Why did you pick your name?

[MrScorpio]

We have a lot a new folks. We all have a story to tell.

Mine should be obvious.

I'm a guy (duh) and I was born on 27 Oct. Same date as Teddy R. (The LAST Republican I'll ever respect) and I'm a Scorpio through and through.

I like shoot-em ups and sci-fi flicks. But will cuddle up with a honey to watch a beat-down wife exact her revenge on Lifetime.

I make a pretty mean cheesecake and will drive miles and miles for some bomb-ass Turkish food.

I love art, music and walks in the park.

I have ALL of my original hair and I have four (count 'em) nipples.

If you want to get me a Christmas present, a gonzo porn DVD collection is a sure fire winner. A free lapdance comes in a close second.

Most of all, I like to make the ladies scream. (Hence the collection of restraining orders)

But, except for the fact that I'm married, I make a really good catch.

So. Let me ask you: You love DU much as I do? Tell your story and let us know.

Mr Scorpio
Certified Love Machine

[alexwcovington]

1. Been my internet name for years

Built on my middle name...

[Sting]

2. Former WCW wrestler Sting...

my favorite wrestler, behind Stone Cold Steve Austin and Goldberg.

[SmileyBoy]

3. Cause I'm really stupid.

I picked this username cause I'm an idiot.:-)

No seriously, I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I picked it a couple years ago. I'm actually registered with another username on here, but my alternate e-mail addy didn't recieve the login password.

[HawkerHurricane]

4. A fascination with the second best planes

and a love of alliteration that I avoid indulging.

[alphafemale]

5. Mine's probably not what you think

We first got on-line as a family (with A-Oh-Hell at that point) about the same time the wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone.

We were also as a family already very much enamored of wolves.

And we all took "wolfish names." Mine originally meant to us "mama and protector."

But the name soon became great fun because Right-wingers couldn't stand my screenname.

I'll never change it now.

edit: typo

[Systematic Chaos]

6. I found out shortly after picking "progrocker69"

that 69 is almost universally taken as a sexual innuendo on the net. I love progressive rock but I am certainly not trying to make any overt statements with the 69 part. It's just that I was born in 1969. I used to use pisces69 but that was already taken so often that I gave up and changed it, and it's been my user name of choice for over two years.

[sasquatch]

7. Because of my size 18 shoe size

I'm also 6'6" 295lbs. as well. I got the nickname "Sasquatch" from when I worked in Heating and Air Conditioning.

[MisterP]

8. here he is

in all his fishy glory!
http://www.pacificwildlife.org/ (homepage has a flash animation, Mr. P's in the 1st slide & the front pelican in the 2nd)

[southerngirlwriter]

9. I always want to know....

....in political discussions, anyway:

1. Where the person is from.
2. Their gender.
3. What they do for a living.

This information helps me step into their shoes, so to speak, and try to understand their perspective better.

So, I picked a name that tells all three of those things about me.

[hussar]

10. I am an ex hussar

not that we dressed like this when I was in the army but still our number one uniform was pretty cool.

[CanuckAmok]

21. no such thing as an "Ex" Hussar, you know...

...

[BrotherBuzz]

11. I watched a lot of television in the early fifties...

[camero]

12. I typed too fast

and spelled camaro wrong. But someone else already had it so I stayed with it.

[ZenLefty]

13. This is the name MommaLefty gave me.

What, you can pick your name? :o

[Zomby Woof]

22. you can pick your name

You can even pick your nose. But you can't pick your relatives. :o

[ZenLefty]

28. In that case, I want a new nose.

Mine sucks. And it doesn't blow. :grr: (damn deviated septum...)

How do I go about picking a new one?

[Zomby Woof]

29. first...

Get some rings for it, and become a svelte hottie! :D

[ZenLefty]

36. Well, I'm a long way from being svelte or a hottie

But some rings would be a noted improvement, I do agree.

