Racer72
I hate to “dash” your expectaions, but Dash Riprock was a character from the “Beverly Hillbillies” portaryed by the “gifted” actor Larry Pennell.
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It seems as if it should have been a Flintstones character but I don’t think it ever was.
I actually did legally change my name,to Sky:)l
Oooo…you’ve just inspired me – The MST3K list of Space Mutiny hero nicknames:
Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank
Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt Vanderhuge
Thick McRunfast
Blast Hardcheese
Buff Drinklots
Trunk Slamchest
Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefgnaw
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest
Stump Chunkman
Dirk Hardpeck
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal
Brick Hardmeat
Rip Sidecheek
Punch Sideiron
Gristle McThornBody
Slake Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefrock
Touch Rustrod
Reef Blastbody
Big McLargeHuge
Smoke Manmuscle
Beat Punchbeef
Pack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef
Yeah, ok. To hell with Hal Briston…any of these will do nicely. 
I call first dibs on Smoke Manmuscle or Slab Squatthrust!
Well, I actually did changed my name ten years ago. I used to be Joanna, and I was named after the woman who introduced my parents. That didn’t turn out to be such an honor in the wake of their failed marriage and the fact that my father turned out to be a sociopath. At that time (ten years ago) I was about to have my daughter and I was not married. I changed my name to avoid handing down my father’s name to my child. So changing my last name was my first motive. I chose a maiden name from my mothers side of the family, which touched her and my grandmother, and allowed them to give me their blessing. I chose Anna Belle because I had loved Annabel Lee (Edgar Allen Poe) for many years (I still do). My online name for most things until just a few years ago was anna_belly for the poem too. My friends still call me “Belly.” I love that for some strange reason…
And it only cost $20!
When I saw Space Mutiny, Big McLargeHuge made me laugh my head clean off and then kick it around a little. 
presidebt, funny you should say that now, as I just read Annabel Lee for the first time, not 10 minutes ago. I thought that was too big of a coincidence not to post.
Too many smilies in this post.
Anything that has some dignity to it. My middle name is Kay, and my first name is cutesey with the “ee” sound on the end, making it sound just too-too hick - right up there with “Ellie May.” I was named after a Beach Boys song, God help me.
At about 12-13, during my “Gone with the Wind” phase, I of course wanted to be named something “cool” like Scarlett. I’ve been amused in recent years to find out that Margaret Mitchell’s first attempts christened her “Pansy O’Hara.” And around that time I was also in a “Preppy Handbook” phase, so I made people call me Muffy. My parents got LL Bean catalogs for years addressed to “Muffy Mylastname.”
My favorite name is my grandmother’s, Katherina, so I adopted a spelling of it that I saw in a book that took place in Scotland (I’m part Scottish on both sides of the family) as my screen name.
And you don’t–I should know. Bob’s my uncle.
I have thought about this many times. Not about changing my last name, but my first.
See my first I have disliked since I was little, my middle has grown on me but I still want to change it at times.
Lately Melantha has grown on me… at one time I wanted to change my name to Chrysalis or Amara… I decided though that if I ever have a daughter I am naming her Amara Siobhan… I still want to change to Melantha though.
Funny! Since my first name is Kim (and yes, I know you know this, Ms. Ryebread), whenever I order things people always think Im saying “Tim”. I usually nod and accept it… that’s right, my name is Tim. Everytime someone does this- which is often for some reason, I always think of the horned wizard in the movie 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail" when he says, “There are some who call me…
Tim.” Hilarious if you’ve seen the film.
Also, if I was a man, I would change my name to either Marius (as in vampire character from AnnRice novels) or Nicodemus (head rat from the movie, “The Secret of Nihm”)… No last names for either. 
Alex. Not Alexandra, not Alexis, not Alexia, just Alex. Short and simple.
I’ve always hated my first name. I’m not too fond of my husband’s last name. So I usually go by Lynn Bodoni. In fact, while my legal name is on my bank account, I have set it up so that I can endorse something as “Lynn Bodoni” and it will be accepted.
I might change my name legally one of these days. I don’t mind the fee, but I DO mind changing over my Social Security information, my driver’s license, credit cards, etc. Particularly the credit cards. Plus, right now the Bodoni phone is listed under my first and last legal name…I know if someone asks for me by my first name OR as Mrs. Last Name, then that’s probably a solicitor.
Basically, I have a private name that my friends and aquaintances know me by, and a public name that everyone else calls me. I think it works out well.
42 years of memories of my 5th year of life dashed with a single keystroke. Excuse me while I go wimper in the corner. 
It was actually Rock Quarry that played the leading Hollyrock star. Gary Granite also co-starred in a couple episodes.
Yeah, I’ve run into that many times. It’s like people can’t understand a name if they don’t expect to hear it. It’s not Marlon, and it’s not Marvin. How does “ley” = “vin?” Gah. The last name is probably gonna go, though.
It’s Big McLargeHuge? Damn, I thought it was Man McLargeHuge. I loved that bit… MST3K as poetry.
The thing is, it’s tough to change that. If people know you and know your name it’s hard to get them to change the name you want to be called by unless you beat it into them.
I go by my middle name more than my first name… and it pisses me off that all my official correspondence is in my first name. I’m not that person! That’s my Grandma! (quite literally, we share the same first and last names)
I don’t think I would change my first (given) name. It’s Corbett, which is unusual and extremely uncommon, and it has a cool definition (Old French for “raven”). If I did change it to anything, I’d change it to English for “raven” (which is “raven”).
When I was younger I thought the name Morgan was absolutely the coolest name. I’m kinda ambivalent on it now.
If I were a woman I’d want to be Danaë. Of course, ask me again in ten years what I think the coolest female name is and I’ll have changed my mind.
I hated my name when I was growing up. I was supposed to be Patrick but turned out to be a girl. Then all thru grammar school (Catholic of course) there were not one, not two, but three Patricia Anns in my class and one Patrick. And who were the nuns talking to when they called on Patty, not me or the other girls she was calling on ‘him’. To this day I refuse to answer to the name Patricia.
And don’t even get me off on Patsy Ann thank you very much
Oh, and btw, I would be Guinevere or Sara if I had my choice.
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