ocddoug opened this issue on Mar 09, 2003 ยท 123 posts
ocddoug posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 6:23 PM
I'm always curious about these things. The "ocd" in my name means Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (yes, I have it), the "doug" is of course my name.
Anyone?
catlin_mc posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 6:36 PM
I use Catlin because that's what my mother calls me. I thinks she's still undecided about what my given name should be. :) Cat She still treats me like a 2 year old too.
deadman67 posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 6:41 PM
WWE need i say more
Z_Shadow posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 7:02 PM
Z_Shadow is a funny way of trying to say The Shadow with a french accent. I had the nickname of Shadow since highschool and continued using it as a pen name on any artwork I did. I normally sign airbrush work "Shadow DiD It". My best friend added the Z to it when we worked together at a race car garage and everyone else there refered to me as the custom painter. Sorry for the babbling, but you asked for it.:)
ICMgraphics posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 7:07 PM
ICM Image ~ Communication ~ Media :) Not only here and in art, but in everything in life.
madmax_br5 posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:00 PM
madmax (self explanitory) br5(bryce5) simple..heh.
EricofSD posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:02 PM
When I got my first internet connection in San Diego with AOhelL back in 93 that was the name they assigned. All the stupid ones I wanted were taken. Now that I live in Arizona I was trying to change to EricofAZ but after 10 years do you now how tough that is? New accounts, different galleries, yada yada.
Claymor posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:06 PM
Claymor was a role playing character I created on Prodigy years ago, then it was the name of a web design company I started. I suppose Claymor has become my alter ego. It all stems from the word claymore which is a scottish sword.
Roch222 posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:11 PM
Not too creative My name is rochelle and 2 is my lucky number roch222
Quest posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:31 PM
And my user name means ahhhhhh........ :-
DigitalSteve posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:34 PM
My name is steve and when I upload myself onto the internet I only exist in digital form. And I don't like these new all glass phone booth's. Just ask superman. Or Neo. Yup!
TheBryster posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:39 PM Forum Moderator
Well, after seeing some of my early work my youngest son called me 'The Bryce-Master' 'cos he was really impressed. I thought that was bit long so we tried 'Brycster' but that was confusing to the eye. So after a bit of thought we ended up with......... ...The Bryster!
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deadman67 posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:44 PM
roch222 if your lucky number is 2 then having 3 2's is three times the luck
treemont posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 8:49 PM
treemont: trees... montains... etc. i might change it later though, when i get better :)
pauljs75 posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 9:18 PM
My username stems from the fairly common practice of combining name(s) initial(s) and the last two digits of one's birth year. Nothing exciting there. ;) Just wondering tho, isn't claymor also a type of land mine?
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boblaprime posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 9:34 PM
Wow and I only used my name. Not much thought into that one. I may have to change it just to keep up with the Joneses.
boblaprime posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 9:40 PM
Or... bobla from the latin bobla meaning to bob up and down while singing. la la la and prime as in a great steak. I guess I could be the reincarnation of the long sought after bobbing, singing steak. ok... maybe not.
tjohn posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 9:45 PM
Tjohn is a nickname. The T is short for something I'm not going to share :^) and John is my name.
This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.
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Claymor posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 10:09 PM
Yes, claymore is also the name of a landmine...but the sword was around for a hundred or so years before the mine was invented.
Ornlu posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 10:42 PM
Ornlu, mythologically Ornlu was a wolf that could communicate with humans telepathically by "painting a picture in their heads" weird eh?
Rochr posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 11:20 PM
My name is a relic from from the first email i got! R och R in swedish means R and R = Rudy & Ros-Mari ( the & sign was unavailable) ...too late to change it now... :)
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GROINGRINDER posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 11:21 PM
Let's see where do I start. Hmmmm......................Ok I had this friend in High School who used to use a phony german accent and introduce himself to girls as Baron Von Groingrinder. He would pretend not to know where he was and try to con them into giving him a ride somewhere so he could ride with them and have more time to con their phone numbers. It was hilarious to everyone who knew him because of how phony it looked and sounded, but it worked amazingly well. We could never understand it. I suppose karma rewarded him for being so willing to make a total ass of himself. Now I use the name hoping people will think it is as funny as I do.
ocddoug posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 11:24 PM
LOL that's a great story, Groingrinder! Thanks for sharing ;-) Doug
GROINGRINDER posted Sun, 09 March 2003 at 11:26 PM
You're welcome ocddoug.
