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Old 20-08-2013, 23:59
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Salt & vinegar frisps were wonderful. Didn't they have an ad were two crisps were dancing to 'It started with a crisp (kiss), never thought it would come to this...'? I hope so cos that's what pops into my head when I see your username.I hope it's not something I just made up.
I think you made that up!
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Old 21-08-2013, 00:22
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Interesting thread which is more than can be said about my username! It's not even my real name as when I first signed up I was afraid someone in my RL might recognise me!!

BB14 is the first I've watched since it finished on Channel 4. I always used to read the WHATM thread and loved some of the usernames. Babycatcher was always one of my favourites and I have a recipe saved somewhere for Snozzwangler's banana bread.
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Old 21-08-2013, 00:26
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Interesting thread which is more than can be said about my username! It's not even my real name as when I first signed up I was afraid someone in my RL might recognise me!!

BB14 is the first I've watched since it finished on Channel 4. I always used to read the WHATM thread and loved some of the usernames. Babycatcher was always one of my favourites and I have a recipe saved somewhere for Snozzwangler's banana bread.
That was a great name, especially as she's a midwife.

Were you really born in 1932
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Old 21-08-2013, 08:55
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Rancid or RB as i sometimes refer to you as (hope that doesn't annoy you) What a fantastic thread! It should be pinned

Monkey is the nickname my OH calls me. I have strange, extremely flexible feet I use them like an extra pair of hands and can fold them backwards. Nice mental image I've painted for you huh

The number 13 is our lucky number and we were married on Friday 13th.
I want feet like yours!

I don't mind what I'm called I picked it, I gotta live with it!

Always reminds me to check the fridge for stuff needing freezing anyways!

Interesting thread which is more than can be said about my username! It's not even my real name as when I first signed up I was afraid someone in my RL might recognise me!!

BB14 is the first I've watched since it finished on Channel 4. I always used to read the WHATM thread and loved some of the usernames. Babycatcher was always one of my favourites and I have a recipe saved somewhere for Snozzwangler's banana bread.
I remember the days when I was the only person on the internet with my name - very strange times compared to now!

Those are great names! I can't wait for Xmas now you've reminded me of the BFG
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:00
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My usual user name used to be 'daemonette' or 'daemonette666' on the web sites I frequented and it was based upon my favourite demonic archetype from a roleplaying system called Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

What I discovered after a few years was that most people assumed I was female based upon the user name so I shortened it and have stuck to that user name everwhere I go ever since.
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:05
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I chose mine in a hurry...it was going to be Sparkle-kitten Cardigan.

I need to change mine as it's too similar to FM Daisy Bumbleroot and people have mistaken me for them but DS won't let me....I've got such a better name lined up too.
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:20
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Mr Tinks was considering a username for one of his Sci-Fi or apocalypse sites a while back and I still laugh at his stupidity:

Him: I'm thinking Syoban: Lord of Darkness.
Me: Oh, right.
Him: It's a real name. Syoban.
Me: It's not.
Him: It is. I got an email from someone called Syoban. Class. Syoban: Lord of Darkness.
Me: [looks at his PC] Siobhan. Siobhan: Lord of Darkness.
Him: What?
Me: It's pronounced Shevonne, pet.
Him: Oh.

How could he not know that?!



Aww. We had that problem with the log in details for one of our accounts. We had to pick a pets name (Wee Jude) and mother's maiden name (Burns). Was a bit shitty logging in WeeJudeBurns every other day after we had to have her PTS and cremated last year. The unfortunate surname makes it in awful poor taste. I can be flippant now - and I quite like the wee reminders of her actually - but for some months it was tears and snot everytime I used the account.



Not at all. I love your name. It reminds me of Xmas for some reason. And if I ever realise one of my dreams of starting a business selling Pretty Things and Nicnacs for the home I'm nicking it for the name. My other dream is running a tearoom. All twee with mismatching china, cakestands and homemade jams and chutneys - Sally Cinnamon's (Stone Roses inspired).
I sometimes wish I'd picked that for mine.


Love your name too. Your posts and username suggest you're a damn smart lady who doesn't take herself too seriously, no pretentions.



