I got mine from the amount of Octane booster I was buying a while ago, I was asked "Are you drinking the stuff?"

I replied if I was then I'd become "Octane Man"

O.M.

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by BarryK:
<B>All you smart ar5e5, he did mention those with "unusual names".[/quote]

Hey, I've never come across anyone called Brendan Hughes before. What's so usual about that?

BJH

 

If I were a **** Star, I would choose the name of my first Pet and my Mother's maiden name!

Shep Lorraine - **** as!

He he he

 

I drive like a Shark

David

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I think I might have the oldest sign on in scoobynet,its 36 years old!!

yes thats right Guiness records lovers,my mother called me david ben aston,she actually invented my sign on all those years ago!! brilliant if you ask me!

And Im sure if she would have known then she might have called me Cyril Uman Nicholas Thomas instead.

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Picked mine up way back in '91... Started using the internet and got into IRC, there was already a gazzar on IRC, so looked around for the next best character.. hence Ga22ar

 

Stems from when I was looking for an email address on yahoo that was as close to NickR as possible, I use n1ckr on every forum I am on.

 

Like Mike Tuckwood mum and dad chose mine - it is kinda apt

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Toonman:
<B>Thanks Disco

Long time since I visited one of your establishments though... [/quote]

I know, the burlesque business ain't what it used to be!!! LOL only joking!!
Howay the lads tonight!

Dont remember Joey Deacon though!

 

couldn't get my own name - or variants of it because of the number of doppelgangers on this BBS.

so picked out an item of food at random from the cupboard - hey presto! it was a tin of skipjack tuna.

i'd have preferred salad cream but there you go.

 

To some "Jerome" would be unusual. It also happens to be my first name. All the BBS's I've joined, I've been the only Jerome who's used that as a username. Lack of imagination and a desire to make people more aware of the name Jerome caused me to choose it. Some people are completely baffled that I go though life being called Jerome without resorting to Jerry, Jez, Geronimo or whatever.

 

Iain M. Banks? Who dat bunny den?

Cryptwalk - any comments?

 

It's what my wife says all the time when I go on about the Scooby (Although I think when she says it there's a gap, as in 'You are SUCH a sad man'!

Mid-life crisis rules OK!

 

chiark,
banksie!!!!!!!! especially his alter ego Menzies!

top, top author, one of my faves. Into cars as well, even better.

As you may or may not know, there is a person on this bbs going by the name of Zero Gravitas, which might mean something to someone

 

Mines after the high speed circuit for datacoms
It was one word, but somehow my password got screwed and changed itself overnight...hence the _ now

 

Comes from my past. Ex-Rugby player from Wales - when I moved to London my rugby mates all seemed to move in and crash out on my floor for months b4 finally buggering off and finding somwhere of their own to live. I secretly didn't mind, but expressed horror to my other half " God, I wish they would hurry up and leave..." just b4 nipping down the pub with them and getting completely sideways.
Anyway, once they all moved out we missed our little sessions so we started a 5 aside soccer team as an excuse for socialising. Now most rugby forwards, as we all were, are not pretty enough to be football players ( mind you there is no such thing as a 50:50 ball either) so we had an appropriate name - The Newport Fat Boys- I was captain and hence became known to the others as Fat Boy. To this day all their mobiles etc have that name in their memories which is embarrassing when they leave their mobiles in taxis when pissed, and I get a phone call -" Ere, is that ... Fat Boy? Your bleeding mate left a crate of lager and a half digested etc....."

 

I'm feeling slightly shallow after all these superb names and reasons why!

 

Well sadly its got nothing to do with that distinctive orafice on top of yr Scooby bonnet.

Fact is that its a nickname that an ex-girlfriend gave me years ago, cos I`m a Journalist,

SCOOP

 

Can't remember where mine came from.

Ian

 

Have been Trigger for many years - Strangely comes from surname of Triggs.....

Not to be confused with Triggaaar of course

 

I had my "work" head on when signing up - if I'd realised it would be my handle forever I would have made more effort...maybe I'll change, and then throw away that coveted "Registered: Feb 2000" and impressive (to me) 300+ posts. Mmmm, maybe not

Chiark - I've read all IMBs SF, and did not spot the relevance! I'm soooo embarrased! Now Ship Names make great usernames, maybe if I ever do change I'll use one of them instead the other names I use - "SteveM" (because it's already gone on here) or "GiveItFish" (because that means nothing to you lot!).

Stephen Millband

 

Mines pretty obvious,it all started when I got heavily into the rallying in my teens,I ended up with almost the full Subaru teamwear wardrobe,Jacket,Hat,Brolly,Bag etc......It got to a stage where my (Jealous)m8s just called me '555 Boy'..........He,he,he Happy times.


Never did I think (or they) that a couple of years on I'd have one myself

555

 

Too many football management games when little, well known fact that foreign sounding names make your team play better football, so robbie became robertio

 

Easy first initial and first 3 of sirname.
(L Cha)pman. Been using it for ages and it's really quick to type. Thats cos i'm a lazy bar steward.

Lee

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by chiark:
<B>Iain M. Banks? Who dat bunny den?

Cryptwalk - any comments?[/quote]

I was watching this thread develop and wondered when i'd get asked, might of known it would be chairk.

Well here goes, alot of you won't know what i'm on about but hey that's not unusual!

Pick one of these that makes most sense:

I used to be a explorer similer to the great Laura croft (but male) And in the far east i explored some crypt's and the local's named me Cryptwalk.

The Cryptwalk was a hiphop dance that doc Dre and snoop dog did on the up in smoke tour video.

I liked the dance, i liked the name! simple as that.

 

Wanted to use my nick name "Maddog" but was worried that people might ring work or home asking to speak with maddog & wife/friends would think I was working for MI5/CIA.

Decided to use real name hence boring Mark A

 

well this is a tough one!!

My first name is Christian, and I drive a wrx sti version iv type-R coupe! so hence the user name ChristianR.. but also, R is the beginning letter of my surname!



PS&gt; Hey SCOOP!! Long time no speak, how r u? got a new car yet?

 

Star Wars character! The best in mine and a lot of peoples opinion.

Fett also apparently is some druggy slang for speed, although my name is definitely not Boba!

 

mine was from a career move
Gastroenterologist.........

Jeeps - medicine has a lot to answer

Gastro