Naming Rights!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:52 pm

Borrowed/lifted from another forum (not wine) but I think an interesting question.

What's the reasoning/rationale behind your user name, and perhaps as an extension of the question, avatar?

Be interesting to know a few, although granted a few are clearly understood already!

drlev · Post by **drlev** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:58 pm

Well, my first name happens to be Lev and I am a doctor, so Dr. Lev --> drlev

Curious about others....

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:04 pm

drlev wrote:Well, my first name happens to be Lev and I am a doctor, so Dr. Lev --> drlev

Oy vey, have I got a giurl for you. :wink:

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:06 pm

Many years ago on a prior version of this forum, when explaining that I preferred to drink reds almost exclusively, a certain forum member who couldn't quite cope with this (hi MartinE) called me a "red bigot" and I decided that was good enough to keep. :-)

Ric was a few nanoseconds too slow and had to settle for "The Other Red Bigot or TORB", soon after changed to "The Opinionated Red Bigot".

Some people still get us confused or think we are the same person. :roll:

griff · Post by **griff** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:09 pm

Way back when I was 15 years old I was a member of a BBS in Sydney called Active Entertainment BBS. Called myself Griffon and was often shortened to Griff. Stayed that way ever since. Good times trying to dial into those sixteen 2400 baud modems...

cheers

Carl

drlev · Post by **drlev** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:15 pm

Hey, Wayno, what about your avatar?

It reminds me of the posters in some old butcher shops showing the different cuts of meat - but would you do that with a dog?

...hey, you are not Korean by any chance?... :shock:

drlev · Post by **drlev** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:19 pm

TORB wrote:
drlev wrote:Well, my first name happens to be Lev and I am a doctor, so Dr. Lev --> drlev

Oy vey, have I got a giurl for you.

Hey, TORB, you worked me out pretty quickly....should I add that I am a psychiatrist?

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"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" - Freud

El Josho · Post by **El Josho** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:47 pm

I've always been amused that Bart Simpson's alias is El Barto (hence El Josho), and yet no one has ever made the connection between the two in sleepy Springfield.

Partagas · Post by **Partagas** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:05 pm

A fave cigar brand. I now prefer Cohiba but can't change my name :wink:

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Waiters Friend · Post by **Waiters Friend** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:24 pm

Waiters Friend? When I used to work on cellar door, it was rarely out of my hand - an invaluable tool - oh dear, this could conjure some unwarranted mental images :oops:

Seriously, when I first joined a forum in around 2003, most ofthe wines I served and drank had corks, hence the moniker. Almost all of the wines at the place I used to work, as well as the majority of what I open at home, are now screwcapped, so the Waiters Friend has been replaced by .... oh dear :lol:

Waiters Friend · Post by **Waiters Friend** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:27 pm

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Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:07 am

Red Bigot wrote:Some people still get us confused or think we are the same person.

I've seen your photos, sometimes stop and think, "****, which one is that?" :wink:

Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:11 am

drlev wrote:
TORB wrote:
drlev wrote:Well, my first name happens to be Lev and I am a doctor, so Dr. Lev --> drlev

Oy vey, have I got a giurl for you.

Hey, TORB, you worked me out pretty quickly....should I add that I am a psychiatrist?

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"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" - Freud

Hey Doc, can I PM you?

Bick · Post by **Bick** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:52 am

Bick is just a shortening of my surname: Bickerdike. Its been used by various friends over the years.

I'm returning to my old avatar in light of this thread - I think I prefer it. Its Higgins of course, from Magnum, PI. Higgins was a Brit (so am I) his old fashioned snobbery amused me (and I may have some similar traits :wink:

) and he was a oenophile who was for ever trying to keep Magnum from nicking the fine wine from Robin Masters cellar.

Wizz · Post by **Wizz** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:55 am

Wizz is an old logon from my university days, and I alo picked it up as a nickname for having a degree in mathematics. I've kept it for online things. And people now call me that in real life. :shock:

The Avatar will probably last until about next March.

The old Blue Hat one was a reference to DeBonos thinking hats.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:18 am

drlev wrote:Hey, Wayno, what about your avatar?

It reminds me of the posters in some old butcher shops showing the different cuts of meat - but would you do that with a dog?