I get that with chip_buttie. I'd put him/her on ignore to stop the damned cravings but I usually agree with them too much. I can almost taste the salt and vinegar when they post.
Just wanted to say I love you, had me chuckling away in a lift!
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:38
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Interesting thread which is more than can be said about my username! It's not even my real name as when I first signed up I was afraid someone in my RL might recognise me!!

BB14 is the first I've watched since it finished on Channel 4. I always used to read the WHATM thread and loved some of the usernames. Babycatcher was always one of my favourites and I have a recipe saved somewhere for Snozzwangler's banana bread.
Yes, Babycatcher is a brilliant name for a midwife.
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:44
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This thread has been a fascinating read. I only wish I had been more desk bound yesterday to keep up with it as it unfolded.

I am wondering if I am the only person who has a distinct visual of some of FMs. This usually stems from their user names. I have a very clear picture of some of you in my minds eye. Do others create an image of posters they respond to regularly?
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Old 21-08-2013, 09:51
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This thread has been a fascinating read. I only wish I had been more desk bound yesterday to keep up with it as it unfolded.

I am wondering if I am the only person who has a distinct visual of some of FMs. This usually stems from their user names. I have a very clear picture of some of you in my minds eye. Do others create an image of posters they respond to regularly?
Yes I do. I do it at work too, I used to talk to a solicitor regularly who I imagined to be tall dark and handsome. I met him years later and he turned out to be short, fat and sleazy. Such a disappointment! Totally ruined my fantasy.

Of course the fm's here are all extremely beautiful, talented and intelligent. I can tell that from their usernames.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:01
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This thread is too long to go back and find quotes and I can't figure out how to multi-quote in any case, so being the academic time I took notes as I read.

I notice someone refers to Rancidbeings as RB and asked if she minded. If she doesn't I think I will adopt that to I really don't like calling you Rancid - for obvious reasons.

Pugamo - I always thought was Italian. I think you could invent a back story to go with it on those lines Pugamo. Fictional back stories are all the rage this season it seems.

Flights815-23D Always stands out for me. I have it in my head that the posters is American. I always thought she was a he until very recently. I didn't and still get the flight number connection. I may have derived the American bit from the idea of being a long way away and having a flight number as an ID.

This is the first year I have realised that Dangermoose was a she and also that it wasn't Dangermouse. I honestly thought it was Dangermouse until this BB. Probably why i thought she was a chap not a chapess.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:02
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Ahhhhh.......but rancidbeings........you would have to have a modicum of intelligence to decipher the logic of your name.......Although an admirer of the writings of Evelyn Waugh.......mostly penned from actual people of his acquaintance, I have never read Vile Bodies.......and will have to see if it is on Kindle for my next holiday......

Had to look up Ad Hominem's ........ and sangreal, I knew as royal blood........mine......Sunnydays, was the only one I could have.......all the others had been pinched and DS refused them.......most know me as Moonchild......

It's Od Hominem. Someone called me on it, and said I'd made a mistake, that it should be Ad Hominem. I did make a mistake (never try to register when you've had a couple of glasses of dothering liquid) but not in that way. It was supposed to be Odd Hominem; a play on 'ad hominem' but I forgot to add the extra D. I consoled myself with the fact that it sounded phonetically correct. Maybe I should've just chosen Weird Geezer and had done with it.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:04
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It's Od Hominem. Someone called me on it, and said I'd made a mistake, that it should be Ad Hominem. I did make a mistake (never try to register when you've had a couple of glasses of dothering liquid) but not in that way. It was supposed to be Odd Hominem; a play on 'ad hominem' but I forgot to add the extra D. I consoled myself with the fact that it sounded phonetically correct.
I am pleased you have explained this, I have always wondered
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:08
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Guess I was too busy earlier whinging about my ill-thought out bloody asterisks to bother explaining the ethos behind my username.......if anyone speaks 'forrin' like me, they'll have figured out that (loosely translated) it means 'serene soul'

I have been known to be straight down the line outspoken, because I have a very low BS tolerance. And after having been dragged into some cyber rucks in other paces over the years, I figure my name will remind me to try and swerve past any 'grief' I may see here at DS.

