Verbena This is why I thought you were a woman.
You a guy? No, No, NO! Yours is one of the few SDMB user names that evokes a clear picture for me. See, it’s like this:
You are lounging on a couch, wearing fine robes of silk.
Skillfully do you skin the orange.
With loving care do you split the orange’s sections apart.
Slowly, languidly, you take the hypodermic needle from beneath your robes and inject the arsenic solution into the orange sections.
Showing true love and devotion, you dutifully feed the injected orange slices, one at a time, to your guy…He who so appreciates your loving attentions.
Whatta’ vision!
Hang in there, Orange Skinner!
I always thought of Verbena as a female ever since I saw The Parent Trap. Verbena was the housekeeper played by Una Merkel.
If it helps any, 'Beast, I assumed you were a guy based on your posts.
I cause similar confusion from time to time (my handle is a bit gender-neutral, I suppose). Don’t let it get you down–there’s no need to change your name over it. Maybe you could add something to your sig about a slavering, hairy beast stalking the sleepy little town of Verbena? I don’t know, though–that might be too subtle. 
Verbena is also a kick-ass rock band. Made up of all guys.
But, uh, sorry, I assumed you were a girl as well.
I assume everyone’s a guy, regardless of their name, until I see a picture of them. Even then, it takes a bit to convince me otherwise. The Internet makes baby Jesus cry 
I am female, and I glory in the term “beast!” My former husband called me the AmyBeast, and I neither have nor will lose my fondness for the term (or for him, but that’s long ago and far away and, besides, the wench is alive 
).
So, you can just never tell…
For that matter I’m a girl and I’m here calling myself Black Beast. Of course I’m doing it in French which is a girly language :D.
I’m a guy too.
Hey, don’t feel bad, Verbenabeast . . . my brother’s (IRL) name was Garland. Boy, did he bawl when his kindergarten teacher told him what a garland was. 
He wanted to be named Bill Rogers.
Hey, if you do decide to change your username, there’s an option . . .
Garland? Boy, was your mom in a bad mood that day or what?
But verbenabeast <giggle> my bubba, a girl?
<snort>
:: rolls on the floor laughing and holding my sides :: bwa hahahahah
'beast is a mountain with hair. Really tall, chunky, and has far more facial hair than most people raised in Verbena.
Not.A.Girl.
I, on the other hand, am a girly-girl. I may be as big as a mountain but not nearly so tall. And my Hubby would not be happy if I turned out to have dangly bits.
Bubba? get a sig… Something like “The verbenabeast prowls around the darkened town, looking for his redneck girl prey” or something like that.
Girl. hehehehehehe
I’ve known that for some time now, although until several months ago I was under the impression you were one foul-mouthed, tough broad.
I just came in here to make sure Scarlett O’Hara’s mother had been mentioned, and she has been, so my work here is done.
a few quick notes…
to betenoir and AvhHines, as well as any other other lady beasts within earshot… my sincerest apologies and a heartfelt “How YOU doin’?” [size=1]kindred spirits and what-not[/size=1]
to Orange Skinner, Balance, DeVena[size=1]i think[/size=1], and John Carter of Mars, thanks for the votes of confidence… or man-recognition… or whatever…
to Orange Skinner, again… I ALWAYS thought you were a female… Don’t know why I assumed that. (heh heh)
The rest of ya… I harbour no ill will… I understand now. Not too many people get to experience the Wonders of Verbena, Alabama [size=1]tm[/size=1]… and therefore don’t understand the power and majesty of that particular name. I am working on a powerful and manly sig line to lay all doubt and confusion to rest.
and one of these days I will get the whole resizing text thing worked out…
There goes me a sig… I LIKE it!
Wasn’t Verbena the name of the dad’s housekeeper in The Parent Trap? (the one with Hayley Mills…)
I attribute it to the name (well, the first half, the part that counts) as ending in -a, which is a feminine ending. Not many men’s names (in the English language) end in -a, but a lot of girls’ do, so it’s natural to think female.
Sorry, guy. You need a more masculine name. One that conjures up images of bulging muscles, fast European sports cars, and dangling genitals. May I reccomend FabioLad? You could be my sidekick and we could roam the coutryside having adventures. There will be much danger and much women.
Consider my offer.
I never thought about it one way or the other.
I’ve also had people guess wrong on my gender, though.
I don’t really think about gender, usually.
For some reason, lost is the mists of time, by the time I was aware of Crankyassoldman as a poster, I knew that was a fem personality.
Verbena is a girls name.
I could run around all day saying John Wayne was really named Marion (or Francis or Lesie or whatever it was) all darn day, but Marian and Francis and Lesie would still be girlie names.
Just deal. Ain’t no big thing.