Roch222 posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 12:00 AM
deadman67 - yes 3 times the luck - sometimes I use roch444, just for the xtra luck why isnt it working ;] roch222222222222222222222222222222222222
GROINGRINDER posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 12:14 AM
Hey I was born on friday the 13th and most of the time I am damned glad when luck isn't working.
FWTempest posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 12:16 AM
I used to sing with a local band (a couple, actually, but I'm referring to my latest). We were sitting around B.S.ing one night, trying to come up with a name, and I started throwing out these oxymoronic 70's sounding name... Fair Weather Tempest was the one that stuck. This was also about the time that I received Bryce, Poser, Carrara and Painter as a gift from my brother who worked for Metacreations during the Great Collapsing Metacreational Frungdung. So I learned to use the programs making band posters. Since then, the band has split, but since I came up with the name, and I think it's not too bad as name's go, and I'm not doing anything musically oriented with it, I've adopted it for my artistic ventures. Shortened it a bit for Renderosity use.
Elsina posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 12:23 AM
I started my gallery with two other people after we build a website together, and could not come up with a name for it, so we called it temporarily "creations". I also have an account on my own name Elsina (also that gallery I did with someone else for one specific website). In the end, images we do together (one modelling, one texturing and /or rendering) usually go there and Creations became my own more or less. And yes, too late to change it now... Elsina :-))
chohole posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 1:54 AM
Mine too is one of the boring ones, its the name of our house. Chohole gate lodge in full. We have never known for certain where the chohole came from, but think it is a corruption of charcoal, and the gate was the one the charcoal burners used to access common land when the park was first enclosed.
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GROINGRINDER posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 2:06 AM
Damn I never knew houses could have names. Now I gotta think up a name for mine. Maybe "House of the Rising Sun".
Erlik posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 2:22 AM
Oh, ask around Britain and you'll see whether houses can have names. :-) Mine ... well, I was loking for a user name for a free mail service before I joined up here. And remembered Erlik, from Conan comics (haven't seen it in the books). It's an extremely nasty and ugly god. And I liked the sound of the name. Now I'm using it on every forum I joined since. Not that I'm either extremely nasty, or, I hope, ugly. :-)
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vasquez posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 2:25 AM
vasquez was the name of the first rpg character i created (a dwarf) I was with a friend and we made 2 char: vasquez and drake, Alien 2 docet..
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DreamWarrior posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 3:39 AM
Oh, long story! I created a character for a comic/ rpg in which an ordinary girl is given this mission in her dreams by greater powers. She had to enter other people's dreams to solve their problems. More like psychological problems. She had to enter their dreams and live them, and understand them to search for this person problem, and then change them to make them enlight this person. I could explain it better, but it would take forever! Anyway, my own dream of saving the world kinda thing (something usual for an aquarian). Excuse my English!
bhubenig posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 3:39 AM
B stands for Brian. Hubenig is my last name. My last name, according to one sirname dictionary, means: Tall thin man, possibly used sarcastically. Ironic that my great great grandfather stood 5'3" and weighed about 300 pounds!
Rayraz posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 3:43 AM
Rayraz comes from raytraz. I once got my first e-mail adress and I wanted to call it raytraz. Raytraz came from raytrace, because I already was a bryce-addict back then. However I was a new-bee at anything internet besides hotbot (searchengine wich I used before google came around) and a few basic sites, so I asked my father to make my e-mail adress. I wrote the name down, but forgot the 't' from traz and so it became rayraz. I thought it sounded rather cool and decided to leave it that way. My house doen't have a name. But my computers do: My first computer (386) was called DAVE after my favourite dos-game. My second one (300MHz AMD K6II) was called reboot because it crashed way more often than my old 386. It was only later that I noticed that was because I started using windows back then. My current commputer (AMD 1800+) is called Phtalo because it sounds cool.
