Author Topic: what is in a name-yours (Read 16751 times)

Fredia · « **on:** November 05, 2006, 01:17:22 pm »

I have often wondered how some of you have come up with the names you use. For me i was tottaly unimaginative and used my first name as i have never ran into it anywhere in the civilzed world. Who knows with some of you it might be a deep dark secret keeping it to the point where some of you dont even know if it is male or feamle.i am assuming at this point most of you know that by now. well anyhow open invite for the story of why you chose to be ...lol if it is not a good one just make up something that seems to work here.
Fredia...

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2006, 01:50:38 pm »

What? Are you asking about the origins of posters' screen names/internet identities?

UpTooLate · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:01:14 pm »

Quote:

What? Are you asking about the origins of posters' screen names/internet identities?

I do believe that is the question she is asking. Clearly we have entered the void. Although I admit that it would be interesting to hear the orgins of some of the more unusual names.

I originally used my screen name for an online poker site that I still play on. My ex would bitch endlessly that I stayed "up too late" websurfing and playing poker. I now use the name at several online groups that I belong to.

Alkie · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:02:45 pm »

I was caught having sex with a badger.

JimR · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:13:11 pm »

alas, the badger was underage, and our Alkie is a registered weasel offender for life.

Alkie · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:21:11 pm »

Oh my god, I just realized she was asking where our nicknames for this SITE came from.

Boy is my face red.

drew corleone · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2006, 07:00:04 pm »

I eagerly anticipate the story behind Jim R's screen name.

I've actually used mine on every board I've posted on for about the past six or seven years. It's just my first name with the last name of the main character in my favorite movie, and reflects my interest in all things mafioso.

Astroholic · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2006, 09:49:42 am »

I really like the stros and I really like foam.

Browneye · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2006, 10:32:17 am »

Well, there was this time in Thailand....

JimR · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2006, 11:20:55 am »

i was hoping someone would ask.

you see, my first name is Jim and my last name begins with R.

clever, eh?

BudGirl · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2006, 11:29:28 am »

I was originally going to post as Leslie, which is the name my parents gave me, but was recommended not to do so. So, my creative imagination came up with BudGirl. I do use that on every other message board I post.

Froback · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2006, 11:49:46 am »

Mine has some twists to it.

Back in school I was not one to get my hair cut too often and took a road trip with a buddy who had a convertable. My hair poofed up, and a girl in our group make the observation that it looked like I had a fro. Since my name was Jeff, I became Jeffro, or Fro for short.

Since Fro is often too short and highly popular, I had to find an alternative occassionally. During one of my fantasy sport leagues I combined Throw-back with Fro and came up with Fro-back Players as a tream name. Froback, seems more available then Fro, thus my nic was born.

I would imagine it really throws people off, when seeing my nic and then meeting me. I doubt many would be able to put the two together otherwise.

WulawHorn · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:13:31 pm »

I went to undergrad at University of Texas. I went to law school at Washington University in St. Louis. Thus, Wulaw Horn. I used this mainly on longhorn boards but I recognized a couple posters here- drew and one or two others at one point in time, so I kept my handle that I'd used elsewhere on the internet.

Craig · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:32:24 pm »

Well, my name is Craig. But I decided to add something to it so "Craig" wouldn't be confused with Biggio, this being an Astros board and all.

I was born in a maternity home in the early 60s, and some of my old paperwork (the little that I've been able to dig up that wasn't falsified) is marked "illegitimate." So ... "bastard." At the time I made the name I was trying to track down my family medical history, and hitting lots of frustrating roadblocks.

I'm thinking about changing it again though. Maybe back to "Stain."

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #15 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:51:54 pm »

My given name is Mike Tyson, which until 20 years ago was mostly associated with the 2B from the Cardinals and Cubs. Ty has been a nick of mine since my youth but this is the only board I use it on. I've lived in Tampa for almost 19 years.

MusicMan · « **Reply #16 on:** November 06, 2006, 01:50:57 pm »

I had just graduated from UT with my degree in Music when I found this board. Back in those simpler times, I believed this accounting gig was a short-term answer.

A temporary change to Michael S was met with universal "whaaaa??".

