Announcement/requestThirdman and myself are making a site where b3tans can explain why they use the username that they do. Hopefully this will be choc-a-block with hilarious anecdotes. (Hmmm). You will be able to add yourself to the database when you visit the site, but ti would be nice to have a couple of dozen to kick off with. If anyone wants to contribute could you m3ss4age me or mail me on supermoore AT hotmail DOT com. Cheers.
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supermoore: HUNG,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:35,
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the thing isi have no idea why i chose mine. even at the time, i wouldn't have.
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bananaman,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:36,
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Yes, that sounds about right.Random word association. Probably something to do with the Kallus's spores posts, come to think of it - didn't he call them frondulent spores?
Oh, and spoon had already been taken.
(Oh, and spoon had already been taken.
Fronds are waving gently on,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:42,
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hahamy name comes from when me and friends went camping once.
It is a long story, if you are interested.
But I am only willing to post it here, for i am lazy.
(It is a long story, if you are interested.
But I am only willing to post it here, for i am lazy.
Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:37,
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go aheadI can copy and paste with the best of them
( supermoore: HUNG,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:39,
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RightI was camping with my friends last summer, in the Gower, West Wales.
We were near some sand dunes, and one night we were sat around a fire in these dunes.
Some very nasty boring types came along and tried to be our friends, but they were thet type of people who wear white caps and talk like Ali G. 'Townies' we refer to them as round my parts.
Anyway, we got bored of these folk pretty soon, and people in my group drifted apart to get away from the 'townies'.
I realised, after ten minutes of being alone among aggresive types, that I was not comfortable here, and knew nobody, so,
donning the sleeping bag I had brought along with me, I ran up a dune to find people I knew.
With a sleeping bag atop my head, almost as a cape, I saw two friends of mine observing the townies from above. I declared that I was a dune goblin and to give me all their drink.
(I was already failry drunken)
They found this hilarious, and we giggled all the way back to the tent.
In the tent, we somehow came to be talking about naming our children, and I said I would call my kids
'Bungle, Jeeves (whom I would make wear a suit and serve me port) and Sir Sand Goblin the second.
For the rest of the camping trip, people called me Sir Sand Goblin, and I assumed the role of a Brian Blessed style wizard and told all that 'You will refer to me as Sir Sand Goblin'
Everyone alse got assigned names, such as 'He of eternal Stoneage' and 'Imp of the Fat arse'
Sir Sand Goblin has kind of turned into my nickname ever since.
It was most entertaining.
Perhaps you had to be there.
(We were near some sand dunes, and one night we were sat around a fire in these dunes.
Some very nasty boring types came along and tried to be our friends, but they were thet type of people who wear white caps and talk like Ali G. 'Townies' we refer to them as round my parts.
Anyway, we got bored of these folk pretty soon, and people in my group drifted apart to get away from the 'townies'.
I realised, after ten minutes of being alone among aggresive types, that I was not comfortable here, and knew nobody, so,
donning the sleeping bag I had brought along with me, I ran up a dune to find people I knew.
With a sleeping bag atop my head, almost as a cape, I saw two friends of mine observing the townies from above. I declared that I was a dune goblin and to give me all their drink.
(I was already failry drunken)
They found this hilarious, and we giggled all the way back to the tent.
In the tent, we somehow came to be talking about naming our children, and I said I would call my kids
'Bungle, Jeeves (whom I would make wear a suit and serve me port) and Sir Sand Goblin the second.
For the rest of the camping trip, people called me Sir Sand Goblin, and I assumed the role of a Brian Blessed style wizard and told all that 'You will refer to me as Sir Sand Goblin'
Everyone alse got assigned names, such as 'He of eternal Stoneage' and 'Imp of the Fat arse'
Sir Sand Goblin has kind of turned into my nickname ever since.
It was most entertaining.
Perhaps you had to be there.
Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:50,
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igot my username cos i'm bloody freezing all the time. especially now. and especially now aswell.
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:38,
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I was drunk.It's that simple. My mate, by the way, is the Earl of your Toes...
