# Name change: "Snarkberry" becomes "Snark" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794 "1999-11-07T19:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/1 "1999-11-07T19:23:00Z")
The title of this thread says it all. For those who care, my e-mail address has changed as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/2 "1999-11-07T19:39:00Z")
I always call you Snark anyway 🙂 Why the change, Mr. Berry? trisha ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/3 "1999-11-07T19:54:00Z")
I’ve converted to non-berrianism. Seriously, everyone calls me Snark anyway, and I feel that the “berry” part makes me look like I’m promoting some kind of Kool-Aid drink. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/4 "1999-11-07T21:35:00Z")
Snark. Isn’t that a cartoon animal? I’m serious. Like in the cat-in-the-hat series? Anyway,we love snark! Are you sure you’re not related to Snuffluppagus? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/5 "1999-11-07T21:48:00Z")
It’s a fictional construct of Lewis Carroll, as in “The Hunting of the Snark.” Snuffleuphagus? Is that dude still hanging around Sesame Street? Talk about a dead-end career! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/6 "1999-11-08T16:21:00Z")
As long as you’re not a Boojum. – Uke, softly and suddenly vanishing away ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/7 "1999-11-08T16:57:00Z")
## As long as this isn’t C#3’s new alias, it’s fine with me 😉 Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![E1skeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@E1skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E1skeptic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/8 "1999-11-08T17:38:00Z")
But I always called you **Bill** …!!! Oh, well. Welcome, Snark. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/9 "1999-11-08T19:09:00Z")
No, it’s not C#3. Of this I’m fairly certain, since “Snark” is me. What more proof could you ask for than a statement from “Snarkberry” that he is “Snark”? You can still call me “Bill,” E1. I promise not to be offended by someone calling me by my real name. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/10 "1999-11-08T19:18:00Z")
Ah, but you could really be Sterling North (of the Satanic raccoons)! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/11 "1999-11-08T19:25:00Z")
I dunno if this is wise, Snark. To paraphrase Jesus “I am the vine, and you are the branches…the branch which ceases to bear fruit will be pruned and thrown into the fire…”. You might want to keep your berries in plain view. 😉 * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/12 "1999-11-08T19:29:00Z")
…Well, it could be painful if the bears are still around… —bye— ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/13 "1999-11-08T20:13:00Z")
Polycarp wrote: > [@](#): > > Ah, but you could really be Sterling North (of the Satanic raccoons)! I’m afraid I’ll have to give myself a big WHOOOOOSH! for not understanding the above comment. In other words: “Huh?” Is this a reference to a thread I haven’t read? Doctor Jackson: Why do you want to see my berries? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/14 "1999-11-08T20:21:00Z")
Snark, Ealier, Sterling was playing around and tried to register Contestant #3 as a poster and it let him. Then he went on to post under that screen name and confused many people. So, I guess Poly was saying that maybe Sterling had captured your Snarkberry name to use in his evil plots. Let me just say, Hey, Snark. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/15 "1999-11-08T20:24:00Z")
Long story, Bill… 1. DavidB published a summary of the rather bizarre worldview of an AIDS researcher who reminds me of Dr. Timothy Leary, except that Leary was far more down-to-earth. 😉 Included in that was a vision of glowing raccoons engaged in Satanic errands. 2. Sterling North, the Rascal, has always had a on-the-board connection with raccoons, for obvious reasons. 🙂 3. Sterling North, in a fit of something-or-other, adopted the vacated screen name of Contestant #3, the former holder of which has gone through several screen name changes lately (and the less said about that in _this_ thread, the better). So it was a kind of arcane insider joke. I’d apologize, but… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/16 "1999-11-08T20:26:00Z")
Simul-post, Jeffery, but thanks for the fielding! I think you explained my logic better than I did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/17 "1999-11-08T20:39:00Z")
My gosh, then how can I prove that I am, in fact, the One True Snarkberry? Maybe if I start posting excessive messages about Mormonism or something… ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/18 "1999-11-08T20:56:00Z")
Nah, they wouldn’t believe me … uh, us … … umm, you I mean you. Poly, would you like your Dennis Miller Award now, or should we wait for the ceremonies? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/19 "1999-11-08T21:15:00Z")
LOL! Apropos of nothing, back in the days when AOL was PC-Link, a user whose name I will not mention except to remark that I believe he was a Connecticut lawyer and Marx Bros. fan signed on with Po1ycarp (\<-note numeral 1) and had the world believing he was me (he was I? him was me? one was the other? oh, the heck with it!) for a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794/20 "1999-11-08T21:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > how can I prove that I am, in fact, the One True Snarkberry Well, you _could_ show 'em your berries… 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-snarkberry-becomes-snark/10794.md?page=2)