Well I think my name is pretty obvious.
Well, I was just going to leave it at that and let you all be perplexed, but I couldn’t be that evil. 
I wanted a name that was unique, had never been used before on the web, was memorable, was easy to prononce, and simple.
I came up with the random word combination StinkyBurrito. This name, however, really doesn’t reflect my personality… or my hygene.
MeanJoe
Reason # 1 - I was born in 1969 and moved to Pittsburgh in the early 70s. My introduction to football was the Super Bowl dynasty Steeler teams of that time. Mean Joe Greene was one of my favorites, so it is a bit of a hat-tip to a childhood hero.
Reason # 2 - MeanJoe matches the initials of my real-name. No, my name is not “Joe” and am not going anywhere with a gun in my hand. 
I would add, MeanJoe has nothing to do with having a mean personality in my case. I’m a nice guy… honest.
Stop it.
Stop laughing at me.
I’m NICE, I swear.
Mine’s a combination of my favorite color and my first name (shortened).
I thought you were an advertiser of canine skin diseases.
I was decked out in full gear during Blue and Gold week, and some passing guys asked, “Hey, Queen Bruin, are we going to win [rivalry football game]?”
To which I said “You bet your sweet ass we will!” And we did. I’m also a brunette with an overblown sense of importance, so it works that way too.
You should start an “Ask the …” thread!
I’m hoping to make it to a game this season. I am definitely keeping an eye out for you. 
I’m named for Gary Gnu of The Great Space Coaster kid’s TV show of the early '80s.
Gary was a puppet news anchor, and he’d add a “g” sound in front of every word that started with an “n” sound. That’s too difficult to convey in print for me to do that here.
Back when I played guitar, I could never find anyone to jam with, so I just played rhythm chords. Never learned how to play lead guitar as a result.
[hijack] I blame that show for decades of believing that those things were indeed pronounced with a hard G. To this day, calling it a “nu” still sounds horribly wrong. [/byejack]
Just look for the crazy lady in the satin UCLA baseball coat, a blue and gold backpack, a Bruins cap, and pennants from every appendage! (I lurve my school).
My normal internet name is “The Almighty Bob” (Though I am neither almighty, nor named Bob).
Eventually that got bastardized down to T. A. B., then Tab, then Taber.
Grr! You should have told me – we could have had dinner, in Philly, or Cape May, or somewhere in between (or elsewhere).
I just use my first name. It means “place of streams”, apparently.
Me too. Except the “place of streams” part.
I used to really like the band Marcy Playground back in middle school. The lead singer John Wozniak’s first album before that band was called Zog BogBean, so I created an AOL screen name for myself that was close to the album name. That got shortened into people calling me Zoggie…hence, I chose the name Zoggie when I first signed up for the Dope, many years ago.
Mine’s pretty boring. I was using my cat’s name–Trouble. But when I got to snopes (from whence I came here) that was taken. So I became TroubleAgain.
:smack: :smack: :smack:
I don’t know WHY I didn’t think of that.
Hmph!
This was as close to “Electrical Engineer / Computer Geek” as I could fit into yahoo when I signed up for e-mail there. In a fantastic display of creativity, I signed up here with exactly the same name.
It’s a good thing I’m a bit better at circuits and software than I am with witty names, or else I’d be unemployed.
