Why did you pick your screen name?

[IWasBored]

We'd never have guessed that by your name!

you'd be surprised how dense people can be




it took me probably a year to figure out ABEL = adam bono edge larry

 

[Irvine511]

"irvine" -- author of _trainspotting_, Irvine Welsh; i wrote my senior thesis on the novel, and am still living out the consequences
"511" -- i am 5 feet 11 inches tall.

my real name has nothing to do with my screen name. but my first name is Bono's middle name.

 

[beegee]

another name i had waaaay before i posted was bonosgrrl. yes...yes i was the original

you can tell it, sister, but no one's listening.

as for me, the drink made me do it. true story.

 

[lmjhitman]

<------ I think it's pretty self-explanatory

 

[lmjhitman]

i did it for the babzz.

So how's that working for you?

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

I chose it because back when I joined I couldn't get enough of "The Sweetest Thing" and I chose it because of that line that says "Blue eyed boy needs a brown eyed girl".

Since then I've wanted to change it but haven't because I don't want to be a Babyface again.

 

[Queen Bee]

I was watching an episode of Buffy on TV a few years ago and it amused me how a character on the show, Cordelia, had a licence plate that read "Queen C." I remember thinking that it would be cool to get a customized licence plate like that when I'd get a car, except that it'd be a 'B' for my first initial. So, I ended up using "Queen B" as my alias at a few message boards. When I registered here I decided to change it to "Queen Bee" because I thought it was clever. I've grown to hate my screen name though.

 

[Macfistowannabe]

I like Bono. I'm a chick.

I'm still confused.

(kidding)

 

[salomeU2000]

originally salome999 - salome cos it was an obvious female name and a U2 song. 999 - cos if turned around its 666. NO- I was never an evil dancing temptress asking for the head of anyone on a silver platter.

at the start of 2000 - i changed it to U2000 (for the punny value) THEN that damn magazine (Rolling Stone) used it on the cover. I think they saw my screen name.

(I woulda used my real name.... but too many people pronounce it wrong.)

 

[Jack In The Box]

is an old U2 song

*and I'm a girl

 

[Mucca]

Mucca= cow in Italian
After travelling in Europe I became obsessed with italian and cows are cool so there you go

 

[theedgefan]

Mucca= cow in Italian
After travelling in Europe I became obsessed with italian and cows are cool so there you go

i like this explanation !! i LOVE cows !

 

[theedgefan]

theedgefan= self-explanatory

 

[UltraVelvet]

I have pretty much the same story as Beli - my usual username of Vicious was taken so I opted for an old BowieNet chat nick, since it's close to a U2 song name and I wear a lot of velvet clothing. Now I call myself Ultra at all U2 forums so as not to confuse things.

Except me - I always have to check what my forum log in is, when signing off on posts LOL! Got it wrong loads of times in the beginning. heh

Funny thing - there's a Vicious on a Muse forum who actually posts, which drives me nuts - I keep seeing his posts and having "!WTF?!? I didn't say that! Oh, hang on, who am I again?" moments!

Cheers ~Ultra

 

[bono_man2002]

It was 2002..........

 

[IWasBored]

is an old U2 song

*and I'm a girl

i'm sorry, this is especially funny since so many people have thought i was a guy for a long time, i have to admit i thought you were a guy.

 

[tennispunk]

hahahahaha
yeah, IWB, I definitely thought you were a guy. Laura (LaraMullen) told me you were a chick and I was sooooooo suprised. punk, and especially skinhead punk, is such a hyper-masculine culture that i tend to associate it with men (although i love oi! and other skinhead music -esp. ska & reggae- and i'm a chick too, so go figure).

back to topic, um...
i picked my name b/c i'm a punk and i play tennis. yes those 2 things are a wee bit incongruous i guess, but my biggest gripe with the punk scene is how fucking conformist they all are.

i'm sorry, this is especially funny since so many people have thought i was a guy for a long time, i have to admit i thought you were a guy.

 

[one4u2]

My name is my license plate....

It's a 'play on word' really, b/c unless you know me you wouldn't know what it means.. People think it's 1 for you 2!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Dr. Seuss via Red Hot Chili Peppers via Pearl Jam

long story.

 

[easytiger]

I picked my username because it sounded cool and wasn't taken.

And then there was the unexpected surprise of the many derivatives like simplekitten, junglecatwhoisnotdifficult, easypussy, etc...

 

[Diane L]

My screen name here is my name--totally unoriginal!

But in other forums, I'm librarydiane--because I'm studying for an MLS and want to be a librarian sometime in the not too distant future. I'm thinking of changing it here, too...

 

[Muggsy]

I picked my username cuz i love DJ Muggs, a guy of Cypress Hill (i like their music too )
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. and the guy of my avatar is Dj Muggs... it's not me, i'm a girl.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

because ILuvHasselhoff was already taken

 

[MandyMarie]

My reason is pretty simple, Mandy Marie is my first and middle names. My mother named me after the famous Barry Manilow song (it was only recently that I first heard the song).

 

[neutral]

Now, see, I thought your name implied that you thought Bono was a chicken?

 

[IWasBored]

hahahahaha
yeah, IWB, I definitely thought you were a guy. Laura (LaraMullen) told me you were a chick and I was sooooooo suprised. punk, and especially skinhead punk, is such a hyper-masculine culture that i tend to associate it with men (although i love oi! and other skinhead music -esp. ska & reggae- and i'm a chick too, so go figure).

back to topic, um...
i picked my name b/c i'm a punk and i play tennis. yes those 2 things are a wee bit incongruous i guess, but my biggest gripe with the punk scene is how fucking conformist they all are.

people thought i was a guy even when i was still posting in PLEBA. and i listened to about half of what i listen to now.

 

[GibsonGirl]

 

[Jack In The Box]

i'm sorry, this is especially funny since so many people have thought i was a guy for a long time, i have to admit i thought you were a guy.

when I see your screen name for first time I thought you were a girl... and actually you are, but also I thought tennispunk were a guy... now I know the truth

 

[BonosSaint]

Odin.

Norse God, A_Wanderer? I'm not up on my Odin. Would you explain your reference?

 

[u2granny]

The name I wanted was taken and I am a granny. I regretted the name immediately.