# "A Monkey With a Gun" is now "armedmonky"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 31, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963 "2013-07-31T02:29:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/1 "2013-07-31T02:29:11Z")

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Not much to talk about here, just thought I should post it. Full disclosure I guess. I had to shorten “A Monkey With a Gun” due to to character limitations elsewhere, and I thought I’d just use the same handle everywhere.

Anyway, if you liked my posts in the past, I’m now “armedmonkey”. If you didn’t, well, I guess I’m still **armedmonkey**.

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/2 "2013-07-31T02:43:42Z")

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I have to admit I always liked the matter-of-fact construction of your old username. Like, seeing a quoted post that read “Originally posted by A Monkey With a Gun”, or “Last edited by A Monkey With a Gun”, as if it was a phrase, rather than a name. 🙂 But good luck with the new one!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/3 "2013-07-31T02:47:24Z")

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> [@wolfstu](#):
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> I have to admit I always liked the matter-of-fact construction of your old username. Like, seeing a quoted post that read “Originally posted by A Monkey With a Gun”, or “Last edited by A Monkey With a Gun”, as if it was a phrase, rather than a name. 🙂

Agreed.

And what’s an edmonkey, and why should we arm it?

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/4 "2013-07-31T05:03:59Z")

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yoU couldN’t At lEast haVe empLoyed onE or Two cApital leTTers, and mayBe a Space, In yOur neW nAme?

ETA: this is the DOPE dammit! we use capital letters on the dope!

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/5 "2013-07-31T06:00:27Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> yoU couldN’t At lEast haVe empLoyed onE or Two cApital leTTers, and mayBe a Space, In yOur neW nAme?
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> ETA: this is the DOPE dammit! we use capital letters on the dope!

Umm.. what?

ETA: check my join date.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monkey-with-a-gun-is-now-armedmonky/664963/6 "2013-07-31T06:30:10Z")

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This actually makes me curious a bit. Back in 2001 I was “Beeblebrox”. In **Senegnoid’s** defense, I’m not sure if I capitalized the second “a” in that either.