# SDMB usernames - what's the first thing you think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049 "2002-07-15T13:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/1 "2002-07-15T13:09:57Z")
For example, when I see **RickJay’s** name, I think of the guy who was wondering about farting a hole in his underwear. When I see **Francesca’s** name, I think of that pasta sauce commercial from the 1980s - Francesco Renaldi. In the commercial, the doofus housewife actually pronounced the product’s name wrong, calling it “Francisco” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/2 "2002-07-15T13:14:15Z")
I always wonder how people chose a name. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/3 "2002-07-15T13:37:25Z")
When I see ‘dantheman’ I think of a guy who used to play varsity basketball with me for the ‘DSW’ aka ‘Deutsche Schule Washington’ aka ‘German School Washington’. That’s not you, is it Dan ?!?! If it is, prove it by sending me an email with the name of our coach. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/4 "2002-07-15T13:39:40Z")
Heh. No. Sorry, **Mycroft**. But you know, since I see _your_ name, I think of an oldtime BBS username, from the mid-1980s… the name was Myron Q. Synergy. Yours reminded me of it, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/5 "2002-07-15T13:50:45Z")
I first read **Canthearya** as “Can the Arya[n]”, i.e. fire the white person. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/6 "2002-07-15T13:53:39Z")
When I see **Neidhart** , I think of the Hart Foundation - is that you, Jim the Anvil? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/7 "2002-07-15T14:18:29Z")
Good to know I’m famous. When I see **dantheman,** I think of Stan Musial, who of course was “Stan the Man.” **Collounsbury** - I think of Roger Rabbit, because I always read it as “Cartoonsbury” for some reason. **jarbabyj** - I think about Chicago. **Anthracite** - I have this strong mental image of Una as a tall dark haired women in a business suit. I can see her running into a meeting room and talking about coal for an hour. **Esprix** - Gay. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/8 "2002-07-15T14:22:41Z")
When I think of **Anthracite** , I’m reminded of that scene in _Clerks_ when Randall had just rented porn movies - the phrase he used was “hermaphroditic porn”. So my brain reflexively thinks of “Anthracitic porn”. How cool would **that** be? ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/9 "2002-07-15T15:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Go alien \* > \*\*I always wonder how people chose a name. \*\* Pehaps a “Whats the deal with _your_ name?” thread is in order. (Incidentally, your name brings to mind the secretary of state shoving Ellian/Alien Gonzales off the coast of Florida.) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/10 "2002-07-15T15:45:05Z")
I have this image of Anthracite as combination of Cathy Bates and Carrie Fisher Tomndebb - combination of the Sicilian villian in the Princess Bride and Ward Cleaver with SDMB as “The Beaver” Collounsbury - I think of an chubby, angry Jeremy Irons with a drinking problem Scylla- Combination of Alec Baldwin and Andy Griffith with issues Astroboy14 - the big nurse guy in ER Spoofe - the devil incarnate Fenris - Gene Wilder and Robin Williams combined Manda J.O. - A white Oprah (but thinner) Guinastasia - ["Matilda"](http://us.imdb.com/ImageView?u=http%3A//images.amazon.com/images/P/0800130952.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)from the movie all grown up ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/11 "2002-07-15T15:47:51Z")
When I see **astro** , I think of that Chevy Astro commercial - “Chevy (Chevy) Astro (Astro)”, with the words echoing. My brain it is an eerie mansion… ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/12 "2002-07-15T15:48:56Z")
**astro** “retch a roriceman, retch a roriceman” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/13 "2002-07-15T15:53:35Z")
And when I see **superbee** , I think of the theme song to that Mr. T cartoon… SuperBEE… da-da-da, da-da-da, dada dadaaaaaaaaaaaa daaaaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/14 "2002-07-15T21:13:11Z")
[pout] Why does no one ever think of me when it comes time for these popularity threads? Ain’t I popular enough? Don’t I have a groupee following yet, as long as I’ve been posting the substantive things I’ve been posting on this board? :mad: When I think of **superbee** , I think of a giant black and gold bee buzzing around. **astro** reminds me of the Jetson’s cute doggy. 🙂 **tomndebb** reminds me of Siamese twins or a couple so in love they can’t bear to not be touching each other all the time. [giggle] **dantheman** makes me think of a dancing man. I’m sure I’ll think of more later. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/15 "2002-07-15T23:03:37Z")
First thing I generally think about is a nice cold beer. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/16 "2002-07-15T23:22:23Z")
Now, now, **celestina**. This is decidedly not a popularity thread. Do you think **RickJay** really wants to be known as the farting dude? 🙂 BTW, your name reminds me of The Celestine Prophecy. Every time. Even when I see it in Email Sluts. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/17 "2002-07-15T23:52:37Z")
> [@](#): > > When I see Neidhart, I think of the Hart Foundation - is that you, Jim the Anvil? Nope - I’ve never heard of either of those. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/18 "2002-07-15T23:57:05Z")
Pro wrestlers from the mid-80s… It was Bret “Hitman” Hart and Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart - and they were managed by “The Mouth of the South”, Jimmy Hart. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/19 "2002-07-16T00:16:10Z")
Ah, that explains it . . . not a wrestling fan. [This fellow](http://www.wwgenealogy.com/english%20version/minesing.htm) is who I named myself for. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/20 "2002-07-16T00:55:09Z")
I just hope no one thinks I’m a Marine. Is that too much to ask? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049.md?page=2)