Rubes is a variation on a different theme.
Back in the day, I used to have a bleach blond mohawk, and it curled over in the front like a rooster’s comb. Well this kid in highschool, trying to say that I looked like a rooster, points that I have hair like a rhubarb. (meaning to say rooster)
I was tickled pink that he screwed it up, and took rhubarb as my moniker, but then it became reuben, ruby, and rubes. I’ll respond to all three of those.
irl i’m robert
All I could think of was cornflakes.
No, my wife didn’t name our kids. Why did you ask?
Am I the last one here?
I thought that MrBigDick was a little Egotistical. So I tried Mr2inches, well I’m no liar so I tried MrNot2BigNot2SmallJustKindOfAverage, which was obviously way too long (Tee hee).
Ok, true story. It doesn’t show but I’m very into Angelogy and Demonology. So, I naturally wanted Seraphim, some bloated jackass already had taken that name and I really didn’t want to be Cherubim-- it calls forth images of fat winged naked babies-- so Thrones it had to be. I didn’t like the word Thrones so I pulled Ophanim out of Mosis Apocalypsis. Again, Isn’t religion fun?
By the way I LOVE the name Neuro-Trash Grrl. It’s genious, never change.
Well, I doubt anyone has a burning desire to know, but here goes:
My first two intials are AC, so I’ve had the nickname of “Ace.” (Well, actually, I’ve always wanted to be called Ace, but various other nicknames – notably “Psycho,” but that’s a whole 'nother long boring story – stuck more.)
But that’s really short for this kind of use (or for videogame high score lists, which is where I started using “Da Ace”), so I stuck on the “Da.”
Why “Da?” It seemed like a good idea at the time, and it is the definite article of cherce for dose of us from Joisey. (or as close as I could get at the time)
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
Mine is from a CB handle I had years ago, meaning Rainbow Chaser, or dreamer of dreams, watcher of stars, fan of sunsets and sunrises, moon dreamer and so on. I had this name going long BEFORE the Gay Rights group decided to use Rainbow in their stuff and I AM NOT GAY!
You can imagine some of the Instant Messages I’ve gotten at times, especially when on the net late at night. I seriously thought about changing it, but, hey, I had it FIRST, you know?
What? Me worry?’
Pictures of my son (Ryan) festoon my office walls, which is where I was when I signed up.
Edlyn means noble woman. Since my family crest denotes nobility and the “dlyn” letters are the same ones used in my given name, “Edlyn” it is.
When I was younger I wrote a story set during the initial period of WW3. It was a fairly depressing story and one of the most touching scenes was watching the destruction of the city (and the rest of the world, the characters assumed) in the white night, when the initial blast and the firestorm after that turned night into day.
Being such a cheerful person, I picked ‘White Night’ as my nick. I’m no longer quite as cynical, but I like the sound and the story is still one of my faves.
Genesis 22:2; 2 Chronicles 3:1
Plus, it sounded angelic, which is paradoxically true and very ironic at the same time.
Peace.
My name’s Tyler. Among other things, I’m a writer and teller of stories (only a few of which are tall tales).
I don’t hang out here a whole lot (I’m a former AOL SDMB reg), but manny people ask me and now I wonder… is having a lot of posts under one’s belt the cool thing, around here?
StoryTyler
I am too in shape! :::muttering::: Round is a shape.
db = Daytona Beach. Where I live.
Wordgirl because I earn my pitiful wage by writing, and am in denial about how old I actually am.
Sunspace, because I’m interested in solar-powered houses, which are basically insulated spaces heated by the sun.
Sunspace: Artist, technologist, and chief perpetrator of sunspace.org…
“Kiu frenezas? Cxu la mondo aux mi?” -Persone
Mexican field workers used to play guitar using an open G (Spanish) tuning. Black blues players picked up on this and many played a version of a song learned from them called “Spanish Fandango”.
Legendary bluesman Mississippi John Hurt had a version of this song, but he called it “Spanish Flangdang”. Record producers tried to suggest to him that it was Fandango, but he was insistent on Flangdang.
I registered as Flangdang, but I made a typo or something in my email address, so I can’t get a password access it. Luckily the two-word version worked, though improper. Like John, I will insist on it, though.
“Did you ever wake up,
Bullfrogs on your–
Bullfrogs on your–
I mean mind?
Did you ever wake up with bullfrogs on your mind?
That’s a sure sign you got bullfrogs on your mind.”
– Wm Harris
I was going to use ‘LUSTYLADY’ but like 5000 other people already had variations of it, so I reversed it and added some numbers, which I dropped here.
I think it kind of says it all. 
I do like my sex!
This was my favorite D&D character. I named myself for the time of day right before dark, where everything takes on a shade of blue. Plus, it sounds cool. 
Blue
I actually have an internet handle other than Shayna that I’ve been using for the past 4 years. Most people know me by that.
Unfortunately, last year I became the target of a ruthless stalker who took great pleasure in following me to various message boards where they knew I was posting and flaming me mercilessly. All attempts to simply ignore them only fueled their fire. Eventually I’d end up leaving the discussion group for the benefit of everyone else on the board so they wouldn’t have to put up with the rude interruptions that inevitably got everyone up in arms. Now I’m incognita and praying they never find me here.
As for why I chose Shayna, it’s because I always thought it was a pretty name and wanted to name a daughter that, if I was ever lucky enough to have one.
Then my sister got a dog and named it Shayna. Well there went that idea. Can’t you just hear the playground conversation now?
Kid: “Hey Shayna, that’s a pretty name. Were you named after someone in your family?”
Shayna: “Yeah, my Aunt’s dog.”
I don’t think so!
But I still like the name, and it was the first thing that popped into my head when I was picking a new username. So basically, you’re talking to a dog here
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” – Lily Tomlin
Why I call myself The LION.
When my wife started posting here she did so under the name of Lioness.
When I joined I wanted to show everyboby that we were related.
Plus the fact that with my long hair and beard I kind of look like a Lion.
Peace
t lion
" I Wonder What Happens When I push THIS Button? "
Rachelle is just a name I like… it’s not even my own name. I’m not very creative when it comes to making up user names. I usually use ny first initial and last name but I’m tired of that.
When choosing an AOL screen name, my mom was worried that some 90-year-old convicted felon would hunt me down if he knew my actual name. Since my first name is Alanna, my middle name is Rose, and I love they way they blend together, I chose Lannarose. That way, my mother could sleep at night without worrying about a child molesting lurking outside my window.
On the old SDMB and other newsgroups I’ve posted on, everyone called me Lanna, so I just shortened it to that.
-Lanna
I tried to refrain, but…
My grandfather started calling me Jackson when I was very young, and it stuck. In high school the band Blackfoot was a favorite of mine and my buddies. Their drummer went by Dr. Jackson P. Thunderfoot. As I was already Jackson, my buds tacked on the rest. Since that’s a really long nickname, I shortened it to Doctor Jackson for posting purposes.
One of my buddies was known as Chief Henry Screaming Flea - anyone know the reference?
The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik