originally posted by Ponder Stibbons :
The Deep-Fried Amphibian…
Hey watch it!! 
Is there a mechanism for deleting old accounts that aren’t used any more? I signed up in 2000 and almost never posted, and subsequently forgot my username and password. So there’s a completely idle account somewhere that was used twice and then abandoned. And a perfectly good (I assume!) username that could be up for grabs.
Cowgirl, I’d imagine that you could ask the admins to delete the account, if you wrote from the e-mail address associated with it.
Aw, dude, I was just messin’ around in that other thread when I said “damn newbies”. I don’t expect everyone to know all whatever-thousand other names there are when registering. I hadn’t posted in a week or so, did a vanity search on my name to find the last thread I posted to, saw the one about The Grateful Dead and thought, “I didn’t post to that, did I?” Just caught me by surprise, is all.
Personally, I think it’d be kid of fun confusing everyone with our usernames. Imagine you and I having a conversation in Great Debates or… well I’m never in Great Debates. Ok, imagine us having a discussion in Cafe Society, and people getting all confused about which one of thought Life of Brian was better than The Holy Grail. Or something.
Maybe I’ll change my username to Chicken of Bristol. It’d make evilbeth happy, I’m sure. 
punha, Atomic Badger Racing has indeed been claimed.
Ya know, the more I think of it, I’m perfectly happy to change my name to Chicken of Bristol. Only the oldbies know who I am anyway, since I’ve been mostly in lurker mode for more than a year.
Maybe we should have a vote? 
Life of Brian was better than Holy Grail?..
Say, what if you both change names? Then you could run the risk of duplicating again. In a thread just yesterday (the one about Elroy) maybe a dozen replies had come in and at the very moment I keyed in my clever retort and submitted it, somebody else had the very same (close enough anyway) reply. Spooked me.
Maybe you two could work it out beforehand and avoid that. Or maybe not.
I kinda like the idea of the dialog, though. Maybe you should try that first.
How about…
Tastes like Chicken.
From the same sketch, there’s always:
Lark’s Vomit
Spring Surprise
Cockroach Cluster
Anthrax Ripple
and
Constable Clitoris.
I think Anthrax Ripple has a nice ring to it. Dunno if any of those are in use already, though.
Like a previous poster, I thought we were all supposed to apologize to Crunchy Frog.
Dear Crunchy Frog: I’m very sorry about those terribly infuriating hives you experienced recently. I don’t know how I might have caused them but I’m sure I’m to blame in some convoluted way. People tell me I’m neurotic and I apologize too much. I’m sorry about that too. I hope you feel better. Please don’t hit me again. How are the hives?
That’s not so bad. Due to poor spelling by a consultant, I’m the Web Hamster.
It’s not near so intimidating.
Mariemarie - The hives haven’t been around in a few months now. Still have no idea what caused them. [sub](And I thought you liked the spankings, but ok, since you asked I won’t hit you a again)[/sub]
Maureen - Life of Brian was better than Holy Grail depending on who you ask. Some people like Brian better because it had a more cohesive storyline and there was a message in the comedy. Others like Holy Grail because what’s funnier than a black knight with no arms left?
Now that would be a cool user name!
Crunchy Frog,
Don’t change your user name. I will always remember “The Ego-Stroking Thread”. I thought that was the most brilliant thread ever.
The Crunchy Frog,
I’m confused as to how you could pull out of the blue such a unique user name. Is there an inside joke I’m missing?
The Deep-Fried Amphibian gets my vote unless you like
Slithering Salamander
Crispy Newt
Hopping Green
guava, “crunchy frog” is an English confection Made by Whizzo Chocolates. From their description, “We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.”
(Actually, it’s from a Monty Python skit. http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/tv-series/sketches/fc-06/crunchy-frog.html )
jr8, I thought of “Spring Surprise,” but “Anthrax Ripple” does have a nice ring to it.
Crunchy Frog, I was thinking of apologizing before I saw your post at the Dead thread. I must say, the coincidence of our names made for some entertaining reading today.
Haven’t heard from the Webmaster yet and haven’t had a chance to petition the moderators tonight. So I’ll still be “The” for awhile. I’m thinking now that the choices I gave in my letter to the webmaster sound kind of lame compared to suggestions I’ve seen here today.
I see. Now those other suggestions make much more sense.
J.K. Rowling knows about these obviously.
TCF, what you want to do is email the admins for a name change. As Arnold Winkelried states in the FAQ (found here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503 ):
You can also check and see if a name is already taken – use the following URL and substitute the username for YYY: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=YYY .
By the way, if you’re in the part of the Sonoran Desert which is near Phoenix, hope you’re keeping cool and keep an eye out for upcoming Dopefests!
Forgot the disclaimer: the above is just an opinion. In fact, just disregard the above. The FAQs can be found here and here.
I’m still willing to change my username to Chicken of Bristol if it gets evilbeth moist.