One of my favorite things about the Dope is the clever user names that people here come up with - **It’s not Rocket Surgery, A Clockwork Melon, MirrorImageegamIrorriM, Drain Bead, Least Original User Name Ever, Angry Lurker, **heck, even Starving Artist is a cool name. Uniqueness was also important, having a name that was unlike another; for instance, if there were another poster here with the name A Clockwork Tangerine, then Melon’s name would lose some of its cache.
I decided upon my name mainly because it’s a line in my favorite movie; there are 2 characters in the story with the same name of Jeffrey Lebowski. There’s the main character, who goes by the nickname “Dude”, and then there’s the titular character, the Big Lebowski, “the other Jeffrey Lebowski, the millionaire”.
I patted myself on the back. Well done, I said. What a maroon!! I should’ve gone with something simpler, like Union Jackson or Pot’s Labrynth - two of my rejects. The Other… is simply too generic, and I bet that soon the Dope will be running rampant with like sounding names, The Other Harold Diddlebock, The Other Charles Foster Kane, The Other Charley Varick.
I apologize, Dopers, for what I have wrought!
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If it hasn’t happened in 2 years, I doubt it’s going to happen now.
Dibs on The Other Freudian Slit. Still the best name on these boards by a mile.
Self aggrandize much? Couldn’t this have waited until after it actually happened?
[sup]Or is this a parody thread?[/sup]
Then I’ll take The Other The Other Jeffrey Lebowski.
Honestly, the OP would have done much better to name himself Drinking Big Lebowski.
If you ask the mods nicely, I think you get a one time good deal to change your name for almost any reason. After that, I’ve heard it takes a lot of cash, and possibly personal services. But I do not know for sure.
My parents chose my username.
You mean Mr. & Mrs. Guest?
Well, there is The Other Waldo Pepper
Tangerine is the name of my unborn twin. While in the womb I reabsorbed him and now I have the strength of a melon and a baby tangerine.
Edit: Thanks for the compliment, btw. I take pride in my username.
I’m waiting for l’Autre Tours d’Argent.
That’s some funny shit, Mel.
And you’re quite welcome, it’s a great Doper name; which reminds me, I also should have mentioned Labrador Deceiver as one of my fave Doper names.
I like Unintentionally Blank.
[aside]Hey, that’s funny. My parents think I did the same, as my twin died while very young.[/aside]
The Other Autolycus eh? Ok, which one: Autolycus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia ?
All you have to do to get your name changed is email an admin. Easy-peasy.
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And anybody who’s seen *The Big Lebowski *will understand 100% the reference you’re going for.
I’ve moved this thread from The BBQ Pit to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share.
Gfactor
Pit Moderator
It might help you to know that before I read this thread I got a little chuckle out of your user name. No joke!
Thanks, Gamehat, much appreciated.
Ooh, I also really like the username Chock Full of Heady Goodness.
Purple Crack Whore, is still my all time favorite.