# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/41 "2006-01-13T23:36:19Z")
**I’m Not Gary**. Because, well, I’m not. Or, maybe, **Late for Dinner**. If I could steal any other username, I’d probably start with **The Loaded Dog** or **DrLoveGun**. Actually, my all-time favorite for sheer audacity was **Shut the Fuck up Donny** but the user who tried that one got banned pretty much instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/42 "2006-01-14T00:20:44Z")
**Beautiful and Unique Snowflake**. Because I am indeed a beautiful and unique snowflake. Or possibly **Malificent** , my favorite Disney character, who I occasionally quote when appropriate: “Me, ME! Mistress of all evil!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/43 "2006-01-14T00:55:15Z")
I’d switch the g for a j and be **Antijen**. Because that’s what I should have done in the first place when I asked for a username change a while back, but for some reason I went with the g. Not quite as quirky this way. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/44 "2006-01-14T01:03:37Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Sorry, no…all I know is a British pop song from 1935. > > _Oh the fact’ries may be roaring > With a boomalakka zoomalakka wee > But there isn’t any roar when the clock strikes four > Everything stops for tea_ > > [Rest of lyric here, about halfway down the page](http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/britishwork.php) Wow. I wonder if that reference is taken from the book (published in either late 1800’s or early 1900’s). Boomalakka Wee is a young djin who answers the lamp for his dad one day. All manner of adventures come to him. Under the you didn’t ask, but I’m telling you anyway: Tintac Ping Foo (and his archrival Rub Dub Ben Thud) are two wicked princes. Its a fairy tale farce. Or I might choose **Faintly Macabre** from Phantom Tollbooth. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/45 "2006-01-14T01:43:44Z")
Hm…this would be a lot easier if I could look ahead a coupla years and get a better idea about what kind of things I’d be likely to post. Cuz right now I’d have to change it to something like: **Threadslayer** or **Witless Worm** or **Butternuts, the Verbose and Tiresome** or **Johnless Attention Whore** or **Skip to the next post**. Frankly I’m leaning very strongly toward **The poster formerly known as Inigo Montoya** but I think that would be too long. I think a good username would be … … **handy** ---
**Author:** ![Leibowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Leibowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leibowitz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/46 "2006-01-14T02:42:45Z")
I was just thinking about this yesterday, but I am too new to be changing my name. I wish I was SnuggleBearMustDie. I hate that thing. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/47 "2006-01-14T02:44:54Z")
I’ve been thinking about a name change. I was all set to email the Admins to request a change to **Dan** (because it’s my name) when \*\*This Year’s Model \*\* changed his name to **Frank** (because that’s his name). I didn’t want to steal his thunder, so I didn’t ask for the change. If I had to change, I’d go with either **Dan** (because it’s my name) or **redhat56**. I signed up for a couple online poker places with that name, and it’s starting to grow on me. Or, I might go with **Your Name Here** , but I’ll bet that one is taken. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/48 "2006-01-14T02:50:18Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Hm…this would be a lot easier if I could look ahead a coupla years and get a better idea about what kind of things I’d be likely to post. Cuz right now I’d have to change it to something like: > > **Threadslayer** or **Witless Worm** or **Butternuts, the Verbose and Tiresome** or **Johnless Attention Whore** or **Skip to the next post**. Frankly I’m leaning very strongly toward **The poster formerly known as Inigo Montoya** but I think that would be too long. > > I think a good username would be … … **handy** Argh, don’t change your name, your’s was the first names I recognized from thread to thread. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/49 "2006-01-14T03:03:06Z")
Let’s hear it for … **Rinse and Spit** ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/50 "2006-01-14T03:22:29Z")
I’ve thought about changing mine to **Mr Writing Desk**. My current handle has been in use for roughly 20 years, and I’m getting a bit bored with it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/51 "2006-01-14T05:35:53Z")
It seems like all the good punny names have been taken. One popped into my head the other day, someone may even have it already. I’ve had my one name change and I’m Wile E most everywhere else so I won’t be changing my name, but sometimes I think I’d like to be **Helen Wheels**. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/52 "2006-01-14T08:54:04Z")
I’ve thought of changing my username as mine is perhaps too nondescript and nobody ever remembers me… Tad Ghostal Fei Fong Wong Oblivion Newton-John silencieuse (old username I still like) But I probably never will. It’s best not to be remembered in the end, I think. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/53 "2006-01-14T13:20:00Z")
**Captain Mal Reynolds** , or **Oceanic Panic** , or **Raggedy Andy** , or **Archie of the Covenant** , or **Mike TeeVee** , or **Restricted Area** , or **BobaFettRulz** , or **shitpissfuckcuntcocksuckermotherfuckertits** , or **Wembley Fraggle**. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/54 "2006-01-14T14:44:43Z")
I have use **Obviousman** at a couple other places. Yes, I took if from the comic Non Sequitor. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/55 "2006-01-14T17:49:05Z")
**re-jimmmy** , or maybethe \*\*be-sharps \*\* (a name that sounds funny the first time it is read, but it gradually will become less funny each time you read it.) I have always liked \*\*fear itself \*\* and **Hail Ants** as user names in a “Oh how clever, I wish I was that smart” kind of way ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/56 "2006-01-14T17:52:32Z")
I’d probably call myself **Jacky Paper**. He’s the little boy from _Puff the Magic Dragon_ who grows up, and I like how the name sounds. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/57 "2006-01-14T22:36:14Z")
I think of better names I could have used, all the time. My current favorite is **MacArthur Spark**. My location would be _melting in the dark_. I suggested that one to Jim, but he didn’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/58 "2006-01-14T22:37:24Z")
I’ve always used **Tikki** in my user name. Lately, I’ve been using **TikkiFinn** on a few other sites. So if I had to, I’d switch to that, which I think would be cool since there’s already a **Denny\_Finn** here. I feel as if we’re related in a cousins-umpteen-times-removed sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/59 "2006-01-15T02:24:59Z")
**Melman Wickerplatz** Now I’ll go back and read the thread and see if anybody else picked it too. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/60 "2006-01-15T03:11:41Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > I think of better names I could have used, all the time. My current favorite is **MacArthur Spark**. My location would be _melting in the dark_. > > I suggested that one to Jim, but he didn’t like it. I’m sorry, that whole username change ended in an unexpected manner anyway. The vote by a good margin was for me to just go with JRFranchi, I guess Tuba will address this next week, of course if she can’t make the change for any reason, What Exit? will be the new name. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816.md?page=4)