# Best Username you wish you'd thought of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032 "2013-08-24T04:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/1 "2013-08-24T04:32:18Z")
I was on a guitar board and just came across **Pastor of Muppets**. Damn I wish I’d thought of that!! You? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/2 "2013-08-24T04:34:31Z")
There is a Metallica font by that name by Ray Larabie in 1997… > **[PASTOR search](https://fonts2u.com/search.html?q=pastor)** > > Fonts2u offers a large collection of free fonts. Download free fonts for Windows and Macintosh. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/3 "2013-08-24T14:36:59Z")
Hari Seldon. Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/4 "2013-08-24T15:05:24Z")
My preferred alternate username at the SDMB is **Wild-Assed Guest**. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/5 "2013-08-24T15:16:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > My preferred alternate username at the SDMB is **Wild-Assed Guest**. I like it! Yeah, if my son was on the SDMB, he’d say he likes **Battle Pope** ’s username. I mentioned it to him and he cracked up… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/6 "2013-08-24T15:25:39Z")
I’ll admit it, I like “Qadgop the Mercotan.” What IS a Mercotan, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/7 "2013-08-24T16:13:10Z")
I wish I’d chosen “Reported” or “Banned”. Or [Ghoti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/8 "2013-08-24T16:49:18Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ll admit it, I like “Qadgop the Mercotan.” > > What IS a Mercotan, anyway? QtM was a beast in an old sci-fi classic. Found slithering on ship hulls, I believe…😉 AaronX: Fish! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/9 "2013-08-24T17:21:20Z")
TeriG831 Man, I wish I had thought of that. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/10 "2013-08-24T17:32:29Z")
I think I would go with **ThreadKiller**. It seems that every time I respond in a thread it dies. Maybe my answer is so definitive, or maybe I haven’t passed the audition as yet. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/11 "2013-08-24T17:35:04Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I was on a guitar board and just came across **Pastor of Muppets**. > > Damn I wish I’d thought of that!! > > You? A)It’d be even funnier if he actually was a Pastor. B)Master of Puppets and Pastor of Muppets have an oddly similar meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/12 "2013-08-24T18:00:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A)It’d be even funnier if he actually was a Pastor. > B)Master of Puppets and Pastor of Muppets have an oddly similar meaning. I wish I could pick one then switch to the other later, just to confuse people. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/13 "2013-08-24T18:39:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A)It’d be even funnier if he actually was a Pastor. > B)Master of Puppets and Pastor of Muppets have an oddly similar meaning. Indeed; but it would be totally cool to see Animal rocking out on the drums for that song 😉 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/14 "2013-08-24T20:15:44Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I think I would go with **ThreadKiller**. It seems that every time I respond in a thread it dies. Maybe my answer is so definitive, or maybe I haven’t passed the audition as yet. Me too ☹ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/15 "2013-08-24T23:04:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A)It’d be even funnier if he actually was a Pastor. > B)Master of Puppets and Pastor of Muppets have an oddly similar meaning. Especially if they are Meat Puppets. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/16 "2013-08-26T18:27:50Z")
Since I’m more of a reader than a poster, I’d choose **Horrified Onlooker** (thanks Cousin-in-Law!) ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/17 "2013-08-26T18:37:53Z")
WOOKINPANUB. I didn’t get it until I said it aloud, then promptly fell in love with it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/18 "2013-08-26T18:48:51Z")
The New & Improved Superman. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/19 "2013-08-26T18:55:36Z")
Martyr Forker ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/20 "2013-08-26T18:56:24Z")
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