# What would you think of changing your screen name to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743 "2003-02-22T07:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/1 "2003-02-22T07:32:07Z")
Although I do not think that I will ever change my screen name, if I were joining now, I think that I would call myself **Magical Hambone Joe** after a minor character in my most favorite comic strip of all time Fluble. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/2 "2003-02-22T08:31:48Z")
Maybe Colonel Bleep, the archaic anime cartoon figure (or so I think). But that may confuse other dopers re: gender: [http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/6254/bleep\_main.html](http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/6254/bleep_main.html) “STAND BY FOR ADVENTURE!” ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/3 "2003-02-22T08:54:26Z")
Vigilante Cannibal Baker. But I’d screw up vanity searches for **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/4 "2003-02-22T10:16:44Z")
Spiderman The last Son of Krypton IronMan Notice a pattern? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/5 "2003-02-22T12:01:41Z")
**Me** - because it would _really_ screw up quoting anything I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/6 "2003-02-22T14:07:00Z")
\*\* Methinks \*\*. That’s what these Boards are all about. I wish I’d gone with \*\* seedy-green \*\* as an ebay name. Since I buy so many CDS and pay so much green for them. If I ever open a CD Store, that’s what I’ll call it. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/7 "2003-02-22T16:22:06Z")
Funny you should mention this. I was watching _Arsenic and Old Lace_ last night and remembering my mom telling me that she went into labor with me while watching it. Supposedly if I’d been born a boy my name would’ve been Mortimer. I told my mom that should’ve been my name ANYWAY and have been resenting the fact that it’s not ever since. So my name would be Mortimer Brewster and I would join CK Dexter Haven in the ranks of posters named after Cary Grant characters. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/8 "2003-02-22T16:26:03Z")
**What would you think of changing your screen name too?** Too **Pablitoo** , maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/9 "2003-02-22T17:52:42Z")
Actually, I sort of have. When I signed up over at Fathom recently, I took the screen name “Siege”. It’s a shorter form of CJ, my real life nickname, and, I’m told, it rather suits me. 😉 CJ ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/10 "2003-02-22T18:24:59Z")
I already changed my handle here twice. It used to be **cuautemhoc** , but then I realized it was spelled wrong, so I changed it, for some reason, to **rand 100** (I was learning Perl at the time). But then someone quite reasonably assumed that I was an Ayn Rand fan, and I couldn’t have people thinking that, so I changed it to the correct spelling of my original name, **cuauhtemoc**. But I would love to change my name to… . . . . . . . . . . . **Mr. M. P. Simms** But I think **TubaDiva** would want to kick my ass. What kind of a jackass changes his username three times anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/11 "2003-02-22T18:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > so I changed it, for some reason, to **rand 100** I remember, you screwed up my searches for Ayn Rand. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/12 "2003-02-22T20:05:49Z")
Madd Skillz ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/13 "2003-02-22T20:39:32Z")
I was just thinking about this today. My new username is from a New York Post article describing Charlie Sheen’s demeanor upon being brought to a hospital after some drug-related episode. It never fails to make me chuckle. It is, of course, the immortal **WildEyedAndScreaming**. I’m chuckling even now, as I preview. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/14 "2003-02-22T20:46:17Z")
Mrs Keanu Reeves … ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/15 "2003-02-22T21:47:44Z")
I’ve changed my name once already. I used to be Topaz Antares, but now I am Obsidian Flutterby. Lately I have been debating between just Flutterby or Heart of Tears which is the name I use elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/16 "2003-02-22T23:02:11Z")
Mebbe **Sarafina Pekkala**. Only I’m not a Wiccan. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/17 "2003-02-22T23:09:17Z")
Thinking about it, I quite like the sound of **Cecil’s Bastard Son**. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/18 "2003-02-22T23:10:02Z")
**Not Michael Ellis** ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/19 "2003-02-23T02:05:20Z")
**Dazzling Angel Dynamique** Always loved that name. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/20 "2003-02-23T03:30:02Z")
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