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Screen Names...

Biltmore Bob

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1,721
Location
Spring, Texas... Y'all...
I was just wondering how some of y'all came up with your screen name.

Me, my name is Bob and most of my fedoras are Biltmores...thus, Biltmore Bob. Not very creative I know...how 'bout y'all?
 

Johnnysan

One Too Many
Messages
1,171
Location
Central Illinois
Mine started on eBay...after trying every combination I could think of only to find that they had already been taken, something prompted me to type: "Johnnysan." (I think that I was watching a Jackie Chan movie at the time.) It went through and viola, there you have it - an overweight bald white guy in the Midwest with a markedly Asian-sounding screen name!

BTW - Biltmore makes a terrific hat! I have two of them and couldn't be happier with the quality. Hopefully, their comeback will be successful!
 

jake431

Practically Family
Messages
518
Location
Chicago, IL
jake431 - well, my name is Jake (Jacob, if you want to get technical), and my Grandfather was a co-pilot/pilot in the 431st BS, 11th BG, 7th AF. All those numbers were too long, so I just used 431. And there you have it.

-Jake
 

Witless Evil

New in Town
Messages
5
Sometimes Hilarious Screen Name Generator

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/

Type in your name. Have a laugh.

If you have the right proportions of vowels to consonants, limiting results to two or three words (advanced) can come up with some really catchy (although meaningless) phrases.
 

Brad Bowers

I'll Lock Up
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4,187
Well, my middle name is Bradford, though people call me Brad, and my surname is Bowers, so it only seemed natural. I've never been partial to anonymity on the Internet, I guess.

Brad
 

BD Jones

One of the Regulars
Messages
201
Location
Texas
Mine comes from my Club Obi Wan name, Band Director Jones, as I am a middle school and high school band director. When I registered here (back when it was on the EZboard network) it would not let me put in "Band Director Jones"; it said the name was too long. So, I just abbreviated it to BD Jones.
 

android

One of the Regulars
Messages
255
My name is Andrew and I've worked in the computer industry for about 20 years, hence android. A coworker gave me the nickname right after Aliens came out. He'd call me android and I'd say don't call me that, I prefer the term artificial human.
 

K.D. Lightner

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,354
Location
Des Moines, IA
My name is Karol Diane Lightner, I never use the middle name, so legally sign as Karol D. Lightner, but like to shorten it to K.D. Lightner or sometimes kdlightner. No-brainer.

I get a kick out of some of the names folks use on the site, some of the guys names I like are Ghos7a55assin and Duce Apocalypse, and some of the gal's names, i.e., jitterbugdoll.

I hope Holly tells us what ITG means. I've been wondering....

karol
 

Nathan Flowers

Head Bartender
Staff member
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3,661
Zohar is a name in the Bible that I found humorous sounding. He was one of the long list of "begats" in Genesis. I've been using it for stuff since I was a kid.

For most things now I use Conan D. Librarian, but I'm afraid to change it because so many people know me as Zohar on here now.
 

elsewhere

Familiar Face
Messages
63
Location
Southern California
Mine must seem rather obvious.
It comes from my vintage business name.

THAT, however, came from a casual conversation before opening my 2nd antique store. Someone asked me what the new store was going to be like and I said something like "ohh... it'll be like the old one, just elsewhere"
 

Julius Xavier

One of the Regulars
Messages
223
Location
Milwaukee, WI
Screen Names

Um... I'm an Indiana Jones fan... so I guess Doc would be short for Doctor... Indy is short for Indiana... and Jones well is just Jones. LOL



-Doc
 

ITG

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,483
Location
Dallas/Fort Worth (TEXAS)
K.D. Lightner said:
I hope Holly tells us what ITG means. I've been wondering....

karol
Like BD Jones, I couldn't type Indiana Texas-girl (my Club Obi Wan name), so I opted for ITG, since that's what they call me anyway over there with my full online name being too long to type out.
 

scotrace

Head Bartender
Staff member
Messages
14,392
Location
Small Town Ohio, USA
Just stuck

We used to have a company focused on finding sponsorship for NASCAR race teams. Fun+tax.
So when I began needing screen names (1992), I just tacked "Race" onto Scott.
Has absolutely no meaning or significance now, but I've used it too much to replace it.
 

Mr. Sable

A-List Customer
Messages
371
Location
Calgary, Canada
Mine is a convoluted tale of requiring an alias dating before I ever heard of the old 'intertron'. Mr. Black was too obvious and too like "Reservoir Dogs". Sable means black and has a few arcane connotations, according to the "Encyclopedia of Forbidden Knowledge". I made up the first name, Warren, and many folks, to this day figure I'm two different people.

Holy mackerel! Even the short version is convoluted!
 

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