[Myra]

31. "you can pick your name"

Oooo! Can we pick their name?!
Ok, I want ZombyWoof to now be known as "Puddles."

[Zomby Woof]

32. fine by me!

Puddles - aka "The DUer formerly known as ZombyWoof". :D

[Blue-Jay]

14. Long-ish story. Bear with me.

I'm a sax player. For a lot of years, I did nothing else to make a living. One day, I got a call from a bar owner. EC Scott was playing a local venue, and her "regular" sax guy had gotten into an accident. EC let the owner know that her band wouldn't be at full capacity that night, and he suggested a local guy (me) to fill in. It went amazingly well that night. EC introduced me after a solo, but didn't remember my name; she only remembered that it began with the letter 'J'. So she said "Give it up for....for....J....um..."Blue" Jay!"

A number of my friends were there, so it just kinda stuck.

I ended up touring with her for a few weeks until her regular guy was ready to go again.

An aside for blues fans: Listen to EC Scott. She's on the Blind Pig label, and kicks ass.

[maveric]

15. MAveRiC

First name, Marc.

[bratcatinok]

16. Because

I have a cat named brat and we live in Oklahoma.

[whyaduck]

17. Marx Brothers fan nt

[AlFrankenFan]

18. Just changed name (used to be CSI Willows)

But I like my new user name for several reasons. First being that it is the same as my AOL Screen name. Second, it is Mr. Franken who got me really into politics in the first place (and Clinton). Without his book, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, I don't know where I'd be.

[JohnKleeb]

24. Ya know I have a little bit in common with you

That middle finger and the camera thing I talked to you earlier about and other stuff. I read limbaugh is a big fat idiot too and laughed my ass off.

[KG]

19. coz K and G are the coolest initials on the planet!

:)

[Catch22Dem]

20. Pretty simple

I think Catch-22 is one of THE greatest novels ever written. My grandpa tried to get me to read it when I was about 12, but I just didn't "get" it. It wasn't until college that I learned how good this book is. Of course the "Dem" part of Catch22Dem just made sense. :)

[Spirochete]

23. Well, first I tried

UncreativeDoofusWhoCan'tComeUpWithAnyReallyGoodNames, but that one was already taken, so I had to settle for this one.

[salinen]

25. The Salinans

are a local Indian tribe. But since I am not Salinan, I picked Salinen, because they are a kick ass tribe.

[Wonk]

26. My name picked me ;-) Hello to all the newbies posting in this thread :-)

During the 2000 campaign when Al Gore was on Letterman, Dave asked a policy question (having to do with Social Security, iirc) and Al said "Oh, Dave, you're such a wonk." before answering.

I'd also been using this as a registered handle in the CNN irc chatroom well before that anyway, in the days before CNN took down their irc chat. I got quoted on air roughly three hundred times on various programs like Talkback Live and The Spin Zone when they used to do that.

Anyway, when I decided to register on DU it was the first handle I tried, and nobody else had taken it yet, so here I am.


http://xenon.xe.net/inthumor/

Pretty long explanation for such a short handle, I guess...

Btw, MrScorpio, for some reason I'd assumed you were making a Simpsons reference :shrug:

Thanks for the thread. It's been awhile since we've done one of these.

:hi: Hi newbies! :hi:

[Blue_State_Elitist]

27. Simply

I am one of the few liberal democrats where I live in Orange County, CA.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

30. I'm one of the others!

and as for my name.....well...

[AndyTiedye]

37. it's my DJ name

which I adopted because the other ravers called me that anyway.

[hedgetrimmer]

33. more interesting than "graveyboat289"...

[whirlygigspin]

34. to honor Buckminster Fuller

"the great whirlygig of time exacts its revenge"

[RandomKoolzip]

35. Because I'm a big fan of the Firesign Theater.

And the character of Random Koolzip on the album "In the Next World, You're on your Own" has some great lines, like: "tell it to the Xmas bunny, kid!"

