# Care to explain your screen name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840 "2001-10-16T22:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/81 "2001-10-17T18:27:09Z")
Aramis is one of the 3 Musketeers. I like it cuz it’s also a variation on my initials – RMS. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/82 "2001-10-17T18:35:13Z")
I found myself in much the same situation as **Rue DeDay.** (now _there’s_ a scarey thought!) The first several names I thought of were already taken. I just happened to have been re-reading my old dog-eared copy of _Ten Ever-Lovin, Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo_ and had left it on my computer desk, so I decided on a Pogo reference for my name. But would you believe it? **Bewitched, Bothered, and Bemildewed** wouldn’t take! So I decided to go for obscure and picked **Bumbazine.** Bumbazine was the guy who had the lead in Walt Kelly’s little drama before Pogo showed up and took over. Are you tired of this yet? I am. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/83 "2001-10-17T18:37:43Z")
**Hello Again** is the name of my horse. Her “barn name” (what I call her on an everyday basis) is Holly, in case y’all care. Wanna see pictures of her? Of course you do! [http://www.wedge.net/photo/index.php?dir=horse&pwd=](http://www.wedge.net/photo/index.php?dir=horse&pwd=). (p.s. - that’s me, I’m not 12 although I rather appear it in these pics) My old handle, **rmariamp** , was just an old login ID I was using at the time for other things. ---
**Author:** ![dragonfly98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dragonfly98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonfly98)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/84 "2001-10-17T19:16:19Z")
cyberdrone --\> FunnyFarm + VoidMcBoy + RattFinkk and a host of others–\> dragonfly99 (who died a horrible death on these boards, no thanks to big Ed Zotti !) --\> dragonfly98. Yeah i know… BFD material. ---
**Author:** ![Glen\_Livid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Glen\_Livid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glen_Livid)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/85 "2001-10-17T19:17:22Z")
Glenlivet is a brand of scotch. [http://www.theglenlivet.com](http://www.theglenlivet.com) Since i am a raging alcoholic it just works out well. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/86 "2001-10-17T19:22:30Z")
_Colibri_ is Spanish for hummingbird. I am an ornithologist, and I did my thesis work on hummingbirds in Panama. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/87 "2001-10-17T20:28:36Z")
Read it backwards, it’s my son’s name. ---
**Author:** ![moe.ron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@moe.ron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moe.ron)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/88 "2001-10-17T21:22:54Z")
my favorite band is called ‘moe.’ (yes, the period is always included, regardless). We are, quite affectionately (sometimes ;)), referred to as moe.rons. Before I joined up on this list, I was informed about the high level of intelligence, and decided “Hey, at least this way I have something to blame it on when I say something stupid”. Check 'em out if you haven’t heard 'em, they’re damn good > **[moe.](https://moe.org/#_=_)** > > the official site for moe. news, tour dates, and band merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/89 "2001-10-17T21:43:53Z")
Well, I just got my screen name changed by the administrators (Thanks, Lynn!) and this is my first post under my new name. I might as well take this opportunity both to announce my name change and to explain my names. I first posted under the name Setec, which I borrowed from the villains in the spy movie “[Sneakers](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105435)”. Lame, but I couldn’t think of a better name at the time. Now I’m posting as Mystery Dog, which is a name that some Plains Indians used for horses. “Calling them mystery dogs, sky dogs, or elk dogs, many tribes told stories of how a vision seeker had acquired the great blessing of the horse through a supernatural encounter.” ([cite](http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~soon/hfwg/news/hfwgnews9804.html)). ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/90 "2001-10-17T22:47:12Z")
“NothingMan” is a fantastic song by Pearl Jam. I also like the idea of being sort of a minor super-hero. Granted I’m no **Superdude** , but hey I fight crime as hard as anybody. - **NM** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sandpiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@sandpiper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandpiper)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/91 "2001-10-18T00:13:47Z")
I spend what spare time I have at the beach. So I named myself after a rather funny looking, social creature that can always be found at the waters edge. It suits me 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/92 "2001-10-18T00:16:57Z")
