When I first applied to this board, I chose the name Dr_Paprika because DrPepper was taken back in August. I don’t see why the fact it was taken well before I came here should give me any less of a claim. And Dr_Pepper lacks the needed oomph. I am therefore going to sue DrPepper to get him to stop using this name, which was clearly copied from my earlier Beta version. I advise all the Matt’s on the board, including matt, matt_mcl and mattk to follow this one closely.
Eh?
What exactly is that you’re drinking?
If that’s Central American “paprika” you might have OD’d 
drpepper might not have posted much, but he DID sign on 3 months before you did.
You could, however, still get The Original Dr. Pepper or some such. (up to 25 letters and symbols, IIRC)
As you have noticed, there are dozens of similar names hereabouts, so TubaDiva shouldn’t have any problem with such a change. 
So, I suppose the name “Mr. Pibb” is out of the question, isn’t it.
Just please let us know beforehand. In fact, we (the administrators) can change your name while leaving everything else the same, including post count. And please don’t make the names TOO similar, otherwise we will get upset.
I actually like this name. It was more of a class action rant. I do like Mr. Pibb too, though.
Hey, Lynn, can I change MY name to TubaDiveMasterEcks?
I want something that reflects my hobby of Sousaphone playing, while disguised, underwater.
Well, in keeping with your mundane logic, you might want to have God’s name removed from the title of your post.
Actually, the title said “goddamn” not “Goddamn.”
Big G “God” was never reffered to. Rather, an indeterminate lowercase, generalized “god”, who may or may not have been an actual diety, and may be any one of a number of hypothesized dieties, was used.
True, Mr. Master, but in light of his whining of name usage it appears hypocritical.
Not to mention, I find it offensive, but I don’t expect that to matter in the least.
Good, then you won’t be too devastated that nobody gives a shit.
You met Righteous yet? I gotta a feeling you are gonna be Bestest Mates.
I stated my realization that no one cares, Primaflora.
I have never had a conversation with Righteous, and I fail to see what he has to do with someone complaining over name thieves only to become one himself. Please explain the purpose of your response to me. Thank you in advance.
Righteous is also trying to be the internet police, among other things.
BTW, jenkins, so we’re on the same page I’m Christian as well. I have a few more important things to do than check the boards for inflammatory statements:) Let God worry about Dr_Paprika. You worry about yourself:)
jenkinsfan,
In this thread
you did speak to rightous, at 5:24 pm. Now this may or may not be considered by some to be conversation since I am not sure if he answered you.
I am sorry you are offended by the thread title, but you know, you can’t please everyone. Now if many posters were saying I am offended and if the mods were also offended then the title might be changed. But for only one or two people ? I doubt it, but I have been wrong before.
I don’t know how that happened to my link, but it did.
This is the link I meant to post.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48939
“My hypocracy knows no bounds.”
I resemble that remark.
I believe “jenkinsfan” is that remark.
always, never, it is known, without exception, and on and on and on are the best ear pulgs ever invented. They are passed out to manny peoples by those who suffer from 'contempt prior to investigation."
" ‘Business-dot-com’ sold for two point three million dollars; ‘bingo-dot-com’ sold for eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars; now you too can cash in by registering your own dot-com address name…"
Whenever I hear those commercials I always think, ‘Hey, now here’s my ticket…’
Wouldn’t you know it’s HERE that I make the right pick. Dang.
Do I hear one dollar… one dollar?
Um… I took the OP as a very tongue in cheek joke… was I mistaken?
C’mon. You know the pit. Every joke turns deadly serious.
And then is forgotten in time for the next joke.
My favorite joke in the “Dr. Pepper” naming business is that Safeway Supermarkets has a private label kind called “Dr. Skipper”.
Not funny in itself, when they eventually made the diet version, they called it “Diet Skipper”, which sound like the opposite of dieting to me, skipping your diet