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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:27 am

I had an orange cat who believed that my computer chair was his, and when I would use the computer he sat in my lap (and occasionally tried to "help" by smacking the keyboard with his paw).

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:31 am

I chose my username because I like foxes. I chose to put faux in front of it because faux means fake. So my username means Fake Fox. Mostly I chose my name because I like foxes and everything I say to the lads is fake.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:40 am

Nothing fancy about mine. GT because of the kind of car I drive. Mama because I'm a mom.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:41 am

I am afraid to tell how I got, chose my user name, and It has just grown and grown. If you search paranoid here on Eater, you will find me referenced in almost every thread. I love when lads become me...

Sometimes, I am more A'Noid, than Para, but that is a different story for a different thread.

firehouse5 wrote:

Spike Jones, Hoosier Hotshots etc.
50th anniversary article

Wow mate, I know you were cool, but to know who these performers are adds a whole new level of awe I have for you! Very Happy

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:38 am

Mine is a weird one...

I am a scientist in my real life existence, scarily still, am an Atmospheric Physics researcher...

so, solar - for solar physics and ghost, as I deal with wavelengths that we can not see

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:30 am

@ Tsnerd- at least I got the Puss-bag part right.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:12 pm

Yastreb is Russian for falcon, and it has a very tenuous link to my avatar.

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:01 pm

^^^ Be frank with us, Bert. Your User Name is your real name backwards. Cool

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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:52 pm

The Monsignor wrote:

Your User Name is your real name backwards. Cool

I heard that SOOI was going to use that method of selecting a username, but RESSOTAMI was already taken.

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:19 pm

I have created a monster. Sad

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

A more 'cup half full' way of looking at it, oh Duckling is, "It's Alive! Aliiiiiiive!! Ha! Ha!Ha! Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!"

There. Does that help?

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:31 pm

I am physically disabled and also suffer from PTSD and agoraphobia, so I hardly ever leave home. I use internet forums to make friends* and for socializing. I am just Some Buddy (your friend) and At Home because I rarely leave home (Starbucks is the exception). I didn't know you could use spaces in your username, otherwise I would have broken it up. All sorted. TS

My avatar is a bunny, because I love bunnies. The carrot is the bait for my scammers, money is just beyond reach. Plus, it's cute. Laughing

Thanks for starting this thread Duckling! I am really enjoying learning how people came up with their name. Razz

*Before I came to eater I was a member to many forums, now eater is my life. It's the best online community I have ever had the pleasure to join)

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 698

I just sat down and thought to myself, "What epithet best suits my true nature?" and it just popped up. Since then I've thought of at least two better ones but gave them instead to a couple of my characters.

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:58 pm

My family are Irish, we keep going back to visit family still there, and remembering why we emigrated.

Several countries later, I'm in New Zealand, no secret about it Very Happy

Call in, coffee, tea and whiskey available Wink

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:24 pm

@ Ahmastin - I've often wondered about your user name - no matter how I said it or what accent I used to say it, I could never work it out. Thanks to your post, I have it now though! Very Happy

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:48 pm

Obviously mine is the Latin name for Pike, which as an angler is my favourite freshwater fish. I also like sheep but if I had used the name 'Ewe Bugger' then that would have been probably misconstrued and I would have come across as some sort of bad person.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

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and I would have come across as some sort of bad person.

Or at least one with odd tastes. Laughing

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:56 pm

^
As PF says - It's only weird the first time Smile

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:01 am

Honorary New Zealander wrote:

if I had used the name 'Ewe Bugger' then that would have been probably misconstrued and I would have come across as some sort of bad person.

It's mandatory here, velcro gloves optional Wink

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:39 am

Tsnerd wrote:

There. Does that help?

I don't know. I may need another half empty cup of strong tea before I can do proper Duckenstein.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:11 am

My username is the onomatopoeia for the sound of a trumpet (instrument which I play) in my language (catalan). It's also used to express something akin to "forget about it" or "we're screwed up" like in "If the car doesn't start, tururut", or as something you mumble when trying to remember a word "Bring me the... Wossname.... Uh... Turuut tururut.... Spoon!". Finally, it's got a funny sound and you can read it in both directions.
Since someone commented that it reminded them of the sound of the Vuvuzela, my baiting skype account is Tururut Vuvuzela so some baiters have ended up calling me TV.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:15 am

Ahmastin Geebougah wrote:

I just sat down and thought to myself, "What epithet best suits my true nature?" and it just popped up. Since then I've thought of at least two better ones but gave them instead to a couple of my characters.

I just can't get it at all. Sounds Arabic to me.

ETA: just got it Laughing

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:17 pm

Me too! Finally.. I wasn't sure whether it was a sound clue or something else.
I am still ashamed it took me years to realise the secret of Juan's name...

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

^^ Don't be. I suspect the list is rather long.

I've always liked Llamedos' name.

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