# where'd you get your handle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073 "2001-05-21T12:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/1 "2001-05-21T12:00:05Z")
everyone has a story behind their screen name, so where’d you get yours from? anyone who knows where mine comes from gets bonus points (not actually good for anything). or i’ll just break down and tell you (can’t do it now, that wouldn’t be mysterious enough) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/2 "2001-05-21T12:06:36Z")
Giovana Amati, the last woman to attempt to qualify a Formula One car, only to fail miserably - and to be replaced by a certain Damon Hill? Mine’s a Rush song. ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/3 "2001-05-21T12:09:05Z")
no, interesting, but no. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/4 "2001-05-21T12:26:43Z")
Mine is explained in my sig. And welcome. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Joyfulgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/5 "2001-05-21T12:34:56Z")
Coldfire, every time I see your SN I think of the Dean Koontz book. Now that I know it’s from a Rush song, I’m somewhat relieved. Less indicative of a psycho 😃 Amati, I have no clue. Literally. Mine’s from the Ani Difranco song of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/6 "2001-05-21T12:41:47Z")
alright, a clue. mine has nothing to do with my sig. what? - you want a useful clue? alright, my profile might help, but it’s not direct. this is fun! i feel an inflated sense of importance (doesn’t take much). ---
**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:** [May 21, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/7 "2001-05-21T12:46:48Z")
With the clue you just gave, I’d say it’s about a maker of violins. Mine’s a movie. [Yojimbo](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055630) ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/8 "2001-05-21T12:53:14Z")
ok, it’s over. not just any maker though, andrea amati. he was the first known maker, had a son, also a maker…line goes straight to stradivarius. thanks for playing. ok, come on, who else has a mystery? ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/9 "2001-05-21T13:03:15Z")
I love it when people who’ve known me for a while from the boards or chat say, “Oh… I just got it… Simetra… Artemis.” 🙂 Welcome to the SDMB, **Amati**. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/10 "2001-05-21T13:08:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > “Oh… I just got it… Simetra… Artemis.” \*\* AAAHHHH **now** I get it. :o ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/11 "2001-05-21T14:01:29Z")
Cumber is a character from a book called _Dragoncharm_. A book which no one has ever heard of before. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/12 "2001-05-21T14:02:25Z")
If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to have had the love and devotion of a good dog, then you’ll know how I got my screen name \. No big mystery there. Though Roman was a retired racing greyhound whose official racing name was Ragnar, after the character in Atlas Shrugged, which I found interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/13 "2001-05-21T14:12:35Z")
I sent in 20 Lucky Charms cereal boxtops and a quarter. They sent my handle back Fed Express. I’m so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/14 "2001-05-21T18:25:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\* > Mine’s a movie. \*\* It’s also a character from _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_. Usagi Yojimbo. In all honesty, that’s where I thought you’d picked it up. Mine is because I’m a superhero. I was gonna be Superman, but he has better lawyers than I do. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/15 "2001-05-21T18:39:55Z")
There’s a band called “My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult”, (or they were a band, I don’t keep up with them anymore) and it was kind of a dance-y, trash glamour band. There biggest hit was “Sex on Wheelz” that made it onto a couple of movie soundtracks. They were never ever a favorite of mine, but I kept going to concert after concert with my brother and husband who were big fans. So, there was a chick in the band named “Kitty KillDare”. I liked the sound of it; my first name is Katie, but I supect everyone must secretly think that I don’t know how to correctly spell “Kildare” as in “Kildare, Ireland”. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/16 "2001-05-21T19:32:36Z")
I saw one on a pump and just took it. Signed A vandal P.S. Sorry, Bob, I didn’t know you wanted to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/17 "2001-05-21T20:28:39Z")
Well, my mom wanted a name that started with “J” since my dad’s name is James, and my dad vetoed her first choice, which was “Joella” (thank God). . . . What? ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/18 "2001-05-21T21:25:38Z")
One of my very best friends introduced me to another message board with the words: “Please welcome my very good friend, **Soda** ”. My friend’s name? **Whiskey**. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/19 "2001-05-21T22:46:23Z")
Okay, I know I explained it before, but does anyone remember? If you do, you explain it for me.😃 ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/20 "2001-05-22T00:48:36Z")
I was listening to Blur’s Parklife CD when I signed up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073.md?page=2)