Where's your forum name from? [Archive]

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 21:56

Okay here's one for you.

Aside from those people that use their real names for their forum nicks, whats the reason behind yours and why did you choose it?

I'll start with mine.

Darksaber.

Its the nickname I've used online since around 2002, its the title of a Star Wars book written by Kevin Anderson about a standalone Death Star laser (capable of destroying planets) that wasn't tied to space station, it was in a ship that was the shape of a lightsaber hilt.

The book isn't all that great, but I was playing Jedi Knight 2 at the time and that nick seemed ideal, it kinda stuck.

I'd have chosen Matt for my nickname here but theres 30 of them already and I decided it was probably too complicated.

So thats me, get explaining :p :geek:

IanC_UK

30-11-2006, 22:02

well.......

oh flip you said not those that use their real names !

sue

30-11-2006, 22:03

Not very good at coming up with original names and therefore hence mine, and it is easy to remember. It also means I might remember my name.

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 22:03

stop hijacking my threads and let those that have at least an ounce of imagination post :p

dod

30-11-2006, 22:08

dod is the Scottish abbreviation for George. My Granda was George = Dod
My dad was George = Little Dod

Where does that leave me :suspect:

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 22:12

Micro Dod

Warspite

30-11-2006, 22:12

Warspite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_%281913%29)

Mines a name chosen and used since I started playing online games like Doom I/II, Quake , Quake 2, etc about 12 years (on dialup:'( ). Sounded a little more original at the time;).

Reason for this choice is that aswell as Computers and Photography, Im also interested in modern military history so chosen in tribute to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_%281913%29) which served with distinction in both world wars.

So there you go, my secret is out (sad but there you have it):rules:

Real names Glyn :thumbs:

IanC_UK

30-11-2006, 22:13

even littler dod ?

Warspite

30-11-2006, 22:14

Micro Dod

I think you mean MiniDod ;)

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 22:14

When I was playing Doom and Quake I used matt ;)

Duke nukem was the first proper game i played over dialup with a mate, that was good fun.

Was too young to get into wireplay properly, my mum and dad would have never let me run up £600 in charges a month.

Warspite

30-11-2006, 22:16

Was too young to get into wireplay properly, my mum and dad would have never let me run up £600 in charges a month.

Yeah - that was me :lol: , alot of friends were never to be seen online again once those bills started rolling in :D

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 22:17

Thank god its gotten a little cheaper since then eh?

You still gaming at all?

Keltic Ice Man

30-11-2006, 22:18

Keltic Ice Man

well - Ice Man from my days playing for a pro hockey team, and Keltic well my gaelic is a bit rusty, but my roots lie in the hallowed land of the Celts. Many would say the Celts, but then it gets confusing because of Celtic FC

So why with a K well it looks loads better in old fonts :) and I have a company called Keltic Rose

So you asked...

Warspite

30-11-2006, 22:19

Nope, games dont really have the same atmosphere (how old does that sound:eek: ), occasionally get to play BF2 but not much else:)

matty

30-11-2006, 22:20

dod is the Scottish abbreviation for George. My Granda was George = Dod
My dad was George = Little Dod

Where does that leave me :suspect:

iDod...

my username is an fusion of words, blended together to create a unique and instantly recognisable name that will stick with you always...:geek:

...but on here its Matty :thumbs:

hope that clears that up
dave:thinking:

Liberalis

30-11-2006, 22:20

Liberalis : courteous, generous, gentlemanly in latin.

Used to chat a lot, and thought I was being clever and fancy!

Darryn

30-11-2006, 22:23

Darryn Reeder.... and I come from the UK

Boring but thats it.

I am also been known as...

SavageInTheUK (For when I used to race HPI Savage21s)
DocUK (When I used to participate in DC++ activities)
DreederOcUK (when DreederUK was already taken on XboxLive :thinking: )
SexySue (when I was posting on forums at the weekend)

Matt Charlton

30-11-2006, 22:24

LOL

Ally

30-11-2006, 22:25

Its just what everyone calls me, my real names in my sig ;)

Madpup

30-11-2006, 22:30

when i was young i bite the postman

GfK

30-11-2006, 22:33

I've had this name online for about 7 or 8 years now. It comes from Ghostface Killah - Wu Tang Clan.

oldgit

30-11-2006, 22:33

OldGit....

Well it all started out when I started playing online games such as Medal of Honour where I was either: A) Getting the C**P kicked out of me every 2 seconds or B) Getting the C**P kicked out of me every 10 seconds on a good day. By the time I'd learned enough of the curve so I was able to stay alive long enough to return the above favours it was apparent I was the oldest bloke playing.

Also fits my demeanor. :D
Like my sig says I was born old. The Grumpy old men arn't a patch on me when I'm in a prime mood.

namllihs

30-11-2006, 22:34

My forum name is that of a mythical norse hunter, and by coincidence is my name s hillman backwards.

Milestone

30-11-2006, 22:46

Milestone...

Just the name of my web design company.

Tony

mrgubby

30-11-2006, 22:50

When my son started toddling he spent three weeks bouncing of everything going "gub gub gub" and we ended up refering to him as MrGubby. When I went online it seemed as good a nickname as any .

So here I am 8 years later , still the only MrGubby I've seen :shrug: .

Ps. my sone plays online now but calls himself JasperTheHamster :cuckoo:

Dark Star

30-11-2006, 22:55

Dark Star is John Carpenter's first and finest film...recommended viewing!

And it sounds a touch enigmatic :suspect: - which I'm not :(

Venomator

30-11-2006, 22:58

Green ...

