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Captain Krunch

Familiar Face
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85
Location
Virginia/WDC
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"Captain" because I was a captain in the Air Force; and "Krunch" because it's the nickname that people usually derive from my last name, Karuntzos. And finally, there's an odd familiarity about them when combined together....

Krunch
 

Angelicious

One of the Regulars
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190
Location
Rainy ol' New Zealand
A few years ago I had a boyfriend who read all of the "Stainless Steel Rat" books - Harry Harrison I think? Apparently the main character in the books referred to the female interest (named Angel?) with variations on the angel theme. "Angelicious" was one of them, and said boyfriend called me it often enough that it stuck for a while.

I'm not exactly sure why I picked that for the Lounge, except that none of my other net names seemed to sound right in this forum. :)
 

MK

Founder
Staff member
Bartender
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My explanation is rather boring. The first time I discovered a message board on the internet was Indyfan.com and decided to join, I couldn't bring myself to pick a name like Indy this or that. In fact, since I had never seen a board before, the names seemed rather silly at the time...so I just used my initials.

If I had known that I was going to be using this name ten years later....and probably for decades to come, I would have picked something more clever. Most places I go to register tell me it either is too short or that it is taken. The upside is that every blue moon I will be in a bookstore or standing in line at the theater and someone will recognize me from the internet. They will come up and say "are you MK?". That is better when you are with with friends or colleagues than "ARE YOU YODA THE WHIPCRACKING WIZARD?" ;)
 

ITG

Call Me a Cab
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2,483
Location
Dallas/Fort Worth (TEXAS)
MK said:
The upside is that every blue moon I will be in a bookstore or standing in line at the theater and someone will recognize me from the internet. They will come up and say "are you MK?". That is better when you are with with friends or colleagues than "ARE YOU YODA THE WHIPCRACKING WIZARD?" ;)
Heeeheee! Now that'd be funny!
 

Doe Peterson

New in Town
Messages
32
Location
Los Angeles
Doe is a nickname that a few of my friends and colleagues began using. It is short for Dorinda. I don't prefer nicknames, but I felt comfy with Doe and it's easier for people to say and remember.
 

MudInYerEye

Practically Family
Messages
988
Location
DOWNTOWN.
Brando's reference to a Brody refers specifically to Steve Brody, who in 1886 claimed to have jumped off the off the newly minted Brooklyn Bridge and survived. For many years afterward to take a fall and survive intact was known as "doin' a Brody." Incidentally, immediately following the "stunt" Brody opened a must-visit saloon and became one of the world's first superstars through worldwide lecture tours and paid personal appearances, despite the fact that there were no credible witnesses to his plunge, which he never repeated.
 

hatflick1

Practically Family
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Hatflick1

When my interest in vintage fedoras first began, I started rating movies, new or old, two ways: 1.) Was it a good movie, a recommend? 2.) Was it a hat flick? 'Chinatown', of course, rates four stars in both categories. Or, a hatflick1.
 

Dahlia

Familiar Face
Messages
66
Location
Irvine, California
I have had my AIM screenname, PaleDahlia, for a while, and I decided to use Dahlia here. For some reason Dahlia reminds me of my real name, Darcy (except Dahlia sounds more feminine and is also a flower); I chose "Pale" for my AIM name because, well, I'm not into the whole tanning fad. :p
 

K.D. Lightner

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,354
Location
Des Moines, IA
Well, I've only looked at some of the anagrams and found:

Rag Doll Thinker

Rang Thrilled OK

Rant God Hell Irk

A Red Knight Roll

I think I am torn between a ranting god and the rag doll....

karol
 

matei

One Too Many
Messages
1,022
Location
England
My screen name is my name. Matei is the Romanian version of Matthew... I use Matthew/Matt when I introduce myself to English speakers, but with family it is always Matei... or Mateias (mateiash - diminutive)...
 

Mr. Jason

Familiar Face
Messages
78
Location
Chatham Co., NC, USA
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Captain Krunch said:
"Captain" because I was a captain in the Air Force; and "Krunch" because it's the nickname that people usually derive from my last name, Karuntzos. And finally, there's an odd familiarity about them when combined together....

Krunch

My wife had eye sugrey and had this plastic patch on her eye. I called her Captain Crunch for a day and a half before she figured out why.
 

Sam Archer

New in Town
Messages
4
Location
Tennessee
One of my favorite movies is the Maltese falcon, and since I thought somebody might be using Sam Spade, I combined Sam Spade and Miles Archer, so my username is Sam Archer.
 

Hondo

One Too Many
Messages
1,655
Location
Northern California
Isn’t a tough one, no brainer, John Wayne’s 1953 western “Hondo� shades of Alan Ladd’s “Shane�, I just mean a loner comes out to help some woman; Might even add Clint Eastwoods “Pale Rider�. I've been known to do the same from time to time, then ride off into the sunset, Anyway I picked this nic as a good screen name, also known as "Big H", I'm 6 ft 2", I’m sure a favorite to many. :cheers1:
 

PrettyBigGuy

A-List Customer
Messages
367
Location
Elgin, IL
I went to college with a guy who had the biggest Napolean complex of anyone I ever met (he was about 5'5"). Since I am 6'5" and weighed about 240 lbs, he often would stop in the middle of a conversation, look up @ me and say, "Y'know, you're a pretty big guy!". For some reason it always stuck in my mind. Later in my life when I was working in computer graphics, I was thinking about what I would call a production company if I ever started one. I thought that PrettyBigGuy Productions had a good ring to it! I never started the company, but the name has lived on as my message board handle.
PBG
 

Fuente

Familiar Face
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58
The name on the bands of cigars that I usually smoke, became my handle on a few cigar websites.

:cool2:
 

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