# I used to be Skogcat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 5, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641 "2003-09-05T02:35:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/1 "2003-09-05T02:35:00Z")

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Subject says it all. Thanks Mods. It is a permanent change, not just a joke.

Just call me “Ray” 🙂

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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:** [September 5, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/2 "2003-09-05T03:13:56Z")

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Is it too late to change my handle to **All Your Base Are Belong to Us**?

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**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:** [September 5, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/3 "2003-09-05T03:18:59Z")

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\*\*This one time, at band camp… \*\* [formerly known as **Vivalostwages**]

😃

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/4 "2003-09-05T03:27:26Z")

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Nice thinking **Ray**  
I guess someone had to do it.

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/5 "2003-09-05T03:42:07Z")

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How about **I Am Og, Hear Me Roar!**??

F\_X

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/6 "2003-09-05T03:44:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by j\_sum1 \*  
> \*\*Nice thinking **Ray**  
> I guess someone had to do it. \*\*

Did they now? Did the _really_?

Well, it’s sort of ingenious, I guess. Future generations of Dopers will think **Ray** was the most popular guy on the Boards, what with all these people name dropping him and all.

Maybe I’ll change mine to **3. Hi Opal!**

Happy

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/7 "2003-09-05T03:45:01Z")

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I think that soon I shall become **Gotcha Ya**.

Means more than lel, anyway.

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/8 "2003-09-05T03:47:15Z")

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Heck, you could do vanity searches on it… but then you might get too many results where everyone else used that phrase. Same if someone were to go for **Hi, Opal**

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/9 "2003-09-05T03:48:45Z")

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Hmm… I see **Happy Lendervedder** already had my other idea. Oh well…

F\_X

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/10 "2003-09-05T04:08:36Z")

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Should I change mine to **When come back, bring pie**?  
or just **assclown**?

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/11 "2003-09-05T04:30:54Z")

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I’m changing mine to **Cite?**

That way I won’t be confused with a fruit anymore.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/12 "2003-09-05T04:33:01Z")

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How about **Truckin’ Lemonade Mystery Lump on a Biscuit**?

It’s not a catch phrase yet, but I got my fingers crossed…  
Happy

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/13 "2003-09-05T04:34:05Z")

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It’s funnier with the quotation marks.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/14 "2003-09-05T04:40:00Z")

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Maybe **Not Michael Ellis**?

Maybe not.

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/15 "2003-09-05T04:46:43Z")

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I wanna be pre-Madonna.

In fact I AM pre-Madonna.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/16 "2003-09-05T06:20:04Z")

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Feck! Arse!

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/17 "2003-09-05T09:47:17Z")

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i could become **Bonified**

that would be a bona fide name!

crap!  
😃

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/18 "2003-09-05T10:13:16Z")

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Mods thought I’d get sick of it, but I don’t think so. Once the joke wears thin (which happened about a week ago I reckon :)) it’s still a better user name for me. I had wanted to change from **Skogcat** for a while.

> [@](#):
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> It’s funnier with the quotation marks.

I wasn’t too bothered about the punctuation.

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/19 "2003-09-05T10:54:22Z")

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I call dibs on **Fucko Off**.

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**Author:** ![sickboy51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@sickboy51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sickboy51)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-skogcat/199641/20 "2003-09-05T11:08:40Z")

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I once tried to change my username. They said “ok we´ll do it for you this time”. Now that was two months ago and they didn´t do it. ☹

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