# If you could pick another person's username... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699 "2000-07-24T22:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/1 "2000-07-24T22:31:09Z")
What would it be? Base it on 1. Posting Style and 2. Appearance if they’re on the people pages. Feel free to use your imaginations, kids. For instance: Coldfire : Rush Freak Chief Scott : Slayer of Smileys Esprix : The Gay Guy (okay, that was too obvious) And so on and so on. What you got? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/2 "2000-07-25T03:45:03Z")
Rats, I thought this was where we got to say who’s username we wish we could claim. Yours would be high on my list. Never mind, though. Shouldn’t you be off burping someone? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/3 "2000-07-25T03:46:10Z")
AIGH! AIGH! AIIIIIIGGHHHH! I meant WHOSE. WHOSE!!! Lordy do I hate apostrophe-related errors ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/4 "2000-07-25T15:10:17Z")
Sue Dunhym and Canthearya are such a cool names, cracks me up every time I see them. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/5 "2000-07-25T15:25:46Z")
Nah, I’d give ChiefScott “BigAssBoatBoy” and Persephone “Slayer of Peeps.” And Cyn, you’d get “GuessWhat’sInMyBox” Eh. That can be tweeked bit. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/6 "2000-07-25T15:46:41Z")
SwimmingRiddles : AquaQuiz ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/7 "2000-07-25T18:22:36Z")
SwimmingRiddles: Swiddles Satan: MyWhiteAss Falcon: BirdieLady ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-pick-another-persons-username/26699/8 "2000-07-25T19:39:51Z")
ChiefScott: Sailorboy 🙂