# Does anyone know what my SDMB user name is/means? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668 "2002-12-14T01:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/41 "2002-12-16T20:26:09Z")
I recognised it immediately. It’s from Henry Frear’s comic sci-fi novel ‘The Predatory Nebula’. In it, the hero, Farnham, gives the co-ordinates of his home as WF Q1 513. The author never explains what this means (a bit like early Star Trek ‘star dates’). ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/42 "2002-12-16T20:27:47Z")
Say what you will, this thread has 785 views. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/43 "2002-12-16T21:03:56Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/44 "2002-12-16T22:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*Say what you will, this thread has 785 views. \*\* I read it only because I knew it would be filled with sarcastic comments. I was not disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/45 "2002-12-16T23:08:26Z")
**Homebew** nailed it. I only opened this thread because of the high probability of delicious sarcasm. **wfq1513** , listen to **Bosda** – if it’s 133t, you’re getting a wedgie. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/46 "2002-12-16T23:25:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*I recognised it immediately. It’s from Henry Frear’s comic sci-fi novel ‘The Predatory Nebula’. In it, the hero, Farnham, gives the co-ordinates of his home as WF Q1 513. The author never explains what this means (a bit like early Star Trek ‘star dates’). \*\* This has got to be it. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/47 "2002-12-16T23:40:51Z")
Does that mean that this thread actually belongs in Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/48 "2002-12-16T23:58:16Z")
You’re not helping matters ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/49 "2002-12-17T00:21:57Z")
Where is this guy to tell us if thats the right answer? ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/50 "2002-12-17T00:29:48Z")
He has fled the country with Mexican bandits ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/51 "2002-12-17T00:31:05Z")
You are a movie producer who made a science fiction movie with Robert Duvall in the distant past. It was called **WFQ1513** Your movie was brilliant but received a lot of criticism at the time. And it was a box office failure. You swore revenge and have thrown the title in the critics faces ever since with your box office smashes such as **U.S. Scrawl on the Wall** where “wfq1513” was a prominent license plate number. You also developed a theater sound system which you refer to as “wfq1513.” You can’t fool me! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/52 "2002-12-17T00:31:41Z")
Maybe the CIA got him before he could spill the beans. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/53 "2002-12-17T01:42:51Z")
I’m on a Mexican radio! ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/54 "2002-12-17T01:51:46Z")
More Banditos? While the insects swarm in the lowlands and we will fan the flames from a higher ? [sub]ha ha ha, bloody hah[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/55 "2002-12-17T03:29:04Z")
I know why he hasn’t been back, HE doesn’t know what the name means. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/56 "2002-12-17T03:34:18Z")
Either that or my idea: He’s killed his wife and is on the run from the law. Mexican bandits inclusive. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/57 "2002-12-17T03:49:34Z")
So, you say you have been “previously deactivated”…huh? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/58 "2002-12-17T19:41:18Z")
_cough_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/59 "2002-12-17T20:40:02Z")
L33T-boy has left the building. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668/60 "2002-12-17T22:42:10Z")
And not a moment too soon! [sub]This is why i get coal in my stocking every year, y’all.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-my-sdmb-user-name-is-means/142668.md?page=4)