# So what should I change my username to?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 20, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257 "2004-01-20T00:42:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/1 "2004-01-20T00:42:21Z")
I was thinking “Cult of Perspicacity”, but then it occurred to me that I’m really not all that bright.
So, we’re gonna have a day of suggestions, then a day of voting. May the best handle win 🙂
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/2 "2004-01-20T01:08:54Z")
\*\* Really Not All That Bright\*\* It says it all and gives everyone else a heads-up.
Or, along that vein:
**Box of Rocks**
**WiringIsNotUpToCode**
**ElevatorStopsHalfWayUp**
**Clueless ClogBoy**
**ThisSpaceForRent**
**DNAnotUpToCode**
If your first name were Hugh, then you could do \*\*Wandering Hugh \*\* ;j
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/3 "2004-01-20T02:28:27Z")
Re-name yourself–[ul]
[li]\*\*Pork, The Other Sex Meat[/li][li]Boo-Boo[/li][li]Llama Rustler[/li][li]Ee-Ai-EE-Ai-OH![/li][li]MOMMY?[/li][li]Electric Zookeeper[/li][/ul] \*\*
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/4 "2004-01-20T03:58:45Z")
You know… the names don’t have to revolve around my mental acuity (or lack thereof). That said, “ReallyNotAllThatBright” is definite frontrunner in my book.
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/5 "2004-01-20T12:23:25Z")
What are your hobbies,favorite animal, color, movies or music? That may help with picking a name.
Are you from Holland? Can we make fun of your heritage,in, of course, the nicest sense.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/6 "2004-01-20T12:38:35Z")
Oooh! Ask me! Ask me!
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/7 "2004-01-20T12:44:17Z")
Why the name change?
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/8 "2004-01-21T01:07:45Z")
Madcap Platypus
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/9 "2004-01-21T19:15:48Z")
So, what happened? **Dutchboy** said in the OP that there would be a day of nominations, a day of voting, then Shazam! a new name. There has been nothing since the nomination stage.
Are we waiting for a ruling from Katherine Harris?
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/10 "2004-01-21T19:47:44Z")
> [@World Eater](#):
>
> Why the name change?
Maybe **dutchboy208** has become a **dutchman208** …
Thus, I vote for **dutchman208**. That, or **scabby monkey**. Who doesn’t love a scabby monkey?
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/11 "2004-01-22T00:24:43Z")
**Dutchboy** has the flu and has been abed with a fever for two days. Tonight is the first time I’ve been able to sit upright long enough to use the computer.
Anyway- I refuse to be a scabby monkey. I’m a monkey with excellent skin.
I’m not Dutch, either… dutchboy is a nickname resulting from a freshman-year incident involving two six-packs and a gallon can of yellow Dutchboy brand house paint. I… er… drank it. Well, not the whole thing, but a mouthful. And yes, it was an accident.
Favorite movies are Office Space, the Shawshank Redemption, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
Favorite animals… hmmm. I suppose I’m fond of anything that won’t eat me or leave droppings somewhere I’ll step in them.
I listen to techno, trip-hop, and punk, mostly.
**Mangetout** , I already asked you. Read the OP. 😉
**World Eater** , I’m really just bored of this user name. I use it for AIM, its my e-mail, etc. etc.
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/12 "2004-01-22T00:39:54Z")
Well, if you want a nod to your illustrious past, you could be **Drinks Paint**. Barring that, maybe something that combines your interests? How about **Techno Space and Two Smoking Shawshank Punks, Hold the Droppings**? Clear and to the point.
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### Author:  [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/13 "2004-01-22T00:47:33Z")
**Lt. Postmaster**
Twice the fun, half the calories.
(My luck someone already has it and I ripped them off… but screw you if that was the case… I have a certain disease no one has diagnosed)
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### Author:  [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/14 "2004-01-22T00:51:27Z")
**Drinks Paint** gets my vote. I wonder how \*\*Eats\_Crayons[/] likes it
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### Author:  [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/15 "2004-01-22T00:53:08Z")
preview, preview, preview :smack:
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/16 "2004-01-22T04:49:21Z")
**Red Swingline Stapler** in honor of Milton.
\*\*The O Face \*\*
\*\*Not Enough Flash \*\*
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### Author:  [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/17 "2004-01-22T05:46:50Z")
ok…
1. Whothehellknows
2. Yellowbelly (get it, yellow paint…)
3. ScooterSkipper
4. ShotOfPaint
5. SizzleNuts
6. ZipperFish
7. YellowBollocks
8. DuctTapePants
9. IHateYellowPaint
10. Daftboy208
Stew on these, i’ll be back.
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/18 "2004-01-22T12:56:47Z")
> [@dutchboy208](#):
>
> So what should I change my username to?
Oh great! NOW I’m gonna have to alter my sig! 😉
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/19 "2004-01-22T13:06:16Z")
**Shirley** and **Bosda** - those were hilarious. Made my morning!
I vote for
**ReallyNotAllThatBright**
**Box of Rocks**
and of course…
**Pork, the other sex meat** (jeez, where do you come up with this stuff?)
In terms of new contributions, hmmmm - how about
**No Really - It Was an Accident**
**Need Help with Username**
and - to really stretch this and take a risk, I humbly offer:
**dutchboy209**
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-change-my-username-to/225257/20 "2004-01-23T00:17:36Z")
Okay… the big winner will be announced tomorrow, given the mild interest in giving me silly names 😉
I’m still leaning toward **ReallyNotAllThatBright** , although someone suggested **JustCallMeBlank** in an IM earlier and I like that one too…
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