Thanks! It’s the title character from Sybly Whyte’s classic novel! Here’s a quote!
Qadgop the Mercotan slithered flatly around the after-bulge of the
tranship. One claw dug into the meters-thick armor of pure neutronium,
then another. Its terrible xmex-like snout locked on. Its zymolosely
polydactyl tongue crunched out, crashed down, rasped across. Slurp!
Slurp! At each abrasive stroke the groove in the tranship’s plating
deepened and Qadgop leered more fiercely. Fools! Did they think that
the airlessness of absolute space, the heatlessness of absolute zero,
the yieldlessness of absolute neutronium could stop QADGOP THE
MERCOTAN? And the stowaway, that human wench Cynthia, cowering in
helpless terror just beyond this thin and fragile wall…
I literally read that section of that book last night, Qadgop. Laughed out loud.
And, javaman, it’s from E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman series, in which our hero, Kim Kinnison, poses as an intrepid sci-fi writer, Sylby Whyte - actually a well-established cover identity used by the Galactic Patrol - so as to be able to infiltrate all aspects of a particular planet’s society. In order to maintain his cover, he actually writes a book, which, since it was written by our Grey Lensman hero, is, of course, widely hailed as Whyte’s best.
Look folks, the OP isn’t “Who’s got the most CLEVER screen name,” it’s the “COOLEST.” That pretty much leaves Coldfire and me, and Coldy is out of town.
thinksnow is what ski areas say when it’s suppose to be below freezing but is really in te low to mid 60’s (at least in the east. Coldfire - well the coldest flame is 100’s of degres higher that that. so we come around to K2 - the mountain has snow year round - and in general is very very cold and windy lets just say 0 F. I (Dave) OTOH am in my office and 70 F so if we average the 2 we get 35F which takes the crown.
Jesus H. Cristo, I’ve known you for a year and I never figured that out.
You know, MY first choice was The Countess Cathleen, which is a drama alluded to by William Butler Yeats in his late poem “The Circus Animals’ Desertion.”
But then I figured that, y’know, folks’d think I was a chick and stuff.
Damn, I thought mine was mildly clever
but then I saw PoopahChulupa* ; which just cracks me up for some reason, Cartooniverse, Jane D’oh! Rue DeDay
Sue Duhnym FireUnderpantsBoobs, Purd Werfect and tons more that I can’t think of right now
*(I refuse to do a search to see if I spelled that right for fear this board will slow down even more!)
I like… threebunnymama because it reminds me of something my own mommy would call herself wishbone, if only because I want to sing, “what’s the story, Wishbone?” like the TV theme (also, I have a Wishbone stuffed animal) Don’t Poke the Bear, Dad!
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Poopah Chalupah
Tequila Mockingbird