What's the story behind your DU screen name?

[CubsFan1982]

Mine? Pretty simple, I'm a rabid fan of the Chicago Cubs, and 1982 was the year I was born. You?

[GOPisEvil]

1. The truth.

[theorist]

2. I'm a theorist.

Chemical physics. Not conspiracies. (Although I do dabble in the latter.) :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. A joke between my best friend's girls and I.

:hi:

[CatBoreal]

4. My initials spell CAT and...

...I live in an area that's surrounded by boreal forest.

[salin]

5. initials - and state initials

first time I revealed that - I learned that our dear departed Keph could have had the same nic had he used the same formula :(

Thing that is interesting, is that with a completely genderless nic - in the early days (and from time to time these days) I have been thought to be a male (which I am not). Go figure.

[tuvor]

6. I am, ahem, The Undisputed Voice Of Reason.

Or at least I like to try.

Sometimes that means playing the devil's advocate, without actually saying so...heh, heh.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. I am the greataunt of triplets....

Two boys and one girl. They are now 4.

[BlueJazz]

8. My middle name is "Blue"

..and I was a working Jazz Musician for years.

[madison2000]

9. I moved to Madison in the year 2000

It was like I saw the light- found the place I was meant to live.

My dog got cancer in September 1999 when I was living in Chicago and I took him to the University of Wisconsin Vet School in Madison 20 times for treatment. They cured his cancer and I moved here the next summer. I had never been to Madison before but I knew on the first visit I would end up moving here.

[Skittles]

61. I was a GI brat

of all the places I lived I remember Madison with the most fondness; my dad was stationed at Truax Field and I lived on Marcy Road, right near one of those big lakes. Students from the university taught me how to swim. :)

[RC]

10. My initials

Doesn't google well. Id's me with out really id'ing me. I can hide in plain sight.

[guitar man]

11. I'm a guitar man

been playing most of my life. Funny thing is, I didn't intend for it to be in all caps, but I must have accidentally hit the caps lock when I was registering. I thought about changing it during the name change amnesty but thought what the hell, let it stay.

[TNDemo]

12. I have no imagination.

My state. My party.

[Doctor_J]

13. I used to be on a board where there was another

Jeff who arrived before me.

[gater]

14. It was my late Dad's nickname.

He was an Educator for 37 years, PoliSci and Soc. All his students loved him, and he taught against the war in Viet Nam, and worked on RFK's campaign for president. He was an ex-Marine, and a pretty damn good liberal!

[Skittles]

56. wow

sounds like he was a great guy :D

[Stop_the_War]

15. Mine is pretty self-explanatory....

[PartyPooper]

16. I'm very sociable and love party politics!

:D

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

17. i felt bad for all the chimps being compared to *

[fit4life]

18. I'm an exercise freak

Hence fit4life.

You know, they have treatment programs for Cub fans that can reduce your dependence on perpetual losers. ;)

[CubsFan1982]

23. Oh, yeah? Bite me!

You're probably some deranged White Sox fan trying to prick my illusions. I see your game!! :P

[fit4life]

24. Actually...

I don't even follow baseball any more. I used to follow the Braves (my father grew up in Georgia so I grew up watching them) but after the last strike fiasco I swore off baseball. Now I just make sure all my little shots at the Cubs are ready for spring training. My sister is a HUGE Cubs fan (she's got her initials & Ryne Sandberg's jersey number for her license plate) so I have to give her a lot of crap. ;)

[Skittles]

58. I WILL KICK YOUR ASS

Skittles
native Illinoisan
Cubs Fan too
:D

[fit4life]

63. Cara? Is that you? lol

You sound just like my sister! ;)

[Guy Fawkes]

19. I tried to blow up the House of Lords

back in the day, and I hung for it. I figure this isn't as rebelious, but I didn't like hangin'.

[Arkana]

20. I'm an anime geek

and Arkana's one of the characters in one of my favorite shows.

[Longgrain]

21. It's the nick-name of the main character from a novel I'm trying to write.

Harry "Long Grain" Rice...

If finished, it will be my second (unpublished) book.

[LynzM]

22. Mine's pretty boring

My name is Lindsay, which got abbreviated to Lynz (pronounced like Lynne's) about 10 years ago, and stuck, and my last name starts with an 'm'. That is all! Thought about changing it to something more memorable during the amnesty, but... that's who I started as here, it's who I'll stay.

[Beware the Beast Man]

25. There is a Beast Man, and you should beware of it.

[Freebird12004]

26. Freebird

is a name I've used for years ~ I truly love birds ~ However there are so many people using the name Freebird that I added a "1" then I found several Freebird1s out there in cyberspace and ~so~ "Freebird12004" was born.

