How did you choose your screen name?

SmartAZ · 09-24-2005, 07:25 AM

I'll go first.

I wasn't always SmartAZ, I used to be Wallstar. I didn't think about it, it was the first word that came to mind. It seemed like something I had seen every day.

Then it occurred to me that I didn't know exactly where I had seen it. I started looking for it.

It took a few days, but I finally found it. I was in the men's room at work. The screen in the urinal had the brand name Allstar. But from a certain angle, the reflection of the overhead light looked like a W in front of it, making it WAllstar. I had named myself after a urinal screen!

Back in the heyday of the Fido BBS, SmartAZ was the name of the board run by the Arizona chapter of Mensa. I never liked the board but I admired the name, so I swiped it.

Hobbs · 09-24-2005, 09:02 AM

You in AZ SmartAZ? That would make three of us is so. Whoohooo, lookout youse Pilly folks, we're coming up from behind you.

lumberjim · 09-24-2005, 10:07 AM

my name's jim, and i carry the "big wood" hence: lumberjim

lookout123 · 09-24-2005, 11:50 AM

big wood, huh? i just figured you were a big oaf who just sort of lumbered every where he went.

lumberjim · 09-24-2005, 02:48 PM

yeah, that's more accurate.

SteveDallas · 09-24-2005, 04:16 PM

I started out with a login that incorporated my real name.

This was fine when access to The Cellar was via dialup modem. Upon reflection I decided it wasn't such a hot idea in the days of Google. (I can still read stuff I posted on Usenet from 1993.) So my current name honors a character from Bloom County, one of my favorite comic strips of all time.

09-24-2005, 04:46 PM

Hint: Kenneth Rexroth

BigV · 09-24-2005, 05:09 PM

RL nick

limey · 09-24-2005, 05:28 PM

Uh ... I'm English and this is an American board ...

Kagen4o4 · 09-24-2005, 05:33 PM

kagen was a name i got back in my wiccan days, then i started using it for online games such as quake TF and starsiege tribes. in tribes i joined the clan [4o4] which made my name Kagen [4o4]. and its stuck ever since.

Dagney · 09-24-2005, 05:33 PM

I read a book.

Prize if you can guess which one.

BigV · 09-24-2005, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Dagney is named after Dagney Taggert in the book Atlas Shrugged. This cat is a survivor, even though she can't run a railroad! ..

Where do I collect my prize?

Dagney · 09-24-2005, 05:55 PM

Willing to travel?

melidasaur · 09-24-2005, 06:00 PM

My name is melida... I like dinosaurs... hence melidasaur.

plthijinx · 09-24-2005, 06:14 PM

plthijinx - pilot hi-jinx
big, ya know i've got the plane(s) so you can collect your prize if you choose!

09-24-2005, 07:25 AM	#1
SmartAZ Confounded Conjuror Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 33	How did you choose your screen name? I'll go first. I wasn't always SmartAZ, I used to be Wallstar. I didn't think about it, it was the first word that came to mind. It seemed like something I had seen every day. Then it occurred to me that I didn't know exactly where I had seen it. I started looking for it. It took a few days, but I finally found it. I was in the men's room at work. The screen in the urinal had the brand name Allstar. But from a certain angle, the reflection of the overhead light looked like a W in front of it, making it WAllstar. I had named myself after a urinal screen! Back in the heyday of the Fido BBS, SmartAZ was the name of the board run by the Arizona chapter of Mensa. I never liked the board but I admired the name, so I swiped it.

09-24-2005, 09:02 AM	#2
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	You in AZ SmartAZ? That would make three of us is so. Whoohooo, lookout youse Pilly folks, we're coming up from behind you. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

09-24-2005, 10:07 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	my name's jim, and i carry the "big wood" hence: lumberjim __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-24-2005, 02:48 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yeah, that's more accurate. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-24-2005, 05:09 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	RL nick __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-24-2005, 11:50 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	big wood, huh? i just figured you were a big oaf who just sort of lumbered every where he went.

09-24-2005, 04:16 PM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I started out with a login that incorporated my real name. This was fine when access to The Cellar was via dialup modem. Upon reflection I decided it wasn't such a hot idea in the days of Google. (I can still read stuff I posted on Usenet from 1993.) So my current name honors a character from Bloom County, one of my favorite comic strips of all time.

09-24-2005, 04:46 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Hint: Kenneth Rexroth

09-24-2005, 05:28 PM	#9
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Uh ... I'm English and this is an American board ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-24-2005, 05:33 PM	#10
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	kagen was a name i got back in my wiccan days, then i started using it for online games such as quake TF and starsiege tribes. in tribes i joined the clan [4o4] which made my name Kagen [4o4]. and its stuck ever since.

09-24-2005, 05:33 PM	#11
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I read a book. Prize if you can guess which one. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

09-24-2005, 05:55 PM	#13
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Willing to travel? __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

09-24-2005, 06:00 PM	#14
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	My name is melida... I like dinosaurs... hence melidasaur. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

09-24-2005, 06:14 PM	#15
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	plthijinx - pilot hi-jinx big, ya know i've got the plane(s) so you can collect your prize if you choose! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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