# So what did you call /your/ iPod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215 "2005-05-03T11:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/1 "2005-05-03T11:39:22Z")
Just initiating my new iPod Shuffle and it unexpectedly asks me to name it - who knew? So my mind jumps iPod - pod bay doors - 2001 - HAL! So it is officially HAL 9000, at least for the while. What did you call yours and why? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/2 "2005-05-03T13:43:19Z")
Mine is named “Runaround Sue” because I like old rock and roll, and, obviously, because it’s portable, so it “runs around”. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/3 "2005-05-03T14:08:21Z")
I thought long and hard about it and named mine “Slacker’s iPod.” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/4 "2005-05-03T14:12:39Z")
My first iPod was “My Fabulous iPod” and my 2nd iPod is “My Fabulous iPod2”. Bow down before my creative genius. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/5 "2005-05-03T14:26:58Z")
Ocd101.9. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/6 "2005-05-03T14:37:54Z")
I was rather surprised when it asked me to name my iPod during installation so I named it the first thing that came to mind. Since I had been watching “Seinfeld” not too long before I named it “Kramer”. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/7 "2005-05-03T14:45:01Z")
Mine is named Beezus. I got the name from the Ramona Quimby books. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/8 "2005-05-03T16:16:06Z")
Mine’s called Elgie. Because it’s little and green. OK, I sorta blanked. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/9 "2005-05-03T16:19:59Z")
I kept the ID it came with: JQ4191UKPNU, it seemed appropriate for the technological age ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/10 "2005-05-03T23:35:33Z")
Ok I renamed mine with a new secret identity. It is now: **Ron Mexico**. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/11 "2005-05-04T01:45:54Z")
**Grundypod** Only because the car stereo adapter for it insists that it have a name. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/12 "2005-05-04T02:32:57Z")
The Money Hungry Biacth 😛 It’s always wanting just another $0.99 . . . ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/13 "2005-05-04T04:50:45Z")
It’s a shared unit, populated with a disgusting quantity of my girlfriend’s broadway and torch-song pseudo jazz albums (OK, I’m becoming rather fond of the Patricia Barber) and an almost sufficient set of my own selection of acid rock, / hard rock / new age instrumental. Oh, and we mostly agree on the classical, although she’s got a nasty Mozart thing going and fails to sufficiently appreciate Vaughn-Williams and Holst. It’s **Our Pod**. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/14 "2005-05-04T08:08:30Z")
Mine is Bob ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/15 "2005-05-04T11:31:19Z")
I have a first generation iPod named Menchi (emergency rations!) and an iPod shuffle named Random Dent. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/16 "2005-05-04T11:54:06Z")
Heh. All four of my computers _and_ my iPod are named Hal. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/17 "2005-05-04T11:56:31Z")
PiePod ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/18 "2005-05-04T12:42:43Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > My first iPod was “My Fabulous iPod” and my 2nd iPod is “My Fabulous iPod2”. > > Bow down before my creative genius. Strangely, my first iPod was called ‘Oswald’s Lovely iPod’ and my current one is called ‘Oswald’s Lovely iPod II’. It’s a veritable swamp of creative juices where I’m sitting… (Following the theme, my computer’s called ‘Oswald’s Lovely Powerbook’, my phone’s called ‘Oswald’s Lovely Phone II’ and so on…) OB ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/19 "2005-05-04T13:55:39Z")
iGor. Could be worse, could be raining. 😃 > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > PiePod Good one! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215/20 "2005-05-04T16:19:28Z")
“Zoe” I tend to give my electronic devices girls’ names. For years I had a laptop named “Lolita”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-call-your-ipod/302215.md?page=2)