Thankfully, Mitch Meluskey is no longer on the team, so I find less confusion with MM references.

astrox · « **Reply #18 on:** November 06, 2006, 02:30:26 pm »

I'm an Alumnus of Theta Chi Fraternity. The Greek letters of Theta and Chi to the non-Greek observer looks like "OX" (which is totally incorrect, as that would be Eta Chi...duh), so I cleverly added an "X" to the end of the word "Astro" and viola!! Yes, yes, sometimes my genius amazes even me. Anyways, after my first few posts on BFT someone made a comment that my screen name reminded them of a product to relieve jock itch, and so the long humbling journey of life in the TZ began...

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #20 on:** November 06, 2006, 02:34:26 pm »

My name is David and on the day I was born, David officially became a hurricane (and was later retired after causing over 2,000 deaths).

For the record, I hate the University of Miami and I am in no way related to that other HD.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2006, 03:01:07 pm »

At the risk of sounding like a pretentious twit, I use a fake name for creative and artistic endevors. And it carried over when I started getting online. I've used Sphinx Drummond as my nom de plume/pseudonym/stage-name since 1983. I had been jamming in different bands with revolving musicians for a few years and had always used a different fake name for each band. Meanwhile, my older brother was doing the same but always used the name Philo Drummond. Anyway, we eventually started a band, The Swingin' Love Corpses, together. I figured since I was his brother, I'd use the same last name. I forgot for sure how I decided on the Sphinx part but it was something to do with wanting to be inscrutable and enigmatic. My real name is Martin Wilcox.

Bench · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2006, 03:01:30 pm »

Mine is a mispelling of my last name which also alludes to the place that the players sit in the dugout. I've also spent my entire life telling people (and having some actually believe me) that Johnny Bench is my uncle, but his father changed the spelling of his last name because he was a door to door insurance salesman and wanted a simpler name.

JackAstro · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2006, 03:15:06 pm »

Jackass + Astro. I wanted to keep expectations low as to the quality of my contributions, and have succeeded beyond my wildest imagination. Even I dismiss pretty much everything that I write. My name is David, by the way.

S.P. Rodriguez · « **Reply #24 on:** November 06, 2006, 03:17:20 pm »

I guess I'll add my boring story. I started as HOB, short for Houston or Bust. Since I moved to Austin, not Houston, I figured a name change was appropriate. I went with Major Tom, a nickname I got in highschool. It's taken from Bowie's Space Oddity, obviously. The odd part, if you want to call it that, is that Space Oddity is Bowie's take on Kubrik's Space Oddyssey which uses a loose referece to IBM (HAL, each letter in H-A-L precedes the corresponding letter in IBM). I have spent the past 8 yrs working at IBM, 3 1/2 yrs working on what some might call super computers (high end UNIX, or AIX to be specific, servers). And now I'm rambling...

eta: Oh, and my first name is Tom.

Browneye · « **Reply #25 on:** November 06, 2006, 03:59:26 pm »

For those of you who don't all ready know...shortly after 9/11, I was deployed to Diego Garcia BIOP (British Indian Ocean Territory). I was part of the flight crew of a KC-10 (tanker) aircraft. Well, the bomber crews would let us write little messages on the bombs... I chose to leave a little something extra for our friends in the afghan mountains.

When my German ancestors came to America in 1873, someone on the boat came up with the bright idea of translating the second half of our last name from braun to brown, but still leaving the first half the same. Now the first half sounds like "eye". With the addition of the bomb story, it became clear to the rest of the crew what my name should become. This is when I became "Browneye". It was on everything, my squadron beermug, my desk, even my name patches.

It is however, better than the name I had before, which was "toejam". This happened when my wife painted my toenails after I had had a little too many. All of the guys saw this and it stuck until ole browneye came along.

To add insult to injury, now my wife says that I am so full of shit, my eys are brown.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #26 on:** November 06, 2006, 04:17:55 pm »

Sorry, I have no alter-ego here. I'm simply Nate and I happen to live in Colorado. At least for a few more weeks, then, I'll probably change it to "Nate in <new state>".

xxx · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2006, 05:59:18 pm »

well you would think I have a good story but I don't. I was going to go with something like Brad Ausmus' cup or Jeff Bagwell's goatee and got in a hurry and just hit xxx. And I figured that would get some attention so sorry to disapoint. My name is Lori by the way. I usually just read and laugh my ass off at the post but I have learned a lot from you guys too. Thanks!

