# Is my username crap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904 "2000-12-16T15:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/1 "2000-12-16T15:09:37Z")
I was in a bit of a hurry when I joined up and it was the first original thing I could think of at the time. Maybe I should change it to **Happy Happy Noodle Boy**. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/2 "2000-12-16T15:14:00Z")
It’s no worse than mine, but if you do change, don’t go through a period of having 2 active names: that’s a big no-no. Email a mod if you want to do it. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/3 "2000-12-16T15:14:57Z")
Happy Happy Noodle Boy is too long. I like it, but it’s too long. It’ll push the username column too far to the right, pissing off Dopers everywhere. Chicken Lover does conjure images of beastiality, though. Tough call. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/4 "2000-12-16T16:26:10Z")
I guess it depends a lot on how you really feel about chicken. For me, it brings up memories of the South Park episode. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/5 "2000-12-16T16:59:09Z")
If you pick a handle thats long people have a long time typing it in… I suppose there are a few ways to look at Chicken Lover. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/6 "2000-12-16T17:07:44Z")
your name isn’t crap, it’s Chicken Lover! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/7 "2000-12-16T17:09:06Z")
Dude (or Dude-ess?) I _LIKE_ **Chicken Lover**! Don’t change it! It says what it says, and leaves the interpretation up to the reader… Me (at 310 lbs.)… I first thought of chicken wings! Others may think of beastiality… but fuck’em (not the chickens…)!! ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/8 "2000-12-16T18:02:23Z")
It s a username that sticks in your mind so it is easier to remember that 🙂 I personally think it is a cool name… but hey… I chose to be “BornDodgy” … I am tasteless hehe dodgy ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/9 "2000-12-16T18:06:07Z")
I think Chicken Lover is a neat name. It makes me think of this kindly old person living on a farm with a bunch of chickens, in the barn, in the house, wandering around everywhere and clucking peacefully. It dunno, for some reason it seems nice to me. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/10 "2000-12-16T18:07:08Z")
I’ve noticed a new poster called **Noodlegirl** (y’know, the one with the [bad timing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51137)), so Happy Happy Noodle Boy would be too close to Noodlegirl. I like Chicken Lover. Let people wonder what it means! ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/11 "2000-12-16T18:26:34Z")
Thanks all. I’m sure you’re right and I’m gonna stick with it. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\*Dude (or Dude-ess?) I _LIKE_ **Chicken Lover**! > \*\* I’m a dude, dude! A dude-ess wouldn’t be able to love chickens, would she. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/12 "2000-12-16T18:46:30Z")
I assumed it was a dietary choice, what with Mad Cow and all… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Pink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/13 "2000-12-16T19:28:30Z")
Yeah, crap. But then a lot are. Mine is too. If you change it, you keep your count but can only find your posts by your old name. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/14 "2000-12-17T14:09:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m a dude, dude! A dude-ess wouldn’t be able to love chickens, would she. _Astro tries to picture a beastiality scene between a hot, leather-clad woman and a chicken wearing a garter belt… gives it up!_ Why couldn’t a girl love chicken? MY fiancee LOVES chicken… especially the drunsticks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-crap/45904/15 "2000-12-17T14:11:28Z")
uh… dru **m** sticks… [sup]Previewpreviewpreview!!![/sup]