How did you pick your name?

by **johnmarkos** » Thu 02 Jun 2005, 18:45:59

My user name is the concatenation of my first and middle names.

Because my father's name is also John (different middle name) and my son's name will be John too (different middle name also), family members call me "John Markos."

However, in grade school, I was called Nhoj, which, you might notice, is John backwards.

by **bobcousins** » Thu 02 Jun 2005, 19:45:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobcousins', 'I') thought this was going to be a serious website about a very important issue!

Is it too late to change? :oops:

by **oowolf** » Thu 02 Jun 2005, 19:56:15

wolf=favorite predator, spirit guide, the 'loner' the better
o-o-w=the sound a wolf makes
it's onomatopoeia
wolf=good, human="there goes the neighborhood"

by **Grimnir** » Fri 03 Jun 2005, 04:37:38

I was reading Norse mythology at the time, and thought I'd use one of Odin's names since he seemed like a pretty cool customer. Bolverk was my first choice, but since that means "worker of evil", I went with Grimnir instead ("cloaked one"). Not that I have an awesome secret identity or anything.

by **Riddick** » Fri 03 Jun 2005, 13:55:57

My name is a nickname that some of my friends have given me because I'm built like Vin Diesel but not as stupid or as bald; I also have a strong distaste for our government and the authority that it represents because it's obviously not "of the people by the people and for the people" anymore.

I was going to pick "Maynard" because I'm a huge TOOL fan but I thought would be lame to kind of idiolize the lead singer.......kind of misses the point of their whole philosophy.

by **Laurasia** » Sat 04 Jun 2005, 23:10:07

Laurasia is the name of an ancient continent comprising present-day Europe, Asia & North America - all joined together. It has a nice sound, and the symbolism in these chaotic times is one of the reasons I chose it.

Regards,

L.

by **FatherOfTwo** » Mon 06 Jun 2005, 16:52:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cat', 'F')ather of Two wrote:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')fter learning about Peak Oil, the thing that bothered me the most was thinking about what it’ll be like for my 2 little girls. Growing up we’re all conditioned that lives will be better for our kids, peak oil changed that for me

by **eastbay** » Mon 06 Jun 2005, 21:30:20

It's the place I've lived most of my life. As youths we, the underclass from the East Bay, were called East Bay Grease. Tower of Power, also from the East Bay, produced an album named after us. There is a book about us entitled East Bay Grease written by a college prof who once was a kid who lived a two houses away from me.

So I am,

EastBay

by **Keith_McClary** » Tue 07 Jun 2005, 00:43:55

I just used my own name. Not very imaginative. Probably not a good idea these days. If I don't watch what I say my name could end up on lists or databases of "bad guys".

But using a nickname is no protection. The US and some other countries have passed laws allowing them to grab server logfiles and identify users. I don't even know where PO's servers are located.

by **dhickerson** » Tue 07 Jun 2005, 01:07:34

My username is (on most forums) a result of the car I am driving at the time, right now a 78 Chevrolet Caprice, but in this case it is my first initial and my last name... yeah yeah, I know, smaaart eh?

My avatar is a picture of my son.

by **Keith_McClary** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 02:31:46

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Laurasia', 'L')aurasia is the name of an ancient continent comprising present-day Europe, Asia & North America - all joined together. It has a nice sound, and the symbolism in these chaotic times is one of the reasons I chose it.

Regards,

L.

by **OilsNotWell** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 03:06:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')aurasia is the name of an ancient continent comprising present-day Europe, Asia & North America - all joined together.

by **sparkylab** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 05:16:17

From an episode of Pinky and the Brain (a kids cartoon made for adults). Essentially, two lab mice - one of which sounds like Orson Welles and is bent on taking over the world - each week would hatch a bizarre plan to do just that. The name is taken from an episode when the brain (the clever mouse) for some reason that now escapes me - tries to take over the world via baseball announcing. Sparkylab is a shortened form of Sparky LaBraina - a character puporting to be the worlds foremost baseball mind.

It was the first name I came up with when prompted from a chatroom/message board years ago, and never had any need to change it.

if its not busted .....

by **Doly** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 05:58:03

Doly is my actual name. Well, actually, the nickname I've told everybody to call me. It's short for my "real" name, Dolores, and it doesn't have the same horrible meaning.

Many people misspell it as "Dolly". I have two reasons to refuse to spell it like that:
1) LL in Spanish has a different sound from L. Dolly would be pronounced something like Doyee.
2) I refuse to have the same name as a cloned sheep. I'm unique!

by **bobaloo** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 17:59:19

Started using this name when playing Quake 1 online many years ago. It's actually a voodun diety, I suspect it was originally implanted in my brain from one of the Jack Flanders adventures (radio drama - highly, highly recommended), where one of the characters is found shouting/moaning it over and over. Since then it's just become my online identity wherever I go, other than a few boards I frequent where I don't want to be so easily tracked...

by **AirlinePilot** » Wed 08 Jun 2005, 22:55:54

Because I am one!

by **Keith_McClary** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 02:08:13

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', 'D')oly is my actual name. Well, actually, the nickname I've told everybody to call me. It's short for my "real" name, Dolores, and it doesn't have the same horrible meaning.

Many people misspell it as "Dolly". I have two reasons to refuse to spell it like that:
1) LL in Spanish has a different sound from L. Dolly would be pronounced something like Doyee.
2) I refuse to have the same name as a cloned sheep. I'm unique!

by **I_Like_Plants** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 03:48:49

Well, I do like plants, but mainly I want to learn more about them. You see, animals are easy to figure out in tough times, bugs are not too hard, some are poison but they're fairly easy to figure out, but plants take some learning. Nettles are sting-y but apparently very good for you, other plants and fruits can taste OK or even good but poison you. So, I need to learn about plants. And they're interesting anyway.

by **JoeW** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 09:37:27

you mean we can choose our name? that's news to me. i let my parents pick, so i'm stuck with JoeW

by **CeeCee** » Sun 19 Jun 2005, 05:38:36

I have two middle initials: C. C.,
hence
Cee Cee

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