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Subject: How did you get your username?

Written By: nicki_morrissey on 06/01/06 at 3:08 pm

Easy question. Easy answer!


And seeing how many people are on this site, I'll have lots of interesting answers.




I'll tell you how I got mine when others have posted.

<3 Ashuhwee

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nally on 06/01/06 at 3:10 pm

Nicki... we already have a thread relating to this:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,491.0.html

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Apricot on 06/01/06 at 8:03 pm

Tubeway Army is the band Gary Numan was in.. Armies have Generals, no? There you have it.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Donnie Darko on 06/01/06 at 8:08 pm

The favorite movie, and the character that resembles me most are called Donnie Darko.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: velvetoneo on 06/01/06 at 8:22 pm

It's my name. Velvetoneo is just something that sounded cool, and cloudbuster comes from the Kate Bush song "Cloudbusting."

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: KKay on 06/01/06 at 8:24 pm

it's my initials.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nicki_morrissey on 06/01/06 at 11:47 pm

My middle name is Nicole, so I shortened it to nicki, and then threw Morrissey at the end. I don't capitalize the name either. It's my pen name too.

My real name is Ashley *gag*

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Donnie Darko on 06/01/06 at 11:47 pm


My middle name is Nicole, so I shortened it to nicki, and then threw Morrissey at the end. I don't capitalize the name either. It's my pen name too.

My real name is Ashley *gag*


With a spoon?  ;)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/06 at 12:19 am

As explained in the previous thread.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: whistledog on 06/02/06 at 12:21 am

Whistle Dog - a hot dog, grilled, and served on a corn meal topped bun with relish, cheese and bacon

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Donnie Darko on 06/02/06 at 12:58 am


Whistle Dog - a hot dog, grilled, and served on a corn meal topped bun with relish, cheese and bacon


Is that Canadian food?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: lorac61469 on 06/02/06 at 9:25 am

Gee, I'm so original...

lorac=Carol backwards

61469=my birthdate

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: karen on 06/02/06 at 9:30 am


Gee, I'm so original...

lorac=Carol backwards

61469=my birthdate


More original than mine, Paul's or Howard's  ;)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/02/06 at 11:20 am

well....my full screen name is: Quirky_Cat_Girl (I am a girl, who loves cats, and is very quirky)...then I decided to just shorten it to "Quirk"....sounded cuter...and still describes me to a "T". ;)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nicki_morrissey on 06/02/06 at 11:46 am


Whistle Dog - a hot dog, grilled, and served on a corn meal topped bun with relish, cheese and bacon


I never woulda guessed that!!

And to think, this whole time I was thinking about a dog that whistles... :D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/06 at 12:33 pm

As posted previously in another thread:

Philip Eno is my screen name, but not my real name, though my name is Philip.

At the time when I first started out on Message Boards, and seeking a good screen name, I attended a BBC Radio recording (comedy music show called Jammin', with Rowland Rivron) and a line from the show was, Brian Eno oriental cousin Philip Eno, and it suck with me.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/02/06 at 1:24 pm

I had been dubbed the name Catwoman many, many, many moons ago because I love cats. At the time, I was owned by 4 live ones and  I used to collect all things cats-porcelin, wood, posters, etc. (until I ran out of room). Not to mention my feline qualities.  ;D  I still have many of my cats (not to mention my 2 live ones)  but just not actively collecting them anymore (but still get them as gifts). When I got on-line, that was just the logical user name for me but there were so many "Catwoman"s out there that I needed something unique. I added the "ofV" to make it different which actually stands for "of Venus" (but could also stand for "of Vermont" too.)  But most people around here just calls me Cat.  ;D




Cat

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/06 at 1:29 pm


I had been dubbed the name Catwoman many, many, many moons ago because I love cats. At the time, I was owned by 4 live ones and  I used to collect all things cats-porcelin, wood, posters, etc. (until I ran out of room). Not to mention my feline qualities.  ;D  I still have many of my cats (not to mention my 2 live ones)  but just not actively collecting them anymore (but still get them as gifts). When I got on-line, that was just the logical user name for me but there were so many "Catwoman"s out there that I needed something unique. I added the "ofV" to make it different which actually stands for "of Venus" (but could also stand for "of Vermont" too.)  But most people around here just calls me Cat.  ;D




Cat
I thought you got your name from when people asked you to do things all the time and you always answered "Me How?"