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:41,
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A fat scottish kid at my school usedto call me stevie boy wonder, so I used it for most interwebby things since then.
( stevierar,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:41,
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Obvious innit?I'm a duck. And a bloody frightening one at that.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:44,
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Well...I always use my nick "MackanZoor" wherever I go on the web. Boring story but true. =)
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:45,
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erm..It's my name...well...Raven Black is my last and middle...so there...boring but true.
Did I mention boring?
Oh...How about true...
okay..I'll get my coat...
(Did I mention boring?
Oh...How about true...
okay..I'll get my coat...
Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:48,
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There is female artist from the renaissancenamed Artemesia Gentileschi. Artemisia is a pretty name but I like better what the addition of amnesia does to it.
( Artamnesia,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:49,
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I like that oneI want to hear what fnord has to say to this thread
( Milkman Dan,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:52,
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fnord answered this one fairly recentlyits from a book, a sci-fi one i think, but cos i know nothing of the genre i can't tell you who the author is. i saved the page he gave as a reference though cos i liked it.
/rumages in HDD
ah, the top of the file says:
From _The_Golden_Apple_ by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
[as extracted from pp.438f of _The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy_ compilation]
try searching for that on google and you might be able to find it. i didn't save the url you see
(/rumages in HDD
ah, the top of the file says:
From _The_Golden_Apple_ by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
[as extracted from pp.438f of _The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy_ compilation]
try searching for that on google and you might be able to find it. i didn't save the url you see
evil pixie,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:03,
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quality readingfnord is a word inserted into every printed page, but we are brainwashed as children not to be able to see. It's supposed to give us a subliminal feeling if vague paranoia and helplesness, just like real life really,
( supermoore: HUNG,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:05,
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good lordthat page is not too far away from my user number.
How wonderful that would have been.
I wonder if I am on page 498 though.
www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~boogles/Illuminati/fnord.text is the page
(How wonderful that would have been.
I wonder if I am on page 498 though.
www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~boogles/Illuminati/fnord.text is the page
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:05,
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um,I struggle when i get asked in pubs.
Online I can put it in perspective though so it's much easier.
(Online I can put it in perspective though so it's much easier.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:03,
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i do havethat book, must get round to reading it now!
( discostu oh my, its back,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:34,
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My parents, Mr and Mrs Kitten,decided to call me Phil (an odd choice for a girl, I know), and since I completed my doctorial studies, I've used this name.
Ho hum.
(Ho hum.
Dr Phil Kitten,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:51,
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are you sure your real name'snot just phillipa?
/giggles
(/giggles
evil pixie,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:04,
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because100% gibbon invented it. in a hurry. and now I must have it forever.
but it's alright.
(but it's alright.
100% kitten better than ever,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:51,
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well...once upon a time I had a pet canary. I got her when I was 7. She was special to me because she was Bright Red. That's right, Red.
Henceforth, my internet name was 'Canaryman'- recently though, I changed my name, since 'Canaryman' was a typefull and didn't include enough Z's, I shortened it to Canazza. And i have been called that even since.
Oh, and a few months ago, the Canary died, she was 10 years old (Ancient for a Canary :D)
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:53,
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Henceforth, my internet name was 'Canaryman'- recently though, I changed my name, since 'Canaryman' was a typefull and didn't include enough Z's, I shortened it to Canazza. And i have been called that even since.
Oh, and a few months ago, the Canary died, she was 10 years old (Ancient for a Canary :D)
...but is itQuelabra or El Brakiachi?
I'm sure one of those is an evil, monocle wearing, alter ego.
I'm scared
(I'm sure one of those is an evil, monocle wearing, alter ego.
I'm scared
Mystery_Bob,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:00,
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youshould be
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:01,
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blimehhow many 100% kittens can the board have at one time?
( zerolicious,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:06,
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wellI have tried to warn you in the past about my army of kittens.....
( 100% kitten better than ever,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:09,
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but stillthey kept coming...
