# Coldfire please change your name **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896 "2002-12-02T04:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/61 "2002-12-02T10:57:54Z")
Rest assured, I _am_ Jeff. In fact, I contain 35% more Jeff than other leading Jeffs. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/62 "2002-12-02T11:04:08Z")
I am Czech, but not entirely. I would be more accurately called 50%Czech25%Norwegian25%Irish-French-English-GermanMaster401k. However, in all honesty, I am not a master. And I don’t know what the hell the 401k has to do with anything. 11 more steps and we’ll all be better people. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/63 "2002-12-02T11:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > **sotally tober** Should I ask? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/64 "2002-12-02T11:21:17Z")
While the confessional is open, I’d like to admit that my name isn’t Gary, and I’m not a Kumquat. Other than that my name is completely accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/65 "2002-12-02T11:21:42Z")
I’m not a character from a Guy Gavriel Kay novel, but I play one in my head. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/66 "2002-12-02T11:22:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > \*\*Should I ask? \*\* Good cunting, evestable. I’m not as think as you drunk I am. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/67 "2002-12-02T11:30:52Z")
I am not a real sailor but I play one in the bedroom. Is that ok? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/68 "2002-12-02T11:33:44Z")
I am not electronic, nor am I a holy day, either saturday or sunday. I reserve the right to be any of the other days of the week, however. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/69 "2002-12-02T11:40:24Z")
I am **jim** ; I just enhanced myself at each end. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/70 "2002-12-02T11:42:51Z")
I am not Gregory Peck’s left nostril. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/71 "2002-12-02T11:43:51Z")
Sorry **Libertarian** I now see what you mean. The confessions won’t stop. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/72 "2002-12-02T11:46:08Z")
Therefore, **E-Sabbath** I hereby dub thee… **Acustic Thursday**! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/73 "2002-12-02T12:23:30Z")
Well, FUCK IT! I _AM_ **Bill** , and I _AM_ an **Uncle!** So _ **FUCK OFF** _ all you LIARS! [sub]I think this post has more coding than text[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/74 "2002-12-02T12:24:09Z")
I figured **Coldfire** was a typo: My understanding is that our Moderator buddy from the far north was going to name himself after a famous ritual: As the story goes, in Amsterdam, back in the day, there was a festival wherein the bones of creatures eaten the previous year were burned so as to thank the Gods for their bounty and summon more of those animals for the coming year. Well, as everyone knows, he _loves_ fish and burned a lot of fish-bones, hence the name **Codfire** Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/75 "2002-12-02T12:25:43Z")
PS: In the interests of not causing emotional trauma to our OP, [b}BZ000oooOOO000OOO\*\*, I am not, in fact, a talking wolf, the son of Loki who will bite of Tyr’s hand, be chained and eventually devour the world. Just in case you were confused or something. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/76 "2002-12-02T12:36:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > **PS: In the interests of not causing emotional trauma to our OP, BZ000oooOOO000OOO, I am not, in fact, a talking wolf, the son of Loki who will bite of Tyr’s hand, be chained and eventually devour the world.** Liar. It’s not true. **SAY IT’S NOT TRUE, DAMMIT!** ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/77 "2002-12-02T12:44:21Z")
There’s absolutely no evidence but it’s a scientific fact that, were we to reverse the Earth’s spin, fire would be cold and ice would be hot. I’m not sure what sort of noise this would make. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/78 "2002-12-02T12:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > **I figured Coldfire was a typo:** Strange… I thought it was supposed to have been **Clogfile** - alluding to his hobby of making traditional wooden shoes utilising only a rasp. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/79 "2002-12-02T12:50:07Z")
For the record, I fully intend to eat EVERYTHING! [sub]…eventually[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896/80 "2002-12-02T12:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Strange… I thought it was supposed to have been **Clogfile** - alluding to his hobby of making traditional wooden shoes utilising only a rasp. \*\* He used to make inflatable shoes, but he was worried that he might pop his clogs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-please-change-your-name/139896.md?page=5)