# The Great "Re-Name The Moderator" Contest! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291 "2001-01-10T05:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/61 "2001-01-10T17:10:47Z")
I vote for **Chicken of Bristol** as well. I can’t really think of anything better. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/62 "2001-01-10T17:13:38Z")
I’ll give up one of my old MUD names, if anyone else likes it… Ayemah Peppahr Just a thought. (There’s also Ayemah Louzerre and Ayemah Dhumasse…) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/63 "2001-01-10T17:20:36Z")
Uhm, I’m afraid I don’t get it. Is there some significance to this **Chicken of Bristol** thing about which I’m unfamiliar? Would someone please explain it to this moron? 'Cuz without some sort of “meaning”, I kindof think it’s, well, stupid. [sup][sub](Sorry evilbeth, honey)[/sub][/sup] My vote (unless I’m otherwise convinced by an explanation of the above), would be for only a _slight_ modification to your current name to **Slytherin**. Or if you’re going for something longer, **Salazar Slytherin**. You could perform some awesome moderator wizardry with a name like that! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/64 "2001-01-10T17:27:05Z")
**Chicken of Bristol** is pretty good, although it makes me think of **Cream of Wheat** , and **Milk of Magnesia** , both of which are pretty good too. How about **Monster Brains?** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/65 "2001-01-10T18:00:59Z")
well, I remember a **certain** mod, in his “where did your thread move” complaining about posters with long names and long thread titles… But I digress. why did you want it to change again? Wouldn’t changing your hairstyle be easier? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/66 "2001-01-10T19:01:28Z")
**TooLoose LaTrek** ; cynical, talented little squirt; had a nasty absinthe addiction, IRC but he was ::drumroll:: good with posters. Though **Chicken of Bristol** has a definite ring to it. Veb ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/67 "2001-01-10T19:11:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shayna \* > \*\*Uhm, I’m afraid I don’t get it. Is there some significance to this **Chicken of Bristol** thing about which I’m unfamiliar? Would someone please explain it to this moron? \*\* it’s a Monty Python reference… ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/68 "2001-01-10T19:11:50Z")
Though it would appear all the votes are for **Chicken of Bristol** , it is clear to me that the voters’ intent is actually **Goatlover**. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/69 "2001-01-10T19:40:20Z")
One more vote for \*\* Chicken of Bristol \*\*. Now maybe evilbeth will love me again. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Isabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Queen\_Isabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Isabella)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/70 "2001-01-10T19:52:40Z")
How about… **HotMonkeyLuv**? Or perhaps something involving Justin Timberlake? ---
**Author:** ![evilskippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@evilskippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilskippy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/71 "2001-01-10T19:57:59Z")
I have to go with **Chicken of Bristol** as well. and if you ever get arrested it will be better than “Hey, BunkBitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/72 "2001-01-10T19:58:20Z")
**Chicken of Bristol** is ok, but it lacks a certain something you want in a moderator. I thought dantheman’s suggestion of **Herpes** was pretty good, as well as BunnyGirl’s suggestion of **European Swallow** , but only because it sounds like an amateur porn movie. My true vote: **Scabby Monkey** I would also accept: **Poor Impulse Control** (Snow Crash reference) **Slythe: Unplugged** **Slythe: Unzipped** **Stanky** ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/73 "2001-01-10T20:00:56Z")
Well, i’m sure there’s some injoke here that i missed, but i dont care, i just love the thought of having the Chicken of Bristol mad at me for something… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/74 "2001-01-10T20:05:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*it’s a Monty Python reference… \*\* Aaah, ok. That explains why I don’t get it. And perhaps also why I don’t like it. Sorry. [sup][sub](Do I still get to keep that halo you gave me, evilbeth? :)[/sub][/sup]) My votes stand as: **Slytherin Salazar Slytherin Wizard of Slytherin** ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/75 "2001-01-10T20:10:02Z")
**Slythe** has an elegant, mysterious ring to it…but **Chicken of Bristol** is just so _cool_. ---
**Author:** ![evilskippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@evilskippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilskippy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/76 "2001-01-10T20:18:16Z")
I have to go with **Chicken of Bristol** as well. and if you ever get arrested it will be better than “Hey, BunkBitch!” ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/77 "2001-01-10T20:49:07Z")
Well, soon-to-be-ex-slythe I’ll also put my vote in for the famous channel fowl nick but with one tinsy amendment. Can you make it \*\*The Chicken of Briostol?\*\*Wouldn’t seem right if you were just any old chicken of Bristol ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/78 "2001-01-10T20:53:17Z")
Oh bugger it, that, of course, should be **The Chicken of Bristol**. Damm and blast … ---
**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/79 "2001-01-10T21:08:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saltire \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > > \*\*If **Chicken of Bristol** wins, someone else needs to change their name to **Brave Sir Robin** to nearly fight him. \*\* > > Or **Sir Robin, the not-quite-so-brave-as- Sir-Lancelot,** though that’s kind of long. And, of course, **Sir not Posting on this Board**. I’ll vote for **Chicken of Bristol**. (The reference, BTW, from Monty Python’s Holy Grail: > [@](#): > > ``` > The wise Sir Bedevere was the first to join King Arthur's Knights, but other illustrious names were soon to follow: Sir Launcelot the Brave, Sir Gallahad the Pure, and Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Launcelot, who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who had nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol, and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill, and the aptly named Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film. Together they formed a band whose names and deeds were to be retOld throughout the centuries: the Knights of the Round Table. > > ``` ) ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/80 "2001-01-10T21:49:40Z")
My first recommendation is you stay with **Slythe** , but capitalize it. It’s got a simple elegance to it. Alternatively, I recommend you change your name to **Six**. This accomplishes three things. 1. You keep your current initial. 2. You’d now be expected to queue up after me at all social functions. 3. Gratuitous [Blossom](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0101050) reference. Fun though it sounds, **Chicken of Bristol** just lacks the _gravitas_ I look for in my mods. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291.md?page=5)