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:12,
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thats made me think ofwar of the worlds!
( discostu oh my, its back,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:45,
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'in-ten-ded''played for & got'
:)
I think all this talk of war has gotten people remembering it again maybe.
(:)
I think all this talk of war has gotten people remembering it again maybe.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:44,
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I first used mine a few years agoWhen I went tenpin bowling. With my mum. I got bored when typing the names into the computer. I wish the story was cooler than that...
( evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:54,
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for mildly confuddled reasonsi have been DJing under the name phil zero for years, and most folk i know call me zero or mr zero. i use some version of it for anything i do online.
( zerolicious,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:54,
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Have any photos surfaced......from last night yet?
( Mystery_Bob,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:01,
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somehere
floaty reckoned he might have his up by tonight too.
(floaty reckoned he might have his up by tonight too.
zerolicious,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:04,
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Possibly........ Soon as I've done the dishes and played BF1942 for several hours.
( Lord_Floaty Hooting gladly.,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:07,
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yesand for some reason all the text on the page was blinking. it was very very annoying
( evil pixie,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:04,
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I can handle text blinking......but Candidate throwing up in the car is not so good.
( Mystery_Bob,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:14,
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poor candidatewhat a way to make a first impression
( zerolicious,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:19,
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because there wasa program on the telly about Siberia. There was a priest called Father Oleg. He had a collection box "for the victims of sects and drugs" written on it in Russian. Because the pun didn't work in Russian and only in English I found it quite amusing. I chose his name for the name of a a band I was in at the time that didn't play songs. Not surprisingly it didn't do very well and I kept the name for internet purposes.
( jsut peopel,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:58,
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If I told you......then it wouldn't be a mystery anymore, would it?
( Mystery_Bob,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 16:58,
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cosmy surname is Gibbons.
So obviously I acquired the moniker "Funky".
Damn them Goodies.
Sometimes I'm "weakpun", cos I couldn't be bothered thinking up a decent joke.
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:04,
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So obviously I acquired the moniker "Funky".
Damn them Goodies.
Sometimes I'm "weakpun", cos I couldn't be bothered thinking up a decent joke.
or my ex-bosswith children with silly names?
( 100% kitten better than ever,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:16,
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no...but my dad is. Actually, so's my brother.
Almost everyone I meet from my home town says "your dad taught me geography".
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:17,
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Almost everyone I meet from my home town says "your dad taught me geography".
no way bananaman,which school?
cos mine was called Funky Gibbon too
(cos mine was called Funky Gibbon too
Tron,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:53,
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quite simple really...I am a big fan of an ex-Brit metal band called Earthtone9. One of their songs is called tat twam asi. My name is Matt, it's a pun - geddit? 8D
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:05,
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quite simple reallyi'm Lawrence, which got shortened to Loz on my first day at primary school.
i am a Mountainbiker, and had worked in bike shops for about 9 years, building, selling and repairing expensive mountainbikes,
everyone knows me round here from the shop and from seeing me about on my bike,
so i thought... Mountainbike + Loz = Mountainloz :)
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:06,
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i am a Mountainbiker, and had worked in bike shops for about 9 years, building, selling and repairing expensive mountainbikes,
everyone knows me round here from the shop and from seeing me about on my bike,
so i thought... Mountainbike + Loz = Mountainloz :)
Just yesterday,I was telling freshlegs about this. A few years ago some of my friends started getting me to dj their birthday parties and so on because I had lots of records, so I decided that they would call me DJ9000. Partly because of 2001, and partly because I'm similar to the DJ 6000, but with one or two more features. This last bit I stole from Dilbert.
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:14,
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verymessy.
allergic to curry was the only other person who managed to get home. the rest of us ended up in norwich for the night.
then hilarity ensued when munkt0n posted some glasscocks to the board.. it was funny at the time ;)
(allergic to curry was the only other person who managed to get home. the rest of us ended up in norwich for the night.
then hilarity ensued when munkt0n posted some glasscocks to the board.. it was funny at the time ;)
mnb098mnb used to be here,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:42,
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Well,I moved from my homeland of Kernow (Cornwall
to the uninitiated) to Bristol, where they talk a bit funny. Anyway, I got christened
"wurzel" at school, and it kinda stuck.
