# ChiefWahoo is no more. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734 "2001-02-16T13:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/1 "2001-02-16T13:49:37Z")
Hello fellow Teemsters! After months of deliberation, I have changed my username from ChiefWahoo to August West. My original name was a spur of the moment thing that I really didn’t think about too long because I didn’t think I’d be spending much time here. I was obviously _very_ wrong. So, for better or worse, my new SN is August West. If you’re nice about it, I’ll let you call me Augie. Oh, and 10 Augie-bucks to the first person that figures out where the new name came from. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/2 "2001-02-16T13:51:57Z")
Any relation to Batman? ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/3 "2001-02-16T13:55:20Z")
Hello to the poster formerly known as **ChiefWahoo**. And thanks for giving me something to do this early in the morning. My guess as to the name - **August West** was a character in “Wharf Rat.” Now, where can I spend Augie bucks? (p.s. Yes, I cheated and did a search on Google.) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/4 "2001-02-16T14:01:47Z")
[Jerry] My name is August West And I love my Pearly Baker best More than more my wine. More than my wine More than my maker, though he’s no friend of mine. [/Jerry] ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/5 "2001-02-16T14:03:29Z")
Good work, Gazoo! Your 10 Augie-bucks are legal tender at State Street Brats in Madison when we all get together for the Wisconsin DopeFest this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/6 "2001-02-16T14:04:37Z")
You’ll always be **Goose Rugby Dude** to me, August! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/7 "2001-02-16T14:05:27Z")
I’m glad for the name change, mainly because I liked you, and I, as a loyal Yankee fan, _hate_ the silly Indians… * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/8 "2001-02-16T14:19:34Z")
**dantheman** gets 5 Augie-bucks for posting the relevant lyrics. His are good only at the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. Thanks, **Coldie** you’ll always be **Crazy Window-Duck Story Guy** to me! (P.S. Happy Birthday) I like you too **Satan** , and I don’t like the Indians either. Unfortunately for me, I’m a Brewers fan. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/9 "2001-02-16T14:22:03Z")
Woo Hoo!! 10 Augie bucks worth of cold beer!! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/10 "2001-02-16T14:33:35Z")
[Jerry] Somewhere in San Francisco On a back porch in July Just looking up to heaven At this crescent in the sky… in the sky. [/Jerry] Thanks for the **Augie** bucks! And if I’m ever in San Fran, I’ll know where to head 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/11 "2001-02-16T15:58:34Z")
**dantheman** , you beat me to it!!! So, **August West** , instead of Augie-bucks, how about a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee? (yeah, I know…you got no dime but you got some time to hear my story.) BTW, in one of those home repair-type magazines I get, there’s an ad in the back to “start your own business as a chimney sweep…be an August West franchisee!” ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/12 "2001-02-16T20:56:26Z")
**Dire Wolf** , I thought you might show up in this thread! Here’s an honorary Augie-dime for ya. The Dire Wolf {i]always\* collects his due. 😉 Are there any other Deadhead usernames out there that you’re aware of? ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/13 "2001-02-17T02:26:15Z")
An honorary Augie-dime!!! I promise not to take it over to that GQ thread and flatten it on the train tracks. 😛 If you just want poster names that are GD inspired, I only know of two: **Rhythmdvl** and **Tie-Dye**. There are also a few other posters who are Dead Heads (that I know of, anyway): \*\*Bottle Of Smoke, Cantrip, dantheman, DoctorJ, mailman, plnnr, retsin2000, uberDave, Ukelele Ike \*\* There’s also a poster named **Stella Blue** , and I would figure it’s from the song, but I don’t know for sure. Afterall, I figured ChiefWahoo would surely be an Indian fan! There was a Dead-related thread a few months ago, in case you missed it: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42142](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42142) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/14 "2001-02-17T02:35:33Z")
Yeah, yeah, everybody beat me to the reference-nailing, too. What was wrong with just calling yourself “Wharf Rat” ? That’d be a cool UserName… Maybe I’ll start another MPSIMS thread…“Pick Your Deadhead UserName!” Just call me **Silk Trombone.** Or maybe **That Girl Barefootin’ Along.** Or maybe **Thirty-Two Teeth in a Jawbone.** ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefwahoo-is-no-more/54734/15 "2001-02-17T03:08:59Z")
‘bout most everything has been said. Nothin’ left to do but smile, smile smile 🙂 ATTN: Wharf Rats are meeting in section G4… Wharf Rats are meeting in section G4…. Love the new name.