...hey, you are not Korean by any chance?...

Nup, not Korean. The name is obvious. The Avatar... well, for a bit of a lark, I was looking for a logo to represent an informal food and wine group with some friends and I chanced upon a number of traditional butchery cut pics, one of which had the dog! In an odd sort of way it appealled and I have adopted it since. For the record, I am an animal lover, dog appreciator and have never eaten a dog... nor do I plan to. Unless it was rolled, roasted and served from a roadside stall in the middle of Tuscany. Or something.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:20 am

El Josho wrote:I've always been amused that Bart Simpson's alias is El Barto (hence El Josho), and yet no one has ever made the connection between the two in sleepy Springfield.

Welcome back old fruit.

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:24 am

Waiters Friend wrote:Gavin, are you able to clean up my duplicate duplicate posts? I'm sure you can't sort out my bloody ISP

I've deleted most of them, you should be able to delete your own posts, do you see a little red X next to Edit when you are logged in?

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:28 am

Daryl Douglas wrote:
Red Bigot wrote:Some people still get us confused or think we are the same person.

I've seen your photos, sometimes stop and think, "****, which one is that?"

Ric is the young one with all the white hair and beard that makes him look older than me... ;-)

(And a bit like that gentleman that appears around the end of each year, but he doesn't like me saying that.

)

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:41 am

Well

My first Name's Gavin

and

My last name's Trott

I know, severe lack of imagination, but!

and the avatar

well, I actually look like that!

Waiters Friend · Post by **Waiters Friend** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:16 am

Red Bigot wrote:
Waiters Friend wrote:Gavin, are you able to clean up my duplicate duplicate posts? I'm sure you can't sort out my bloody ISP

I've deleted most of them, you should be able to delete your own posts, do you see a little red X next to Edit when you are logged in?

Thanks for the deletions, Brian. No, I don't see a little red X next to Edit, and I specifically went looking following this advice. Sorry. Hopefully I won't have a need for this in future anyway.

pcjm · Post by **pcjm** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:27 am

Mine comes from a time when I was constantly being spamed because I had a simple user name, so I combined my and my wife's initials and havent been spammed since. Not very inventive but it works a treat

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:26 pm

Have a guess :roll:

DJ · Post by DJ » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:47 pm

Fairly simple - my username is just my initials because I was too lazy to type out my name or come up with a cleverer name.

My avatar comes from a brief rush of ego mania after my PhD was published earlier this year - the cover of my book.

cuttlefish · Post by **cuttlefish** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:13 pm

I like fishing, and a cuttlefish is the wierdest thing I've ever pulled out of the water. There is no connection at all with the avatar I use, which is actually a Brothers Hildebrandt artwork

Scanlon · Post by **Scanlon** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:23 pm

I've been Scanlon on BBSes forever, and a lot of people know me as that not Sarah!

The sad truth is that I took the name after a tweenie football crush on a local Norwood player :roll:

I sure hope he doesn't drink wine

the avatar - was for facebook - photoshopped myself into one of my favourite pictures at home

Teddy · Post by **Teddy** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:25 pm

Nice and easy first name Trevor, last name Eddy.
So its not only that Im as cute as a teddy.

hmmm · Post by **hmmm** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:51 pm

well my user name came about when i decided to sign up to another forum, a music forum. For the life of me i couldnt think a name that i wanted, hmmm, i pondered for hours and hmmm, i thought, hmmm... what will it be?? actually i only thought about it for less than 30 seconds, its inconspicuous enough to get by and small enough to not get pissed off having to enter it again if my computer logs me out. avatar to come soon.

Craig(NZ) · Post by **Craig(NZ)** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:50 pm

Craig(NZ) well what can i say about that

Name Craig from NZ

exciting huh?

(can't expect too much imagination from an Analyst) :lol:

Hacker · Post by **Hacker** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:09 pm

I thought I was an ok flogger...... errrrr.... golfer, when one day I attempted a crucial shot in my club championships when it pathetically veered off into an indescribeable place, when my caddie spat out "You're a hacker!", and sadly, it stuck.

You have to face up to your demons. I can live with it now. Bloody golf.