User names - why choose them?

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

EVERYONE:

Was thinking about this awhile back and I am bored tonight so I thought why not as you all.

Members and there user names. Alot of you use your real names or business name and alot use the name you do to refer to something.

I am BOAS_N_PYTHONS also known as Tony. Reason for my user name is my interest being boas and pythons and I collect both in my love for this hobby. Collection consists more of boas, but I do have select pythons as well.

Question for discussion is, how did you choose your user name for this forum?

Be great if all can give some input :D

Tony

[munchy]

the first kingsnake i ever got was named munchy (for obvious reasons,) and i lack creativity and imagination so i just picked that name... :)

[HeatherRose]

Mine is simply my name... I notice I get a lot of people calling me heatherrose on here like it's one word... my managers at work can't even get it right :p I guess it's too hard!

Oh well. It's my name, Heather Rose.

[darkscale]

mainly because my three favorite snake at the time i thought of it were black pine black rat and eastern indigo all of wich i somday would like to breed
steve

[zero&stich]

I just used my BP's names for a user name.

[DragnDrop]

I use DragnDrop on a computing forum. For some reason I had that name on the clipboard when I signed up here, and without even thinking, I pasted in when I registered. If I'd been wide awake at the time, I'd have been "1derfool" instead.

[munchy]

Originally posted by DragnDrop
"1derfool"
:D

[HumphreyBoagart]

I'll be impressed if anyone can tell me where mine originated.

[Asian Jon]

I chose my name because I am asian and my first name is Jon. Put those together and you get 'Asian Jon' lol.

[loveispretend]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
I'll be impressed if anyone can tell me where mine originated.

;) Nope, he was before my time.


My user name? Um... I suppose I am a bitter person.

[darkscale]

the simpsons

[Paleosuchus]

My user name is the latin for dwarf caimans. Being one of my main interests in this hobby is crocodilians.

[Topaz]

lol, i think ssnakess people generally lack creativity.. me included as Topaz is the name of one of my fav leos.

[HumphreyBoagart]

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! That was very impressive Darkscale. 6 minutes. I didn't think anyone would get it that fast. You must be a hardcore simpsons fan. I'll send your prize in the mail! : )

Topaz- I'll have to disagree with you, I think theres alot of creative people here. eg. "Asian Jon" LOL! : )

[JAdkins2451]

My name is the initial of my first name plus my last name and the last digits of my phone number.. The reason I picked it was it was my email address and I didnt think of any thing else at the time.. :cool:

HumphreyBoagart, I dont know where you got the name, but thats what we used to call people if the didnt puff puff pass;) .

[sapphire_moon]

well mine sapphire_moon, is because I LOVE the color of the semi precious stone sapphire, and moon, for religious reasons ;) lol

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Well,

CHRISANDBOIDS14

CHRIS = My name(I guess so people have a name to call me)
AND = For gramatical reasons
BOIDS = My favorite snakes are boids and they are what I keep, and I dint want to say, CHRISANDBOASANDPYTHONSANDANNACONAS cause that would be too long, lol.
14 = My favorite number, and the day of my birthday, March 14th(awsell as Einstein and Shakespear and 4 friends of mine, lol)

C.

[munchy]

Originally posted by JAdkins2451
thats what we used to call people if the didnt puff puff pass;) .

LOL quit bogartin that ish!!

[peterm15]

when i first got the net i was 13 ..peterm13 & peterm14 was taken so i used 15i use the same thing for all my sighnups.. its the only way ill remember

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

CHRIS:

I almost went that far to use a long name .... LOL :D

Tony

[JAdkins2451]

Originally posted by munchy
LOL quit bogartin that ish!!

Exactly... LOL:)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Hahaha No that's a Bogart. Not a Boagart. Bogart was my old roommates nickname for years for that exact reason!
Darkscale already got it, in record time I might add!

[munchy]

i guess im not as big of a simpsons fan as i though...

was it possibly the name of that big snake that ate milhouse?

[Invictus]

I've been using the name Invictus since before the Internet was in every single household.. Invictus is latin for 'unconquerable' or 'unvanquished'. My original inspiration for it came from my Scottish clan (Armstrong) motto "Invictus Maneo" - "I Remain Unvanquished". It is also something I draw upon for inspiration when times are tough.

[Jason Wakelin]

At work they call me CHEF. Here I am just another b**ch. I use my real name to keep up with my errors and keep myself honest.