Obvious to those who know me ... really ... :p

:p

brummie

30-11-2006, 23:01

brummie - as i'm from brum :thumbs:

well.....i used to be :D

Jimmy_Lemon

30-11-2006, 23:37

Jimmy Lemon came about when I first went online back in 1994(ish) with a mate. We found a chat room and needed a username. He came up with Jimmy I came up with Lemon. Hence Jimmy Lemon was born. I kind of stole it. He was James Orange for a bit, but it didn't last.

Wow, just realised Jimmy Lemon is over 12 years old! thats a worry :(

I have only ever found one other Jimmy Lemon and he owned a refrigerated haulage company in the USA (somewhere) I have an email from him somewhere :D (though I did just find http://www.myspace.com/Jimmy_Lemon :( )

Oh yeah and my name has kind of evolved into Jimmy_Lemon as all forums etc wont accept a space :p

BBW

01-12-2006, 00:02

This is my old Quake 2 name that i used when I first started on the intaweb in about 1998. It stands for BigBadWolf, of course.

TheRedUn

01-12-2006, 00:08

It's what I called my first 'real' motorbike (25 years after the mopeds of my teens) its, err, red in colour - saying that, so's the 2nd one I bought a few months ago (coincidence, honest!). Also gave the name to my website... no particular reason why :shrug:

kamion

01-12-2006, 00:14

Kamion - used since 1997. Came from a minor character's name in one of David Eddings' books. :)

Later, I found it also meant 'truck' in Dutch. :P

Edit: Speaking of Quake and nicknames, I had a friend whose Quake nickname was "your mother". The messages that came out from the game whenever he killed someone or got killed by another player was hilarious!

"your mother just sucked on XXX's pineapples"
"XXX was blasted by your mother"

:D

Grendel

01-12-2006, 00:23

Catdaddy

01-12-2006, 01:26

dod is the Scottish abbreviation for George. My Granda was George = Dod
My dad was George = Little Dod

Where does that leave me :suspect:

They're ALL wrong...

Diddy Dod

Catdaddy - one of my guitar playing heroes is Stevie Ray Vaughan. He got called 'Catdaddy' by HIS hero - a bluesman called Albert King. So, in true musician style, I nicked it!

Nath

01-12-2006, 01:36

They're ALL wrong...

Diddy Dod

Catdaddy - one of my guitar playing heroes is Stevie Ray Vaughan. He got called 'Catdaddy' by HIS hero - a bluesman called Albert King. So, in true musician style, I nicked it!

I never knew that! SRV is my idol.

My name is Nath, hence my username :p

Matt Charlton

01-12-2006, 07:32

Rather interesting this thread, its nice to see where everyone got their inspiration from. A few gamers too which is always nice.

HIMUPNORTH

01-12-2006, 07:42

Rather interesting this thread, its nice to see where everyone got their inspiration from. A few gamers too which is always worrying. :p

As I am based near the arctic circle online people are nearly always south hence user name. Tried to use it for Flickr but someone had it :eek: so called myself upnorthme which I don't like. :shrug:

PaulBoy

01-12-2006, 07:48

Rather interesting this thread, its nice to see where everyone got their inspiration from. A few gamers too which is always nice.
... or ... Paul as its my first name & Boy as I'm a boy & its the first three letters of my Surname so PaulBoy which rolls off the tongue easier than ...
PaulFrancisPhilipPatrickBoyle hehe ... Paul :cuckoo:

Witch

01-12-2006, 08:29

Witch.........the Ipswich Witches (http://www.ipswich-witches.com) are the speedway team I support. As the bulk of my photography (during the summer, at least!) is at speedway, it seemed logical!

Matt Charlton

01-12-2006, 08:32

And I thought you were just skilled in the dark arts of magic.

Witch

01-12-2006, 08:35

Shhhh.......don't tell 'em the truth!!! ;)

Arkady

01-12-2006, 08:41

Dark Star is John Carpenter's first and finest film...recommended viewing!

Remembered more for Dan O'Bannon and John Carpenter's screenplay than for the film itself, though the inspired final shot of the crewman surfing into the planet's amosphere to the tune of 'Benson, Arizona' does tend to linger in the memory.
A precursor to Ridley Scott's 'Alien', for which O'Bannon wrote the original screenplay (and nearly got cut out of the loop on - watch the 'making of' docco on the new issue Alien DVD).

Arkady Renko was the Militia Investigator in the book Gorky Park. RKD also stands for Rob Knight Digital Photography...

Haven't we done all this before? And not all that long ago either...:thinking:

Matt Charlton

01-12-2006, 08:43

I dunno, I never saw a thread :(

Hacker

01-12-2006, 08:50

Arkady Renko was the Militia Investigator in the book Gorky Park.

I've just finished another book (Dogs Eat Wolves) by the same author with Arkady Renko in it, so I guessed that was where it came from. Strangely enough Arkady is the name of a character in The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum which I have just started reading. Two books in a row with an Arkady in them - yikes! :nono:

Mine comes from my golfing prowess - or lack thereof! :D

Witch

01-12-2006, 08:50

I had a vague (nothing unusual there!) feeling that there was a thread a while back that started talking about something else and then morphed into online ID's and the reason for them. Don't remember a specific thread though I must admit.

minimeeze

01-12-2006, 08:55

Yes, there was a thread some time ago about how we all got our usernames :p Lots of newbies since then though.

Minimeeze stems from when I used to own 2 siamese cats (otherwise known as 'meezers'). The oldest of the two was nicknamed Meeze, and the kitten was 'minimeeze', hence my username. Anywhere you see minimeeze on the net, it's probably me ;)

HIMUPNORTH

01-12-2006, 09:06

Haven't we done all this before? And not all that long ago either...:thinking:

Wasn't that avatars?

Venomator

01-12-2006, 09:10

Wasn't that avatars?