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/02/06 at 1:40 pm


I thought you got your name from when people asked you to do things all the time and you always answered "Me How?"



Boo hiss.  If you are not careful, I will scratch you (and yes, I do have the claws).  :D ;D ;D




Cat

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: FaultyDog on 06/02/06 at 1:57 pm


More original than mine, Paul's or Howard's   ;)


...and mine. ::)



When I joined this board I went by the name of FaultyDog (I still use that name on other boards), because I happen to like Fawlty Towers and it kinda had a nice ring to it. I think I remember reading it somewhere on another messageboard, so there was a Faulty Dog before me somewhere else (not sure if that one's still around).
I also used "Names" for a username for about a week, so people could actually 'call me names'...d'uh.
But after that I decided to use my real name.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/06 at 1:58 pm


...and mine. ::)



When I joined this board I went by the name of FaultyDog (I still use that name on other boards), because I happen to like Fawlty Towers and it kinda had a nice ring to it. I think I remember reading it somewhere on another messageboard, so there was a Faulty Dog before me somewhere else (not sure if that one's still around).
I also used "Names" for a username for about a week, so people could actually 'call me names'...d'uh.
But after that I decided to use my real name.
"The manager is faulty?"

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Sister Morphine on 06/02/06 at 7:55 pm

It's the name of a Rolling Stones song.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Umbrella Weather on 06/02/06 at 7:57 pm

It's what I'm feeling right now.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: xtine on 06/02/06 at 9:57 pm

my name is christine.  when christina auguleira (that is spelled so terribly wrong, i know) started calling herself "xtina," my friends started calling me "xtine."  and it just kind of stuck.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Foo Bar on 06/02/06 at 10:01 pm

I started out lurking (and occasionaly contributing) in the Lyrics board as a guest.

Since I originally had no intention of giving a real username, I used the most generic name imaginable - "foo" for my first name, and "bar" for my second. 

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html

I liked this place so much I ended up joining. 

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/06 at 9:39 am


my name is christine.  when christina auguleira (that is spelled so terribly wrong, i know) started calling herself "xtina," my friends started calling me "xtine."  and it just kind of stuck.
As in Christmas becoming Xmas.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Gis on 06/03/06 at 12:43 pm

It's my nickname and half of my first name.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: KKay on 06/03/06 at 12:50 pm


my name is christine.  when christina auguleira (that is spelled so terribly wrong, i know) started calling herself "xtina," my friends started calling me "xtine."  and it just kind of stuck.


Hey!!! I started that back in the 80s...i called my friend Christian X-tian.  and my friend Christina was simplly "X".
good you're carrying on the tradition!  (you get karma from me too!) :)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Trimac20 on 06/03/06 at 1:17 pm

Amphilophus trimaculatum - A rather aggressive, central American cichlid.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0311&view_records=1

The avatar of Trimac20 - my internet avatar - dates back to about October 2001 when I first created my second hotmail account (my previous internet avatar being Ragemaster4, which lasted from 1999 to 2001). The 20 has no signficance - the number 20 just came to mind.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: xtine on 06/04/06 at 7:01 pm


Hey!!! I started that back in the 80s...i called my friend Christian X-tian.  and my friend Christina was simplly "X".
good you're carrying on the tradition!  (you get karma from me too!) :)

haha thanks!!  the front license plate for my car even reads "XTINES VW" ;D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: KKay on 06/04/06 at 7:04 pm


haha thanks!!  the front license plate for my car even reads "XTINES VW" ;D


that's really cool!!!

KK has been my nickname for about 30 years.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: loki 13 on 06/04/06 at 8:09 pm

I'll explain again. Loki was the Norse God of mischief. He was hated by all the other Gods.
He was an outcast of sorts. He was also the 13th, and unwanted guest, at a banquet.

