# Explain someone else's user name, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756 "2016-07-12T22:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/21 "2016-07-13T02:17:27Z")
**Waltzes with Cacti** is thick-skinned, a terrible dancer and leaks from multiple places when drinking fluids. ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/22 "2016-07-13T02:44:08Z")
**Siam Sam** is a short cowboy from SE Asia. He has a big mustache and spends most of his time trying to stop a rabbit from stealing his green eggs and ham. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/23 "2016-07-13T02:57:03Z")
Walken After Midnight is a recovering alcoholic who frequents late night bars in order to test his abstinence. He fails every time & will soon make a spoof of it on Saturday Night Live. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/24 "2016-07-13T03:20:39Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Walken After Midnight is a recovering alcoholic who frequents late night bars in order to test his abstinence. He fails every time & will soon make a spoof of it on Saturday Night Live. Close, but for the SNL part. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/25 "2016-07-13T05:59:38Z")
**JoseB** happens to be his actual name, but I always think “JosĂ© be _what_? what are you, dude?” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/26 "2016-07-13T06:21:13Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Wow, have I been wooshed all these years (or just now?) I always read that as _mange tout_, French for “eat everything”. It was actually meant to be Magnet Tout (I sell them on eBay). I’m just not very good at speling. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/27 "2016-07-13T09:41:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Also, **WOOKINPANUB** makes me think of Chewbacca having a pint. Glad to see it ain’t just me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/28 "2016-07-13T11:01:05Z")
**carnivorousplant** is a frustrated actor who keeps auditioning for the part of Audrey II in any production of _Little Shop of Horrors_ that he hears about. He makes ends meet by playing assorted potted plants in shopping malls all over the country. So the next time you go to the mall, think before you throw your trash in to a flower pot. He hates when people do that. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/29 "2016-07-13T11:45:39Z")
**Gatopescado** was being held captive behind a white picket fence in a little old lady’s front yard, until he escaped through the gate. **Starving Artist** is a painter who specializes in portraits of his favorite movie star Ving Rhames. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/30 "2016-07-13T11:59:20Z")
**Cal Meacham** built a working interociter out of random parts and a catalog. During assembly, he accidentally broke a catherimine tube and had to have one fabricated locally. It worked. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/31 "2016-07-13T13:57:31Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Glad to see it ain’t just me. Yes,yes - your a man with a set. I got a set too but I’m not bragging. Nod nod wink wink. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/32 "2016-07-13T16:14:36Z")
**BubbaDog** is a mangy cur that lives under the porch of his double-wide. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/33 "2016-07-13T16:32:35Z")
\*\*tomndebb \*\*is actually cojoined twins. **Fotheringay-Phipps** is actually a distant cousin of the Queen who plays water polo in equestrian garb and rides a horse in the pool. **Annie-Xmas** hasn’t taken off her elf hat since she was 13. **Trinopus** has three faces that he spins around depending on his mood. **Elendil’s Heir** has a sword orcs are trying to steal from him. **aceplace57** is a hardware store clerk who sings in a boy band cover band on weekends. **ivylass** fights Batman on occasion. **iLemming** is an app that jumps off cliffs. **HoneyBadgerDC** is an Iraqi fugitive who relocated to DC because he killed the livestock. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/34 "2016-07-13T16:40:17Z")
Northern Piper runs a plumbing business on the good side of town. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/35 "2016-07-13T17:07:16Z")
**Knowed Out** is a nymphomaniac from biblical times who’s had enough for today. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/36 "2016-07-13T17:42:20Z")
**Tokyobayer** is a Japanese hound dog. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/37 "2016-07-13T17:48:05Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > **Tokyobayer** is a Japanese hound dog. Wrong - Japanese Aspirin ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/38 "2016-07-13T18:22:22Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Wrong - Japanese Aspirin But Maggie said he’s a fellow canine. Must you fight like cats and dogs? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/39 "2016-07-13T19:07:36Z")
**Bumbershoot** has a huge collection of drink umbrellas that he/she refers to as _ma collection de parapluie_. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-someone-elses-user-name-please/759756/40 "2016-07-13T19:14:42Z")
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