Unforunately, when I registered on b3ta, the
username of choice was gone, so that's where
the _underscore came from.
(to the uninitiated) to Bristol, where they talk a bit funny. Anyway, I got christened
"wurzel" at school, and it kinda stuck.
Unforunately, when I registered on b3ta, the
username of choice was gone, so that's where
the _underscore came from.
Spherix What, with these feet?,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:25,
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my nickname is simplewell you see im a cake. and a gentitically modifed one at that. and me and my buddy steve the pen,with his granny's majik hairnet of power,like go on adventures and stuff.
and its all gone a bit pearshaped,so i now live in a biscuit tin in wolverhampton.
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:25,
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and its all gone a bit pearshaped,so i now live in a biscuit tin in wolverhampton.
thanks everyoneI'll spam this thread a tomorrow afternoon (in a reply) and depending on how quick thirdman does the back end, we should be up and running mid-week.
( supermoore: HUNG,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:26,
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The russian diminuitive form of Constantine is "Kostya".and I am a Rudebwoy.
Hence.
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:28,
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Hence.
nothing excitingI have an ex who i still am friends with, and catch up with her every six months ago. Last summer i met her in a pub, to which some of her friends came along later. They all came up to me and said "Hi, you must be discostu". Turns out that unbeknownst to me that was what she reffered to me as whem talking to them.
I quite liked it, so used it when i registered.
(I quite liked it, so used it when i registered.
discostu oh my, its back,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:30,
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Becausewhen i built my first site many years ago i wanted www.happydude.com, but alsa it was already gone,
so www.happyperson.co.uk was what i choose, i forgot to renew happyperson.co.uk last year sometime and i think someone else has it now
(so www.happyperson.co.uk was what i choose, i forgot to renew happyperson.co.uk last year sometime and i think someone else has it now
Happyperson,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:30,
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Bootis named after the dog (now sadly deceased) of Dumpy, the best band in existence.
Said dog was, in turn, named after the guitarist in the band Straight 8s (I think) who sold Dumpy his famous "Triumph" Gibson, and used to run a cd and vinyl shop in Ealing Broadway.
Lovely chap he was.
(Said dog was, in turn, named after the guitarist in the band Straight 8s (I think) who sold Dumpy his famous "Triumph" Gibson, and used to run a cd and vinyl shop in Ealing Broadway.
Lovely chap he was.
Boot I want to know what you meant,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:37,
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Boot was the dogin The Perishers too I believe :)
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:50,
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I used to just use really silly names onlinebut I didn't feel comfortable with them. I wanted something that I wouldn't be embarrassed to be addressed as. My name's Will Hayward.
Will Hayward --> W. Hayward --> wayward. Meh.
(Will Hayward --> W. Hayward --> wayward. Meh.
wayward.,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:39,
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my nameis cuz when we were at the youth brass band championships, me and my mate kier kept seeing a boy who looked (we thought) like a boy we knew, who was also on the trip, called steve. nobody agreed. we christened him quiff, because he had a quiff. he had a mate with him who we christened spikey, but that's irrelevant. anyway, quiff was steve's lookey likey, and we spent the rest of the day looking for everyone else's lookey likeys, to cheer everyone up cuz we're rubbish and we came last. our mate james then told us WE needed lookey likeys, and that in fact we looked like each other. hence, kikilookeylikey.
the 'of doom' bit is cuz somebody suggested an of doom day which didn't really take off, but i changed my name and then something went wrong with my whole b3ta being and i can't log in properly to change it. but i've sort of got used to it now anyway.
