# Which board avatars do you like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351 "2021-05-18T07:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/201 "2021-05-27T15:57:55Z")
I recognized @mordecaiB’s avatar as a beer can right away. Then again, I recognize most of the avatars as beer. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/202 "2021-05-27T16:37:57Z")
Can someone please explain who is this “Dot” that @ZipperJJ so resembles? > [@k9bfriender](#): > > If your anus has a bagpipe, I suggest seeing a doctor. That was my best laugh all week. You totally win the thread. Thank you!! And delivered in that perfect deadpan you do so well. Bravo Good Sir! ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/203 "2021-05-27T16:38:26Z")
I dunno, until he told us, I thought **mordecaiB** ’s avatar was a small brain and its brainstem in a clear jar. From a distance, it’s hard to make out that small avatar as specifically being a beer can. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Can someone please explain who is this “Dot” that @ZipperJJ so resembles? [Dot Warner](https://animaniacs.fandom.com/wiki/Dot_Warner) from the cartoon series _Animaniacs_, which happens to be her avatar. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/204 "2021-05-27T16:41:06Z")
OTOH, ref @Jumpbass just above, The name makes me think of those big lake fish that fishermen are always pursuing on daytime TV in 75mph boats. But the avatar seems to be bits of a tuba and a viola. Or instruments not too far off those. Color me wrong-footed by all this. Unrelated to the above, I’m glad to see @Cardigan has shown up. I was going to nominate his(?) as another good one. And as one of the fairly few celeb pix I can recognize as a celeb without help. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/205 "2021-05-27T16:42:57Z")
I do have a wife, though, which I realize doesn’t help with sorting the two of us out. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/206 "2021-05-27T16:45:51Z")
> [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](#): > > [Dot Warner](https://animaniacs.fandom.com/wiki/Dot_Warner) from the cartoon series _Animaniacs_ , which happens to be her avatar. Thank you. Looks like I’ve got some YouTubing to do. I gotta say that confusing @susan’s and @solost’s avatar seems just about impossible to me. Maybe for someone Doping on a phone who’s also got poor eyes. But kinda surprising for anybody on a full-sized screen. One is so angular and sharp and black and the other is so smooth and curvy and green. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/207 "2021-05-27T16:50:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > OTOH, ref @Jumpbass just above, The name makes me think of those big lake fish that fishermen are always pursuing on daytime TV in 75mph boats. > > But the avatar seems to be bits of a tuba and a viola. Or instruments not too far off those. I assume that the stringed instrument is a [Double Bass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass). The Tuba is also a bass instrument. Ah, gotta love the English language, with two words spelled the same, but with completely different pronunciations and meanings. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/208 "2021-05-27T16:54:07Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I do have a wife, though, which I realize doesn’t help with sorting the two of us out. Haha fantastic!! I’ll just have to adjust my eyes to: 1. Read more than 1 letter of each user name 2. See more pixels in each avatar I got this! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/209 "2021-05-27T16:54:16Z")
I get the musical connection. And it would make more sense if the stringed instrument was a bass or double bass, but the proportions look wrong to non-expert me for that. Hence my claim of a viola. I don’t know of “jumpbass” or “jump bass” as a musical term. Though it might well be. I do know that bass fish jump a lot, especially on the line. I wonder whether they pronounce the “p” in the middle? From the musical avatar we can assume the “bass” part is pronounced like “base”. So we either get “jumm-BASE”, “JUMM-base” or maybe plain old “Jump Base”. As you say, English is … challenging. The only thing harder than learning it from birth is having to learn it as a second language. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/210 "2021-05-27T17:08:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I learn things on this board that I really don’t need to know But will never forget. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/211 "2021-05-27T19:09:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Thank you. Looks like I’ve got some YouTubing to do. Start with this clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lY2kC5fZG64/hqdefault.jpg "Animaniacs - Not so subtle joke - Finger Prints") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY2kC5fZG64) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/212 "2021-05-27T19:16:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > With no disrespect to our esteemed @mordecaiB, I figured it for some sort of jar of something too. Coulda been pickles, coulda been mayo, I had no specific idea. Only when he (or so he says 😉 ) called attention to it upthread did I look at the larger version and could read the label. Beer. Huh? Who knew? Man, I drew that myself. Eight years of art school down the drain! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’d forgotten @ExTank’s until I noticed a recent in another thread. He makes his point gently but _very_ insistently. I wouldn’t exactly call it subtle, but it is insistent. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > A few times I have mixed up the user @susan with the user @solost. Wow, you must have a great imagination. A bird, lots of rounded shapes vs a geometric image with no round shapes at all. You need to stop bogarting that pipe and pass it along to the rest of us. 🙂 > [@Jumpbass](#): > > Well, for the record, I knew it was a can of beer upon first glance. Don’t worry, your manly man rep is fine. Thank Crom! My self confidence couldn’t take another hit. @Cardigan has a great user name/avatar match up. Way better than just a sweater pic. > [@kayaker](#): > > I recognized @mordecaiB’s avatar as a beer can right away. Then again, I recognize most of the avatars as beer. Me too. Too bad it’s wishful thinking and I am often disappointed. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > If your anus has a bagpipe, I suggest seeing a doctor. And quickly, before someone decides to blow on the pipe stem. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But will never forget. Like the pimple thread. Never opened the thread, but I will never forget the title. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/213 "2021-05-27T21:55:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > OTOH, ref @Jumpbass just above, The name makes me think of those big lake fish that fishermen are always pursuing on daytime TV in 75mph boats. > > But the avatar seems to be bits of a tuba and a viola. Or instruments not too far off those. > > Color me wrong-footed by all this. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > I assume that the stringed instrument is a [Double Bass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass). The Tuba is also a bass instrument. Yup, it’s a double bass and a tuba. My main personal instruments, in fact. I play a lot of old style swing and dixieland. Sometimes that music is known as “jump swing” and “jump blues”. As in [“Jump Jive and Wail”](https://youtu.be/aJxoRIjyNlw). It’s not a super common term, but it’s around. The avatar was rotated 90 degrees in the board transfer. Dunno why. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/214 "2021-05-27T23:41:15Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Man, I drew that myself. Eight years of art school down the drain! You just have to adjust the proportions. Make the top part a little shallower and the bottom a part a little deeper. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/215 "2021-05-27T23:51:44Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I play a lot of old style swing and dixieland. Sometimes that music is known as “jump swing” and “jump blues”. As in [“Jump Jive and Wail”](https://youtu.be/aJxoRIjyNlw). It’s not a super common term, but it’s around. Cool. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/216 "2021-05-29T04:38:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Hmmm. The subject of my own avatar is associated with femininity. There’s no way to change it to show its masculine counterpart. To me, your name is sufficient. While women may also have flamboyant confidence, I associate that word more with well-dressed men. (And, yes, often gay men.) ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/217 "2021-05-29T23:48:07Z")
> **Animated Image** > > [Spanish What GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY](https://giphy.com/gifs/mfw-question-ask-cAEm5rSuuBEGY) Mine is a still frame from a gif. I think it’s cute! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/218 "2021-05-30T01:12:21Z")
I like mine. It’s a butterfly, the symbol for the thyroid, with a thyroid cancer ribbon in the colors pink, purple, and teal. Above that is the word Survivor, which I have been since diagnosed in 2015. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/219 "2021-05-30T03:59:29Z")
> [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](#): > > I dunno, until he told us, I thought **mordecaiB** ’s avatar was a small brain and its brainstem in a clear jar. Me, too! > [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > Mine is a still frame from a gif. I think it’s cute! It’s _very_ cute. I love that little head toss as he turns his head. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351/220 "2021-05-30T13:59:42Z")
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