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MindVision-GDS posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 4:01 AM
Name of my small but very own company: MindVision Graphic Design Studio..rather boring..maybe I should change it to Pepe or sumtin :)
TheBryster posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 4:20 AM Forum Moderator
GG: My house has the name 'Rivendell' after Elrond's house in the Lord of the Rings' (Aka The Last Homely House) My pc's (when I had two of them) were Cartman and Kenny from South Park.
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hyperborea posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 5:01 AM
It means "new found land" and is the name of our gallery with stone sculptures in The Netherlands. We try to make Hyperborea as real as possible by creating it in different art disciplines. It even has its own language and the signature in our work is the letter H. Willem and Madeleine
RobertJ posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 5:30 AM
Well RobertJ when pronouced in Dutch means so much like little Robert, wich is exactly the opposite of what i am, rather tall guy weighing about 105 kg. And the J also stands for my seccond wich is Jan, Robert Jan, just because there where already so much people in the family called Jan. And as last, i the past when choosing a screenname in a Forum (or such things), Robert was usually taken, so RobertJ was the seccond choice :)
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catlin_mc posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:19 AM
DreamWarrior I totally empathize, being an aquarian too what else could I do. 8) Cat
Rayraz posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:25 AM
Lekker veel nederlanders hier h Nederland wordt echt een internetlandje.
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hyperborea posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:33 AM
Wat dacht je van Brycelandje? ;-)
Rayraz posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:39 AM
Ook een optie.
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tatjana posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:44 AM
Well, I am the third Aquarian here. :-) But, let's stick to the names so not to turn this into a horoscope list. My username is my first name and since where I live this name is usually shortened to Tanja, I have never felt the need for a third name or a pseudonym. It comes from Latin, via Russian, originally meaning "the one who names". This is fun, actually, since I have wondered about some of the usernames before. Thanks ocddoug for initiating this.
Gog posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 7:26 AM
Gog, Means cave dweller, I've used it ever since the days when video games could only take 3 letters in the high score table. Just Gog was already taken, so I added the CA1 to let people from another forum which Gog was Me!! :-)
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Incarnadine posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 8:26 AM
Main Entry: 1incarnadine Pronunciation: in-'k-n&-"dIn Etymology: Middle French incarnadin, from Old Italian incarnadino, from incarnato flesh-colored, from Late Latin incarnatus Date: 1591 1 : having the pinkish color of flesh 2 : RED; especially : BLOODRED It was a bit of an inside joke based on the above definitions. I picked the name up as a pseudonym for my pen and ink/photographic erotic works (fine art nudes to BDSM/fetish images) and just kinda liked the sound of it. Castle Perilous came to my attention later, and I liked the character of Lord Incarnadine so I keep with my nick. My computers are Bambleweeney Maxxx and Bambleweeney Portable. (I do have a towel)(grin)
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eelie posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 8:51 AM
Mine started because of a relationship I was in. Being hopelessly in love and all that stuff, I used ILY (I Love You) in emails and notes. Eventually it took on a sound and became eelie. "ILY" has passed away but "eelie" has stuck.
Sambucus posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 9:06 AM
sambucus is the botanical name for the elder, and as I`m knocking on a bit..... I agree with tatjana, good question.
Trouble posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 9:22 AM
One of my cat's is named Trouble and when I was growing up my familiy always said Here comes Trouble (in a nice way) when the would see me coming. ;) I like it and use it as my nick all over the web. BTW my computer is named $$@%!!## the 3rd.
Atomic_Anvil posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:04 AM
Atomic Anvil :
Means that my first choice, Digital Anvil was already taken.
Just another goofy screen name.
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unclebob posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:08 AM
I "received" mine when I was in the US Air Force. As shift supervisor I could cut back personnel when we had all the work done. One Friday night we had everything done and ZERO "other" stuff to do so one of the kids that worked for me said "hey, lets ask unclebob if we can go". which I did) He said the name just popped up in his head and no we weren't related. It stuck with me for the rest of my AF career, it even preceeded me to some bases. I still use it to this day. bob btw... I really am an uncle too :-)
Ang25 posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:16 AM
Mine is boring, Ang short for Angela and 25 my two favorite #'s combined. However, I should point out that 'Ang' does not ryhme with 'sang' It is pronounced as the first half of Angie is pronounced and very few people can call me 'Angie' without it making me cringe. :)
orbital posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:40 AM
I'm named after the techno duo orbital, I know sad, but their music is always inspiring to me and hopefully brings out the creative element in me.
