# How did you get your username? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452 "2003-11-04T23:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/41 "2003-11-05T08:48:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellis Dee \* > \*\*I dropped way too much acid in my younger days. \*\* Hey, I just got it! I know that “Cold Fire” is a song from Rush’s 1993 album. Not their most celebrated album, but hey, maybe **Coldfire** likes it. Anyhow, my trade is in algorithms. Hence, **Algorithm**. ---
**Author:** ![PalJuicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@PalJuicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PalJuicy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/42 "2003-11-05T10:59:10Z")
From an old (1970’s) Mad Magazine satire about CB Radios. It was used as a ‘handle’ (I think that’s what they were called – as in “Hey good buddy! What’s yer handle?”). ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/43 "2003-11-05T11:51:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellis Dee \* > \*\*I dropped way too much acid in my younger days. Couldn’t get enough of the stuff. Mmmm, striknine shivers… > > I’ve been using this alias going on 12 years. \*\* Do you mean _strychnine_ ? And, would this be a reference to Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/44 "2003-11-05T11:54:17Z")
We live on a farm and I’m the woman ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/45 "2003-11-05T12:04:09Z")
The Lady of the Lake,… [angels sing] …her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft a honking big neon sign from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Cindy, was to bear the name of **flodnak**. [singing stops] ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/46 "2003-11-05T12:34:21Z")
At MSN Communities, my main stomping grounds, I’m well known as Dr. Bedlam. On Yahoo, I’m also known as Tom O’Bedlam. For some reason, the SDMB refused to allow those to be used. After trying both of those, and four or five others in desperation, I typed in “Wang-Ka,” a funny and tasteless name I’d seen someone else using on some other message board. …and lo, the SDMB permitted it to go through. So I’m a wang-ka, now and forever… ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/47 "2003-11-05T13:22:10Z")
Spogga in some parts of the UK is the slang for chewing gum. My initials are PK and as Wrigleys market a brand of gum called PK I got the nickname at school. Ho Hum ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/48 "2003-11-05T13:27:37Z")
**pilot141** , that is one honkin’ big plane! ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/49 "2003-11-05T13:41:46Z")
So I have to confess to not being very creative: My name is Misty. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/50 "2003-11-05T14:05:31Z")
I fell out of an airplane and the rest is history… ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/51 "2003-11-05T14:47:12Z")
**pilot141** , When did they retire that plane? I jumped out of one a couple times just last year. Possibly it belonged to an AirGuard unit though… Oh and for my username… it’s my simply my real name with a “\_” in the middle. Creative, huh? ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/52 "2003-11-05T15:01:39Z")
A coworker and I used to talk about everything on breaks, we both were capable of yakking about almost anything. We’d wander through 15 tangents in 15 minutes. So I got the idea when I couldn’t think of anything else. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/53 "2003-11-05T15:20:42Z")
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king! * * * I’m sorry. What? ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/54 "2003-11-05T16:10:01Z")
I couldn’t sleep, and I registered for the boards at 4 in the morning. That, and a lot of the things I originally typed in were taken. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/55 "2003-11-05T16:10:35Z")
vanilla ice ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/56 "2003-11-05T16:12:40Z")