I have gone through life,so far, feeling a bit of an outcast. I never fit into any group, and
I often feel forgotten. I am a practical joker and can be quite mischievous. I was born on
a Friday the 13th. So, from this, loki 13 was conceived.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nicki_morrissey on 06/04/06 at 8:13 pm


I'll explain again. Loki was the Norse God of mischief. He was hated by all the other Gods.
He was an outcast of sorts. He was also the 13th, and unwanted guest, at a banquet.

I have gone through life,so far, feeling a bit of an outcast. I never fit into any group, and
I often feel forgotten. I am a practical joker and can be quite mischievous. I was born on
a Friday the 13th. So, from this, loki 13 was conceived.


Very interesting! Applause for you.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: bbigd04 on 06/04/06 at 11:03 pm

well my name is Brian and I picked my new name in 2006.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: MidKnightDarkness on 06/04/06 at 11:08 pm

I Like Midnight.

I Like Knights.

I Like Darkness.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: La Roche on 06/04/06 at 11:13 pm


I Like Midnight.

I Like Knights.

I Like Darkness.


Darkness, consumes the world as death replaces life.  :)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: JamieMcBain on 06/05/06 at 2:57 pm

Jamie is my actual first name, and McBain was a charecter played by Rainer Wolfcastle, in the show, The Simpsons.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nally on 06/05/06 at 2:58 pm

I explained my story a long time ago...and it can be found in the very first post of this thread:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,491.0.html

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/06 at 3:13 pm


I explained my story a long time ago...and it can be found in the very first post of this thread:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,491.0.html
I have always wondered how you developed nally as your screen-name, and had never read how till now.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: nally on 06/05/06 at 3:16 pm


I have always wondered how you developed nally as your screen-name, and had never read how till now.

Yep...I thought that that January 2003 flub on "Lingo" was hilarious, and it seemed to have stuck.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/06 at 3:20 pm


Yep...I thought that that January 2003 flub on "Lingo" was hilarious, and it seemed to have stuck.
Mine was inspired by a radio show, in a similar vein as yours.

Found on reply#15 on:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,20290.15.html

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: SpaceHog on 06/06/06 at 12:19 pm

I thought Spacehog was a weird name, and I like the band Spacehog.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Step-chan on 06/06/06 at 1:23 pm

The first four letters of my real name "Stephen" with "chan" tacked on to the end of it.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: agrimorfee on 06/13/06 at 12:25 pm

Agrimorfee is a corruption of the word "amphigory", meaning "parody" or "something that, after careful reading, really has no significance."  :D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Tanya1976 on 06/14/06 at 1:15 am

It's the shortened version of my name plus my birth year

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/14/06 at 1:46 am

Luke is my first name (of three)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: tomario on 06/17/06 at 4:11 pm

was playing football in 94 during (not in) the usa world cup and my mate simon kept taking the mickey about i should play for brazil. during a game he shouted tom(i ignored him) tom(i ignored him) tomario !!! give me the bl*@ding ball !and its stuck ever since :\'(

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 06/21/06 at 11:04 pm

This is actually the title of a 1980 film, which was considered OK in its time, but nowadays is considered B-rated.

I would actually like to remake it, and see if it gets a better reception than the original.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: adagio on 03/13/08 at 11:34 pm

username?  adagio is a musical term as anyone truly musical would know.

I would like to ask the questionaire where he got his name?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/14/08 at 6:06 am

Howard IS my REAL name. ;)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: wildcard on 03/14/08 at 11:20 am

I typed it in  :D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/14/08 at 12:21 pm


I typed it in  :D


But she wants to know HOW?  ???

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: ninny on 03/14/08 at 1:52 pm

Well I could of used Stupid,or Dumb,but Ninny sounded better...no actually my nickname's are Neenee & J9,so I thought ninny sounds like a fun name. :)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: wildcard on 03/14/08 at 3:36 pm


But she wants to know HOW?  ???


I pressed the keys on the keyboard

I'm a http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/whacky057.gif (huh) ? and I had been playing Canasta recently in which I usually get stuck with a ton of wildcards.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 03/14/08 at 4:20 pm

I used to be know as Spaceace.  Now I'm known as Reynolds1863.