[Richardo]

27. First name + 'o'

:shrug:

Not very imaginative, I know, but that's been my on-line ID in a number of forums and boards.

[Bunny]

38. Yes, but how is it pronounced?

Ri-CHAR-do? Or RICHard- o? I like the quasi-Spanish pronounciation, myself.

[Richardo]

41. Oh it's definitely the pseudo-Spanish

ri-CHAR-do...

[Bunny]

42. Yeah, the pseudo-Spanish sounds sexier.

Sorta like Antonio Banderas, or something.

:hi: Richardo!

[Richardo]

44. or 'Yude Law'

:evilgrin:

:hi: Bunny!

[Bunny]

46. Wouldn't that be Hoo-day Law?

;)

[Richardo]

49. Got me

You are of course correct. ;-)

[sniffa]

28. i'm a sniffa

of various sorts....

[johnnie]

29. It's my first name

It's actually John, but there were so many John's in my family that I was Johnnie. Most people call me Johnnie still even though I am 40 years old.

[Coyul]

30. A book called

Snake oil wars,by Park Godwin,(I believe thats how its spelled.).My wife Purji's name is from it too.

[dubyaD40web]

31. Mine's the name of my website +web

Someone else had it without the "web" part. I only use it cause it's easier to remember.

[asthmaticeog]

32. I'm an asthmaticeog in real life.

Except I don't actually suffer from asthma! Weird, huh?

[Magrittes Pipe]

34. You are quite phlegmmy, though.

[asthmaticeog]

36. It's from living near smokestacks for the past 10 years.

Also, I habitually snort phlegm.

[Beware the Beast Man]

59. He's definitely a mouth-breather.

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[Magrittes Pipe]

35. It makes me tingly.

[TahitiNut]

37. I've never been to Brazil.

:shrug:

[Worst Username Ever]

39. It's just my humble opinion.

[Fleshdancer]

40. It's complicated so try to follow the long story.....

My first name is Gloria. My last name is Smith. I lack the creativity to think up an interesting screen name.

:D

[redqueen]

43. I love the theory that as competition heats up,

you have to run as fast as you can just to maintain your spot.

[Richardo]

45. Love the Lewis Carroll reference, redqueen

:D:thumbsup:

[redqueen]

64. Thank you!

:hi:

[ernstbass]

47. Mine is in honor of

Ernest T Bass of the Andy Griffith show. Best rock thrower in the South!

[bearfan454]

48. Born, live, and die a Chicago Bears Fan

My hero

[MissMillie]

50. Millie is my cat's name

well, one of my cats....

[JimmyJazz]

51. I made it up.

:P

[keithjx]

52. There's WAAAY too many Jones's out there,

so I just substituted the common variable "x."
Makes it easy to get email accounts, etc. (e.g. [e-mail] or [e-mail]) and other logins as it's rarely taken.
KJ

[AllegroRondo]

53. I'm a musician. Its a musical term.

[RedSpartan]

54. A combination of my high school and college mascots.

[Skittles]

55. BEHOLD! My beloved Skittles

He will kick your ass too! :D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

68. YIKES! I don't doubt it.

Send that pic to mycathatesyou.com!

[huskerlaw]

57. Fairly obvious....

I'm from Nebraska and I'm a lawyer

[terrya]

60. Terry is my first name. A is the first initial of my last name n/t

[the Princess]

62. That's an easy one

My best male friend (Paulie) calls me Princess. :)

[General Zod]

65. I love over the top movie villains.....

....and General Zod is one great villain.

Now, KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

66. Related to how I found DU

In an auto racing newsgroup I frequent, some loony (I didn't know of the term freeper yet) started spouting RW nonsense (but I repeat myself) and insulting everybody who he perceived to be to the left of Pinochet. He called me a "commie pinko dirtbag".

I googled the phrase, just for the hell of it. One of the hits was Auntie Pinko. The rest is history.

[deadparrot]

67. I like Monty Python. nt

[baba]

69. Baba is my nickname.

It has been my nickname since Junior High.

[latteromden]

70. It's shitty Norwegian. When I started learning it 2 years ago, I thought

that "latter om den" meant "laugh about it," (which, come to think, doesn't even make much sense in ENGLISH, but that's okay) and I used it for my email address. Now, two years later, I realize that "latter om den" should actually be "LATT om DET," but latteromden stuck, and it's gotten easy to type, so I just leave it and forget about a screen name like lattomdet. Because that's just... weird.