Nah ... it was def names ... but I couldn't find the thread to linky it ... :bonk:

:D

:p

neonpollen

01-12-2006, 10:50

Mine comes from a line in the Marillion song 'Bitter Sweet' (see below), this is the only place I use this nick, other places I am goosecreature (Monty Python), arsehicks (say it fast and it tells you what bike I ride) or just plain old andy. Oh and some online game nicks are smog, snotgobbler, zed and tgr, i get bored easily with names and keep changing them :)

Grendel

01-12-2006, 10:55

Mine comes from a line in the Marillion song 'Bitter Sweet'

Ah yes, from Misplaced Childhood! Glad to find another Marillion fan here :thumbs:

PaulBoy

01-12-2006, 11:00

The mist crawls from the canal
Like some primordial phantom of romance
To curl, under a cascade of ........
I wonder what Fish was on when he wrote that :thinking:
Paul ;)

IanC_UK

01-12-2006, 11:02

I wonder what Fish was on when he wrote that :thinking:
Paul ;)

A chair ? ;)

Venomator

01-12-2006, 11:16

All this talk of metal ... :suspect:

Koinkidinkerlly ... just done a quick Yahoo and came up with this ...

Back-up choir on ("Paranoid Schizophrenia") by;
MR.VENOMATOR, ARGHAMON and DAEMON,.,!!! "The choir of hungry metal wolves"!!!

Album = "Torment Rides Forever" by Sarcoma Inc ... never heard of them ... 'til now ... :D

On what seems to be a rather heavy metal musica site ... :eek:

Bugger ... knew I shoulda copyrighted it ... oh well ... :p

And NO ... that is not where I stole it ... :lol:

Honest ... :D

:p

h.r.ford

01-12-2006, 11:20

well in another life I was empressrenee. Which came from when I did tarot readings and the empress was my card. I thought that was a bit to juvinile so now I'm boring and use my real name.

Venomator

01-12-2006, 11:24

But juvenile is so kool ... just look at this forae ... :D

:p

Grendel

01-12-2006, 11:29

So come on Ven, I don't believe you've told us where Venomator comes from yet :p :D

Venomator

01-12-2006, 11:33

So come on Ven, I don't believe you've told us where Venomator comes from yet :p :D

NOT ... from "Torment Rides Forever" by Sarcoma Inc ... :D

:p

Joe T

01-12-2006, 12:53

Come on, tell us!

Big Ben

01-12-2006, 13:03

Mine is all in the name, Ben being my first name and i am 6ft4 and just about 20 stone so there's the Big.

HIMUPNORTH

01-12-2006, 13:09

... just done a quick Yahoo and came up with this ...

I just googled for me and found me on the "other side" (Pixalo). Christ it's like De ja vu.http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-013.gif How many of you guys are on multiple forums? How do you find the time!

Joe T

01-12-2006, 13:10

Mine is all in the name, Ben being my first name and i am 6ft4 and just about 20 stone so there's the Big.

Is that what you tell the ladies though??? ;)

HIMUPNORTH

01-12-2006, 13:12

Mine is all in the name, Ben being my first name and i am 6ft4 and just about 20 stone so there's the Big.

Tell the girls it for other reasons! :eek: :lol:

Edit: oops Joe was faster!

Joe T

01-12-2006, 13:13

Tell the girls it for other reasons! :eek: :lol:

Edit: oops Joe was faster!

:p

Venomator

01-12-2006, 13:15

Come on, tell us!

So persuasive and masterful Joe ... :razz:

Well ... :thinking:

We have a long-running reptilian interest ... and used to watch Venom ER when it first started on Animal Planet et al ... :eek:

... and I particularly find the colour and variety of the worlds venomous species fascinating ... and they really are superbly designed and adapted creatures :love:

Anyway ... I wanted a username/password a long time ago and went through the thought processes ... Venomer ... and all the permutations through to Venom Mate ... and it finally became what it is today and has been for many years now ... :D ... simple really ... :p

Thankfully ... it was fairly unique originally and I managed to get it in as a user name on almost all sites ... even Nikon UK ... ;)

Funny thing is I originally had it as my MSN user name and then completely forgot ... ended up having to re-register for one reason and another ... then it wouldn't let me have Venomator because it was already taken ... :bang:

Oh ... and we have kept (and do keep !) many different ... but non-venomous and equally fascinating species at home ... for quite a while now ... :nuts:

And another thing ... for some reason my favourite one is Green ... :p

HIMUPNORTH

01-12-2006, 13:23

I just googled for me and found me on the "other side" (Pixalo). Christ it's like De ja vu.http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-013.gif How many of you guys are on multiple forums? How do you find the time!

Sorry for the thread hijack but this is too much. Automation is posting flowers on that forum. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-040.gif

Jimmy_Lemon

01-12-2006, 13:25

OOO! Another forum to join :D

Thats one hell of a speedy mail server they have! Almost got the activation email before I clicked submit!

Hacker

01-12-2006, 13:31

We have a long-running reptilian interest ... and used to watch Venom ER when it first started on Animal Planet et al ... :eek:

... and I particularly find the colour and variety of the worlds venomous species fascinating ... and they really are superbly designed and adapted creatures :love:

Anyway ... I wanted a username/password a long time ago and went through the thought processes ... Venomer ... and all the permutations through to Venom Mate ... and it finally became what it is today and has been for many years now ... :D ... simple really ... :p

Thankfully ... it was fairly unique originally and I managed to get it in as a user name on almost all sites ... even Nikon UK ... ;)

Funny thing is I originally had it as my MSN user name and then completely forgot ... ended up having to re-register for one reason and another ... then it wouldn't let me have Venomator because it was already taken ... :bang:

Oh ... and we have kept (and do keep !) many different ... but non-venomous and equally fascinating species at home ... for quite a while now ...