Jason

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

KEN:

That is a good name, but now you got me picturing your in a Scotish quilt (sp), damn if I can even sleep tonight without giggling, joking :D

Tony

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by BOAS_N_PYTHONS
CHRIS:

I almost went that far to use a long name .... LOL :D

Tony

I think the caps is enough for us to handle. Now if we could do something about that avatar and signature, the world would be a calmer, seizure-less place.

-Matt

[Asian Jon]

Originally posted by Matt_K
I think the caps is enough for us to handle. Now if we could do something about that avatar and signature, the world would be a calmer, seizure-less place.

-Matt

*Ouch!:eek:

[Swampwalker]

cause I like field herping. I can be found at the side of the road up to my knees in a swamp with a camera in one hand and a flashlight in another at odd hours of the night.

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by Asian Jon
*Ouch!:eek:


LOL, I forgot the, ':)' Emoticon. ;)

-Matt

[HumphreyBoagart]

Munchy:
Nah in the episode that Lisa proves that Sideshow Bob rigged the election, she goes to the cemetary and realizes that half the people that voted were dead. She was so disappointed to find out that her dead pets Snowball 2 and Humphrey Boagart had voted for him too.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

HB:

Ahhh now I understand, I remember that episode.

Thanks for clarifying.

Tony

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Munchy:
Nah in the episode that Lisa proves that Sideshow Bob rigged the election, she goes to the cemetary and realizes that half the people that voted were dead. She was so disappointed to find out that her dead pets Snowball 2 and Humphrey Boagart had voted for him too.

oooooooooooookay lol i remember that now...

dont have the best memory, u know.:D

[latazyo]

latazyo is a nickname my little brother gave me about 10 years ago, it is also my license plate

[HumphreyBoagart]

Latazyo: Gotta ask ya man: Does everyone down there in Fargo really talk with that annoying accent as portrayed in the movie Fargo?
It woulda been a half decent movie if they lost that irritating accent.

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Latazyo: Gotta ask ya man: Does everyone down there in Fargo really talk with that annoying accent as portrayed in the movie Fargo?
It woulda been a half decent movie if they lost that irritating accent.
lol for some reason everyone i talk to from the states seem to think that all of us canadians talk like that.
i always ask "are you maybe thinking of fargo?"

[HeatherRose]

Haha...I saw a commerical for an ep of Corner Gas yesterday and thought "Oh man, we don't sound like that do we" :S LOL

[HumphreyBoagart]

I lived in north carolina for a while and they would get me to say certain words and would just die laughing. Eg. I would say "about" and they would hear "aboot"! But what do they know, they thought I was from Canadia! LOL!

[Slannesh]

got mine from a miniature wargame I used to play called "Space marines" but on a lot of places early on the proper spelling "Slaanesh" was taken so I changed it slightly to "Slannesh" and the rest is pretty much history :) I've had others in the past but this is the longest running one, I've been using it for probably 10 years or so now.

[Senator Gracken]

mine stems from an episode of an evil cat my friend had, its what they originally wanted to call it... long story short the night i signed up to a forum we were talking about the cat and have used the name ever since, about 7 years :D

[greenman1867]

Well, along the same lines as Sapphire Moon, I chose Greenman for it's meaning, and 1867 (Year of Confederation) because I am a proud Canadian Army Guy.

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[Showboat]

Mine is what I do for a living.

[Double J]

My handle.... it actually arose from the first time I posted on queensnake. I sat in front of the computer for about an hour, and could not think of anything interesting or witty for my net handle. At that point, I simply became frustrated and thought about who my favorite old WWF wrestlers were. I had it narrowed down to Martel (as in Rick Martel), DiBiase (as in Ted DiBiase, the million dollar man), or Double J (as in Jeff Jarrett). It was truly sad that it came to that point... naming myself after a wrestler... but I had to come up with something, so I decided on Double J. When I came here (and to the other forums I frequent), I kept it the same to keep things simple, and so that other members who also post on these forums would realize that I am the same guy.

In hindsight, wish I had of thought of some sort of Tolkien reference. Oh well.

[AstroZombie]

It's a really really bad sci-fi movie from 1969....but it has zombies in it :D . It's also an old Misfits song from Walk Among Us.

