# What's a good name for me? I'm tired of bongel already. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994 "2000-09-04T19:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/1 "2000-09-04T19:33:34Z")
I want something I can use in the pit, but would be too suggestive or wild or shocking for the other forums. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/2 "2000-09-04T19:59:47Z")
I guess Satan is Pit-like. Drain Bead seems like it’s a pun on Brain Dead, which is zombie-like, at least. I could go with **Zombie-like** in a pinch, I spose. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/3 "2000-09-04T20:03:29Z")
Hmmn. Well, some ideas that seem to follow the SDMB could be: Capt\_Felch Mr\_Rant General\_Malaise Zentropic\_Force Little\_Miss\_Martyr Hegelrific Kantian\_Problem Out\_Of\_Focault WWJD But these are just some thoughts… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/4 "2000-09-04T20:14:59Z")
I like the looks of “Out\_Of\_Focault”. How is it pronounced? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/5 "2000-09-04T20:22:22Z")
How about **Fickle Fucker** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/6 "2000-09-04T20:24:22Z")
Wasn’t that a character on Laugh-In? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/7 "2000-09-04T20:25:58Z")
Sorry, **Fickle Finger**. Same idea, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/8 "2000-09-04T20:30:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bongel \* > \*\*I want something I can use in the pit, but would be too suggestive or wild or shocking for the other forums. > > \*\* Just one username per customer, please. It’s in the registration agreement. If you need to re-read the agreement, log out of the message board, then click on “register”, then read to your heart’s content. If we catch you using two (or more) names, we remove posting privileges for all of them. Sometimes we will re-instate privileges for ONE name. Lynn Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/9 "2000-09-04T20:33:25Z")
I can change my name, can’t I? I know I’ve seen references to that. Or isn’t it allowed any more? This name just seems wrong. It’s not funny at all. It’s like I’m at a party wearing my church clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/10 "2000-09-04T20:35:47Z")
Yes, you can change your name. However, we’ll only allow a certain number of changes, we don’t allow you to get a new name every month. If you want to change your name, email me or TubaDiva and tell us what you want your name changed to. We can go into the database and change it. It won’t affect your post count. Lynn Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/11 "2000-09-04T20:37:09Z")
**bongel** I’m sure you can change your name, what I think Lynn’s saying is not to have one name for the Pit and one name for the rest of the Boards. Once you decide to change your name, email the admins requesting what you want the name changed to and they will take care of the rest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/12 "2000-09-04T20:37:17Z")
I didn’t mean to imply there’s anything wrong with your name. Some people don’t like funny. It’s just I’d like something funny. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/13 "2000-09-04T20:38:10Z")
Damn simul-posting again. That’s twice today. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/14 "2000-09-04T20:39:04Z")
The above comment was for at Lynn, not you, as I suppose you guessed. Yes, that’s exaxctly what I paln to do, once iI find the right name. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/15 "2000-09-04T20:40:22Z")
Wow, the editor really ate me up that time. I guess I type faster than I proofread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/16 "2000-09-04T20:43:13Z")
Is “Focault” a real word? It sounds very familiar, but it’s not in my Funk& Wagnalls ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/17 "2000-09-04T20:48:36Z")
leg nob. That’s bongel backwards. Synonym for knee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/18 "2000-09-04T20:50:19Z")
…change your name. I went thru a similar situation a couple of months ago; seems that there was another, well-known poster who had the same name as I have but with a number attached. She complained; I thought about it and decided to let her go with it. The best advice I received was to let everyone know that I was now to be known as kiffa and not as %^$##. Please re-introduce yourself … thanks ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/19 "2000-09-04T21:26:12Z")
Focault is a last name. Michel Focault was a french philosopher. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994/20 "2000-09-04T22:07:23Z")
It is Foucault though. If you use this one, I would guess that some familiarity with Foucaltian theory would be useful. Personally it makes my brain hurt [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-name-for-me-im-tired-of-bongel-already/31994.md?page=2)