Cobblers! 'Not a mover' is an anagram of Venomator, that's more like it!

:razz: :razz: :razz:

:p

Grendel

01-12-2006, 13:32

Sorry for the thread hijack but this is too much. Automation is posting flowers on that forum. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-040.gif

OH........MY.......GOD!!! :gag:

petemc

01-12-2006, 13:34

Mine was shamelessly stolen by my mate's timdp. I also go by cykey / cyk but I felt they were a bit too gamer for a photography forum so I wanted something a bit more mature. Crazy as that sounds with you folks :p

Venomator

01-12-2006, 13:46

Cobblers! 'Not a mover' is an anagram of Venomator, that's more like it!

Oh Bugger ... uncovered ... :eek: ... b'stard ... :D

:p

Venomator

01-12-2006, 13:49

Mine comes from my golfing prowess - or lack thereof! :D

Blox ... you hack into 'puters and steal decent pics all the time ... I seen all of 'em on here ... :suspect:

:razz:

:razz:

:razz:

:razz:

:D

:p

Venomator

01-12-2006, 13:51

bit too gamer for a photography forum so I wanted something a bit more mature. Crazy as that sounds with you folks :p

HeHe ... bet you are regretting that now ... :D

:p

Pink Fairy

01-12-2006, 13:56

Warspite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_%281913%29)

My uncle got blown up on that ship, he would've copped it if he had been a bit further away from the impact point of the shell.... as it was, he just had leg injuries.

I'm Pink Fairy after the obscure rock band the Pink Fairies (early 70's drug-fuelled free festival band)

Bubbs

01-12-2006, 13:58

Mine is curry related! The Indian restaurant I used to go to couldn't pronounce my name 'Beverley' and would always call me 'Babley' somehow it got shorten to 'Bubbs' and has kind of stuck :shrug:

hypnotic

01-12-2006, 21:09

Mine comes from my interest in hypnotism.

So be careful what you say to me ..... SLEEP!

Joe T

01-12-2006, 21:43

Mine comes from my interest in hypnotism.

So be careful what you say to me ..... SLEEP!

Hmm. I think its time for bed. its been a long week. See you all tomorrow. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

DRB

01-12-2006, 21:53

Evening all,

Someone asked where I got my username as it seems to have no relation to my real name!

Well, I have been known on the 'web' for the past 5/6 years by the same name but I decided it was about time I got myself a new username! This isn't a very happy tale but I'll keep it brief.

DRB are the initials of my late partner who sadly passed away in June 2005. He loved photography and since he's been gone I'm out there doing it for the both of us! So thats it...no relation to my real name (Natalya) but the most important initials in my life! :)

Cheers,

Natalya :)

whiteflyer

01-12-2006, 21:57

Had mine for a very long time, since the days of CD radio.

It came originally from when I competed in white water racing, I used to have a white buoyancy aid and a white top. The first time I got a top 3 place in a division A ranking event a friend kept calling my flyer. So white top and a flyer = Whiteflyer :lol:

Damn that must have be around 1980

Ross

01-12-2006, 22:02

Online gaming name and forum username for many years, all over the show

Venomator

01-12-2006, 22:08

Someone asked where I got my username as it seems to have no relation to my real name!

Oops ... :bang: ... sorry to hear that Natalya ... :( ... kinda makes me wish I hadn't asked ... :coat:

Hope I didn't upset you ... was not the intention ... ;)

We're mostly just naturally nosey here ... well I am anyway ... the others may pretend not to be ... :naughty:

Anyway ... :welcome: once again and sorry for the baptism of fire ... :nuts:

:p

DRB

01-12-2006, 22:18

Oops ... :bang: ... sorry to hear that Natalya ... :( ... kinda makes me wish I hadn't asked ... :coat:

Hope I didn't upset you ... was not the intention ... ;)

We're mostly just naturally nosey here ... well I am anyway ... the others may pretend not to be ... :naughty:

Anyway ... :welcome: once again and sorry for the baptism of fire ... :nuts:

:p

Its ok, you most definitely havent upset me! You can ask me anything just be prepared for an honest answer ;)

Grendel

01-12-2006, 23:36

He loved photography and since he's been gone I'm out there doing it for the both of us!
good on ya girl! :thumbs:

Rhodese

02-12-2006, 12:13

When I was a kid I had mates who had the same first name and my mother used to call me by my surname plus "E" hence "Rhodese" and its stuck, all my freinds and family have called me by it for almost 60 years now. God has it really been that long where's it gone can I have some back please, PLEASE.

mindcrime

02-12-2006, 12:39

Mine is taken from the superb Queensryche album of the 80's, Operation:Mindcrime. I loved the album and took part of the name; a bit boring really.

Grendel

02-12-2006, 12:53

Grendel is a monster from the tale of Beowulf.

Marillion told the story of Grendel as a 18 minute song on the b side to the 12" version of their 1st ever single in 1983. The song absolutely captured my imagination and I've used the name as an alias ever since!

I've just discovered that they're making a film based on the story! :D Looks like it could be quite good too - Robert Zemeckis directing, Anthont Hopkins and Anjelina Jolie staring :thumbs:

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

.

Braeden

02-12-2006, 13:11

Braeden was my online persona when I was a forum admin for neverwinter nights stratics, eagerly awaiting the release of the game of the same name so that I could play on the nwn stratics server.

Braeden also means "from the dark valley" so my sig there was "From the Dark Valley comes your destruction, and your salvation" with a rather neat image created for me by another forum user. I thought it was clever :)

The character I had created was based on a character called Baralis from JV Jones' Book of Words series - a dark magician dabbling in poison and directing chaos from behind the scenes.

