian mythology and the name is so weird (weird star name, well that's odd). Honestly speaking, that does not sound that unusual in my mother tongue Finnish, but its another story.

[A Thousand Pardons]

It would be sakago.
hello sally kathryn

[Candy]

Kullat Nunu is an obscure (fishy it is anyways) Babylonian name for the star Eta Piscium and it has to do something with the chord connecting the two fish. I chose it because I'm a fan of the Mesopotamian mythology and the name is so weird (weird star name, well that's odd). Honestly speaking, that does not sound that unusual in my mother tongue Finnish, but its another story. Now, I have a mentor. I love studying all aspects of Mesopotamia. I wish I had more time, though. 8)

[pumpkinpie]

I don't remember explaining my username.

Kullat Nunu is an obscure (fishy it is anyways) Babylonian name for the star Eta Piscium and it has to do something with the chord connecting the two fish. I chose it because I'm a fan of the Mesopotamian mythology and the name is so weird (weird star name, well that's odd). Honestly speaking, that does not sound that unusual in my mother tongue Finnish, but its another story.

I think yours is my favorite name of all on this board. It just sounds so peaceful and reassuring. :D

[DroneFour]

Mine's from Silent Running, my favorite movie of all time. The Valley Forge had three drones, but I figured they could use some help.

[Dark Helmet]

If I have to explain my name to you, you have no culture.

[Halcyon Dayz]

Halcyon days: from the Greek. 14 days of calm weather, anciently
believed to occur about the winter solstice when the halcyon,
a kind of kingfisher, breeds in a nest floating on the sea.

"There came the Halcyon, whom the sea obeys,
When she her nest upon the water lays" - Shenstone

I change days to daze, because that is how I often feel.

Halcyon is also the name of a star. (DM-49 9653)

btw - Those drones from Silent running are my favorites.

[Melusine]

Melusine or Melusina (I prefer the e over a) is a mythological story: she was betrayed by her husband who was spurred by another into jealousy, and broke his promise not to look at her on Saturdays, when her "fishy" qualities were revealed while bathing. She was never able to take on a human form again. Melusina is an asteroid. Both fly around and "haunt" people, if you want to consider an asteroid as "haunting" in its possible destruction. Just myth vs reality.

[Candy]

Melusine or Melusina (I prefer the e over a) is a mythological story: she was betrayed by her husband who was spurred by another into jealousy, and broke his promise not to look at her on Saturdays, when her "fishy" qualities were revealed while bathing. She was never able to take on a human form again. Melusina is an asteroid. Both fly around and "haunt" people, if you want to consider an asteroid as "haunting" in its possible destruction. Just myth vs reality.
I googled this when you first signed on to the BABB. 8)

[mickal555]

as an aside:

Do you google everyones name when they join BABB :P :wink:


You cannot make another post so soon after your last; please try again in a short while.

[Candy]

as an aside:

Do you google everyones name when they join BABB :P :wink:


You cannot make another post so soon after your last; please try again in a short while.

Only when I don't understand the name. I've googed Richard Mentock several times. :wink:

[Melusine]

Melusine or Melusina (I prefer the e over a) is a mythological story: she was betrayed by her husband who was spurred by another into jealousy, and broke his promise not to look at her on Saturdays, when her "fishy" qualities were revealed while bathing. She was never able to take on a human form again. Melusina is an asteroid. Both fly around and "haunt" people, if you want to consider an asteroid as "haunting" in its possible destruction. Just myth vs reality.
I googled this when you first signed on to the BABB. 8)
Thank you, I feel so...stalked. :P

[Candy]

Thank you, I feel so...stalked. :P
:lol:

I googled Archer17 and found that he had been quoted on some woowoo site. I PM'd him. This was many moon's ago. He was flattered at the time. I wonder if he remembers that. 8-[

[mickal555]

gee...

have you ever googled me?

I wounder what would come up...

PS. just did it- every mickal555 is me- wow. With michael being the wnd most commen name (after mahamad) you'd think there would be at least one

[hippietrekx]

--hippie- No, I'm not of the 60s era. I'm 15 (so young!). I used to have 37 inch long hair (I go to school in America, don't ask me to convert it to centimeters, but let's just say I could sit on it...) before I cut half of it off and donated it to those bald kids with cancer so they could be not bald. I guess I really first started in on the internet when I was 12, with long hair, and hippie was approved by my mom. Oh, and I prefer hippie to hippy because hippie is the less common spelling.

That was a long explination for one word...

--trek- um... I like Star Trek... a lot...

--x- yeah... My username used to just be "hippietrek" in the official Star Trek chat room. When I tried to make a yahoo e-mail, hippietrek was taken. I like X-men... a lot... and threw an x on the end...

Everything must be lowercase. Because I am too lazy to cap it like "HippieTrekX" each time. And if it isn't capped that way, it isn't capped at all.

Y'all can call me htx (which is how I sign my posts), hippie, hipster... whatever you feel like to get my attention... I'm not picky...

--htx

[mickal555]

Cool- your the 3rd youngest :D. Did you notice the thread devoted to you ?