Aldaron posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:59 AM
My name came from a AD&D character which I took out of Tolkien's Lord of the Ring. It's elvish for "Lord of the Trees", what better name for a Half-elf ranger. :)
runwolf13 posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 12:06 PM
My real middle name is Running Wolf and my lucky number is 13. Running Wolf is to long, so I shortened it to Runwolf, and it's what my friends all call me.
pakled posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 1:07 PM
I was nu-be, but after a year, it didn't fit so well, so I wanted to change it to 'gadfly'. Gadfly was taken, now what? I have a small poster on my desk, the Pakled Award for Smart People and Technical things (from the 'You can't do that on Star Trek' site, one of the funniest sites that's no longer around). So I went with that. We are not smart..;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
scotttucker3d posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 1:09 PM
Mine's just boring - a way to advertise my business and website. I would use my old name tuckersaur but it would have no connection to my business. Tuckersaur comes from my last name and my love of dinosaurs. This is a cool thread - keep it up : )
tjohn posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 1:44 PM
runwolf: Are your parents Native American?
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PeterRama posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 2:44 PM
Back in the days of the 300 baud modems.... I logged on & was asked for a handle. Looking for inspiration, I gazed at my nearby bookshelf full of Sci-Fi classics and saw Rendezvous with Rama. So I chose "Rama". Unfortunately, that one seems to be taken quite a bit so I added my first name as well...
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Doublecrash posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 3:34 PM
Interesting thread... :) So, I was totally Internet illitterate when the major Italian phone company asked me to do the "moderator" in the first Italian chat. I had to choose a nickname. "What's a nickname?" I asked. They answered me. Big choice. I had just published my then last novel and the main character was a really cool guy, a graffiti artist whose name was Crash. So I picked this one. After a while, I got a little messed up changing ISP, Crash was already taken everywhere, so I opted for Doubling my power and here I am. :) About PC names: my Old One is named Patti (she's transexual and I thought it was a perfect name for her/his state of mind). The new one (is arriving at last, people! no more week-renders!) will be called Inter (not after Inter-net, but after my beloved Italian soccer team). Stefano
catlin_mc posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:33 PM
Doublecrash here was me thinking you were a bad driver. This just goes to show you should never make assumptions. 8) Cat
lsstrout posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 6:42 PM
My very uncreative username is my first two initials plus my last name. However, Strout is actually old English for bush or shrub. Turns out the Strout coat of arms is an evergreen tree with red fruit (pomegranites?) all over it. My full first name, Linda, is a Spanish word for pretty. So if you translate both my names to modern English, I am Pretty Bush. Lin
TheBryster posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 7:10 PM Forum Moderator
Hey, Lin! I'm 'pretty bushed' myself......gotto get to bed earlier.....oh groan! I just couldn't resist! ;^) The Bryster
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lsstrout posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 7:20 PM
grin
catlin_mc posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 7:20 PM
Thanks for letting us knw Lin, i've been all kind of problems figuring out how to pronounce Isstrout, :) this clears it all up. Cat
Knot4u posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 8:30 PM
Mine is as it reads...and was created after a period in my life when I needed to start doing things for me..not for you (knot4u)
antevark posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 10:12 PM
antevark... a few stories to that, several reasons i hav it... an old school nickname(gazelle, becuz i've always been pretty tall, and when we had to do stamina tests in Phys Ed, i'd lengthen my stride, making me look like i'm going very slow, but actually going quite fast) combined with a friends obsession at the time with aardvarks(don't ask) combined, TO MAKE...... aardezelle? gadevark? Sooo, I cheated a little. Aardvarks and antelopes.