On other forums I am known as Demrog, which is based on an old Ultima Online character I had that transformed into a D&D character and then a Dark Age of Camelot Character. I suspect I am known by more people as Demrog than know me by my real name :)

photostar_1

02-12-2006, 22:47

The Big Kahuna

02-12-2006, 23:07

Spent a lot of time in Hawaii and have a lot of friends there. They call me "The Big Kahuna" because of my love of the place and the fact that I support the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement (Go Bumpy !!).

Kahuna is Hawaiian for "priest" (more or less, is was the blokey who looked after the "kapu" laws...basically, the bloke who cut off your testicles for looking at the king in a funny way on a tuesday). Therefore, the BIG kahuna, is the top dude.

****** all to do with either:

a. the brand of watch (which I happen to own one of, but I collect watches anyway)
b. (and this REALLY ****es me off) "The Big Kahuna Burger"

b. is guaranteed to have me hunting you down and killing you if you ever use it in reference to me ;)

Anyroadup, that's me

Matt Charlton

02-12-2006, 23:24

mmmmmmmmmmm This is a tasty burger!

The Big Kahuna

02-12-2006, 23:57

I'll give you a 60 second head start, for old times sake

Then I'm coming....

h.r.ford

03-12-2006, 08:05

FIGHT!!!!

:popcorn:

Matt Charlton

03-12-2006, 09:43

I always thought it was a pulp fiction reference, now I know its not and I was always intruiged anyway - that was the whole point of this thread :)

Mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down?

;)

Hacker

03-12-2006, 10:26

http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/elsewhere/images/2003/oct1/kahuna.jpg

:razz: :razz: :razz:

Forbiddenbiker

03-12-2006, 11:01

Mine came from being forbidden from riding when ever a friend comes to stay...the last time she came over, I managed to have a bad crash on my bike a few days after she'd arrived, I was fine, just, but I had ripped all my leg tendons in my groin....needless to say, she spent the rest of her holiday looking after me, and was particularly frustrated at me being absolutely useless in bed. So, with a grin she'd say...you’re forbidden from ridding bikes whenever I come over. lol, what made it worse is all my mates new as well so they'd take the **** and say, no, no your a forbidden biker now, get on the back you pillion. :(

The reason the name stuck is because I was actually quite shocked at my stupid accident, I'd managed to ride into the back of a car at 70mph, flew straight over the top and landed on my face 50 ft down the road...and did the splits in the process apparently. :shrug:

It made me think... I ride like a complete fool, even after 25 years of riding... so I joined her and my family in reducing my risk by only ridding smaller bikes. So it should really read...Forbidden from riding when Elian comes over and from anything bigger than 400cc’s biker.

..So I went a bought a CBR400RR (I know :bang: )…not exactly slow…and it doesn’t really help to reduce my risk, but the username does remind me of my stupidness…and I do try to drive the van most of the time. :lol:

Joe T

03-12-2006, 11:07

me being absolutely useless in bed.

:eek: Did you mean to say that???? :lol:

Forbiddenbiker

03-12-2006, 11:37

:eek: Did you mean to say that???? :lol:

Indeed I did. :p

Not forgetting that my useless is probably on par with your best....with or without torn ligaments... what with you only having a few years practice and all that. ;) ;)

Joe T

03-12-2006, 11:39

You might be surprised!!! :p

Forbiddenbiker

03-12-2006, 11:48

You might be surprised!!! :p

I never want to find out thats for sure. :D

Joe T

03-12-2006, 11:49

:lol:

The Big Kahuna

03-12-2006, 17:55

My uncle got blown up on that ship, he would've copped it if he had been a bit further away from the impact point of the shell.... as it was, he just had leg injuries.

I'm Pink Fairy after the obscure rock band the Pink Fairies (early 70's drug-fuelled free festival band)

One of my nicknames used to be "Twink" due to my remarkable resemblance to the Pink Faries band member of the same name !

Just remember that that was about 25 years ago so I don't really look like him now :|

NaturalBritain

03-12-2006, 19:34

Mine is taken from the superb Queensryche album of the 80's, Operation:Mindcrime. I loved the album and took part of the name; a bit boring really.

Thus proving what fantastic taste you have in music!

Mine is my website name...in the past I have always used rocker666, if you see that anywhere online, chances are it's me. That's based around being a BIG fan of rock/metal

I just thought I ought to do something a bit more promotional this time lol

Cheers

Si

NaturalBritain

03-12-2006, 19:36

Well "Photostar" came about 'cos my son is in a band called Roadstar and I photo them whenever I can (roadstar/photostar....get it??) ........yeah I know, really lame, but I'm hopeless at thinking up clever usernames! If anyone can think of anything better..........:D

Your son is in Roadstar? Cool, saw them a couple of times when they were called Hurricane Party, think they were supporting Queensryche at the time...

Si

pandabighead

03-12-2006, 21:58

well as sad as a may seem for 38 year old guy, mine comes from my stuffed panda that i got for my first christmas.
its his big head by the way not mine!

The Big Kahuna

03-12-2006, 22:12

One of my nicknames used to be "Twink" due to my remarkable resemblance to the Pink Faries band member of the same name !

Just remember that that was about 25 years ago so I don't really look like him now :|

Can I just point out the need to be VERY ********* careful if you are planning on doing a Google image search to find out what Twink looked like.

Ok ?

Thats.

VERY !!!

********* careful.

Thank you for your attention

let's be careful out there

VERY ********* careful

Grendel

03-12-2006, 22:14

Of course I HAD to go straight to google and see what you're on about!