Mine is a contraction of my full alias, **Ashley Tarquin** Or, if you’re into video games, it’s the name of a really evil guy in **Ninja Gaiden 2** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/93 "2001-10-18T00:30:33Z")
Mine’s based upon the fact that we are primates. Which semi-forgives some of our dumb moves… But, really it was because my 3-year-old grandson was playing with Curious George, who is mistakenly labeled by H.A.Rey as a monkey. He is NOT a monkey. He has’t a tail! He’s a chimp! He’s an ape, and so are we! Then, I finally got Eli to go to sleep, and joined the boards. -Another Primate p.s. Maybe I should have said, “Another Great Ape”. But I feel good thinking of myself as “just another primate”. Kind of forgiving, don’t’cha think? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/94 "2001-10-18T01:52:05Z")
My best friend, back when I was 11 years old, decided that my tiny stature was due to me not being a person, but being an elf instead. Though it took an ungodly amount of time, I eventually grew to be 5’3", but it was too late, she infected everyone, and the elf-derived nicknames stuck. This is the one that grew on me. But I warn you, if anyone asks me to make them cookies I’ll kick your @#$ since that’d be proof that you’d been hanging out with my former best friend…\ ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/95 "2001-10-18T02:27:11Z")
you can’t do anything to me…that castro hasn’t already done. [Tony Montana](http://www.jgeoff.com/scarface/index2.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/96 "2001-10-18T02:43:38Z")
From an old Girlfriend - “ **T** hank **y** ou (name withheld) **f** or **e** verything” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/97 "2001-10-18T02:44:16Z")
I’m a 5’2" man. ---
**Author:** ![ARose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@ARose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ARose)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/98 "2001-10-18T02:54:52Z")
Alex… Rose… ARose… I’m simply thrilling, aren’t I? ~ARose ---
**Author:** ![Karellen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@Karellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karellen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/99 "2001-10-18T03:50:38Z")
**Karellen** was the emissary from the race of super-intelligent, highly-evolved aliens who visited Earth in Arthur C. Clark’s novel _Childhood’s End._ I am neither super-intelligent, highly-evolved, or from space. Not really a sci-fi fan either. They made me read it in high school and I liked it. Top _that_ for a pointless story… ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840/100 "2001-10-18T14:11:39Z")
Once I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) Oh… my unspeakable wife, Queen Lisa (now I eat humble pie) I’m telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) And now I work at the Pizza Pizza 1 2 3 4! Royalty, lord it looked good on me Buried in silk in the royal boudoir or going nuclear free Or playing Crokinole with the Princess of Monaco Telling my jokes to the OPEC leaders, getting it all on video Once I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) A palatial palace, that was my home (now I eat humble pie) I’m telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) And now I vacuum the turf at SkyDome (Once he was the King of Spain) I can’t wait, I’m lowering interest rates, my people say: “King, how are you such a genius? There’s a roof overhead and food on our plates!” It’s laissez-faire, I don’t even give a care Let’s make Friday part of the weekend And give every new baby a chocolate eclair Once I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) Hey Clinton! Hey Yeltsin! Got problems? You phone me! (now I eat humble pie) I’m telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni (Once he was the King of Spain) \*\ Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce to you the international orchestra! \ \\* Now some of you might be wondering how I came to be living in Canada after being royalty in Spain. Should I tell them, guys? (Tell us, King!) You see late one night when the palace was asleep Out of my royal chambers and into the garden I creep And I wait till the appointed time, when the moon is lighting the pitch At which point my peasant friend, who looks just like me Arrives and we make switch! _\_ Prince and pauper, junior and whopper World made up of silver and copper Under my own volition, I took a change of position So next time you drool in the pizza line Remember, slower pizza’s more luscious The King of Spain never rushes! Once I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) I was lookin’ for off-handed ways to improve us (now I eat humble pie) I’m telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie) And now I’m jamming with Moxy Fruvous! (Once he was the King of Spain) - Moxy Fruvous, _Bargainville_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-explain-your-screen-name/87840.md?page=6)