DreamWarrior posted Mon, 10 March 2003 at 11:21 PM
;-) catlin We just can't help it, can we?
tresamie posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 2:10 AM
What a fun thread! I have a number of nicknames on the net. The one i use here is Tresamie. I chose it because I am a bit shy, but very friendly, and that's what it means in French (but I am American.) If you have a burning desire to know any of my other nicknames, you must ask me privately, LOL. :) Tresamie
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pidjy posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 5:05 AM
LOl mine is the way my friends call me, my real nam is Pierre-Jean, as nobody could remember it they called me PJ.. in fact PG with a bad english accent.. so it as become Pidjy..
pidjy posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 5:08 AM
ho yes.. to prononce peed-gee! LOL
Dragonsbld posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 8:05 AM
Fasinating.. simply fasinating.. this being the first time i'm posting in forum, ever. i thought i'll start here with something strange.. Dragonsbld, Short for Dragon's Blood, stems from 2 sources. Dragon's Blood, was oringnally the character nickname of a non-player character half demon, Kain Blackmoor, who was known for being drenched in the blood of dragons, from slaying them, and leaving without a word, so people gave him the nickname. Dragonsbld came about from my use of aol. back when it first started you were limited to the number of characters much more then they are now. so i had to shorten the nickname to Dragonsblod or dragonsbld.. and thus i've been dragonsbld since the begining of the internet...
cambert posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 10:11 AM
cambert: I live by the River Cam, in Cambridge, and everything here is called Cam-something; it's the standard prefix for any Cambridge entity. The 'bert' bit is just to finish it off, really. No cheese connection, I'm afraid :-)
pakled posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 11:37 AM
hmm..sounds like an English character from 'Dilbert'..;) This is all very interesting..
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
catlin_mc posted Tue, 11 March 2003 at 12:58 PM
I think perhaps my name should be SadCat 'cos when it gets to this time of year I get very, very S.A.D. or seasonally affected disorder. I can't afford to get the mega bright light so I usually take some happy pills and pay regular visits to the sun bed. Sun beds are actually really good for this problem as I've found that a weekly 10-12 min session does raise my spirits. So if you have the same problem try the sun bed approach it might work for you. Cat
Thelema posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 7:50 AM
Thelema; allegdly latin for will,used by Rabalais and Crowley as an expression of True Will or Higher Purpose.There by Crowley's the Law of Thelema "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" in modern terms should read "Do what you were put on this planet to do".
sailor_ed posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 8:48 AM
No biggie here: I live on a sailboat and my first name is Ed.
Mr-Gibs posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 10:31 AM
Comes from my days of playing Quake and similar games. When a player gets "blowed up real good", there is an explosion of blood, guts and body parts flying in every direction. In game parlance, the body parts are "giblets" - or "gibs" for short.
I'll let you guess whether Mr-Gibs indicates my skill at reducing other players to gibs, or my lack of skill and resulting numerous messy deaths. ;)
Nukeboy posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 4:36 PM
I'm a Nuclear Security Specialist and one day my brother said, "Hey, Nukeboy!" and the name just stuck (kinda like the U235 on the bottom of my boot...)
catlin_mc posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 4:50 PM
LOL..........radioactive man. 8) Cat
Doublecrash posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 10:15 PM
Nukeboy, please... don't make Bryce images while you're on duty :) ;-) Stefano
Rayraz posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 12:06 AM
Hey Nukeboy, could you get me a few kilograms of plutionium? :P
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catlin_mc posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 3:20 AM
LOL........8)
Nukeboy posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 6:10 PM
We're having a special $500,000 per kilo (no Iraqi orders, please!) :-)
Atomic_Anvil posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 6:53 PM
Geez, I sure hope Mister Ashcroft ain't reading this forum, otherwise some folks may just get some visitors courtesy of the US Government and the Dept. of Homeland Security. Sorry to sound like a spoil sport but with a war with Iraq just hours away, I find little humor in a thread about selling plutonium ... Dave
Doublecrash posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:15 PM
Man, if some US govt guys show up to check this thread here thinkin' we're really trading plutonium, you US people are really in bad hands :) [] And pay attention, because your nickname is... Atomic :) LOL! [] Not that we here in Italy are in much better shape, alas... Stefano
lsstrout posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:29 PM
Black humor helps some of us cope. I have a few friends who definitely are or could possibly be headed into the thick of things. One of them is a woman who would be a civilian consultant. I am also located not too far away from military bases which would definitely be targets of any enemies with the means to attack them. Black humor is definitely not to everyone's taste, but please don't mistake it for not taking the situation seriously. Lin "Sometimes you have to laugh, because otherwise you would just cry."
