# Whose user name do you envy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374 "2004-10-15T13:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/21 "2004-10-15T16:54:13Z")
I hate the ones that I need to go back to see how to spell it if I’m mentioning them in the post, and I don’t like them too long. ( **laianf** , this new guest **kyanthereieieia** , **Quagbog the Magic Man** , **Bossa Nova Tripod** , **Androgynous the Comic** ) I don’t like them too punny ( **Shirley Ujest** – she doesn’t know I secretly call her “Shirley Huge Chest”, or **Keapon Laffin** ) I don’t care for “real” names ( **roger\_thornhill** , **roland\_whatever** , **wesley\_clark** ). I prefer I know the gender. I prefer capitalization. I think that leaves me with **Eve**. I do like plain ones like mine, **lieu** , and **astro** , or ones I get a connection with like **twickster** the puzzle editor, or **ultrafilter** and **Mathocist** the math guys. Disclaimer: I’m really not putting down these user names. They’re just ones that I personally don’t care for, mainly because they’re a pain in the ass to retype. Most of these that I picked are ones you all like, and while I’m sure in most instances my opinion is superior to yours, I’ll defer in this case. The variety of user names is what makes the place just so darn rootin’ tootin’ special. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/22 "2004-10-15T16:56:42Z")
It’s not on this board, but on [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) there’s a gentleman that has **You\_Mean\_Im\_Gonna\_Stay\_This\_Color** as his username. I always thought that was a nice little reference. Inspired. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/23 "2004-10-15T17:01:09Z")
I like **Capybara** , **Torgo** and **Mrs. Drysdale**. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/24 "2004-10-15T17:01:57Z")
I hadn’t seen **Sofa King** , but that is, like, Sofa King Funny. 😃 **Bibliophage** , oh, and **C. K. Dexter Haven** , which I thought was a cool name even though I didn’t know where it came from for ages :smack: I’m not so keen on the geeky sci-fi/fantasy/manga-type names. I’m sure I miss plenty of jokes by not having a clue about that kind of stuff, but that’s just the way the molecularly-altered bio-nutrition disk crumbles, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/25 "2004-10-15T17:04:24Z")
Definitely **Qadqop the Mercotan**. I’m also partial to **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair** and **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/26 "2004-10-15T17:14:56Z")
**Flaming Monkey Balls with Boogers on Top**. What? That’s not a username? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/27 "2004-10-15T17:16:59Z")
I always like **go you big red fire engine** and I don’t know why. > [@](#): > > I do like plain ones like mine Guess mine fits in your category. yippee ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/28 "2004-10-15T18:30:22Z")
I’ve always liked the name that is \*\*666 \*\* spelled out in binary. I also like **Aldebaran** (sp?) because it sounds for all the world to me like a planet in Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/29 "2004-10-15T18:37:30Z")
I do not know if they are still with us but I always liked Purple Crack Whore and Spiny Norman ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/30 "2004-10-15T18:39:00Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I also like **Aldebaran** (sp?) because it sounds for all the world to me like a planet in Star Wars. Close - it’s part of the great bull. (I’m sayin’ nothing) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/31 "2004-10-15T18:39:36Z")
Probably because Aldebaran is the common name of Alpha Tauri, the brightest star in the Taurus constelletion. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/32 "2004-10-15T18:39:54Z")
> [@](#): > > I also like Aldebaran (sp?) because it sounds for all the world to me like a planet in Star Wars. That’s probably because it is in fact a star. From [here](http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/aldebaran.html). > [@](#): > > ALDEBARAN (Alpha Tauri). Aldebaran is by far the brightest, and therefore the Alpha, star of the constellation Taurus. The ancient name, from Arabic, means “the Follower,” as the star seems to follow the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, across the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/33 "2004-10-15T18:40:38Z")
Heh. Three simulposts. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/34 "2004-10-15T18:41:54Z")
A three way tie. The judges give it to **picker** with the site and quote. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/35 "2004-10-15T18:43:09Z")
Thank you, thank you all. First I’d like to thank the members of the Academy… what? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/36 "2004-10-15T18:44:01Z")
**picker** wins by a nose? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/37 "2004-10-15T18:46:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Bambi Hassenpfeffer**. The fact that the Doper in question is a guy makes it all the more delightful. A big burly guy no less. **Patty O’Furniture** makes me smile every time. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/38 "2004-10-15T18:51:38Z")
One I haven’t seen in a while, and I am not sure of the spelling. **Sue Duhnym** was always kinda perfect to my way of thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/39 "2004-10-15T18:52:42Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Ooops… make that **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor**. I think. Ahem. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/40 "2004-10-15T18:55:28Z")
I’ve always liked **Cunctator** because of my interest in military history, and **rowrrbazzle** because I’m a big comics fan. Also **Happy Scrappy Hero Pup** , which always makes me think of that scene from _Clerks_, and **Left Hand of Dorkness** because there’s just something about it that makes me smile. Oh, and **Moody Bastard** , which I think is great. On another board I once came across someone posting under the name **ISpitOnYourRockports** , which I still think is hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374.md?page=3)