User Names in the Cellar

Nic Name · 03-14-2002, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad

Undertoad is really from The World According to Garp. Garp's kids go to the shore and they become afraid of the "undertoad", which they figure is some mystical creature. So that's what it is, I'm some mysterious powerful force under the water that you can't see until it kills you. Howzat for self-deprecation!!

I was reminded of this post when I came across this reference to Undertoad in The Word Spy.

Any other good stories behing the User Names of others in the Cellar?

P.S. I remember that Hubris Boy tried to start a thread like this before, and that it got way off-topic before the good stories got posted. That thread was so rotten, but the original idea was so good, it is given another chance here.

elSicomoro · 03-14-2002, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nic Name
P.S. I remember that Hubris Boy tried to start a thread like this before, and that it got way off-topic before the good stories got posted. That thread was so rotten, but the original idea was so good, it is given another chance here.

Sorry it didn't meet your approval. :p

You can find my story here.

Sycamore Alert Status has changed to purple due to my stupidity.

Nic Name · 03-14-2002, 07:23 PM

Nic refers to the NIC of the domain registry. I just thought it would be a good nick name for a Network Interface Card.

Didja think I was Nic Robertson? .... LIVE from Afghanistan!

jaguar · 03-15-2002, 07:35 AM

I thought it was some kind of ironic play on the whole concept of nicanames....very deep and meaning ful *coughcough*, geez you had to go and destoy that =p
My best friend's last name is panther - what can i say? Some people have all the luck.

middlefunger · 03-15-2002, 09:23 AM

my handle is actually a play on my real name: M F Unger. I was grouchy one day playing Day of Defeat, and decided that I wouldn't be terribly blatant about the fact that I was pissy. It's just kind of stuck, since I'm too lazy to think of anything else. And, in regards to the Fark ad (I know its a diff. thread, but, see above re: my nick), it worked. I'm glad that I've found a relatively small board that I can get to know people at. Kuro5hin is interesting b/c there are SO many people, and fark is, well, fark. But, it isn't often that you can have meaningful discussions with people and actually know who they are (as much as we can actually know each other w/o face to face, extended contact). So, to the Cellar, you guys r0><0r5.

sapienza · 03-15-2002, 11:47 AM

I'm just a lame-o with an 8-character last name. Started out as my university email login and now it's just my login everywhere ... though when I'm not going by sapienza, I go by Sam Jooky, but that's a *completely* different story.

sap... you know the rest.

Nic Name · 03-17-2002, 12:22 AM

http://www.nic.name/

AOX3 · 03-17-2002, 08:56 AM

My name is a medical term meaning "Alert and Oriented times three" The three being , person, place and time.
Although it is often disputed that I am constantly so oriented, I contend that I am

Thanks

AOX3

Sperlock · 03-17-2002, 09:36 AM

Nothing too exciting for mine - I just found it while playing Ultima 5. Found this small little island with a sign on it, saying that it was the island of Sperlock the Strange. I liked the name and have used it ever since.

Stress Puppy · 01-05-2003, 10:22 PM

Because I'm so sure you all care....

I got this name from a magnetic poetry kind of thing. I spaz out about some stupid shit every now and then, and my girlfriend, who was working in the cafe where I work with me at the time, found the phrase in this Microsoft-oriented magnetic poetry thing I'd found in the "Take this stuff home for free box"....

Anyway, it was an extra stressful time for me, and I liked it... so yeah. There you go.

slang · 01-05-2003, 10:39 PM

Because I know no one gives a rat's....

Slang is a shortened version of my birthname. Sometime in the third grade, after the teacher just couldnt pronounce my very easily pronouncable name correctly, I bagged it and morphed into slang.

I've worked directly with hundreds of people over the years and many of them dont even know my real name. I like that.

perth · 01-05-2003, 10:43 PM

damn slang. you forgot the punchline.

~james

FrellinFroon · 01-08-2003, 03:51 PM

A friend of mine is a writer/producer on the series, Farscape. I stole my name from him.