:skull: Jenn:skull:

[adamofsound]

adam is my first name, and sound refers to a double meaning one of my other (as in not herp related) interests. I am a big music appreciator and (very) amateur musician.
the other reference is to my hometown, Owen Sound Ontario, on Georgian Bay. I like the old english way of naming people by where they are from, so its kinda like a Knight, Adam of Sound.
its also the same internet handle I use everywhere, email, other sites. I like consistency.
cool thread tony!

[varanus69]

i picked mine years ago when the internet first came out..I was opening a hotmail account and wanted a decent name.. I came up with varanus69 cuz i love monitors ( varanus) and well what can i say i was a kid and 69 was my favorite number..........:) still is...I also have another user name on hear that is GNExotics which is the name i use for the reptile business i am working on but i just never got in the habbit of using it, been using varannus69 way to long. Maybe its time for me to shed my old skin and start new again.lol

[ChokeOnSmoke]

About 5 or 6 years ago I was making a hotmail account.. needed a name so I picked it. Ever since, I've used it whenever I need a name. No real reason... it rhymes and I've choked on smoke on several occasions I guess.
Humphrey Bogart was a famous old actor as well. I think he was in Casablanca.

[Andy_G]

Andy_G=Andy Gravestone...so my name. :)

[hudson]

My name, which is Kate was all ready taken when I signed up, so I used my daughter's name.

[clint545]

Just my name and the # hotmail gave me. nothing too exciting

clint

[Woodpusher]

Choose mine due to my love of pushing wood. (Skateboarding)

My appologies for the lack of interesting story behind my name...

[Slipknot]

One of my favorite bands....I'm not very creative either. :rolleyes:

[mykee]

Mykee came about when I got my very first e-mail account back in '97. My name is Michael, but ever since I could remember people have been calling me Mikey. Of course Mikey was taken, unless I wanted Mikey3489676439850475690346789678956546626, so having been taugh Phonetics in school (old school stuff) I s-o-u-n-d-e-d out my name and went with Mykee.

[Invictus]

Why not 'My Key' then? :D

[HumphreyBoagart]

You're hilarious mykee!

ChokeOnSmoke: Yeah I know Humphrey Bogart was an actor, but that's not my name. It's Humphrey BOA-gart! There's a big difference! LOL : )

[doenoe]

Nothing overthought here neither. Just put a couple off drunk guys in the same room and start talking in a dialect you just made up yourself....................then the name Daan becomes Doenoe..............yes i know, its sad :p
Greetz Daan

[mykee]

Ken, "My Key" just sounds stupid...

[HumphreyBoagart]

I thought it was "doenoe" as in "don't know!"

LOL you're too much mykee or should I say my key!

[nita]

just my name.

[Nicky]

Nicky was my first snake and I named him after my cousin Nick, who taught me how to handle wild snakes and took me field herping when I was younger, If it wasn't for him I'd never of gotten into the hobby ( what a scary thought).
Kayla

[wizbit13]

Have no idea where the hell mine came from. Something I have been using for years but I cant remember why I chose it. Maybe I was drunk or something!!

Adam

[Cruciform]

i picked mine years ago when the internet first came out...

I almost peed myself when I read that. :)

Funny thing is, it's ironic because the first node of DARPAnet (what is now the internet) came online in September 1969.

[ydnic]

LOL - I laffed at that too cruciform!

mine is simple - its my name backwards

I also picked mine years ago when the internet first came out - although this was '95 at my house and since a grade skool project we did some of my friends called me that - it seemed to fit. Its funny how many people don`t get it, and ask what it means - lol

[doenoe]

I thought it was "doenoe" as in "don't know!"

hehe yeah i heard that alot when i was in canada, but actually it isnt pronounced like that. Its Dutch, so the oe sounds like your oo (like cool)

[HeatherRose]

LOL you and your craazy backwards Dutch names Daan :P

I couldn't even learn how to pronounce your real name when you were here...it came out 'Daaaawwwwhhhhnnnnn'.

[beanersmysav]

because Beaners My Sav :-d

[beanersmysav]

because Beaners My Sav :-d

[Jeff Hathaway]

Obviously, it's my name. Lots of people know it already, so why bother inventing something else?

Top marks to Ken for creativity, though...

Jeff Hathaway
Sciensational Sssnakes!!

[Siretsap]

well mine is my last name backwards.

[concept3]

I have used concept03 for every internet name I have ever had. It all started with command and conquer Tiberian Sun, which I still play today.

