# I pit myself.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627 "2005-02-11T18:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/1 "2005-02-11T18:36:23Z")
…and my lack of knowledge of a certain porn star circa October 2004. Tracy Lord! I thought. It’s a classic comedy! I love Katharine Hepburn! I’ve just finished playing the role at my community theater – _it’ll be awesome!_ Dopers love semi-obscure pop trivia! Instead I get this: > [@Crandolph](#): > > Since when did Tracy Lord start caring about _legal_? :eek: > [@Epimetheus](#): > > I didn’t say women only dressed for comfort. Our local porn star is saying that. > [@sturmhauke](#): > > I admit it - I’m an ignorant prol. At first I was thinking - what does an admin and a hypothetical Doper named Mike Connor have to do with an ex-porn star who got started at 15? Le sigh. It’s so _frustrating_ to have chosen the nomer of a smart, classy woman and being stuck with associations of – well, of the above, Miss Lords is 1 for 3. I should have watched more porn before getting started on this board, that’s all I can say. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/2 "2005-02-11T18:41:24Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > I should have watched more porn before getting started on this board, that’s all I can say. Now there’s a sig line if I ever saw one. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/3 "2005-02-11T18:45:34Z")
Traci Lords actually has a really interesting life story. She got caught up in some rough stuff pretty young, but I like her nonetheless. Maybe they’ll let you change your doper name. Heh, because I’m going to end up putting an ‘s’ on the end of your username just as a habit. ---
**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/4 "2005-02-11T19:03:58Z")
You could change your first name to “My Sweet”. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/5 "2005-02-11T19:56:08Z")
OK. This explains it. Yeah, I’d see if the mods could hook you up with a name change. The name is going to keep on inviting naughty snarks…which could get old if you’re not really into that. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/6 "2005-02-11T22:14:36Z")
FWIW, I recognized _neither_ reference – I realized it must be a literary/cinematic one, and thought it was a cute screen name, and that’s all. In the end, you’ll be judged by your posts and not by your handle. And from what I’ve read so far, you will be judged favorably. 🙂 OTOH, if it really bothers you, I third or fourth the advice to ask an Admin for a name change. Dani ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/7 "2005-02-11T23:00:09Z")
I like your name. I had noted the occasional reference to the porn star in threads you were posting in, and sort of sighed. I can understand it getting to you. If I were you, I’d just pop something in my sig to the effect that people’s assumptions are mistaken. If you want to be really snooty, you could imply that it’s because they’re culturally less literate than you 😃 But I’m a troublemaker. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/8 "2005-02-11T23:30:43Z")
I feared that you’d be subject to that reference, but figured you’re a smart woman, and as such will ignore the more feeble-minded among us. Waste not your energies on such. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/9 "2005-02-11T23:46:22Z")
The first time I saw _The Philadelphia Story_, I was disappointed to find that the hardcore three-way sex scene with Tracy, C.K. and Mike that I was expecting was apparently left on the cutting room floor. I wonder what our own \*\*C K Dexter Haven \*\* would have to say about this situation. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/10 "2005-02-12T00:13:28Z")
😃 That was funny. I needed that laugh. If you do change your name, you do realize that you will be hit on a lot less. But if you must, I would like to suggest some ::cough:: innocuous names to change to: Debbie D Dallas Jenna Jameson Annie Sprinkle Nina Hartly Cuz we wouldn’t want this to happen again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/11 "2005-02-12T01:59:20Z")
**archmichael** is right. There are all kinds of good, harmless names. Is your real name Linda, and you’re fond of embroidery? …Call yourself Linda Lovelace! Or maybe your name’s Lynn, and you love Chinese food – Ginger Lynn! Or maybe you love sweets, but only if somebody gives you a piece for free – Candy Samples! ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/12 "2005-02-12T04:01:37Z")
I’m a redhead and I love apples…Red Delicious! Fun for the whole family! 😃 (Where did that “Porn Star Name or My Little Pony” quiz get to?) I like the name (and the character!) too much to change it – so far, we’ll see what happens the umpteenth time somebody pulls it out in the Pit – but it’s just…grating. Insulting. On the plus side, it _is_ a nice gauge of cultural literacy. No offense any of you who haven’t seen the show ;). ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/13 "2005-02-13T00:03:14Z")
**Tracy Lord.** To be honest – with that name? I figured you for a troll passing himself off as female. But it’s perfect! Don’t ever change it! By all means, I second **JeffB’s** suggestion to use "I should have watched more porn before getting started on this board, that’s all I can say,"as a sig line from now on… with a link to this thread. Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/14 "2005-02-17T08:14:23Z")
Hey, at least I fessed up to my dumbassery. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/15 "2005-02-17T14:11:49Z")
FTR, _The Philadelphia Story_ is one of my favorite movies, and I _still_ think of the porn star every time I see your username. :rolleyes: I’m not sure what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/16 "2005-02-17T14:45:43Z")
Yeah when I saw your name I always thought of the porn star. Figured that is what you were going for. Maybe you ought to do a little ‘research’ to see what some of the more testosterone-afflicted dopers are visualizing when they see your name 😛 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/17 "2005-02-17T15:26:46Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > FTR, _The Philadelphia Story_ is one of my favorite movies, and I _still_ think of the porn star every time I see your username. :rolleyes: I’m not sure what that says about me. I think of the porn star even when I don’t see your username. What? Stop looking at me like _that_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/18 "2005-02-17T16:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Indygrrl** said: > Traci Lords actually has a really interesting life story. She got caught up in some rough stuff pretty young, but I like her nonetheless. And eventually moved on to a non-porn acting career. She was in _Blade_ and on an episode of “Gilmore Girls”, and apparently has written a few songs and can sing too. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/19 "2005-02-17T16:57:01Z")
I was always under the imression that the actress got that name from Hepburn’s character. And **Tracy** I got the reference right away. I even considered using Mike Connor and a screen name here, but backed off when I saw that C K Dexter Haven was already used. It made me think that all the names from _TPS_ were in use here. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627/20 "2005-02-17T17:52:44Z")
A couple of years ago, someone with a name like “Allison Ryan” or “Anna Ryan” in real life registered on my forum. The username she chose? _Aryan_. I thought the forum was being invaded by a user of some supremacist message board, until I asked “Aryan” for an explanation. She had no clue about what the word “aryan” meant, and the beliefs of those who would usually choose that name for a message board. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/289627.md?page=2)