# So, who should I ask for a name change now that \[b\]Tuba/b\] has stepped down? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228 "2015-07-26T12:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/21 "2015-07-26T20:38:42Z")
Two shakes of a lamb’s tail? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/22 "2015-07-28T16:02:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Two shakes of a lamb’s tail? Let’s not bring **Hal Briston** into it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/23 "2015-07-28T18:41:07Z")
Why\*\* Grrr!\*\*?😕 ---
**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:** [July 28, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/24 "2015-07-28T19:31:50Z")
Interesting… all the quoted bits still show **Shakes** as the author. I thought the only leftovers would be places where someone had manually typed in the name of the person they were quoting or replying to. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/25 "2015-07-28T19:39:48Z")
Quoted posts have always had the original name, ya noob. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/26 "2015-07-28T20:17:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why\*\* Grrr!\*\*?😕 I stole it from “Invader Zim” (A cartoon) I decided to give up Shakes because “Shakes” is a name I associate with my youth. (Shakes was a nick name given to me by my friends because I suffer from an essential tremor.) I’ll be turning 45 next month. They way I see it, I ain’t no spring chicken anymore, so I figured it was time for a name change. I guess you could call this my “Mid life board crisis”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/27 "2015-07-28T20:52:33Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I stole it from “Invader Zim” (A cartoon) > > I decided to give up Shakes because “Shakes” is a name I associate with my youth. (Shakes was a nick name given to me by my friends because I suffer from an essential tremor.) I’ll be turning 45 next month. They way I see it, I ain’t no spring chicken anymore, so I figured it was time for a name change. > > I guess you could call this my “Mid life board crisis”. 🙂 Oh, the irony of changing your name because it’s associated to your youth, yet your new name is from a cartoon. (a good one though). But I can’t blame ya. I’m 42 and still watch cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/28 "2015-07-28T21:34:54Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Oh, the irony of changing your name because it’s associated to your youth, yet your new name is from a cartoon. (a good one though). > > But I can’t blame ya. I’m 42 and still watch cartoons. Yeah, the irony is not lost on me either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/29 "2015-07-28T23:16:23Z")
I keep reading your new name as Grrrl, as in “riot grrrl” punk music. > [@Grrr](#): > > I stole it from “Invader Zim” (A cartoon) GIR? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/30 "2015-07-29T13:39:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I keep reading your new name as Grrrl, as in “riot grrrl” punk music. > > GIR? At least he’s not [Ignignokt](http://aqua-teen-hunger-force.wikia.com/wiki/Ignignokt). But you’re correct; the Invader Zim character is “[GIR](http://zim.wikia.com/wiki/GIR)”. In the spirit of charity, let’s assume **Grrr!** knows this, but is intentionally riffing on the character name, not attempting to use it literally (and getting it wrong. Because that would be embarrassing.). ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/31 "2015-07-30T15:50:27Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Oh, the irony of changing your name because it’s associated to your youth, yet your new name is from a cartoon. (a good one though). > > But I can’t blame ya. I’m 42 and still watch cartoons. Nothing wrong with this. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/32 "2015-07-30T15:56:46Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Shakes was a nick name given to me by my friends because I suffer from an essential tremor. 😕😕 Not due to your identification with that alcoholic clown? :smack: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/33 "2015-07-30T18:16:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > 😕😕 > > Not due to your identification with that alcoholic clown? > > :smack: > > ☹ I’m not ashamed to admit that is what I always thought of when I saw his name. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/34 "2015-07-30T19:41:39Z")
I associated the new name with the [Rolling Stones album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRRR!), although if Wiki is to believed the official title of that is in all caps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228.md?page=1)