Doper names make me think of different things, often set to music.
FairyChatMom… and I don’t care! Big Bad Voodoo Lou… Baddest man in the whole damned crew!
(The late) Poopah Chalupa: Well, I’ll sing you to sleep, PoopahChalupa… Biffy the Elephant Shrew… Hung out with a fellow named drew… Annie-Xmas… Annie-Xmas. Xmas comes each time this year…
Or not set to music.
Regallag_The_Axe. I read this as Regailing_The_Axe. I see a guy telling stories to an axe. Large Marge. Naturally, I think of that scene where Large Marge gets all gross in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Shagnasty. I always want to pronounce it ‘Shaughnessy’. dolphinboy reminds me of Juliet Lewis. She has a large forehead that reminds me of a dolphin, so I call her ‘Dolphin-haid’. Futile Gesture. Sounds like Feudal Gesture. I picture a peasant giving twos-up.
fetus honey, I’m sorry, but your name has a derogitory meaning to me.
See, in high school we had this term we used, that term being fetus. We used the term to describe girls who couldn’t dress themselves, had bad personalities and always seemed to be groping (or being groped by) the older boys in the stairwell.
So, your name reminds me of over-sexed 13-year-olds :o
Ichini Sanshigo reminds me of the anime Hanuaukyo Maids, which had triplets named (I believe) Ichi-go, Ni-go and San-go.
I also noticed a poster the other day named theLaughingMan, which I assume is a reference to the Ghost in the Shell series (looking at his join date, I’m not sure if it is or just a coincidence). At any rate, that’s what it reminds me of.
Johnny L.A. makes me think of Johnny Rotten, and I have no idea why.
Larry Mudd’s name reminds me of a television anchorman in California years ago (perhaps he’s still on air? Come to think of it, it may have been Roger Mudd. Nevermind.
Shirley Ujest reminds me of Airplane! (And stop calling me Shirley.)
Marley23 = Bob, of course.
Shagnasty’s name always makes me think of sex.
Whenever I see Wesley Clark’s name, I always picture this guy.
I noticed this poster recently, as well, and I immediately thought of the story by J.D. Salinger, The Laughing Man, from Nine Stories. When I saw his name, I pictured a frightening looking fellow in a poppy mask who hung out with a wolf with a white hind foot. The word “Comanches” floats in my mind, too.
Johnny L.A. makes me think of flying in a helicopter. It has nothing to do with the name specifically, though, just that I think it’s cool.
Inigo Montoya - could there be any other association?
Shirley Ujest - one of my old co-workers was named Shirley. She was loud and hilarious. Could grate on your nerves sometimes, but she was ultimately a lot of fun.
Snakescatlady - I think of this beautiful lady snakecharmer, with cats coming out f the basket.
Roland Orzabal - "If I care for nothing/Sun don’t shine and the grass don’t grow/Bloodletting go…"
Mr. Blue Sky - I start hearing that familiar “bomp bomp bomp bomp” of the beginning of the ELO song of the same name.
**cckerberos ** - I think of my youngest cat, who is named after Keroberos from Card Captor Sakura.
**Anaamika ** - I think of the Singing Nun: “Dominique, -nique, -nique!”
**Sampiro ** - I just get excited. I see that name and I just know I’m going to smile. If anyone else ever used that name somewhere else, they’d damn well better be ready to have me pull up a chair, ready to listen to a most entertaining story (that must branch off on many tangents, leaving us all hanging, so we might beg for more later). I’m certain it’s a name I’ve been mispronouncing forever, as well. My brain still says “Sampeero” while my mouth says “Sampiro”.
TubaDiva - As I mentioned in the past, I have been mispronouncing this name for years, as well. And so, I always picture a* diver*, underwater, holding a tuba. I still haven’t quite managed to train my mouth to say “diva” aftet “tuba” at this time. I’m trying.
Haven’t really given too much thought to all of the creative names on this board, but I will say that I have an online friend elsewhere who has always “translated” my name as “ass is a-movin” – a moniker I’m not in any hurry to, well, shake.
TubaDiva - always makes me think of Queen Latifa playing a Tuba. Johnny LA - makes me think of leather clad yuppie on a crotch rocket. Bibliophage - makes me think of a Red plaid flannel shirt professor-ish guy with a beard.
