# Google your SDMB Screen Name, and click on "Images"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184 "2013-04-20T02:44:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/21 "2013-04-20T04:19:53Z")

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Lots of fish. Which is not where I got the name from.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/22 "2013-04-20T04:23:56Z")

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Nothing related to me except for the far right photo in the fifth row. It’s a WWII-era photo of my dad, which one of my kids posted on his FB page. [if anyone wants to see my cute dad in his Air Force gear](https://www.google.com/search?q=AuntiePam&client=firefox-a&hs=tNl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=lRdyUY-8JsjbqQHZjYHYCg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1204&bih=618)

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/23 "2013-04-20T04:25:23Z")

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I got a bunch of nothing, except a goofy picture of me mid 90’s in the studio. The audio engineer gave me the controls to do a panning flange on our first CD. What a tool I was.

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/24 "2013-04-20T04:26:14Z")

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Just what you’d expect, except for a picture of an [empty restaurant](http://www.affinia.com/New-York-City-Hotel.aspx?name=Affinia-Dumont&page=Barking-Dog-Restaurant) for no damn reason.

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/25 "2013-04-20T04:26:31Z")

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Mine is exactly what one would expect. No link whatsoever to SDMB or to real-life me.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/26 "2013-04-20T04:37:48Z")

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I’m getting pictures of a character from a TV program about a vampire slayer.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/27 "2013-04-20T04:48:32Z")

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I got pictures that I’ve linked in my threads. Including a map that I linked after the Texas explosion.

Theres a few showing that are most definitely not from me. Some shirtless guy in a blue speedo with a bulging package. :eek: 😛 How the heck did that show up under my name? I can’t imagine a thread where I would post a link to that.

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/28 "2013-04-20T04:50:43Z")

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I get a bunch of scales, a couple of naked gymnasts (I think), a drawing of a kid standing on…something, and an elephant perched on a beach ball. Which is about as enlightening as I expected.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/29 "2013-04-20T04:59:57Z")

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I get a bunch of pictures of a burrito place in London called Poncho No. 8. Apparently they have the best burritos in London.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/30 "2013-04-20T05:09:43Z")

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(used Yahoo) Bunch of random crap. No rhyme or reason to it.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/31 "2013-04-20T05:15:47Z")

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Several images of a book with the title “Age of the Infovore.” After that, it’s about as eclectic as it could possibly be. Including a dog in a cape, some kind of weird-looking creature, and a cat. Go figure. I didn’t get my name from anywhere except that I devour information.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/32 "2013-04-20T05:21:04Z")

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Gigi movie poster, Leslie Caron in Gigi, and then it starts to get dirty.

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**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/33 "2013-04-20T05:22:02Z")

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Pumpkins! And Louis Vuitton bags…?

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/34 "2013-04-20T05:28:56Z")

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> [@Barking\_Dog](#):
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> Just what you’d expect, except for a picture of an [empty restaurant](http://www.affinia.com/New-York-City-Hotel.aspx?name=Affinia-Dumont&page=Barking-Dog-Restaurant) for no damn reason.

You should zero in on that as the only significant result. After all, that’s the curious incident of the dog that _didn’t_ bark.

As for me, a lot of statues, paintings and temples dedicated to Koxinga.

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**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/35 "2013-04-20T05:40:48Z")

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Almost exclusively actual trick riding. I thought for sure the cover of _Coke Machine Glow_ would come up.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/36 "2013-04-20T05:44:48Z")

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Since my username is a mythical creature, I get a bunch of fantasy art.

An image search on Lamia SDMB does produce images linked to in threads I’ve posted in (although none I remember posting myself), so others with usernames that are ordinary words may want to try that.

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**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/37 "2013-04-20T05:54:20Z")

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Birds and backpacks. I am exactly as memorable as I think I am.

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/38 "2013-04-20T05:56:06Z")

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[Nothing surprising really.](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=653&q=Kolak+of+Twilo&oq=Kolak+of+Twilo&gs_l=img.12...1114.4497.0.7017.14.14.0.0.0.0.690.4054.2j5j1j1j2j3.14.0.ernk_timepromotiona..0.0...1.1.9.img.Pwrj2bJb8ng#imgrc=_) Just images that would be expected as they are related to the name like [this](http://www.tvacres.com/images/twilo_kolak.jpg) or [this](http://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html), but then the rest just come up because of a link to these boards or the Giraffe boards.

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**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/39 "2013-04-20T06:19:51Z")

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Whoa! Since my current username just brings up pictures from the Pixar short, I decided to check out my old username, and noticed some reoccurring pictures of someone else. I clicked on one of the links, and it brought me to an article about this woman (whose middle and last name are my old username) who shot her husband (he survived) and then herself (she didn’t). Creepy.

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-your-sdmb-screen-name-and-click-on-images/656184/40 "2013-04-20T06:38:06Z")

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Lots of professional and expensive swimwear.

I personally have all the buoyancy of a brick.

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