I chose my name because I think “Zamboni” is a funny word, and “Great” makes it stand out. Otherwise it’s meaningless. 
I am destined to be a marketing executive.
I’m sorry I hurt your feelings Tentacle Monster. Here’s something to make up for it.
Honestly though I didn’t want to be “wounded” myself is all. 
Mine’s rather interesting. I just had my tubes tied and my husband’s friend (who I had never met…this is important) came over. He was headed out for beer and I asked him if he would get my pain prescription filled while he was over there.
So he gets to the pharmacy and the Rx guy can’t read the prescription too well and asks what my name is.
He scratches his head, and says, “Hmmm…I don’t know…Kalhoun, I think.”
So the pharmacist puts Kalhoun on my prescription bottle. And in that circle of friends, I’ve been Kalhoun ever since.
Well, if you are classically educated, then my name makes perfect sense. Let’s just say that my wife’s name is Denise, and I really fit the description.
Silenus, the teacher and faithful companion of the wine-god Dionysus. A notorious consumer of wine, he is usually totally drunk and is supported by satyrs or carried by a donkey. He has much wisdom and if captured by mortals he can reveal important secrets. Silenus is usually portrayed as a plump jovial old man with a long beard and stump nose, bald and with a horse’s tail.
OK, so I don’t have a horse’s tail. But I’m generally a horse’s ass, so that is close enough! 
No fascinating story here-in high school I was one of the leaders for the percussion section of the marching band and a great deal less afraid of the band director than some of the other members. The nickname stuck.
Mine is a phonetic takeoff of “Wunderbar” , the German word for wonderful. One of the things I do is to profess to having a bigger ego than I really do in regular company; at my last jobs I claimed to be the best C/C++ programmer in the building, for example, to anyone who would listen. Those who knew me well also knew that I really don’t believe that to be true.
My name really is Bob, and I first heard ‘VunderBob’ as part of a punchline to a joke about an Amishman that I’ve since forgotten.
Going with the forced ego thing, VunderBob was a natural fit. I use it everywhere a handle is appropriate.
Uh well, let’s see, how did I get the name OhFace? I guess I should start with the fact that I was given the name by Flander. Why? Well because of my, uh “O” face. :eek: You know, oh oh ohyeah. Yeah that “O” face. So there you go, that’s my story.
Now I’m gonna go hide. That was definitely TMI!!!
middle initial §, last name (hall) and birthday (January 6). Not very creative, I know, but that’s what happens when I’m forced to think and be creative at the same time.
I like to read, and have two cats. Does it need any more explaination?
We recently got a dog. Maybe I should change it. BiblioCatDog? Nah…
I read Mangetout but when I say it my head it’s always “mangey trout”.
I got my name when a bunch of us at work were talking about our “pornstar” names. All the usual formulas don’t work for me and I wind up with something stupid like “Stipey 26th Avenue”. In the charity book barrel, the topmost book was this 1970’s earthquake disaster mass market called “tremorviolet”. Since I invariably have purple nails and the name sounded somehwhat porny, it stuck…
'Cause I do. Gotta have at least 8oz to start my day.
{Homer Simpson} Mmmmmm, coffeee, drooool{/HS}
Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies (and the absolute fave of soon-to-be-mrs-OMD), and it was on my mind the day I registered.
Billy Crystal’s short time in the movie as Miracle Max is some of the funniest celluloid in the whole movie, and one of the things that manages to stick out in my mind between viewings.
So I wanted something from that scene. This was the most user-name-ish.
Part of me also sadistically hopes that people may start calling me by my initials, getting 80s schlock pop classic “If You Leave” by Orchestral Movements in the Dark stuck in their heads every time.
I wanted a punny handle for internet messageboards. Since the first place I intended to use it was Ain’t-It-Cool News, a movie news site, I wanted something with cinematic flavor.
Thus, Candid Gamera, punning on Candid Camera.
I think I also use it over at Netflix.
I’m a man who likes women, I have a tongue and I’m not afraid to use it. 
Mines pretty stupid - One day I was signing up for a chat room about animals and I wanted a handle with cat in it - well, they were all taken. So I changed it to kitten and added my first initial (l) and my last initial (m). There are a few variations I use too - sometimes there’s a 4 in it (kitten4lm) because I have 4 cats. And sometimes I add a “c” at the end because I’m Irish and have a Mc name (kittenlmc). Lucky for me I married an Irishman who also has a Mc name, so I didn’t have to change any of my handles!
real first name = Raven
Poe is cool.
quoth the Raven…
god, I’m cheesy. +_+
(LMAO at the link you put up for Tentacle Monster btw, noc_tick )
I absolutely love Poe and this is the first time I’ve heard your name that I recall so I’ll have to look out for your posts considering you have such good taste.
Also, about the link… :o aww, shucks.
Mine is from The Simpsons.
Here’s one of many previous threads on this subject. I’m trying to find the one to which I posted, but coming up empty even though I’m searching some of the key words I remember including. So I’ll repeat the story, especially since Bambi Hassenpfeffer expressed curiosity in the postcard he sent me for the SDMB exchange organized by misstee.
I’m a guy who happens to like women’s basketball. One of my favorite players is Kate Starbird, who (as fate would have it) recently signed with the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. Since a friend and I have season tickets, I’m hoping Kate makes the team! Anyway, I translated the component syllables of her surname into German (“star” = stern, “bird” = vogel) to create a screen name when I began posting to message boards in 1999. I’ve only been denied use of it by one service (AOL, which was bundled into the computer I bought in 2001), and suspect that a certain long-time AOL user who didn’t like me had created a “Sternvogel” account just to spite me should I ever register with his ISP… :rolleyes:
I nicked it off The Usual Suspects, and added “Mr.” on the front because some git had already chose “Kobayashi”.