# May I change my user name... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356 "2009-02-25T12:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/21 "2009-02-26T03:30:56Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I vaguely remember that the pit thread was longer ago than that, and was about a poster name simply **USAMA**. (Who also never posted, but I don’t think he was banned.) > > Could be wrong. Lemme look… > > [Ah Ha!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297953) Ah, right you are. **OSAMABINLADEN** (registered October 2001 - classy!) never posted and actually was not banned. However **OsamaBinNegroNAMBLA8===D** got banned instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/22 "2009-02-26T03:40:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > However **OsamaBinNegroNAMBLA8===D** got banned instantly. Inexplicable. _shakes head_ Just inexplicable. Sounds like something I’d do. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/23 "2009-02-26T05:42:16Z")
Perhaps **Pheasant Plucker** or **Fustercluck** are available. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/24 "2009-02-26T05:52:20Z")
I asked Tuba about 6 years ago, in all earnesty, if I could change my name to **The Pope**. She said “show me that hat,” so I photoshopped the pope’s hat onto a picture of myself and sent it to her, and I think she laughed, but she said no anyway :(:mad:. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/25 "2009-02-26T13:36:42Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Inexplicable. _shakes head_ Just inexplicable. > > Sounds like something I’d do. Lynn did it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/26 "2009-02-27T01:27:01Z")
Surely I am not the only one who remembers the poster **Sofa King**. Worth a mention since we’re on usernames. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/27 "2009-02-27T19:19:32Z")
My late cat Caligula probably thought his name was “Get the fuck out of my way.” (Inasmuch as he thought anything.) ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/28 "2009-02-27T19:20:35Z")
How about **Nucking Futs**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356.md?page=1)