[Manitoban Herps]

Because I live in Manitoba and have Herps, I wanted it to be Manitoban Reptiles but that was to large. And my username was promised to be unbanned but never was....

[Tim and Julie B]

Do I even need to explain.............:D

[darkscale]

humph: yoo hooo what do i win:)j/k
i actually forgot what the episode was about, but knew it was one of lisa pets

[dave68]

mine's pretty boring as well-dave being my name and 68 the year I was born=dave68-see pretty boring

[HumphreyBoagart]

Doenoe:
So it's actually pronounced Dewnew?

Darkscale:
It's in the mail!

[doenoe]

hehehe it sounded really sweet when you pronounced it heather ;)
Dewnew? no no no, if you only take the oo sound, from cool. Then place a D in front of it. So i think i should type doonoo if you want to pronounce it corectly :)
Greetz Daan

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

DOENOE:

LOL, I thought it was more like this "do-u-no" say it fast enough and it could sound like Doenoe :D

Oh well I tried ;)

Tony

[ATBlover]

LOL...mine is because i like ATB's so much and also because my real name was taken!...AHAHAHAHHA:D

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

EVERYONE:

Thank you all for replies, good to see you all enter this thread.

Tony

[Iceman]

Well I might as well post here too :D

My name ICEMAN, I got from high school.

I used to go outside to have a cigarette on recess in the winter with no coat on, just in a t-shirt.

so people started calling me iceman, like everywhere. so eventually so many people were calling me iceman I got it tattoo'd on the back of my neck, it was my second tattoo.

and thats the tale of how i got the name iceman ;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Doenoe:
Dewnew and Doonoo are pronounced the same in English! LOL

[doenoe]

well, not in my book :)
But thats because i got dutch books and all :p

[Artemis]

Artemis is the greek goddess of the hunt. FOr some reason, a lot of people think im a dude, but im not. I picked my name because my handles in almost every forum are from greek mythlogy. I enjoy my anonimity and Artemis works for me ;)

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

How many people can decipher the meaning of my name? It is rather obvious and I am sure many of you already know.

Aidan.

[noahspets]

Actually I don't think dewnew and doonoo are pronounced the same. dewdew is kind of pronounced like d...u (only if you say it really fast) and doo doo is pronounced like do do as in dog doo.

[Removed_2815]

Originally posted by SaIiLdVaEnR
How many people can decipher the meaning of my name? It is rather obvious and I am sure many of you already know.

Aidan.

Aidan Silver

[Artemis]

Curses RM you beat me too it! As for the meaning, either your last name is actually silver, or you are generationally hip and wouldnt be caught dead in yellow gold jewelry ;)

Artemis

[CamHanna]

I always thought it was SILVER aidan...

[Removed_2815]

Ha ha. I have no idea, just guessing. Silver Aidan sounds kinda cool though...
Ryan

[meatbeef]

Meatbeef..

Well, I was smoking a bunch of doobers with some buddies and in a spark of call downs and insults, I muttered "You ****ing uh, umm, MEATBEEF!" to one of my buddies. It got quite the laugh in our messed up state, so it stuck. I use it for everything now, emails, chats, blah blah blah.

[mcfreshdeli]

Mcfreshdeli. If I were an old school hip hop dude that would be my street name. Actually comes from a pair of pants that I had that instead of zipper pockets they had wierd zip-lock style things. I always said I could store fresh deli meats in them.

[snakelover111]

i think everyone can figure out why i picked snakelover to be my username. :)

[Asian Jon]

Originally posted by snakelover111
i think everyone can figure out why i picked snakelover to be my username. :)

I don't have a clue ;)...
Hahaha nice avatar.

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

:P Close enough. It is Silver Aidan. Silver is my online alias and has been for the past 5 years, so it stuck with me. And yes, I dislike gold :P

[Nicki]

Hmmmmm, I'm just not all that creative. It's my name! :)

Nicki

[CamHanna]

Nicki, I could say the same of myself.

[Golden_Lotus]

My nick came from my favorite snake, a dumeril's boa called Lotus. Lotus because the pattern looked like the stylised lotus flower on the Shogun emblem (ancien japanese dynasty). Lotus was already taken in this forum, so I added the color of the symbol. It became Golden_Lotus.

[Raindog]

Most of the more emphatic Waits fans are deemed raindogs and well, there you go.