It's a work in progress...........
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:11
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Well, fans of Chris Lilley will get my name immediately.

Jonah Takalua is a Tongan schoolboy in Lilley's awesome Summer Heights High series. I highly recommend it to anyone. It's hilarious!!

Though everyone thinks I'm really called Jonah on here!!!
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:13
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I am pleased you have explained this, I have always wondered
Now you (being a fellow dog lover) I always think of as warm and friendly and loving.

When in fact you could be a serial killer
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:16
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Mine is my old CB radio handle from the late 70's.
There was a customised hearse named The Coffin Shifter, featured in Custom Car magazine at the time, & I liked it, so 'nicked' the name.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:17
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Mine is my old CB radio handle from the late 70's.
There was a customised hearse named The Coffin Shifter, featured in Custom Car magazine at the time, & I liked it, so 'nicked' the name.
And your name scares the bejaysus out of me.

Of course you are probably a very nice person.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:46
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I love all the different names. It's always fun trying to guess how they have come about. What a great thread..

I think my username is very bland - but maybe that is what I wanted, to blend in and 'schmooze' wherever I wanted without making waves. I think I had just got back from selling charity raffle tickets to strangers in a pub, and a friend who is had commented that I was (perhaps only compared to her) good at schmoozing. Saying that I am not entirely sure that I spelt it right..
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:47
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I want feet like yours!

I don't mind what I'm called I picked it, I gotta live with it!

Always reminds me to check the fridge for stuff needing freezing anyways!
They have a mind of their own. Even when I'm sleeping my toes twitch.

I promise RB is the only alternative I refer to you as

This thread has been so enlightening. Some who I'd of sworn were women are guys and visa versa.

Dunno what makes you assume someone's sexuality just by reading. I guess it depends how aggressive the posts are. Strange eh
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:50
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I don't regret mine its my first name lou And my maiden name beings with a p my nickname as a kid was loopi original I know :s
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:58
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I just came on to say what a brilliant thread rancidbeings. I've always enjoyed your posts.

BTW your username always reminded me of Esther Rantzen for some reason. Her nickname is the first part of your name in certain online circles. Blimey.....sorry because your nothing like her at all.

Anyway, I'm just kate (no imagination whatsoever) when joining up

I've read through all of this and loved it. There's some very clever and witty people on DS. And some fms have made me laugh out loud.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:59
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I love my username and the fact that people shorten it (affectionately I hope in some cases ).

I chose it because, at the time, I felt I was a mug due to certain choices I'd made in my life.
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Old 21-08-2013, 10:59
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When I joined DS and had to choose a username I was listening to a cd by a band called Brutal Truth so I just picked that.
It was either that or Brian Fantana (the character from Anchorman) as people say I look like him.
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Old 21-08-2013, 11:00
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This thread is too long to go back and find quotes and I can't figure out how to multi-quote in any case, so being the academic time I took notes as I read.

I notice someone refers to Rancidbeings as RB and asked if she minded. If she doesn't I think I will adopt that to I really don't like calling you Rancid - for obvious reasons.

Pugamo - I always thought was Italian. I think you could invent a back story to go with it on those lines Pugamo. Fictional back stories are all the rage this season it seems.

Flights815-23D Always stands out for me. I have it in my head that the posters is American. I always thought she was a he until very recently. I didn't and still get the flight number connection. I may have derived the American bit from the idea of being a long way away and having a flight number as an ID.

This is the first year I have realised that Dangermoose was a she and also that it wasn't Dangermouse. I honestly thought it was Dangermouse until this BB. Probably why i thought she was a chap not a chapess.

Your not alone in generating a visual image out of the forum members name. I had you down as a university professor with facial hair. how wrong can one be! I'd hate to think of how people visualise me

T'was me who refers to Rancid as RB. I'm so pleased she doesn't mind. It's meant in an affectionate way as we have shared a few posts and tend to agree, mostly

I love Dangermoose's name. It always makes me smile as I think about penfold from the children's show
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