Atomic_Anvil posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:30 PM
Stefano, Here in the states, last week as a matter of fact, a man was arrested at a shopping mall in New York state after he put on a shirt he had just purchased. Know what the shirt said? "Give Peace a Chance" or something to that effect. but moving on ... thanks for reminding me of the "Atomic" connection, I hadn't even thought about it. grin Dave
lsstrout posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:47 PM
Attached Link: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/crossgates1.html
Here is the text of the complaint. He was on private property (all shopping malls are), refused to comply with the owner's request, and was apparantly stopping other shoppers. He wasn't arrested for wearing the shirt, he was arrested for refusing to leave private property. Linantevark posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:51 PM
Atomic_Anvil posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 7:51 PM
Thanks Lin. I had read several different versions and still only got half the story. ;) Moving along ... this name thread sure has gone a lot farther than I thought it would. Pretty cool to read the origins of folk's handles/on-line names. Dave
catlin_mc posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 8:57 PM
I just love this forum, and from what people say, all the nutters who contribute in their own special way. It really is a laugh a minute....LOL :) Keeps me sane anyways. Cheers Cat
catlin_mc posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 9:28 PM
antevark that is the biggest laugh I've had in ages, especially towards the end or was it the middle or both. I'm still grinning now and it hasen't even put me off visiting America although I'll have to watch I don't bring some inflamitory European clothing. We're famous for that kind of stuff this side of the pond. 8) Cat
Incarnadine posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 9:28 PM
I am not a nutter, I am a fruitcake and proud of it!
Pass no temptation lightly by, for one never knows when it may pass again!
catlin_mc posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 9:47 PM
Or as a certain advertising jingle once said, "everyones a fruit and nutcase". Oh how I loved that as a kid, teenager, adult ..........nooooo I'm still a kid. 8) Cat
Stephen Ray posted Thu, 13 March 2003 at 9:47 PM
I use my name, notice the spelling ( Stephen ) hey, play a little guitar and everybody wants to call ya Stevie Ray...
Rayraz posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 4:42 AM
I already have 3 black mercedes cars with darkened windows and people in black suits following me since I mentioned plutonium here. :P The US government reacts to everything on the net. I know someone who got massive hits from the US government on his site because he used the word "shield". Someone else got an e-mail from Microsoft because they thought his site was dealing with WindowsXP, while it was actually a fake company selling windows named XPwindows. Although he specifically told on on every page of his site that the site had nothing to do with Microsoft (it was just a source of inspiration, but it didn't directly relate to microsoft people or products) they still felt like contacting him about it. The reaction from Microsoft is now partially quoted on his site. Microsoft likes to think it is the government :) But seriously, if the US government was to contact me about this it wouldn't be a big problem. They'd only realize that they took a plane for nothing and that I am not a terrorist or somesuch. Those CIA-agents or whatever they are can get a free cup of coffee from me, but there simply isn't much more they could get. Now that I think of it, it would actually be a unique experience to see how those people work.
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lsstrout posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 11:44 AM
I thought you weren't supposed to see the CIA work? Someone once told me that any body who applies to run for US president gets a file at the FBI. Lin "Sometimes, you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!" (candy advertisement)
catlin_mc posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 5:45 PM
Lin how sweet you are. :) Are you a nutcase or a fruitcake? Cat
antevark posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 6:03 PM
i'm sorry. i don't appreciate that. i prefer the term "headcase".
lsstrout posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 6:11 PM
I tend towards 'basket case' for myself. Guess I need something to carry my problems in. ;) Lin
catlin_mc posted Fri, 14 March 2003 at 6:16 PM
LOL........... 8)
Gog posted Tue, 18 March 2003 at 3:58 AM
Problem is after the FBI recently having the wrong guy seized and imprisoned while he was on holiday and then kept in jail for weeks, it brings into light questions about their working methods and reliability. That errors may be made is acceptable, to keep the wrong 70 year old in an african prison for several weeks, when the mistake was absolutely obvious is not!
