# The dutchboy208 is dead; long live the me!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 3, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318 "2004-03-03T15:47:35Z")
**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: [March 3, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/1 "2004-03-03T15:47:35Z")
Yep, my name change finally went through. I’d actually changed my mind about it, thanks to all those of you who expressed touching “we like you as you are”-type sentiments in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235439&highlight=change+user) thread.
Still, I’m glad it happened. **dutchboy208** was getting a little musty, and the Febreze just wasn’t doing its job anymore.
Anyway… please update your ignore lists accordingly 😉
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/2 "2004-03-03T16:00:37Z")
You couldn’t think up anything _longer_?!? 😛
Sheesh, I have a difficult enough time keeping track of youse guys without the name chages… grrrrr
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/3 "2004-03-03T16:06:36Z")
Oh, and multiple love snaps to **TubaDiva** , even if she put spaces _hmph_ in the name.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/4 "2004-03-03T16:16:10Z")
Well, it’s certainly more descriptive than the old monniker. 😉 Are you actually Dutch and/or a boy, anyway?
Look forward to finding out how fitting the new name is in April!
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/5 "2004-03-03T16:18:35Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> You couldn’t think up anything _longer_?!? 😛
Oh come on, it isn’t that tough; this one doesn’t even have _numbers_.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/6 "2004-03-03T16:21:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Well, it’s certainly more descriptive than the old monniker. 😉 Are you actually Dutch and/or a boy, anyway?
> Look forward to finding out how fitting the new name is in April!
I’m not Dutch. I was named after the paint brand. There’s a thread out there somewhere with the whole story.
I’m male and 21 years old. I don’t know if that makes me a boy or not… I still have a copy of _Transformers: The Movie_, so I lean towards yes 😉
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/7 "2004-03-03T16:29:45Z")
I dunno… This name change doesn’t seem to be **Really All That Bright.**
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/8 "2004-03-03T17:01:16Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> I’m not Dutch. I was named after the paint brand. There’s a thread out there somewhere with the whole story.
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> I’m male and 21 years old. I don’t know if that makes me a boy or not… I still have a copy of _Transformers: The Movie_, so I lean towards yes 😉
My son got a new Transformer for his birthday and I have no idea how to get it to transform. I’ve followed the instruction but the third/fourth step just doesn’t work. Maybe I’ll bring it to the FloriDope and you can work it out.
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### Author:  [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/9 "2004-03-03T17:34:07Z")
Does this have anything to do with Rafael van der Vaart or Arjen Robben?
I like the Dutch Boys!
You think **TubaDiva** is going to let you change your username back to **Dutchboy208** after you realise you miss it?
And how does it feel to be a new man? Should we expect radical changes in posting style?
I actually meant to sign up as Useless G.I.T, you know… like Biggie, but I think I was drunk when I eventually signed up so I have to live with this.
Anyways, I believe a Mazel Tov! is in order - enjoy your new name.
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/10 "2004-03-03T17:41:46Z")
Yay!
I feel so proud that I helped name this youngin’!
And to answer for the less initiated, his former ego, Dutchboy, was for his gay porn days…no wait…that was **Coldfire** while the cat’s away…for a college incident involving drinking paint.
Enjoy your new name. It could carry you through the rest of your life.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/11 "2004-03-03T17:48:07Z")
I think I may pit **dutchboy208** , I bet he will be too pissweak to respond.
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/12 "2004-03-03T17:50:52Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> I don’t know if that makes me a boy or not… I still have a copy of _Transformers: The Movie_, so I lean towards yes 😉
Hey, at the very least that just saves you a seat in the Cool Kids’ Clubhouse (we all have that movie).
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/13 "2004-03-03T18:09:09Z")
I like it.
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### Author:  [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/14 "2004-03-03T19:37:47Z")
Congrats on the name change! No more false advertising as so-called Dutch.
In the future I’ll type R-E-A-L-L-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y for your new name.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/15 "2004-03-03T20:01:27Z")
hmmmph! I preferred **dutchboy20_9_** , but if you are **Really Not All That Bright** , who am I to disagree? 🙂
Congrats on the change.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/16 "2004-03-03T20:16:29Z")
> [@UselessGit](#):
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> Does this have anything to do with Rafael van der Vaart or Arjen Robben?
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> I like the Dutch Boys!
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> You think **TubaDiva** is going to let you change your username back to **Dutchboy208** after you realise you miss it?
> And how does it feel to be a new man? Should we expect radical changes in posting style?
>
> Anyways, I believe a Mazel Tov! is in order - enjoy your new name.
I haven’t regularly watched footy for such a long time that it could only have anything to do with Gullit and Van Basten…
Don’t expect changes in posting style: I’m still going to be heavy on the trite but mildly amusing one-liners, and light on anything of substance (although every now and then I have something useful to say).
_cracks a beer_ Geluch! (in honor of the old name)
Thanks heaps to those of you who contributed suggestions to the name-change thread: **Shirley, Bosda, Mangetout, Kat, AskNott, Giraffe, ZenShaSha, UnwrittenNocturne, buttonjockey308, Wordman, Kid Charlemagne, racer72, don’t ask, MaxtheVool, JayElle, twickster, Happy Lendervedder,** et al.
Thanks even more to **Ice Wolf** for convincing me not to switch to **HappyFuzzyGayRightsBunny** …
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### Author:  [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/17 "2004-03-03T22:10:51Z")
I will miss **dutchboy208** , but I am willing to get used to **Really Not All That Bright**. I am, however, going to shorten it to **RNATB**. Is that ok?
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/18 "2004-03-03T23:52:21Z")
> [@misstee](#):
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> I will miss **dutchboy208** , but I am willing to get used to **Really Not All That Bright**. I am, however, going to shorten it to **RNATB**. Is that ok?
If you’re gonna shorten it, just shorten it to **RNA**. Then people will think I know about biology or genetics or something, and respect me more.
Right?
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/19 "2004-03-04T19:25:19Z")
I’m going to have to keep reminding myself who you are! I bet it will take me a while to start recognising your new name.
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### Author:  [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dutchboy208-is-dead-long-live-the-me/232318/20 "2004-03-29T06:22:54Z")
Funny thing is, I missed this thread the first time.
Then I saw something RNATB posted, and thought to myself, what’s with the water out there in Florida? There can’t be TWO funny perverted guys out there!!?!
Well, maybe there can be, but the two I had in mind are one and the same. 😉
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