# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/101 "2002-07-19T18:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Yep, it’s like Gwen. Gwen-ah-stayzha. I always though it was Gwyn (Gwin). **Max Carnage** Max Payne, form the game of the same name. **Anthracite** I can only a imagine a figure silhouetted in front of a window. Being lit by the glow of a computer screen. **Bad News Baboon** A primate reading a news paper. **ratty** myself playing Ratty in Toad of Toad hall (at school). **SilkyThreat** For some reason I always read this as Silky_Thread_. Is there a silkythread? **celestina** something sparkly - with a hint of wickedness 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/102 "2002-07-19T20:22:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\ ***Flamsterette\_X** - flaming hamster (Successor to the Flaming Moe?) \*\* I knew **somebody** would mention this sooner or later. Oh well, what can I say? You’re in good company, **Neidhart** , believe me. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Kahuna Burger \* > **Whenever I picture Flamsterette\_X I think of what Bonnie Raitt would’ve looked like when she was 25, with lots of fiery red hair.** That would be quite a trick, considering I’m Chinese. 🙂 (and no, I have never dyed my hair any color at all in my life) Whenever I see **John Carter of Mars** , I can’t help but think of _E.R._, since that’s the name of the character Noah Wyle plays. (and he’s such a cutie, too…) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/103 "2002-07-19T21:25:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flaming Hamster Z \* > \*\* > > I knew **somebody** would mention this sooner or later. Oh well, what can I say? You’re in good company, **Neidhart** , believe me. 🙂 > > \*\* Yes, **Neidhart** , you’re in excellent company. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/104 "2002-07-20T04:17:17Z")
**Hastur** for some reason int makes me thing of HAMSTERS. **Slainte** drunk Irishmen **Neidhart** This is the wierdest one… I picture bob NEWHART waking up beside Suzzane Plishette(sp) explaining that he just had the strangest dream about owning an Inn in Vermont:confused: ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/105 "2002-07-20T04:27:12Z")
Patricinus Scriblerus makes me think of Patricia Scribbler. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/106 "2002-07-20T17:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > **Whenever I see Anthracite’s name, I think of the nineteen-thirties radio mystery _The Shadow_, starring Orson Welles, "brought to you by Blue Coal[sup]tm[/sup], America’s _finest_ Anthracite."** Really? I’ll have to see if I can find a .wav of that ad on the web. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/107 "2002-07-20T17:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gartog \* > **Anthracite I can only a imagine a figure silhouetted in front of a window. Being lit by the glow of a computer screen.** As long as no little red laser dot comes through my window at my silhouette, we’re cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SatyrDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@SatyrDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SatyrDave)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/108 "2002-07-20T18:46:24Z")
I do not post enough for you to recognize my name, but I would like to know what you think. SatyrDave ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Darren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Double\_Darren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Darren)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/109 "2002-07-21T13:01:20Z")
**Guinastasia** makes me think of a Russian dancer, something like ballet. But everyone knows what ballet dancers are like. **Anthracite** puts visions of miners wearing lights in my head. But as far as the image of the poster, I see an old elementary school teacher. **Flamsterette\_X** makes me see a clubbing addicted blonde. **Cartooniverse** is a cartoonist living in Japan. **Big Kahuna Burger** is a manager of one of those trendy restaurants that think if they serve some new fangled kind of burger it’ll put them ahead of the others. **Pepsigirl** I see as a little cutie chick working in an open office at Pepsi’s headquarters. She’s blonde and drives an SUV because she likes to camp out when she’s off work and needs the room to transport all her stuff. **The Wrong Girl** has dyed pink hair in streaks. She’s the girl from the Blink 182 song that he met at the Rock Show. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/110 "2002-07-21T15:26:54Z")
**SatyrDave** : I picture a goat-man from Greek mythology, but holding a beer can and wearing a fraternity T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/111 "2002-07-21T22:50:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Guinastasia makes me think of a Russian dancer, something like ballet. But everyone knows what ballet dancers are like. Is this good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Darren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Double\_Darren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Darren)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/112 "2002-07-21T23:12:52Z")
That’s up to you, sugar lips. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/113 "2002-07-21T23:23:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SatyrDave \* > \*\*I do not post enough for you to recognize my name, but I would like to know what you think. > > SatyrDave \*\* I picture you in a lineup between **FryDave** and **SonDave**. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/114 "2002-07-22T00:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Double Darren \* > **Flamsterette\_X makes me see a clubbing addicted blonde.** Sorry, dude: I’ve never been clubbing in my life. 😛 Neither have I ever dyed my hair blonde… I’ve seen that look before on Chinese people. In my opinion, it looks horrible. **Patricinus Scriblerus** makes me think of one of those old Roman patricians, scribbling down laws in his lawbook. Or, more likely, getting his slave to do it. (if the patricians weren’t the lawmakers, then never mind me… but this patrician looks like the Romans in the _Asterix and Obelix_ books) **Cartooniverse** makes me think of someone who is equally adept at cartooning and poetry. Heck, maybe he writes poetry about his cartoons! (or draws cartoons about the subject of his poetry) 😛 Now that I think of it, **Double Darren** makes me think of twins. That, or Doublemint chewing gum. Alternatively, the username makes me think of people named Darren that I know, or used to know. 🙂 Whenever I see **Hastur** ’s name, I think of the local Hasty Market Tempo on Broadway. That, or it makes me think of a business called the Hasty Mart. F\_X ---
**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 22, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/115 "2002-07-22T01:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Sorry, dude: I’ve never been clubbing in my life. What? You’ve never, ever, **ever** clubbed a baby seal? Not even once?? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049/116 "2002-07-22T08:19:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mephisto \* > **Already in Use:** Somebody sitting behind a computer, repeatedly trying to register at some board, and repeatedly getting a message that says the desired screen name is already in use. Exactly. After that happened a million times (even with some rather clever screennames, if I do say so myself), I figured it must have been a message from the gods. “Some board” being this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-usernames-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/119049.md?page=5)