# Ever discover the meaning of a fellow Doper's username purely by accident in a different context? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451 "2014-06-23T16:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/21 "2014-06-26T01:05:01Z")
A while back I discovered the science fiction novel _The Left Hand of Darkness_. My first thought, of course, was\*\* Left Hand of Dorkness\*\*! And yeah, no one understood why I started laughing. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/22 "2014-06-27T14:05:03Z")
While reading a restaurant menu in Budapest, I suddenly thought of **pulykamell**. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/23 "2014-06-29T02:02:45Z")
My husband just got me to watch “The Old Dark House”, and in the beginning credits I saw “Roderick Femm”! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/24 "2014-06-30T13:56:12Z")
A poster who doesn’t come around any more: **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair**. I thought it was just a humorous thing s/he had come up with randomly, and then one day I saw the “Tak” episode of **Invader Zim**. At one point Zim says to Tak, [“Prepare your brain, filthy beast of meat and hair!”](http://youtu.be/BwBO-q9p9kw?t=5m5s) Ahhh, THAT’S where they got it from… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/25 "2014-07-01T05:36:31Z")
I accidentally discovered what my OWN name meant right here on the board. I picked it up from a random source. I didn’t know it was connected with Pogo Possum until someone here said, “Oh, a fellow Pogo fan!” I apologetically explained the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/26 "2014-07-01T06:55:39Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/27 "2014-07-01T10:29:06Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > And \*\* Mrs Cake \*\* ! I knew you were going to say that! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451/28 "2014-07-01T11:14:52Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > There are quite a few users here who have taken their user names from some existing fictional (or sometimes non-fictional) source, many of which I had never heard of before. Every so often I stumble upon seeing one of those names in another context (typically, the original usage or some reference thereto). Just to name one example among many, we have a user here formerly known as **Inigo Montoya** that I had never heard of outside this board until by happenstance I did. And now, a moment of silence for those who still do not know who **Inigo Montoya** is because they missed out on one of the true cinema greats. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-the-meaning-of-a-fellow-dopers-username-purely-by-accident-in-a-different-context/691451.md?page=1)