[hippietrekx]

I'm always one of the youngest to post anywhere. Except on the X-men Cartoon sites... but that's another story.

Yes, I have noticed my specialness thread and am very... special-feeling...

Summer has already started to deplete my brain of knowledge, starting with vocabulary...

--htx

[The Supreme Canuck]

You're already on summer break? Blasted American school system -- I've still got another month. You do start in September, right?

[mickal555]

I'm off in 2 weeks- but we got 10days left of block testing which unless we we have a test we get the day off- so it's 14 days minus my 4 tests. So 10days off then we go back for 1 week and then we get another two weeks off again for the holidays. I love grade 10 :D .

[hippietrekx]

I finished my last exam May 27 and I start school on August 24...

Not quite September, but close enough...

--htx

[Tranquility]

We ought to have a thread with people explaining the meaning of their REAL names (assuming the absence of cyborgs).

[frogesque]

We ought to have a thread with people explaining the meaning of their REAL names (assuming the absence of cyborgs).

What do you mean? frogesque or 'Froggy' is my real name. There's a nom de plume that sometimes gets used by the Inland Revenue but I reckon if they can't be bothered to use my real name I can't be bothered to answer them 8)

[mickal555]

ANyone want to guess my real full name- I bet it's on the web somewhere 8-[

[Heid the Ba']

Heid the Ba' is a follow on from Bawheid, it means much the same and I liked the similarity.

[Fram]

Melusine or Melusina (I prefer the e over a) is a mythological story: she was betrayed by her husband who was spurred by another into jealousy, and broke his promise not to look at her on Saturdays, when her "fishy" qualities were revealed while bathing. She was never able to take on a human form again. Melusina is an asteroid. Both fly around and "haunt" people, if you want to consider an asteroid as "haunting" in its possible destruction. Just myth vs reality.

It's also a very good Belgian comic about a young, nice (and pretty, I have to admit) witch. Melisande in Dutch, Mélusine in French. Edited by Dupuis (the same original editor of the Smurfs, Lucky Luke, Gaston Lagaffe, ...). I believe there are 12 comic books about her yet.

[MrObvious]

Normally I hate to bump old threads but I was reminded recently about how I got my moniker. So I searched to see if it was transferred from the BABB.
Well here it is, the explain your name thread, good for a laugh and to get to know people.

Enjoy :D

[ranugad]

Being a big fan of Tolkien, I tried using Frodo way back in the early 90's.
Never without a huge number afterwrd. Went in search of a lesser known name from LOTR and came up with ranugad.

These were shortenings of Banazîr and Ranugad, originally nicknames, meaning 'halfwise, simple' and 'stay-at-home';
from The Toliken Wiki Community (http://tolkienwiki.org/wiki.cgi?action=browse&id=Samwise__Gamgee&oldid=Sam)

Seemed to fit nicer for me. Especially in contrast to my youth.

The avatar, many may recognize, is from Star Trek.
IDIC
The Vulcan philosophy of Infinite Diversity, Infinite Combinations

[Taks]

mark tak...
added the s to the tak a loooooong time ago and it stuck. my real-life nick is taks and has been for over 20 years. it was much easier when there were about a half dozen marks in our group in high school.

apparently, my last name means "shoe maker" in hungarian. though there are less than 100 hits on alltheweb for my name, mostly not even of hungarian origin.

oh, the avatar is lil' taks (john).

taks

[breeze]

Breeze? It was given to me by my motorcycling buddies...

I guess because my presence is as refreshing as a summer breeze. :rolleyes:

Now I'll have to read the other posts to find out how you all got your names.

[farmerjumperdon]

I put it in the welcome thread, but since this got bumped, what the heck.

farmerjumperdon:

I live on a farm, not a commerical enterprise, just for fun. But we do grow an awful lot of stuff - big veggie garden, as much of an orchard as I can care for, and lots of flower beds all over a 3 acre yard. The entire property is 27 acres and does include 5 acres of alfalfa.

I jump, as in skydiving. I actually sold my 10" Meade SCT once I got serious about skydiving, so I could buy all my gear. I have 380 jumps, which makes me an advanced novice. Most of the people I jump with have thousands.

My name is don, always lower case - it's a minimalist thing. Got it from the paternal side of the mating pair that spawned me.

[Paul Beardsley]

Seeing as how I was indirectly responsible for getting this thread bumped...

Paul Beardsley is my actual name. This might seem incredibly unimaginative, but in my time I have been known as...

Robert Harlequin Ley
Paul Saint
Willy
Vladimir
Vincent
Rudolph
Blue Biro
Lupin Streetmentioner

[Monique]

Friends warn me not put much personal information on net. So I choose French name I like but is not me. :)


I forget to add:

Monique is my nom de plume :)

[kimera]

KIMERA is the name of a manga I am rather fond of, although I chose to spell it kimera. It's based on the word chimera, which has many personal meanings for me. For those of you who don't know, in mythology, chimeras were creatures composed of a snake, a goat and a lion. They were so outrageously impossible that chimera became a synonym for outrageous dreams/illusions/fantasies. Futhermore, in biology, a chimera is an individual composed of two or more zygotes. Biological chimeras can lead to very interesting situations such as a true hermaphrodite, something that most people regard as impossible.

