# Do only Charter Members get Halloween names? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064 "2013-10-23T22:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/121 "2013-10-29T08:22:49Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Haven’t a clue. I seem to have the same name all year round. DOOMstick might be better. You are not a vegetarian by chance? I’m feeling peckish ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/122 "2013-10-29T08:24:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’d like to welcome our newest posters: > > \*\*I ate Spock’s Brain > Brains are the new Snack > Undead Annie > Bob’s Zombie > Jonathan Chains > Lendervedder’s Bloated Corpse > The Severed Head of Prof. P > Charredcasm > DarkDungeonDenizen \*\* > > They seem like nice enough folks, though with some unconventional dining manners. > > Seen any other new faces that should be welcomed? mmmraaaawwwwwwwwwwwww groaaaaaaann brains vegetarian braaaaaaaiins ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/123 "2013-10-29T12:40:56Z")
Good thing for me is that I’m already [dead,](http://onlyhdwallpapers.com/music-and-dance/music-iron-maiden-eddie-the-head-desktop-hd-wallpaper-791248/) and usually [armed](http://onlyhdwallpapers.com/high-definition-wallpaper/iron-maiden-eddie-the-head-desktop-hd-wallpaper-936327/) as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/124 "2013-10-29T14:40:02Z")
I hate to break the bad news to y’all but… We’re all infected with the SDMB roto-virus! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/125 "2013-10-29T14:51:24Z")
You know, as I was doing my Discrete Math homework last night (read: struggling through) I suddenly started thinking, wow, why don’t I just eat someone else’s brain and that would make me smarter wouldn’t it? Then I could solve this lickety-split! How come I never had this great idea before? : chomp : ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/126 "2013-10-29T15:16:35Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > I hate to break the bad news to y’all but… > > We’re all infected with the SDMB roto-virus! You infectious truthers are just propagating the CT. There IS no virus, no so called Halloween user names. It’s all a myth perpetuated by The Man to distract us from what’s important. Now, if you aren’t using that leg I’m still feeling a bit hungry… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/127 "2013-10-29T15:23:52Z")
I’m not a new user. Just a Jayne Mansfield fan. Not many people know she had a considerable set of brains before they were served up on the dashboard. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/128 "2013-10-29T16:10:01Z")
Nice to have a name they don’t need to change for Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/129 "2013-10-29T16:51:20Z")
Tel me about it; they just take me for granite. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/130 "2013-10-29T16:56:39Z")
But, but the only thing we _have_ to fear is, well… _starts trembling_ ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/131 "2013-10-29T17:27:11Z")
Ummmm! Brains on the Dashboard! Now that’s what I call street food. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/132 "2013-10-29T18:53:35Z")
I keep expecting to log in one day as ‘Screamer’. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/133 "2013-10-29T18:55:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Tel me about it; they just take me for granite. Better than for schist. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/134 "2013-10-29T19:00:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Nice to have a name they don’t need to change for Halloween. DrUnDeth ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/135 "2013-10-29T19:30:15Z")
I’m proud to have finally emerged. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/136 "2013-10-29T19:54:48Z")
> [@Risen from the Gravy](#): > > I’m proud to have finally emerged. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/137 "2013-10-29T19:58:20Z")
Give him a hand! (No, literally, this one here, with the gravy.) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/138 "2013-10-29T20:02:46Z")
Brainz… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/139 "2013-10-29T20:03:11Z")
Oooo! I love gravy! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/140 "2013-10-29T20:44:15Z")
> [@Risen from the Gravy](#): > > I’m proud to have finally emerged. Mmm! You look tasty… I mean nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064.md?page=8)