Fredia · « **Reply #32 on:** November 06, 2006, 08:47:50 pm »

i would have bbeen kitkat oosta.. and i never imagined the wealth of stories here. wow they are as amazing as most the postings.. but that jim r thing .. man that is like watching a mystery which has to be explained at the end

Frobie · « **Reply #33 on:** November 07, 2006, 12:19:23 am »

My name is Jeff. Anybody named Jeff who grew up with brothers experienced this standard evolution of nicknames: Jeff, then Jeffer, then Jeffro, then, Fro, then, inevitably, Frobie.

I used to think that if I had it to over again I might pick something different, since at first glance I could be confused with Fredia or Froback. But since unlike me they occasionally have witty and/or informative things to say, I've grown confident that things are just fine the way they are.

Curly · « **Reply #34 on:** November 07, 2006, 12:26:07 am »

Follicularly challenged and love the Stooges.

Señor Stan · « **Reply #35 on:** November 07, 2006, 09:49:13 am »

I used to post as "Terry Puhl's Love Child" on the old AC board. When my dad died in 2000, I didn't feel like that was appropriate anymore.

I went with Se?or Stan to reflect my Mexican/German heritage.

Kind of sums up my personality as well. I get up each morning and feel like going out and CONQUERING THE WORLD!

ma?ana...

Taras Bulba · « **Reply #36 on:** November 07, 2006, 10:43:14 am »

My dad once took me to the old Majestic Theater in Houston. The feature film was "Taras Bulba."

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #37 on:** November 07, 2006, 11:35:06 am »

I was moving from Lake Jackson to East Texas.

Has anyone ever noticed all the EASTEX _______ companies, signs, etc. on the drive up hwy 59 North?

Yep. They were named after me.

Lefty · « **Reply #38 on:** November 07, 2006, 11:56:20 am »

Only LH bat in the lineup as a HS frosh. Got the "LEEEEFTIE" shoutout from the fielders when I got in the box, couple of the older guys stuck the nick on me after a few games.

BUWebguy · « **Reply #40 on:** November 07, 2006, 01:37:40 pm »

My first job out of college was as the Internet coordinator for the Baylor athletic department, so when I signed up for the Baylor message boards, I used BUWebguy so that people would learn I was someone actually in the athletic dept. who could answer questions.

I used to be AstrosJeff in here, but decided to change it when we made the last board/site change here -- it just seemed too weak for this place.

toddthebod · « **Reply #43 on:** November 07, 2006, 02:03:52 pm »

My porn name would be Sascha Breakwood -- which I really like. But alas, I did not go down that route.

My name is Todd. I don't miss a whole lot of meals. I got the nickname as a fraternity pledge and it stuck.

Pretty much every Todd in the world has had the nickmame "Todd the Bod" (or "Todd the God"). Google the name Todd the Bod. It comes up a lot. None of those people are me.

Taras Bulba · « **Reply #44 on:** November 07, 2006, 02:12:58 pm »

Sparky Northfield. I'm not kidding.

AstroFrog · « **Reply #45 on:** November 07, 2006, 02:45:50 pm »

Not that I post that much, but I am Astros fan and attended TCU. Thus AstroFrog.

NeilT · « **Reply #46 on:** November 07, 2006, 03:01:07 pm »

Starlady Goldsmith. Or, for the full AQHA effect, Balmy Starlady Goldsmith. I left out the possessive.

Neil T. There's no story there, except that I had a great grandfather named Luther Neil Todd, though not Todd the Bod, and the name sort of passed through. The "T" isn't for Todd, but it could be.

Alkie · « **Reply #47 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:00:52 pm »

I have you all beat.

Dick Thunderbird.

Alkie · « **Reply #49 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:08:24 pm »

I did.

He was a tadpole that I had to mail order away for when I was about 5. I have no idea why I named him Dick. I also had Ted the turtle (not of turtle-food-fame) and Fred the spaniel.