[Lens Flare]

I'm not sure what my username means.

[Monique]

I'm not sure what my username means.


Lens flare is a phenomenon of some images produced by optical systems pointed toward bright sources of light. It is caused by the scattering, reflection, and refraction of light in lens systems.

It typically manifests as several starbursts, rings, or circles in a row across the image or view. This will become prominent when pointing a device such as a camera too near a bright source of light..
sorry, could not resist :)

[hippietrekx]

ANyone want to guess my real full name- I bet it's on the web somewhere 8-[

Ha! Can't believe I haven't seen this before...

Michael Scotson. It's all over you know! (and nameing your site "Scotson's Shack" dosen't fend off stalkers like me... uh... stalkers out there... either.)

--hippie

P.S. Do I get bonus points?

[Lens Flare]

sorry, could not resist :)
Hey, thanks for the info. I toyed with "Imaging Glitch", "Motion Blur", and "Compression Artifact", but those didn't have the same ring to them. ;)

[EvilBob]

Lupin Streetmentioner
That sounds like a Python reference to me... or possibly DiscWorld.
I think I've explained my name somewhere before, but anyway... Bob is a sometime nickname - my real first name's Dylan. (Geddit?) My in-laws call me that. Evil comes from the second Bill & Ted movie - EvilBill and EvilTed were robotic alter egos, you see. My wife put the two together once, and it's kind of stuck.:o

[Lianachan]

Lianachan is the name of a forest and mountain which were important to me when I was growing up. I've been Lianachan on the internet more or less since the thing became available.

It should actually be spelt "Leanachan" - I had a typo the first time I typed it, and preferred my spelling. I found out a couple of years ago that there's actually a shpooky coincidence about my use of that spelling. Which I can't be bothered explaining.

[Selenite]

selenite, n. a hypothetical dweller on the moon; a kind of gypsum.

Well....I'm not named after the stuff they make drywall with. First name is Selene so it seemed to fit. :-)

[the_shaggy_one]

Mine comes from two sources:

My freshman year of high school (back in 1998) someone commented that I looked slightly like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. The nickname stuck, mostly because I grew a stylish goatee and long, girlish hair, to the point where more people know me as Shaggy than as Matt (which happens to be my given name). However, that's a common enough nickname that it's almost always taken on any board with more than 3 members.

The rest of the story comes from the days (even longer ago) where my friends and I were trying to create a MUD based on the Star Control universe. Each of us chose a name based on one of the alien races from the game. My first choice was the Precursors, an ancient race of hyper-evolved cows that ran the galaxy hundreds of thousands of years ago. One of the other races in the game referred to the Precursors as The Shaggy Ones. Since there's only one of me, I'm just The Shaggy One. Eventually my friends vetoed the use of that name, and I took on another race, evil fungus-creatures called the Mycon. I still use the name MrMycon occasionally.

The underscores in the name are because I blew it the first time I registered for the BABB, and created a password nothing created by man could duplicate.

[Seeker of Knowledge]

Mine is simple....I like to ask questions. Lots of questions. I also have been known to check out entire shelves of books at the library if I am interested in a subject and need to know about it.

I am extremely uncreative when it comes to internet pseudonyms (I also never use the same one twice). I have several E prefer not to even *think* because they're so ugly. This one, however, is probably the best one ever.

[Eoanthropus Dawsoni]

I love a good hoax, and there has been no greater hoax than Eoanthropus Dawsoni.

[die Nullte]

I'm an enthusiast of the music of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896). One of his works, not published in his lifetime, is the so-called Symphony No. 0, often called "Die Nullte" in German. When it came time to sign up for the forum and adopt a nom d'internet, I had just finished listening to this work. If I'd been more alert, I would have capitalized "die." Such is life.

[Paul Beardsley]

That [Lupin Streetmentioner] sounds like a Python reference to me... or possibly DiscWorld.
You are partly right. The Lupin bit came from Python's Dennis Moore sketch ("Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, Riding 'cross the land...") in which our Robin Hoodesque hero raids posh people's houses and demands, "Hand over your lupins!"

Dr Dan Streetmentioner was the author of the Time Traveller's Handbook in the third of Douglas Adams' Hitch Hiker books. (At a stretch you could claim that this too is a Python ref because Adams did appear in some episodes of Python.)

When I am watching the third Harry Potter book, or listening to it on tape, whenever Snape addresses Lupin by name, I find I am waiting for him to add "Streetmentioner".

[Enzp]

Hmmm. I haven't done this one yet. I go by the name Enzo, it's not my given name, it's my stage name. When I registered here I realized later I had entered a typo. So I became Enzp here. I thought, so what, I'll leave it. And if i ever get spam addressed that way, I will know where it came from.

[Robert Andersson]

Hmm... I'll ask my parents.