ROFL! :lol:

digitalfailure

03-12-2006, 22:47

Mine comes from my interest in hypnotism.

So be careful what you say to me ..... SLEEP!

3 2 1........your back in the room :bonk:

mine is a true reflection of me if it's digital........I can either break it in seconds or be extemely bad at it :eek:

Venomator

03-12-2006, 23:02

mine is a true reflection of me if it's digital........I can either break it in seconds or be extemely bad at it :eek:

Nothing to do with that last remark then to Matty ... about removing one of his fingerz ... then ... :D

Digit ... al ... failure ... DOH ... :gag:

:p

Darryn

03-12-2006, 23:02

Can I just point out the need to be VERY ********* careful if you are planning on doing a Google image search to find out what Twink looked like.

Ok ?

Thats.

VERY !!!

********* careful.

Thank you for your attention

let's be careful out there

VERY ********* careful

LISTEN TO THIS MAN.... im now scared for life.... i feel dirty... i need to wash my eyeballs in alcohol. :eek:

jewel

04-12-2006, 14:25

Well I am one of a kind and I shine like a gem! :D

erm, the names Julie as most of you all know, everyone calls me Jewel. so I'm not that creative,lol :p

Jewel

trebs

04-12-2006, 14:39

trebs from trebledee

trebledee from treble dee.

3 D. Get it?

Why 3D?

My other life. 14 years of 3 dimensional digital imaging.

3D graphics was a natural progression from my training. Modelmaker for architecture, product and special effects.

ppp

04-12-2006, 23:22

ppp stands for ****poorping, which also comes from gaming online with dial-up, my connection was always slow so i had a bad ping in games, just stuck, sometimes I just use ppp or ****poor now.

Pink Fairy

05-12-2006, 00:41

One of my nicknames used to be "Twink" due to my remarkable resemblance to the Pink Faries band member of the same name !

Just remember that that was about 25 years ago so I don't really look like him now :|

I'm not sure if Twink still looks like Twink these days, though he's still at it ;) If you looked like Twink, chances are that people rarely picked fights with you :)

Nath

05-12-2006, 00:44

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twink

For those who don't want to google it, which is a wise decision. It's times like that I wish I left the filter on :lol:

Darksider

05-12-2006, 20:06

Mine is a reference to the brand of camera I use.

Nikon users are known as Darksiders on certain forums and also Noinks, I thought Darksider was a bit cooler than Noink.

I am also known as Bad Bad Man on a private photography forum and plain old Stewart Smith on another. :)

Venomator

05-12-2006, 21:44

Nikon users are known as Darksiders on certain forums

Does that make the 'others' ... Lightweights ... :thinking:

Sorry ... I mean Lightsiders ... don't I ... :D

:p

Venomator

06-12-2006, 13:55

You might be surprised!!! :p

Hhmmmm ... Ain't seen yours up here yet Mr T ... :suspect:

:p

lee

06-12-2006, 15:13

Well as I use my name, I will have to share with you the ones I was to shy to use on the forum.

Streaka - as in Lanky Streaka P*** - reference to me being 6'6"
Big Willy - Reference to my size and name, but thought it was a bit naff when someone suggested it.

Shadow

06-12-2006, 15:36

I use Shadow on most of the forums I'm a member of.

It goes back to the days I used to play ice hockey where I would check someone before they realised I was there.

A player said to me a the end of the game "What are you? My Shadow"

It stuck ever since.

Jonnyreb

06-12-2006, 16:49

I wanted Jonny as my name is Jon / Jonathan. As Jonny was already used I just stuck the 'reb' of digital rebel (my first DSLR) on the end. Always the imaginative one!!

Matt Charlton

06-12-2006, 16:55

Joe T

06-12-2006, 17:48

Nikon users are known as Darksiders on certain forums and also Noinks, I thought Darksider was a bit cooler than Noink.

I havent seen that anywhere myself, but I can well imagine it being true!

Proud to be a darksider! And not a lightweight! :nikon:

Warspite

06-12-2006, 18:06

Noink :thinking:

Sounds like the photog equivalent of a Twink :lol:

;)

Pike

19-12-2006, 16:30

i'm named after a fish.

Hacker

19-12-2006, 16:31

Stupid boy!

Venomator

19-12-2006, 16:33

Not you Pike ... :thinking:

:welcome: ... to the madhouse btb ... :D

:p

Marcel

19-12-2006, 16:52

Stupid boy!

Nod to Dads Army there :D

ajdesq

19-12-2006, 16:56

'AJD' - my initials
'ESQ' - suffix for Mister.

When a teenager, my friends for a laugh called me A-J-D-E-S-Q. It kind of stuck, and makes a good internet name as no-one else uses it, and it's only 6 characters long. Makes me easy to spot on any forum though!

Venomator

19-12-2006, 16:56

DOH

I ought to stay in more ... :eek:

:D

:p

Marcel

19-12-2006, 17:21

Venomator

19-12-2006, 17:23

Silent 'D' ... makes it easier ... :D

Mohain

19-12-2006, 17:32

If anyone's in the slightest bit interested mine is from Dune. My real name is Guy and a circle of friends started calling me Gaius Mohaim. My character in Everquest (AKA Evercrack) was called Guyis Mohain and it's kinda stuck as an online name from then. You can wake up now, I've finished ;)

Venomator

19-12-2006, 17:35

Everquest

:gag:

Nearly choked on me afternoon tea & crumpets then ... :lol:

:p

King_Boru

19-12-2006, 18:02

An ancient Irish king :)

King.

Magellan

19-12-2006, 18:22

I have an interest in maps, can sit and browse a map for hours; like other people browse books and the web. When I first came on the internet I used the name Navigator; but it was too common, I kept getting knocked back as it was already in use. So I started useing the name of the greatest Navigator in history 'Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)' Get on most places with it

:geek:

ajdesq

19-12-2006, 18:24

:lol: Thats a good a reason as any.