JackAstro · « **Reply #50 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:14:48 pm »

Sam Wing. Not much of a porn name, but I'd make an okay detective, circa 1940 or so.

austro · « **Reply #51 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:28:50 pm »

The modified porn name rule isn't working for me, producing Radar Loch-Ness. "Is that a monster in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"

An earlier version might have worked better: Wally Madrid (or maybe Cato Madrid). Almost up there with Ron Mexico.

ETA: I'm a moron. Names revised to follow the actual formula.

JGrave · « **Reply #52 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:31:03 pm »

My best friend and I had the same first name in grammer school so my last name always was shortened to Graves, Gravelback, Gravelshot, Gravedigger, Graveyard or something like that. My first name initial is J so it's JGraves.

My porn name would be Lucky Oakes.

astrojo · « **Reply #54 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:41:12 pm »

oh, and my porn name would be Sugar Bear 62nd.

Andyzipp · « **Reply #55 on:** November 07, 2006, 04:58:33 pm »

Rocket Streamside

JaneDoe · « **Reply #58 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:03:54 pm »

Jane is my middle name, Doe---well, we all wanna be somewhat anonymous on the internet.

My porn name would be Duchess Third or I guess Duchess the Third. Maybe Duchess Threeway would have been better.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #59 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:05:00 pm »

Trooper Beluche

S.P. Rodriguez · « **Reply #60 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:12:24 pm »

I stricly avoided my "porn name" because it was feminine. Duchess Long Grove.

Froback · « **Reply #61 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:17:25 pm »

Ok, lived on only 1 street my whole growing up years (pretty boring I know).

So my last name is Seaway... Then my choices of first names are Smokey, Tweaty and Laddie (or Wee Laddie).

Not much for the combos there as Seaway hardly seems to make anything real provocative.

Although it would be down right embarassing to combine to pet names and go by Wee Laddie Tweaty... How could you EVER get a gig with that kind of name?

Señor Stan · « **Reply #65 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:23:48 pm »

Flicka Whitetail

xxx · « **Reply #66 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:24:24 pm »

porn name would be Daisy Windswept...

Golden Sombrero · « **Reply #67 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:24:43 pm »

Just a really lame name I came up with for this site. I wanted it to have something to do with baseball, and the fact that my posts would bring shame to me. And there you have it.

My Christian name is Ryan. Although I wish it were Octavian.

I've sometimes thought of changing my screen name to something like "Golden Sombrero." In fact I may do that.

Golden Sombrero · « **Reply #68 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:29:50 pm »

My porn name would be (having to add "goin'" to make it that much better):

Tweek "Goin' South" Jefferson

Golden Sombrero · « **Reply #70 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:37:10 pm »

He was a cat. My dad's pet from back before he married my mom. Cat was old when I was born, and lived til I was about 8.

ETA: I also had a goldfish I named Spike. And a turtle I named Qubert. Actually I like that name best--

Qubert "Goin' South" Jefferson

Alkie · « **Reply #74 on:** November 07, 2006, 05:55:31 pm »

At this point, I should point out that Dick Thunderbird only does straight porn.

Trey · « **Reply #76 on:** November 07, 2006, 07:02:18 pm »

While Trey is not my real, legal name, it's what everyone calls me.

My best porn names are Max Cedar or Bo Woodland.

hostros7 · « **Reply #78 on:** November 07, 2006, 08:00:11 pm »

Pet Name + Street Formula for me:

Pumpkin Inwood

homer · « **Reply #80 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:11:18 am »

homer, as in DOH!

Porn Name: Charlie Baywood

JimR · « **Reply #81 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:30:05 am »

Jimmy Corona here.

Alkie · « **Reply #82 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:39:39 am »

2 things:

1) You named your pet after yourSELF?

2) That's scary, I could actually see that being a real porn name.

Bench · « **Reply #83 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:42:45 am »

The Reds' new pitching coach's parents took it to another level:

Reds Hire Dick Pole

JimR · « **Reply #85 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:53:03 am »

i had lots of dogs. one of my favorites was a beagle named "JB" for "Jimmy's Beagle." i could not think of a name and he was growing tired of "hey, you."

if you do not like that one, there are other options to pair with Corona:

Freckles
Tippy
Butch
Shorty
JB
Buddy
Mac
Caesar
Snoopy
Hunter
Bowie

Mac was my favorite dog, followed very, very closely by Snoopy. Bowie is my current dog. pick a name Corona.