**Bear\_Nenno** if you jumped out of one last year then yes, it was most likely a Guard or Reserve airplane. There is only one squadron of active-duty C-141s left, and they do the Special Ops Low-Level mission. **EddyTeddyFreddy** , yeah the 141 was pretty big. There’s always something [bigger](http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=364826&WxsIERv=TG9ja2hlZWQgQzUgR2FsYXh5&WdsYXMg=VVNBIC0gQWlyIEZvcmNl&QtODMg=Q29sdW1idXMgLSBBRkIgKENCTSAvIEtDQk0p&ERDLTkt=VVNBIC0gTWlzc2lzc2lwcGk%3D&ktODMp=SnVuZSAxLCAyMDAz&BP=0&WNEb25u=QnJ1Y2UgTGVpYm93aXR6&xsIERvdWdsY=NzAtMDQ1MA%3D%3D&MgTUQtODMgKE=T25lIG9mIHRoZSBsYXJnZXN0IGFpcmNyYWZ0IGluIHRoZSB3b3JsZC4gVGhpcyBvbmUgYmVsb25ncyB0byB0aGUgOTd0aCBBaXIgTW9iaWxpdHkgV2luZyBhdCBBbHR1cyBBRkIsIE9rbGFob21hLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NzAw&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0wNi0xMw%3D%3D&static=yes) though! ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/57 "2003-11-05T17:08:45Z")
I’ll see your C-141 and raise you an [Antonov AN-225](http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=419045&WxsIERv=QW50b25vdiBBbi0yMjUgTXJpeWE%3D&WdsYXMg=QW50b25vdiBEZXNpZ24gQnVyZWF1&QtODMg=UGFyaXMgLSBMZSBCb3VyZ2V0IChMQkcgLyBMRlBCKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=RnJhbmNl&ktODMp=SnVuZSAxOTg5&BP=0&WNEb25u=RXJpYyBDb2Vja2VsYmVyZ2hz&xsIERvdWdsY=Q0NDUC04MjA2MA%3D%3D&MgTUQtODMgKE=VGhlIHllYXIgd2FzIDE5ODkuLi5BbmQgdGhlIFJ1c3NpYW5zIGJyb3VnaHQgaW4gdGhlaXIgaGVhdmllc3QgbWV0YWwhIExpdHRsZSB3ZWlnaHQ9c3BhY2Ugc2h1dHRsZSAnQnVyYW4nLCBoZWF2eSB3ZWlnaHQ9YmlpaWlpZyBhbnRvbm92IDspLiBGb3IgeW91ciBzaXplIGNvbXBhcmlzb24gbG9vayBhdCB0aGUgY2FyLCBhbmQgc29tZSBwZW9wbGUgYXJlIHdhbGtpbmcgYXJvdW5kIHRoZWlyIGluIHRoZSBmcm9udC4gRXh0cmEgdGhhbmtzIGdvIHRvIEFuZXQgcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVyICYgY29sb3VyZG9jdG9yIFdpZXRzZSBEZWdyYWFmIGZvciBtYWtpbmcgdGhpcyBwaG90byBzaG93YWJsZSA7KQ%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NDk4OA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0wOS0wOQ%3D%3D&static=yes). Oh, and my name is Mike. I also fly planes. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/58 "2003-11-05T17:17:41Z")
I love Madonna. Therefore, [kung fu](http://www.madonnalicious.com/images2001dwt/2001dwtskyfitsheaven8.jpg) and [Lola](http://www.tt.ee/madonna/lourdes/photos/versacebigdark.jpg) (she’s the little one on the left). It just seemd natural. I originally thought up the name for use on the Madonna messageboards. We were a huge, peaceful, healthy throng on [dotmusic.com](http://dotmusic.com), but when the mods all defected and the place became overrun with trolls, we all fled to the now-defunct Madonnarama board. With the fresh start on 'Rama, I changed my username to kfl. When I came to Straight Dope, I was a superstar on the the Madonna MBs, so I re-used my MoMo MB name as a good luck charm. I’m starting to wish I hadn’t wasted **Fifty-Foot Kimono** on my ex-gf though (I thought that one up for her to use at 'Rama). That’s a great user name. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/59 "2003-11-05T17:58:20Z")
User names are very important. They should be chosen only after a long period of reflection and meditation. I intended to do just that. Instead, one day I got the hots to post something, so I had to sign up and pull a name off the top of my head (or, in view of my persona, out of my hat). (P.S.: the hamsters ate the post.) I’ve always been a big fan of Bullwinkle Jay Moose, and allegedly do a first-rate imitation of the moronic moose; also, its kinda fun when I can slip in a vague reference to Bullwinkle and friends (I’m much to fond of referring to GWB as Fearless Leader). Figuring Bullwinke had already been used (it had) I opted for the initials-and-last-name form. Alas, the initials BJ don’t look so good. . . But it does suggest this sig: Is it true generous Canadian beer drinkers enjoy giving Moosehead? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452/60 "2003-11-05T19:24:58Z")
My name goes back to the early days of internet bulletin chat. It seemed everybody was giving her/himself names like rAMrOD and FockseeLaydee and #1Hottee and StudHunk. So, in a spirit of contrariness, I took the name Scumpup. It was a name that my ex-wife and I originally came up with to call the lead character in the “Shining Force” games, if you remember them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-your-username/211452.md?page=4)