(the 'of doom' bit is cuz somebody suggested an of doom day which didn't really take off, but i changed my name and then something went wrong with my whole b3ta being and i can't log in properly to change it. but i've sort of got used to it now anyway.
kikilookeylikey,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:46,
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i began my b3ta life as plain old unicornjust cos i like them, and i was listening to hometown unicorn by sfa lots at the time, and all my net names were derived from bands/songs/lyrics then.
hugo_rune declared me triple legendary when i 1. identified a clip of a song for him, 2. did something else which i can't remember, possibly involving enjoyment of football or porn and 3. admitted to vaguely sapphic tendencies.
(hugo_rune declared me triple legendary when i 1. identified a clip of a song for him, 2. did something else which i can't remember, possibly involving enjoyment of football or porn and 3. admitted to vaguely sapphic tendencies.
the triple legendary unicorn,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 17:51,
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quite simple really:my name is 'simon'. i study physics so know a few greek letters. Psi is a sort of semi-pun result, with the bonus of being pronounced the same as "si". there we go :)
(,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 18:31,
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molvik =a character in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck. Molvik is a schizophrenic vegetarian. I am neither, but I feel a strange affinity for the guy nevertheless.
( Sexy Picard 2000,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:50,
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i call myself bumblebee..because that is what i am. it took me a long time to learn to use a computer.. especially typing is hard when you're quite small.
nah.
i liked the sound of the word. and the baffling power of flight. ofcourse some science guy had to come up with an explanation. so the mystery there is gone.
besides.. it's better than my old names : northling & devil dub diver.
the two dots after my name is to give it a laidback & lazy feel..
(nah.
i liked the sound of the word. and the baffling power of flight. ofcourse some science guy had to come up with an explanation. so the mystery there is gone.
besides.. it's better than my old names : northling & devil dub diver.
the two dots after my name is to give it a laidback & lazy feel..
bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:52,
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I'm justcrap at choosing names. So I named myself after a chemical structure that's present in some neurotransmitters and psychedelic drugs.
Move along please, there's nothing to see here.
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Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:54,
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Move along please, there's nothing to see here.
ummnothing exciting here - but I dj'ed under the name dj direct for the last few years.
Nothing overly exciting - thinking of changing it now i don't really do that much djing any more...
(Nothing overly exciting - thinking of changing it now i don't really do that much djing any more...
djdirect,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:55,
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Its a name.I used to be in a band called "Vile" the guy at the rehearsal studio tort one of us was called John,It go's without saying that johnvile is a far better name than just Vile so we changed it.
When Im feeling fruity I change my user name to LadyDianaSpoonfencer - Spoonfencer's a name to give taxi drivers,apparently some indians have trouble saying it.
(When Im feeling fruity I change my user name to LadyDianaSpoonfencer - Spoonfencer's a name to give taxi drivers,apparently some indians have trouble saying it.
johnvile dsfadsfgafgf,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:56,
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Oh alrightI've explained mine a couple of times because it is a bit foreign..
in te reo Māori, "Rāpiti" is a common transliteration of the English word "rabbit", and "nui" means large.
The rabbit is my Chinese astrological sign.
So, "big bunny", because I'm larger than the common or garden rabbit (though not rabbits on b3ta).
(in te reo Māori, "Rāpiti" is a common transliteration of the English word "rabbit", and "nui" means large.
The rabbit is my Chinese astrological sign.
So, "big bunny", because I'm larger than the common or garden rabbit (though not rabbits on b3ta).
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:58,
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Coprolite = Dinosaur shitDates from way back when i used to hang around with post grads in the geology dept of the local uni. Spent so much time there the profs thought I was doing a PhD as well, so when they asked on what, I said coproliths. Stuck ever since
( Coprolite,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:58,
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My Initials.As it's just about the only username I can ever remember.
( djol,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:58,
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I shall be the first from the lateshift to reply to your late-nite request for additions :) Unless some twat has beaten me to it of course.
I've been ninterwebbing since 1994, first on Compuserve, then Demon; for Demon you need a hostname; all Pratchett related hostnames I wanted were taken so I ended up with Vorbis (from Small Gods); you need an anonymous name for USENET so I went with Witchfinder from the most excellent Pratchett/Gaiman book 'Good Omens'. People being people shortened it to Witchy v.quickly indeed :) Not interesting, but true. I shall now go and comb my beard and wax me sandals.