Bit of a pain to pronounce though :p

I love being awkward... hence why I always sign 'Andrew!'
:D

moomike

19-12-2006, 21:22

One of my friends got my name wrong and said mook instead of Mike & then it changed to moo & then... well you can probably guess the rest.
One of my other friends little sister (3 years old at the time) also started calling me Bob (no idea why?) but oddly enough that ones never stuck as a forum name :p

brummie

19-12-2006, 21:43

WetSparks

19-12-2006, 22:33

Mine came to me in a flash, well maybe a bang as well, oh and the smell of something burning. It was shortly after I had stuck me hand in a panel to grab a lose wire and discovered 415 volts was there (silly billy, forgot to isolate the thing). Never mind, standing up to me ankles in water gave the electrons a nice clean path to earth. The rest as they say is history :cuckoo:

DoubleT

20-12-2006, 09:03

DoubleT-

come from my name being matthew bennett.

when people spell my name (strangers) they always ask me Double T ?

so i say yeah!.

thats how i came across my screen name :bonk:

:wave:

mole2k

20-12-2006, 10:04

Mine comes from a nickname i've had for the last 11 years, mole. I went to sign up to a forum shortly into the millenium but there was already a member called mole so i hadded the 2k suffix and its stuck.

milou

20-12-2006, 15:30

Milou after Tintin's dog Snowy. When I first started played Unreal Tourney online, everyone was either called Crusher or Destroyer or Deathbringer so I guessed milou brought a certain fluffy aspect.

Catdaddy

21-12-2006, 02:24

Bit like my little nephews, they call me "Auntie Steve" :bonk:

But only at weekends, eh? ;)

Glen

21-12-2006, 08:06

Mine was from me mum and dad :eek: :lol:

brummie

21-12-2006, 11:31

But only at weekends, eh? ;)

Mistress Steve on the weekends ;)

Grendel

28-06-2007, 22:42

This thread's worth a bump I think ;) So many new members recently

So come one guys and gals - what's your forum name all about? Why did you chose it?

:D

Cobra

28-06-2007, 23:17

Yep definitely worth the http://www.parrottimes.com/forums/images/smilies/bump.gif
its kept me amused for awhile
So I'll share
Cobra from my pest management company. I tend to get to destroy various things that other people don't want to touch or in truth just plain bloody scared of :D
Sioux means snake (or friend ) but I didn't fancy being called a boy named Sioux
:lol:
So Cobra it is

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7312/av1479qd.gif

Shogun

28-06-2007, 23:27

Shogun
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/shogun249/IMG_9064450x338.jpg

No longer with me but still keep the name.

Jucklebutt

28-06-2007, 23:35

Mine is short for Jucklebutt, which I used for gameplaying. Some forums did not allow it because of the 'butt' on the end apparently :shrug:, so that's why I use the shortened version.
As far as I know Jucklebutt was just a name I made-up and haven't seen it used elsewhere :)

divine`

29-06-2007, 00:43

Got mine from an album. I bet no one can guess what it was called! :p

mobilevirgin

29-06-2007, 01:12

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/home.do

I have nothing to do with them, in no way, shape or form. I just thought the reversal added a certain frissant that very few people get. And I needed a user name for a forum a while back and their sodding junk mail was sitting on my desk. So here I am. My g/f still thinks its weird, but its stuck.

kendo

29-06-2007, 06:39

Mine's from the 70's wrestler, Kendo Nagaski. A few of the guys I worked with called me this and its stuck. Just grateful they didn't call me Shirley

Lady Pitstop

29-06-2007, 09:54

Mines a combination of Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds (always wanted her car :lol: ) and Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races - always impressed at the way she could still drive and put her lipstick on as well :lol: :lol:
It's a pink and car thing!!!!!:D

Ceege

29-06-2007, 10:02

Ceege = What my mum used to call me at home when I was a nipper. My initials are CJ which she verbally amalgamated into Ceege (pronounced siege).

It's stuck and my mum and my sis still refer to me as Ceege (and I quite like it too!)

Chillimonster

29-06-2007, 10:09

Grendel

29-06-2007, 10:19

On other forums i use the name Chillimonster (Dont know why i didn't use it here - can i change it??)

Simple explanation - i LOVE raw chillies, and often engage in chilli eating competitions when out for an indian with friends and one of them declared me a 'chillimonster'

Shame you're so far away otherwise you could meet up with my better half, Bubbs here on TP ;) Her entry level for an Indian meal is vindaloo, and that's if she fancies a mild one! :eek: :lol:

Chillimonster

29-06-2007, 10:26

Shame you're so far away otherwise you could meet up with my better half, Bubbs here on TP ;) Her entry level for an Indian meal is vindaloo, and that's if she fancies a mild one! :eek: :lol:

Nice :D

I quite like these two from my local

Afghani (lamb or chicken) .................................................. .................................................. ................................. £9.00
Succulent pieces of lamb or chicken stir-fried with fresh green chillies, ginger, garlic and onions.
Red and green capsicums give this dish a vibrant appearance and a spicy taste.

Gorkali (lamb or chicken) .................................................. .................................................. .................................. £9.00
Cooked in an exotic mix of whole spices, with julienne cut red and green peppers, whole dried red chillies, fresh tomatoes
and a special chilli sauce. This delightful spicy indo-chinese dish is served exclusively to Indian Ocean diners.

