# Name change - formerly Dooku **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453 "2007-02-24T00:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/1 "2007-02-24T00:03:37Z")
For reasons too inane to get into, I’ve changed my screen name from Dooku to Morbo. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/2 "2007-02-24T00:05:28Z")
At least they rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/3 "2007-02-24T00:09:51Z")
Big supporter of Nixon’s head, then, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/4 "2007-02-24T00:13:39Z")
Awww. I kinda liked the name Dooku. Oh well, Morbo it is. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/5 "2007-02-24T00:23:25Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Big supporter of Nixon’s head, then, are you? [/QUOTE] Morbo congratulates our gargantuan cyborg president. May death come quickly to his enemies. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/6 "2007-02-24T00:34:50Z")
Can you recognize the letter that looks like a little man with a hat? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/7 "2007-02-24T00:56:50Z")
Hello, tiny man. I WILL DESTROY YOU!! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/8 "2007-02-24T01:00:11Z")
Windmills Do Not Work That Way! ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/9 "2007-02-24T01:01:56Z")
how’s the family? numerous and belligerent I assume? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/10 "2007-02-24T01:22:58Z")
You’re not French, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/11 "2007-02-24T07:42:05Z")
The board FAQ says that Mods only change usernames in “extreme circumstances”. Have the policies changed? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/12 "2007-02-24T08:08:08Z")
Wow, I had no idea Britney Spears was a Doper… It’s OK honey…just make yourself comfortable here…we won’t bother you even if you decide to change your name back to Dooku again. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/13 "2007-02-24T08:14:19Z")
A word to the wise: Kittens give **Morbo** gas. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/14 "2007-02-24T23:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Wow, I had no idea Britney Spears was a Doper… It’s OK honey…just make yourself comfortable here…we won’t bother you even if you decide to change your name back to Dooku again. [/QUOTE] ::shaves head:: ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/15 "2007-02-25T05:23:21Z")
So how’s your fleet of spaceships coming along? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/16 "2007-02-25T05:29:05Z")
[Any relation?](http://www.morgus.com/) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/17 "2007-02-25T05:34:30Z")
Yeah, I too would like to know if and why the policy change. FWIW, unless someone has entered a Witness Protection Program or some such thing, I think that changing usernames is wrong. Sure, you might have adopted your initial one on the spur of the moment and later regretted it, but people get used to you posting under that name, and the change is not necessarily noted by all the other posters. Honestly, with all the posters here, it’s hard enough keeping up with the current crew, let alone having to learn all about the new monikers they might/might not adopt along the way. Not Happy Jan. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/18 "2007-02-25T06:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] A word to the wise: Kittens give **Morbo** gas. [/QUOTE] Damnit! I was gonna say that. That’s my favorite line of his. (where’s that pouting smiley?) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/19 "2007-02-25T07:38:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Damnit! I was gonna say that. That’s my favorite line of his. (where’s that pouting smiley?) If it makes you feel any better, **wolf in second hand clothing** stole _my_ favorite line! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453/20 "2007-02-25T07:45:42Z")
[QUOTE=JCorre] The board FAQ says that Mods only change usernames in “extreme circumstances”. Have the policies changed? [/QUOTE] Oddly enough, I was under the impression that you (in the generic sense) got one name change free of charge, as it were. After you change that first time, though, then yeah there has to be a reason. PTB? Any input? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-formerly-dooku/393453.md?page=2)