And because it is sufficiently obscure enough to confuse the uninitiated, and sufficiently well-known enough to delight those on the "inside."

[Booberdawg]

38. Named after my dawg, Boober

[Zorra]

39. lol

The Legend Of Zorra

In the early days of Spanish California, there were many injustices dealt the people by evil Governors. Only one woman opposed them, she was garbed in black and her name was.....ZORRA.

[guitar man]

40. Cool thread MrScorpio

I am a Scorpio too. 11/9/63


"guitarman" seemed a little plain and obviuos,so I shortened it up a little.


I've played guitar virtually all my life,so it just seemed natural.Played on and off the road with some of the best musicians you've never heard of in dance halls,roadhouses,dives and gin joints.(beer joints too) I am working on building up a studio business and working a day gig now.

Haven't had the chance to do the famous thing yet,but it sure has been a blast so far.

My hobbies include blazing a fatty and babbling incoherently on the internet,blazing a fatty and detailing my car,blazing a fatty and gettin' my freak on,and blazing a fatty and drinking beer.(JK)


Peace out and a big welcome to all the newbies :)


.....waiy a minute....am I still a newbie?.....hell I don't know...oops,babbling again..........

[OneBlueSky]

41. see the first three words to this song . . .

MY RAINBOW RACE
by Pete Seeger

Chorus:
One blue sky above us
One ocean lapping all our shore
One earth so green and round
Who could ask for more
And because I love you
I'll give it one more try
To show my rainbow race
It's too soon to die.

1. Some folks want to be like an ostrich,
Bury their heads in the sand.
Some hope that plastic dreams
Can unclench all those greedy hands.
Some hope to take the easy way:
Poisons, bombs. They think we need 'em.
Don't you know you can't kill all the unbelievers?
There's no shortcut to freedom.
(Repeat chorus)

2. Go tell, go tell all the little children.
Tell all the mothers and fathers too.
Now's our last chance to learn to share
What's been given to me and you.
(Repeat chorus one and a half times)

Words and Music by Pete Seeger (1967)
(c) 1970 by Sanga Music Inc

[soothsayer]

42. cuz soothsayer = truth sayer

and i try to say what i think is true

[JohnKleeb]

43. I picked a random first and last name

;) and I had a fake name I made up too, and I lost it when I had to reinstall the comp, no worries will ask that person who made up the name in the first place to give it back. Anyways my fake name for today is Winston Delano Stalin lol.

[truthspeaker]

44. to promote my blog

Which is at www.truthspeaker.org

And somehow I didn't think Godless Dave would go over well here.

[curse10]

45. It's my name

:-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

46. Bruce Springsteen's song "Jungleland"

Is my favorite song of all-time and Magic Rat is a character in the song.

[Aristus]

47. For the stupidest, most idiotic, geeky reason of all.

Aristus was my 'secret' name.

In a lot of ancient cultures, people had 'secret' names that were bestowed on them by a father, godfather, mentor or tribal chieftain. Once bestowed, it could never be uttered aloud without incurring swift and deadly retribution from the gods.

In my geekiness, I thought it would be cool to have a secret name and chose this one. Yeah, real secret. I told my girlfriend (who is now my wife) within just a few months. "God, you're such a geek!" she said, and then kissed me. Thought it would make a good user name. Found out about a year ago that there was a Catholic saint named Aristus. So it's not original with me, as I had thought.

[GOPisEvil]

48. I just felt like telling the truth.

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. I used to live in the same town as the other Lord Byron.

he left a couple of years before me, though.

[CO Liberal]

50. I've Used "CO Liberal" On Several Other Sites

Including Fox News, ronaldreagan.com, and "Rush vs. Reality". I kept it when I joined DU.

[ScreamingMeemie]

51. Because I wanted to trick ZombyWoof into thinking I was a

grandmother. It worked. ;)

[arwalden]

52. because it's my name