Grendel

29-06-2007, 10:29

That's making me feel hungry :D

Chillimonster

29-06-2007, 10:31

That's making me feel hungry :D

All this talk of food - Guess what i'm gonna have tonight :thumbs:

Marcel

29-06-2007, 10:44

All this talk of food - Guess what i'm gonna have tonight :thumbs:

The same thing I'm going to have for lunch? :nuts:

chouglez

29-06-2007, 10:50

Last name + first name initial

chouglez :thumbs:

Grendel

29-06-2007, 11:20

All this talk of food - Guess what i'm gonna have tonight :thumbs:

The same thing I'm going to have for lunch? :nuts:

Ewwww no :shake: Not curry for lunch :nono: that's just wrong :eek:

Jonnyreb

29-06-2007, 11:29

Bronikon

29-06-2007, 11:29

Bronikon . I use Bronicas and Nikons and my name is RON.
PS does anyone have any idea if the rain will stop and sun will ever shine again .

Marcel

29-06-2007, 11:33

(Dont know why i didn't use it here - can i change it??)

Done :)

Messiah Khan

29-06-2007, 12:40

Messiah Khan

Im called Alasdair, or Ali for short.
My nick used to be Lord Ali.
I used to play a Games Workshop game called Necromunda, and I gave one of my characters the silly name of Kha'Shara Khan (Can't beat a hypen in the middle of a name, and Khan means emperor or tribal leader)
Nick then changed between Lord Ali, Lord Khan, Ali Khan, Messiah Ali, eventually finding stopping at Messiah Khan (Saviour Emperor, or the saviour of the emperors). Ive now got that many accounts and logins under that name, thats its going to be hard to ever change it. but I quite like it anyway, so I don't really want to change it any time soon.

:)

Dark Star

29-06-2007, 12:59

Ewwww no :shake: Not curry for lunch :nono: that's just wrong :eek:

Try it for breakfast :thumbs: !! We had that regularly on the Indian trip in Feb - odd but definitely something I could get used to!:D

gwocni

29-06-2007, 13:03

GoldWing Owners Club Northern Ireland.

Simple as that, but if you don't know you would never guess. It has been mistaken for an amateur radio callsign in the past, but I'm not in Wales ;)

David.

Wyvern971

29-06-2007, 13:04

Well Wyvern was from when I first started playing multiplayer games, 971 got added because Wyvern was taken on ICQ, and Wyvern971 was suggested, been using it since (don't use ICQ any more ***)

Chillimonster

29-06-2007, 13:25

Done :)

Ta!, Much appreciated :thumbs:

Gilly B

29-06-2007, 13:36

I'm exhausted after reading 6 pages of names and meanings....

Mine..... erm! My hubby composed a piece of music and called it Gilly when we first met. The name stuck and that is what he has always called me. 'B' is the initial of my last name Brench. ....Aw sweet - I hear you say. He has over the years sung to me in public - highly embarrassing.

Dino f

29-06-2007, 17:34

Dino f..........my name.
Dino Francesco Feltimo.

Ladybird

29-06-2007, 22:51

Try it for breakfast :thumbs: !! We had that regularly on the Indian trip in Feb - odd but definitely something I could get used to!:D

Yep, I agree, curry for breakfast is gooood!!!!! :D :D :D

where did Ladybird come from? probably just that I like them so much and take pics of them at every opportunity! , Lady / bird I have / can be described as both I suppose :thinking: :lol: I may also have one or two character traits in common with the cute little bugs! :D

MichaelPlace

29-06-2007, 23:02

ahhh my online name has gone a bit full circle - school nickname is obviously my surname with a y on the end - clever children.

when i first made a hotmail account i think it was 2003 - and i made the foolish mistake of dating my hotmail acount placey2003 as placey was already taken - eventually i went broadband so it made sense to call myself broadbandplacey on hotmail and forums etc - but now i'm back round to my normal name - more adult and all ;)

used to play CS under the .: Placey :. tag though

Shorn

01-07-2007, 12:07

I grew dreads for 7 years down to my arris, then had enough of them and got shorn :)

Marcel

01-07-2007, 12:46

Aaaaahhh I did wonder where your name come from.

Fascinating to learn how everyone has made their usernames :)

Woodsy

01-07-2007, 13:39

My surname is Woods. Go figure :D;)

antonroland

01-07-2007, 19:28

My two first names, one from each Grandfather...:bonk:

Puz

04-07-2007, 12:56

Puz is short for Puzuma, an animal from Terry Pratchetts Discworld. It's mentioned only a few times but here's a cut from Wiki...

Ambiguous Puzuma
A big cat with a quite unique black and white check coat, the ambiguous puzuma is the Disc's fastest animal. Because of the Disc's standing magical field, which slows down light to approximately the speed of sound, the puzuma can actually achieve near-light-speed. Because of this, seeing a puzuma in motion means it isn't there. Puzumas commonly die from complications caused by Sangrit Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle; they lose concentration because they cannot simultaneously know who they are and where they are, frequently causing them to crash into an obstacle. Many males also die from ankle failure caused by excessively running after females who aren't present.

Sums me up (esp the last bit) ;) ! I've used it since 93 as a username for Demon Internet dialup and it's just stuck.. Umpteen different flavours of online games, I've always been the same

Joe T

04-07-2007, 13:02

Puz, is it really worth messing about with light given you need it for your photography? :lol:

richmond

04-07-2007, 13:18

For some reason, that I can't remember now, I didn't want anyone to connect me to any other forum I used. :thinking: :shrug:

I'd read TP for a while and thought it was about time I joined. What shall I call myself? I sat back took a cig out of the pack and Richmond was born. Since July 1st I haven't brought another pack. :woot:

I am known as daidoh elsewhere. A colleague nicknamed me Dido and I've just expanded on that. Can I change my sig here?

BTW Real name Diane.