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Rayraz posted Tue, 18 March 2003 at 10:00 AM
I don't think they would imprison me. And if they would they would have to shoot me first. Otherwise they won't get me. And getting shot will probably bring in the possibility to ask money for the trauma's I could get from that. Plus it would get me a lot of attention, wich can only be a good thing. Ofcoarse I'd rather not get shot, but if I would be mistakenly imprisoned anyway, then I'd at least do it in style.
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catlin_mc posted Tue, 18 March 2003 at 5:27 PM
You're now being a bit dramatic Rayraz, but don't you worry if they do shoot you we will all ccome running to your defence. 8) Cat
catlin_mc posted Tue, 18 March 2003 at 5:29 PM
Good grief, I've now developed a virtual sttttttttutter.
Zhann posted Thu, 20 March 2003 at 2:17 AM
Zhann, one of my favorite Farscape characters, Pauzothozhann, healer and high Priestess, I have a knack for pinpointing animal illnesses, I'm also known by friends as Dr. DoLittle, I take in sick scrawny strays, nurse them back to health then find homes for them, also people bring me hurt wild animals to rehabilitate as well.. Tankgirl, another alais, bestowed on me by friends, I like taking things apart and reassembling them to create new and different things, including cars, battlebots, now if I could get my hands on a tank...well, now that's altogether a horse of a different color...:]
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catlin_mc posted Thu, 20 March 2003 at 6:06 AM
Speaking of stray animals, I found a little female kitten. She started following me on my way back home and I couldn't resist her. I think she had been thrown out 'cos she was in season and I guess she'd been out for a few days 'cos she was so thin. Anyway, her name is now Muffin and she's black all over and the vet says she's fit and well so I'm a happy bunny again. 8) Cat
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Picture!
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Rayraz posted Thu, 20 March 2003 at 7:47 AM
Yeah, I want to see a picture of Muffin too.
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catlin_mc posted Fri, 21 March 2003 at 10:43 AM
I've got a picture of her but can't find the right cable to connect the camera to my machine, but when I do I'll make her famous by posting here. :) Cat
Doublecrash posted Fri, 21 March 2003 at 11:21 AM
Same with my little Kundry! :) When I found her, she was 20 days old and really painful to see. The vet said she would live other 2 days at the max and suggested an injection... prrrrrrrr :) Now she's 9 years old, sound and safe, and she's pestering me right now while I'm writing... LOL :) Stefano
antevark posted Fri, 21 March 2003 at 2:53 PM
heh, now we all gonna show off our cats?
Rayraz posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 1:57 AM
Or other animals. We've done that before and it was kind of fun. So why not do it again?
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Zhann posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 2:37 AM
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Zhann posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 2:41 AM
All my pets are orphans or throw-aways (from other people)...
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catlin_mc posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 4:14 AM
You have my admiration Zhann for looking out for all these poor little strays, your love and care of them must give you a lot of happiness especially when you see them get strong and well. All the animals I've had have come from animal charities, or like Muffin I've found them, and it makes me mad to think that many of these lovely little things have been abandoned by their owners. When my last cat, Willie, died last year I didn't think I could face getting another because I missed him so much but it seemed to be that fate intervened when I found Muffin and she is such a lovely little character I'm really glad that she chose me to follow home. 8) Cat
Rayraz posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 11:05 AM
Maybe Muffin could feel your loss. Animals often feel things about people that humans can't feel.
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antevark posted Sat, 22 March 2003 at 2:36 PM
Or sometimes they just follow the first person that pays attention to them home....
catlin_mc posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 3:22 AM
Either way it has been a good experience. :) Cat antevark did those models turn out ok, I haven't tried them myself yet?
antevark posted Sun, 23 March 2003 at 1:49 PM
i've named and linked all of them, i'll hav them posted 2nite.
Swade posted Mon, 21 April 2003 at 6:08 PM
When I was a young pup yet... my friends would say... "So Wade... what we doing tonight... etc." So to make a long story short.... they just took the "o" out of So and added the leftover S to Wade..... thus, Swade. Kind of boring really. I have had this nickname for about 21 years now. lol
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