# If you had to, what would you change your username to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816 "2006-01-13T14:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/1 "2006-01-13T14:50:26Z")
If for some reason you had to change your SDMB username, what would you change it to? Also, what existing usernames do you really like, that you wish you had? I think I’d change my name to **Australopithecus** , because I always liked the way that rolled off the tongue. The username I’m probably most jealous of is **bob\_loblaw**. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/2 "2006-01-13T14:57:52Z")
I would change mine to ms. ann thropic or random broad. I’m not sure whose user name I really like and would like to have. I’ve always thought you with the face has an amusing user name. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/3 "2006-01-13T15:12:32Z")
As a Michigan State alum/fan, I wish I had chosen Ghost Eight. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/4 "2006-01-13T15:12:51Z")
Boomalakka Wee. or Tintac Ping Foo. Never mind why. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/5 "2006-01-13T15:20:47Z")
Probably something Wodehouse-related, like Psmith or Wilberforce (Wooster’s middle name). Maybe I’ll change it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/6 "2006-01-13T15:36:15Z")
I think I would change it to the name of one of the stars in my favorite movie: **BAN-ONE** I like the name **Dirk Gently** and wish I had gotten it first. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/7 "2006-01-13T15:45:53Z")
I like mine. The only thing I might consider is changing it back to my original name, **Elenia** , but I’ve had so many posts under this name and so many people know me as this name that it would just confuse everyone now. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/8 "2006-01-13T15:51:31Z")
I’d go for **Stark Raven Saner Now** , because it is true. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/9 "2006-01-13T15:53:57Z")
**ForthrightGodzilla**. Actually, no. I’d decide what subjects I wanted my name to reference and come up with a horrible pun, or a suitably obscure pop culture reference, and go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/10 "2006-01-13T15:56:06Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Boomalakka Wee. […] Never mind why. 'Cause everything stops for tea? 🙂 If Gary Larson sicced his lawyers on me, I would probably become [Teddy Salad.](http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/tedsalad.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/11 "2006-01-13T15:57:54Z")
Oedipus Wrecks ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/12 "2006-01-13T16:03:13Z")
I’d drop the 1505. Exciting, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/13 "2006-01-13T16:36:18Z")
I’d probably go with **Contented Melody** : it’s the (American) Indian name I was given almost 14 years ago. But I definitely prefer my current user name. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/14 "2006-01-13T17:08:09Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’d probably go with **Contented Melody** : it’s the (American) Indian name I was given almost 14 years ago. But I definitely prefer my current user name. Yeah, I love **Misnomer**. Don’t change! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/15 "2006-01-13T17:14:22Z")
I’ve always love the existing poster name **Ass For A Hat**. Don’t know why. Perhaps **Mr. Manfredjinsenjen, CIA** , the name used by stupid brother Otto in **A Fish Called Wanda** ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/16 "2006-01-13T17:45:56Z")
**Clueless Z. McFuckwit** A poster called someone that in a pit thread and I became enamored of it. But I think it might not fly with the mods… I’m also fond of names that card players in the old west would have. Like **Tennessee Jackson** , **Tommy St.Louis** , and **Charlie Baltimore.** (That last one gets credit to my friend, Jess.) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/17 "2006-01-13T18:25:35Z")
It would probably get old fast and is a tad cutesy but : **Absinthe Minded** ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/18 "2006-01-13T18:42:17Z")
I think the “LA Confidential” reference to **Rollo Tomassi** would be pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/19 "2006-01-13T18:53:55Z")
Maybe to **stupid** , for the joke possibilities when someone says they aren’t fucking stupid. **Troll** might be fun if it were allowed for the confusion it would cause. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/20 "2006-01-13T18:58:58Z")
Probably something else Jen-related - **Jenuine** or **Jentle** , possibly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816.md?page=2)