Alkie · « **Reply #86 on:** November 08, 2006, 12:01:11 pm »

If I remember right, two of those were possums, not dogs.

JimR · « **Reply #88 on:** November 08, 2006, 12:22:58 pm »

not exactly. i originally got two dogs from a Dachsund Rescue organization, which was as bad an idea as i have ever had. i was living alone at the time. the other dog's name was Travis, and i changed the dog i have from Benny to Bowie. so, for a few weeks i had Travis and Bowie with me. eventually it got to be too much, and i returned Travis, who had a few issues, to the group.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #91 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:42:58 pm »

T-Bone Timberwood.

Duman · « **Reply #95 on:** November 09, 2006, 04:49:01 pm »

Let's not forget our old NASCAR buddy: Dick Trickle

JaneDoe · « **Reply #97 on:** November 09, 2006, 04:56:17 pm »

I once had a student come in to my office before the semester started to ask me to not call him his given name in class. "Call me Luke, please."

His given name? Hung Diep

Also had a Sharon Boutte. Poor girl.

xxx · « **Reply #98 on:** November 09, 2006, 05:05:59 pm »

I used to have a trading card of Dick Trickle! I need to find it and maybe replace Scott Baio....hummmmm.....

Golden Sombrero · « **Reply #99 on:** November 09, 2006, 05:15:55 pm »

PILATE:
Weally? What was his name?
BRIAN:
'Naughtius Maximus'.
CENTURION:
Ahh, ha ha!
PILATE:
Centuwion, do we have anyone of that name in the gawwison?
CENTURION:
Well, no, sir.
PILATE:
Well, you sound vewy sure. Have you checked?
CENTURION:
Well, no, sir. Umm, I think it's a joke, sir,... like, uh, 'Sillius Soddus' or... 'Biggus Dickus', sir.
GUARD #4:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
What's so... funny about 'Biggus Dickus'?
CENTURION:
Well, it's a joke name, sir.
PILATE:
I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called 'Biggus Dickus'.
GUARD #4:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
Silence! What is all this insolence? You will find yourself in gladiator school vewy quickly with wotten behaviour like that.
BRIAN:
Can I go now, sir?
[slap]
Aaah! Eh.
PILATE:
Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.
GUARD #4:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
Wight! Take him away!
CENTURION:
Oh, sir, he-- he only--
PILATE:
No, no. I want him fighting wabid, wild animals within a week.
CENTURION:
Yes, sir. Come on, you.
GUARD #4:
Ha ha haa ha, ha ha ha. Hooo hooo hoo hoo. Hoo hoo...
PILATE:
I will not have my fwiends widiculed by the common soldiewy. Anybody else feel like a little... giggle... when I mention my fwiend... Biggus...
GUARD #1:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
...Dickus?
GUARD #1:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
What about you? Do you find it... wisible... when I say the name...
'Biggus'...
GUARD #3:
[chuckle]
PILATE:
...'Dickus'?
GUARD #1 and GUARD #2:
[chuckling]
PILATE:
He has a wife, you know. You know what she's called? She's called... 'Incontinentia'. 'Incontinentia Buttocks'.
GUARDS:
[laughing]
PILATE:
Stop! What is all this?
GUARDS:
Ha, ha ha ha ha ha...

Limey · « **Reply #100 on:** November 09, 2006, 05:46:32 pm »

If it's on video, it's on YouTube.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #101 on:** November 09, 2006, 06:38:39 pm »

Even funnier in other languages. Schwanzus Longus

mihoba · « **Reply #103 on:** November 10, 2006, 08:28:17 am »

I started at the old AC with my HS nick, redman. Not the best name for an Astros board, and there were many, many Michaels so I went with my internet persona MIchael HOxxxx BAker. Clever, eh? My wife likes AOL so 10 years ago I created the name (I hate having numbers after a screen name) and decided to use it everywhere.

Porn name is Whiskers O'Kelly.

das · « **Reply #108 on:** November 10, 2006, 01:19:16 pm »

If you haven't seen it, go see Spamalot on Broadway or as it travels around the country. It's a riot.

Author Topic: what is in a name-yours (Read 16751 times)

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