# Who's this "Enola Gay"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597 "2008-11-01T17:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/21 "2008-11-03T14:37:30Z")
You always say that Argent, Gorsh. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/22 "2008-11-03T17:05:00Z")
Waiting for **Enola Bi** to chime in…😉 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/23 "2008-11-03T17:07:49Z")
Or **Ebola Gay**. Is having similar usernames much of an issue? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/24 "2008-11-03T17:10:17Z")
I took a double-take the first time I read one of **Enola Gay’s** posts. I can’t remember what it was, but I thought to myself, that doesn’t sound like something **Enola Straight** would say… oh! I see, now. Any takers for **Fat Woman,** and **Little Girl?** ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/25 "2008-11-03T17:11:40Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Or **Ebola Gay**. Is having similar usernames much of an issue? Well, if someone starts scratchin’ around here with the username **rgb** … and he/she’s smarter than me – I’m gonna start some shit! Although, I think there is a **cmkeller** … and even I have to do a double-take before I realize that’s not me. This rarely happens to me on the street. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/26 "2008-11-03T17:32:25Z")
I’ve recently taken note of **CalD** due to the similarity between our names. There are a couple other C names that, for some reason, I’ll momentarily think are me. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/27 "2008-11-03T17:37:22Z")
I left for a while, and when I came back, there was a **Lust4life** hanging round the hood. It would be a problem, but nobody knows who I am ☹ ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/28 "2008-11-04T00:42:21Z")
i anyone else wants to be a timbicile go for it ---
**Author:** ![fatnugly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@fatnugly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatnugly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/29 "2008-11-04T01:37:01Z")
You just got to pick a name no one else wants to get near. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/30 "2008-11-04T01:53:04Z")
Fortunately, there’s not much do to with my user name. “OsakaPlayer” or “TokyoWorker” just don’t have much of a ring. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/31 "2008-11-04T02:07:31Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I left for a while, and when I came back, there was a **Lust4life** hanging round the hood. > > It would be a problem, but nobody knows who I am ☹ Most fitting username ever? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/32 "2008-11-04T07:13:40Z")
When I changed my name to Nobody, I forgot that there’s a Nobody Special. Fortunately, I don’t think we’ve been confused for each other yet. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/33 "2008-11-04T14:00:31Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I took a double-take the first time I read one of **Enola Gay’s** posts. I can’t remember what it was, but I thought to myself, that doesn’t sound like something **Enola Straight** would say… It was probably one of those flamboyant posts where I was lisping. Enola Straight would never post anything like that. Seriously tho, what is this Enola Straight’s rep? I never knew he existed until he started this thread. And after reading how people get posters with similar names confused…now I’m all nervous. And bitter. Now I can never be referred to casually as Enola, but must forever go by my full formal name, Enola Gay.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/34 "2008-11-04T15:54:36Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > When I changed my name to Nobody, I forgot that there’s a Nobody Special. There’s also a **Noone Special**. I think there was even a **Nothing Special** at some point, but I believe he/she has been banned. > [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Seriously tho, what is this Enola Straight’s rep? I never knew he existed until he started this thread. And after reading how people get posters with similar names confused…now I’m all nervous. **Enola Straight** is fairly well-known. I never confused you with him, but the first time I saw your username, I wondered why you’d chosen one that was so similar to another one already in use. But you weren’t aware of his existence, and your usernames are still distinguishable, so it shouldn’t be a problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/35 "2008-11-04T17:22:29Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > There’s also a **Noone Special**. I think there was even a **Nothing Special** at some point, but I believe he/she has been banned. The SDMB is just full of nobody’s apparently. And none of us are special. 😃 > [@](#): > > **Enola Straight** is fairly well-known. I never confused you with him, but the first time I saw your username, I wondered why you’d chosen one that was so similar to another one already in use. But you weren’t aware of his existence, and your usernames are still distinguishable, so it shouldn’t be a problem. 🙂 Like somebody else said, even though Enola Straight has been on longer, I’ve only been aware of Enola Gay. Oh well, this is a big board. There’s room enough for the both of you.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/36 "2008-11-04T17:37:00Z")
Until this search autocomplete, I had no idea there was Gigi123 gigie gigilfish Gwendee and pendgwen I am aware of. –Gwendolen ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597/37 "2008-11-04T23:07:35Z")
Surprisingly enough, there isn’t a “ **gay man** ” posting here – but I’m sure someone will register with that name eventually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-enola-gay/470597.md?page=1)