User Names in the Cellar

[Nic Name]

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.