# Northern\_Piper's Avatar **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447 "2022-04-25T23:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/21 "2022-04-27T08:34:08Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Eh, I take your point but firstly even though his avatar is clearly some form of blood sucking bagpipe bird, it’s still kind of cool. And secondly, it’s **Northern\_Piper**. He’s been here forever and - like a marriage - after a while you just have to accept you are going to have to put up with certain foibles. If the SDMB did not have @Northern_Piper , then it might not be the SDMB. He is that important. Aside: I did get to hear the Lethbridge Firefighters’ Pipes and Drums recently. **Northern\_Piper** would be proud. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/22 "2022-04-27T11:57:13Z")
I dunno about his avatar, but I have cracked his username code. His real name is Repip Nrehtron. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/23 "2022-04-28T01:23:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > His real name is Repip Nrehtron I didn’t realize he did business in [New Zealand](https://nzlocalizer.com/biz/681097/nrehtron-investments-company-limited). ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/24 "2022-04-28T01:37:58Z")
I don’t see a mosquito in his avatar. FWIW, my initial impression was of a hand holding a paintbrush, with a few other brushes in the background. I also happen to like it. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/25 "2022-04-28T02:20:25Z")
Yeah. I’m gonna need the three minutes back that I spent reading this and looking up Northern\_Piper. Venmo is fine. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/26 "2022-04-28T06:57:00Z")
Venmo transacts minutes now? Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/27 "2022-04-28T13:14:30Z")
It’s a hummingbird. I know hummingbirds. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/28 "2022-04-28T13:24:47Z")
I, too, always see a hummingbird. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/29 "2022-05-02T03:50:55Z")
I couldn’t tell you exactly what **Northern Piper’s** avatar is supposed to be. All I know is I get a little sexually aroused every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/30 "2022-05-02T05:59:08Z")
Wins the thread! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447/31 "2022-05-08T00:23:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I couldn’t tell you exactly what **Northern Piper’s** avatar is supposed to be. All I know is I get a little sexually aroused every time I see it. I always see a Dr. Seuss type animal, and kind of have the same reaction. But my eyes and sexuality are far from what they once were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-pipers-avatar/963447.md?page=1)