# Whose Doper name do you feel you need a little info on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238 "2016-04-27T03:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/81 "2016-04-30T23:18:21Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Mine is a reference to a character in the webcomic [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12), the guy in red. Who, in turn is a reference to the high casualty “Red Shirts” of Star Trek fame. Holy handgrenade of antioch! I’ve been reading SM for _years_ and never twigged that the name is red shirt spelled backwards until now. :smack: Gods I feel stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/82 "2016-04-30T23:47:58Z")
I hope no one has difficulty understanding mine, because I would rather not get twisted up in circles trying to explain it and the deal with everyone’s cold stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/83 "2016-05-01T00:16:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I hope no one has difficulty understanding mine, because I would rather not get twisted up in circles trying to explain it and the deal with everyone’s cold stairs. 😃 Love it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/84 "2016-05-01T00:43:02Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Mine is a reference to a character in the webcomic [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12), the guy in red. Who, in turn is a reference to the high casualty “Red Shirts” of Star Trek fame. Man, the nerd factor in that is exponentially high! 🙂 My username is a lame attempt at humor. Many people find foie gras production as morally corrupt, and when I joined here I was still in the restaurant business and foie gras was my favorite food, and I thought it would be fun to tweak the noses of the bleeding hearts that actually “care” about the ethical treatment of animals destined for slaughter, particularly “stupid birds”. My views have changed a lot since then, I am now moving into a “With the food options I have in this country, an animal shouldn’t have to die for me to eat” territory, although steak is still a weakness. Plus cows are stupid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/85 "2016-05-01T01:15:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I hope no one has difficulty understanding mine, because I would rather not get twisted up in circles trying to explain it and the deal with everyone’s cold stairs. I was hoping you would step up with an explanation. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/86 "2016-05-01T01:49:05Z")
**Scabpicker** has a pretty cool story behind his username in his profile. A little green with envy at the awesomeness of **Least Original User Name Ever**. > [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Anyone with Eddie or Edward in their name… > > I always assume it is an Iron Maiden reference (I know Eddie the Head is, but not sure on Eddie the Horrible) This Steve Harris fan isn’t referring to Maiden (nor VH nor Haskell), but, unfortunately, former Secretary of the Interior James Watt has instructed me not to divulge why, and so I won’t be going into that. (when he’s putting his fist up to your face and saying “yeah ya wanna see what the fuck’ll happen?” - you oblige) ok _complete_ and total off-the-rails hi-jack here but I gotta ask and know now, considering it’s been a week since this noob made this inquiry, and still no response from admin…(so tough farty beans for this non-sequitur)… …Am I sock-puppeting if I use a different username at the Giraffe website? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/87 "2016-05-01T02:24:55Z")
Soks apply to one forum: if you create two accounts with different names on one forum, usually in order to make it look like two people have the same opinion, that is a sok. You can create one account on as many different fora with as many different names each as you like and no one anywhere will give a leap. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/88 "2016-05-01T03:12:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I was hoping you would step up with an explanation. > mmm I don’t know which way is up with **eschereal.** ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/89 "2016-05-01T03:31:01Z")
My username is from an old video game called Hexen. Plus I couldn’t think of anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/90 "2016-05-01T03:59:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Soks apply to one forum: if you create two accounts with different names on one forum, usually in order to make it look like two people have the same opinion, that is a sok. You can create one account on as many different fora with as many different names each as you like and no one anywhere will give a leap. thanks. not sure what **Freezair SilverEye** means **Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist** gets a high bidder’s nod. Wondering if **buns3000** has to do with…aaaa I don’t think I’ll go there. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/91 "2016-05-01T11:23:39Z")
Just to clarify, for new Dopers: By “forum,” these guys mean “message board.” Here, we use “forum” to (also) mean “General Questions,” “Cafe Society,” etc. Obviously, using a different account/username for each of these SDMB forums is a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/92 "2016-05-01T12:00:07Z")
I mean it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/93 "2016-05-01T14:45:15Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I don’t know which way is up with **eschereal.** Agreed. He can be flighty. mmm ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/94 "2016-05-01T16:59:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Agreed. He can be flighty. > mmm But that is always transitional. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/95 "2016-05-01T17:48:50Z")
I always thought you had some sort of connection to Haus Esche that dated back to the Spanish siege of Coevorden ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/96 "2016-05-01T18:43:32Z")
Just pronounce it out loud, and you’ll figure it out. I assume. Just don’t say it out loud three times. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/97 "2016-05-01T19:07:01Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > I believe it’s from a SNL advertisement skit with Eddie Murphy for a fake cover album called “Buckwheat Sings Love” (that is, Buckwheat the Li’l Rascals character) > > There are a few clips, but one is “wookin pa nub in aww the wong paces, wookin pa nub” Here you go: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgFDv\_4oKsw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgFDv_4oKsw) ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/98 "2016-05-01T19:10:11Z")
> [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](#): > > Ah, it’s the Hittite spelling of Queen Puduhepa, one of the most interesting and influential rulers of the Hittite Empire (modern-day Turkey, ca. 13th century BCE). She was FANTASTIC. I was gonna post an excerpt of the actual letter from Puduhepa to Ramses II to illustrate this point, but anyone who could browbeat one of the most famous and powerful rulers of Egypt and actually get away with it is awesome in my book. > > I was studying Hittite at the time and it seemed like a good choice for a user name. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a poor choice for a user name because nobody can spell it or remember it. It would be easier to remember without the dashes, and would show up on an Internet search for the Hittite ruler. I had always guessed it was some joke on the periodic table, but Fluorine.Plutonium-??-Helium-Proactinium-Arsenic never made any sense either. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/99 "2016-05-01T19:16:44Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Am I sock-puppeting if I use a different username at the Giraffe website? Since that’s an entirely separate website, there would be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238/100 "2016-05-02T08:33:49Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I mean it. Anyone want a peanut? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238.md?page=6)