Cheers,
The froon

99 44/100% pure · 01-08-2003, 05:19 PM

Because that's exactly what I am!

*bats eyelashes coquettishly*

Griff · 01-08-2003, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 99 44/100% pure
Because that's exactly what I am!

*bats eyelashes coquettishly*

Did you ever finish telling that pantyhose story Hubris related a while back?

03-14-2002, 07:23 PM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Nic refers to the NIC of the domain registry. I just thought it would be a good nick name for a Network Interface Card. Didja think I was Nic Robertson? .... LIVE from Afghanistan! Last edited by Nic Name; 03-14-2002 at 07:27 PM.

03-15-2002, 07:35 AM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I thought it was some kind of ironic play on the whole concept of nicanames....very deep and meaning ful coughcough, geez you had to go and destoy that =p My best friend's last name is panther - what can i say? Some people have all the luck. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

03-15-2002, 09:23 AM	#5
middlefunger highly unstable Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 11	Do you care? I don't know, but, I'll tell you anyway my handle is actually a play on my real name: M F Unger. I was grouchy one day playing Day of Defeat, and decided that I wouldn't be terribly blatant about the fact that I was pissy. It's just kind of stuck, since I'm too lazy to think of anything else. And, in regards to the Fark ad (I know its a diff. thread, but, see above re: my nick), it worked. I'm glad that I've found a relatively small board that I can get to know people at. Kuro5hin is interesting b/c there are SO many people, and fark is, well, fark. But, it isn't often that you can have meaningful discussions with people and actually know who they are (as much as we can actually know each other w/o face to face, extended contact). So, to the Cellar, you guys r0><0r5. __________________ "Rock music must give birth to ORGASM AND REVOLUTION! -High Noon (Devil's Advocate), DJ Shadow

03-17-2002, 08:56 AM	#8
AOX3 Kinda New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 1	Nick Names My name is a medical term meaning "Alert and Oriented times three" The three being , person, place and time. Although it is often disputed that I am constantly so oriented, I contend that I am Thanks AOX3

03-17-2002, 09:36 AM	#9
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Nothing too exciting for mine - I just found it while playing Ultima 5. Found this small little island with a sign on it, saying that it was the island of Sperlock the Strange. I liked the name and have used it ever since. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

03-15-2002, 11:47 AM	#6
sapienza Resident Denizen Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 61	I'm just a lame-o with an 8-character last name. Started out as my university email login and now it's just my login everywhere ... though when I'm not going by sapienza, I go by Sam Jooky, but that's a completely different story. sap... you know the rest.

03-17-2002, 12:22 AM	#7
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	http://www.nic.name/

01-05-2003, 10:22 PM	#10
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	Because I'm so sure you all care.... I got this name from a magnetic poetry kind of thing. I spaz out about some stupid shit every now and then, and my girlfriend, who was working in the cafe where I work with me at the time, found the phrase in this Microsoft-oriented magnetic poetry thing I'd found in the "Take this stuff home for free box".... Anyway, it was an extra stressful time for me, and I liked it... so yeah. There you go. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

01-05-2003, 10:39 PM	#11
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Because I know no one gives a rat's.... Slang is a shortened version of my birthname. Sometime in the third grade, after the teacher just couldnt pronounce my very easily pronouncable name correctly, I bagged it and morphed into slang. I've worked directly with hundreds of people over the years and many of them dont even know my real name. I like that.

01-05-2003, 10:43 PM	#12
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	damn slang. you forgot the punchline. ~james

01-08-2003, 03:51 PM	#13
FrellinFroon Scrimshaw Polisher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: United States Posts: 13	the froon says.... A friend of mine is a writer/producer on the series, Farscape. I stole my name from him. Cheers, The froon __________________ Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life -- Terry Pratchett

01-08-2003, 05:19 PM	#14
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	99 44/100 % pure Because that's exactly what I am! bats eyelashes coquettishly __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

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