# Your username? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893 "2001-07-02T00:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/121 "2001-08-23T23:26:01Z")
Kyle’s the first name, N is my middle initial (for Norman, my grandfather’s name). Back on the old unix email system in my early university days, I signed up for an account. The computer offered me four options, one of which was ‘kylen’ (all small case b/c of case-sensitivity issues). I tried to select it, but ended up choosing ‘knorman’ instead. All my friends prefered ‘kylen’ and the name stuck, especially in the on-line realm. ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/122 "2001-08-23T23:37:51Z")
A nickname a friend gave me. It’s a play off of my real name, Joel. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/123 "2001-08-24T02:29:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheNewbie \* > \*\*Do I even need to explain? \*\* And do I need to explain that now you’re stuck with it? 😉 Even when (if) you become an oldie. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/124 "2001-08-24T03:32:33Z")
I got “plankter” from an episode of “Bill Nye The Science Guy”. Singular form of plankton, the Teeming Billions of the oceans. This is my very first usename and it reminds me to be humble. (But then, one plankter in a million can grow into something **big** …) ---
**Author:** ![P\_G\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@P\_G\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P_G_B)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/125 "2001-08-24T03:53:43Z")
PGB is a code word my daughter thought up for when she wants me to look at a passing baby carriage. It stands for Pretty Good Baby. Since babies are my speciality, it seemed to be a good name. ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/126 "2001-08-24T07:30:45Z")
this thread broke out all the newbies… How cute! ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/127 "2001-08-24T12:36:19Z")
My ever-so-original name came from a late night listening to Rob Zombie. Never, ever, pick a name while doing this. I would change it, but my efforts so far have been worse than the original nick… so I’m pretty much stuck as **Living Dead Girl** forever. **Pesser:** Including yourself, I’m guessing? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/128 "2001-08-24T13:26:07Z")
I started out in June of 99 as vanillanice. Becasue my favorite song is ice Ice Baby, and vanilla nice sounded better than vanillamice etc. So i dropped the nice (after a bunch of other names also) ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/129 "2001-08-24T13:53:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lightnin’ \* > \*\*I was hit by lightning. Twice. > > And no, I didn’t get any damn superpowers. Radioactive spider, my ass. > > My friends stand far, far away from me during thunderstorms. \*\* \Whoa.\ Details? ---
**Author:** ![Themis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Themis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/130 "2001-08-24T15:52:50Z")
Well, nothing very imaginative behind my choice of handle. THEMIS is the blindfolded chick holding the scales of justice. I’m a lawyer (although not a chick), and when I was in lawschool there’s this long story (that will not be told) about how this girl came to be known as THEMIS. She and I used to be “close” and I took the name for this board. My sig comes from one of our best professors. While teaching us about the finer points of litigation procedure and contract law, he would start debates in class. Obviously, with anywhere between 30 and 80 wannabe lawyers in the class, those debates would get pretty heated (if not necessarily intelligent ;)). When some idealistic young mind expressed the tought that this or that “just is not fair”, the prof would point out that it wasn’t justice we were dealing with, just the law. Anyway, nice thread, its fun to learn a bit about the members, oldhands and newbies like me (although I’ve been lurking for quite some time). ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Spider\_John](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_John)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/131 "2001-08-24T18:05:57Z")
From a Jimmy Buffet Song, the Ballad of Spider John I thought I’d lost my blues, yes I thought I’d paid my dues I thought I’d found a life to suit my style But here I sit old Spider John the Robber Man Long, tall and handsome Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand, takin’ ransom That is all my story It’s been these thirty years since I took to the road To find my precious jewel one And if you see my Lilly, won’t you give her my regards Tell her old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/132 "2001-08-24T18:10:41Z")
I have three nieces and three nephews: Rivka and Ezra, David and Helen, and Tatiana and Alex. My name is Bill. I am UncleBill. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/133 "2001-08-24T18:13:57Z")
My favourite odour and favorite hot beverage. Mmmm… Also the name of my wee little pet rat. ---
**Author:** ![jellen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jellen92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellen92)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/134 "2001-08-24T18:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blueberry Buckle \* > \*\*My 8 month old daughter’s favorite babyfood is “Blueberry Buckle”. When my mother found this out, she busted laughing, because it was mine as a baby too–almost 30 years ago. So, hense the username “Blueberry Buckle”. \*\* Ok - that story is just precious!!! I am boring… my first name starts with a “J”, and my middle name is Ellen. 92 is the year I graduated highschool. Fun combo or what?? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/135 "2001-08-24T18:30:06Z")
Mine couldn’t be more boring. First name Pete, middle initial P, last name starts with P. Last name is also tough on the tongue for the uninitiated or those with strained tongue muscles, so a string of bosses starting calling me either P3, or pcubed. I keep saying that I should get a more exciting username, but can’t think of any good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893/136 "2001-08-24T18:43:20Z")
I lurked here for a long long time before I took a screen name. Once I decided I was really gonna sign up, I then had to try and think of something that I could remember and would be fairly witty too. I use Jane Doe a lot in other places but I knew that would be worth nuthin’ here. I meditated, sought out my spirirt guide and finally, after falling asleep in front of the TV one _drunken_ night, I woke up and said D’oh!. The rest, as they say is history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-username/70893.md?page=6)