(I've been ninterwebbing since 1994, first on Compuserve, then Demon; for Demon you need a hostname; all Pratchett related hostnames I wanted were taken so I ended up with Vorbis (from Small Gods); you need an anonymous name for USENET so I went with Witchfinder from the most excellent Pratchett/Gaiman book 'Good Omens'. People being people shortened it to Witchy v.quickly indeed :) Not interesting, but true. I shall now go and comb my beard and wax me sandals.
witchy is covered in BEES,
Sun 16 Feb 2003, 23:58,
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yay for good omensand sargeant thou-shalt-not-suffer-witches-to-live pulsiver... if i remember rightly
( Coprolite,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 0:02,
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hmmmits cos i look like a monkey when i eat a banana and the weird spelling is cos monkey + northern accent = munkeh!
(,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 0:04,
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Purple MartinI'm called Martin, and I've always been associated with Purpleness and all things Purple. If you ever want to buy me a present (and I know you will), you can be sure that I will like it whatever it may be, as long as it's Purple. I love Purple. Purple Purple Purple. PURPLE!!!
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Purple Martin is board sigless,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 0:06,
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I c hose thisbecause a freind and I would always say that whenever the other said something, eg "Its snowing outside" 'Or is it?' "Yes it is" 'oh, ok'
( Or is it?,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 0:17,
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Quick, before it archives!I was 14, I needed a user name. I was slightly drunk, needed a name in counter-strike, chose EverStoned. Started coding, photoshopping, it stuck.
Tada.
(Tada.
EvS,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:23,
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*sighs*The origin of my name is rather boring. Well .. just look at my real name (Nathanael) for an explaination as to why I NEEDED a nickname. But it caught on and now everyone calls me "Snoop". Family, friends, bosses, clients, tools .. godzilla even! :-)
(,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:27,
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Well I just used my nameTho I did have a few handles back in the days of the BBS
( K3rry,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:30,
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erma cat i had who ran away when i went a travelling, the lovely herb and i used to dj under this name in Bristol now its the name of my animation endeavours in another house
(,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:53,
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argh, mine is so not interestingI work at a summer camp for blind children. We all have to go by a different name, the stranger the better, because if you have five Steves and seven Melissas, it gets hard for the kids to keep track of who is who since they can't see anyone. It's also better if you pick a name like Skye or Daisy because it's a reminder of the outdoors. In retrospect I should have chosen Heather. Anyhow, I became Gracie, because I'm entirely lacking in grace. On of my coworkers took to calling me Gracie Lou Who (a la How the Grinch Stole Christmas) and I don't know why I still use it.
( gracielou,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 2:49,
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ooh, interesting question with a marginally interesting answerWell, when I lived in New York I shared an apartment with a couple of English guys. We had various euphemisms for a dump, most popular of which was "Chocolate Weasel". Badgers were also comedy animals around this time thanks to Harry Hill. Naturally when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" came out the words just slotted into place - "Crouching Badger, Hidden Weasel". Unfortunately I do have trouble remembering the original title of the film now in conversation.
As for the "this product may contain" I was just feeling stupid last week and haven't changed it back.
(As for the "this product may contain" I was just feeling stupid last week and haven't changed it back.
crouchingbadger,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 3:05,
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I......am named after the Leonard Wibberly novel, with some slight modifications to match my wagging tongue.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 4:37,
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I don't think you need to be a rocket scientistto work out how I came about my name.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:36,
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i'm half dutchso dutchbird was a nickname at school. Better than another friend of mine who was called "Billinge Bird" as revenge
( butchbint,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:38,
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I would just like to point outthat, humorously, I am neither obese nor is my name Robert. How peculiar!
( Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:39,
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I light my feet on fireAnd help old ladies cross the road. Just like my hero, Tom Green.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:47,
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Right,Whenever my mates and I go out drinking, after several gallons of beer we all end up drinking Dark Rum & Coke. One of the downsides of Dark Rum & Coke is that in the morning, you feel like badgers have come into your room in the night, kicked you in the head and shat in your mouth before sneaking away again. That's why we started calling it Badger Juice and why I started using it as a username.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:48,
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I work from homewhich is now a shop, but until I moved last year, I used to work from a splendid shed at the bottom of the garden. The shed had carpet, heating, phone, fax, electricity and a loo. It was just like a little wooden house, but with the added bonus of being able to nail your coat to the wall any time you wanted to. One set of clients used to refer to their occasional visits as "going shedside", a phrase nearly as enjoyable to me as refering to the web as "Her Majesty's Internet".
( Shedside,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:54,
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well.I stole it from the movie "The Big Lebowski". Obviously I'm one unimaginative bastard.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 10:58,
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Mr BobbinsBobbins is a state of mind that exists when an impossibly difficult situation develops and the only solution to overcoming it is to go temporarily insane, it is accompanied by slow rocking, incoherent mumbling and in extreme situations gnashing of teeth.
Once this has passed the situation will appear much easier to handle.
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:09,
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Once this has passed the situation will appear much easier to handle.
Some say that I am called Slimdue to my incredibly svelte frame, that, sideways on, is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Others say I am called Slim because I'm 6'1" tall and weigh about 15 stone.
(Others say I am called Slim because I'm 6'1" tall and weigh about 15 stone.
Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa.,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:10,
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No hilarious anecdotes I'm afraid.Used to love text adventures on the good old speccy. I then got hold of an amiga and was addicted to graphic adventures. Had my hair tied back in school, then monkey island came out. From then on Threepwood was my name!
( Threepwood is heading back to a town called b3ta,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:14,
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During a biology lessonwe were cutting up unwashed beetroot and doing wild and crazy things with it, like putting in in water. Anyway, my mate went 'Get me some of that dirty root' and that line stuck in my head. On a semi-related note, our teacher was from some far-off land with a strange accent. She used to hide it most of the time but this had the side effect of her not being able to say things properly and thus making up her own words, including:
Mustard glass
Hydrogen bronds
crantranscription
plank loaning
crisp splitting chromosomes
sype
pok
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Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:29,
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Mustard glass
Hydrogen bronds
crantranscription
plank loaning
crisp splitting chromosomes
sype
pok
Wellas unimaginative as I am I turned to literature (sciffy anyway) for inspiration.
There seemed to be far too many Rankinalikes and Pratchett has clearly been done to death, so I turned to the world's most widely read sciffy author, one Stanislaw Lem - a Pole, who writes in Polish funnily enough.
Ijon Tichy is a character who appears in a few of Lem's funnier books.
If you want to know how to pronounce it, then the easy answer is: Steve.
(There seemed to be far too many Rankinalikes and Pratchett has clearly been done to death, so I turned to the world's most widely read sciffy author, one Stanislaw Lem - a Pole, who writes in Polish funnily enough.
Ijon Tichy is a character who appears in a few of Lem's funnier books.
If you want to know how to pronounce it, then the easy answer is: Steve.
Ijon Tichy,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:39,
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I draw cows quite a lotOne day I'll sort out a site dedicated to cow23
who looks like this
It largly stems from taking this photo of the cow23 .. (the 23 isnt photoshopped)
(who looks like this
It largly stems from taking this photo of the cow23 .. (the 23 isnt photoshopped)
cow23,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 11:57,
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Short forBarry, which is my name. Astonishing, no?
( Baz Fuck off,
Mon 17 Feb 2003, 19:21,
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It's the natural abbreviationof Flibble, from Mr Flibble, psychic, psychopathic glove puppet of Red Dwarf fame.
Twas the first thing that leapt to mind when I first irc'd back in 1995.
(Twas the first thing that leapt to mind when I first irc'd back in 1995.
flibz,
Wed 19 Feb 2003, 6:54,
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