Reynolds is for my favorite Civil War General, Major General John F. Reynolds.  1863 commemorates Gettysburg.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/datdarnkid/220px-GenJFRenyolds.jpg

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: danootaandme on 03/14/08 at 5:07 pm


I used to be know as Spaceace.  Now I'm known as Reynolds1863.

Reynolds is for my favorite Civil War General, Major General John F. Reynolds.  1863 commemorates Gettysburg.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/datdarnkid/220px-GenJFRenyolds.jpg




I just convinced a friend to go to Gettysburg, she is going in August.  We were talking about the war, and I told her she couldn't call herself a buff until she'd seen Gettysburg.  :)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 03/14/08 at 5:31 pm


I just convinced a friend to go to Gettysburg, she is going in August.  We were talking about the war, and I told her she couldn't call herself a buff until she'd seen Gettysburg.  :)


She also must go up to Little Round Top and scream "bayonet" at the top of her lungs.  Tell her not to try and reenact Pickett's Charge by herself.  I'm told it looks silly. ;D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: whistledog on 03/14/08 at 7:13 pm


I used to be know as Spaceace.  Now I'm known as Reynolds1863.

Reynolds is for my favorite Civil War General, Major General John F. Reynolds.  1863 commemorates Gettysburg.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/datdarnkid/220px-GenJFRenyolds.jpg




You mean it's got nothing to do with "Reynolds Wrap" brand aluminum foil? ;D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: whistledog on 03/14/08 at 7:14 pm


Howard IS my REAL name. ;)


I thought your name was Hector? ???

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/15/08 at 6:36 am


I thought your name was Hector? ???


How'd you come up with that name?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: whistledog on 03/15/08 at 7:36 am


How'd you come up with that name?


Didn't you say once your name was Hector?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/16/08 at 4:37 pm


Didn't you say once your name was Hector?


No,I never said that.  ::)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/08 at 4:38 pm


No,I never said that.  ::)
As far as I know, you (Howard) have always been Howard.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/16/08 at 5:22 pm


As far as I know, you (Howard) have always been Howard.


And you have always been Philip.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/08 at 5:26 pm


And you have always been Philip.
On this board yes, previous on the TOTP Board it was the same name, except for my first few weeks when I as seeking a perfect name.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/17/08 at 5:52 am


On this board yes, previous on the TOTP Board it was the same name, except for my first few weeks when I as seeking a perfect name.



Which was what?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/08 at 6:20 am



Which was what?
TOTP was Top of the Pops, the now cancelled BBC TV pop show. That board no longer exists.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/17/08 at 4:16 pm


TOTP was Top of the Pops, the now cancelled BBC TV pop show. That board no longer exists.


I remember that show.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: DeutscherGirl on 03/18/08 at 12:32 am

This is where I got my name...


"Ooh you're strange
Don't lame me baby strange
Don't lame me baby..."

Baby Strange-T. Rex

Baby

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/08 at 2:57 am


I remember that show.
It was on weekly, and the pop artists played they latest hits, back then throughout the years it was a must watch.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/18/08 at 3:08 am


This is where I got my name...


"Ooh you're strange
Don't lame me baby strange
Don't lame me baby..."

Baby Strange-T. Rex

Baby
good choice  8)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/18/08 at 6:28 am

I also used to be jamminoldies many years ago if anyone remembers. ;D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/08 at 6:33 am


I also used to be jamminoldies many years ago if anyone remembers. ;D
When did you change you name?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/18/08 at 6:34 am


When did you change you name?


In 2003 I think when I wanted to reveal my real name.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/18/08 at 12:54 pm


I also used to be jamminoldies many years ago if anyone remembers. ;D



I remember that.



Cat

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/08 at 1:01 pm


In 2003 I think when I wanted to reveal my real name.
That would had been before I started here.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: karen on 03/18/08 at 2:08 pm


I also used to be jamminoldies many years ago if anyone remembers. ;D




I remember that.



Cat


me too

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/19/08 at 5:49 am


That would had been before I started here.


When did you start here?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/08 at 5:51 am


When did you start here?
I started May 2004, but commenced full time in December that year.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/19/08 at 2:38 pm


I started May 2004, but commenced full time in December that year.


I started November 2001 and that's when I called myself "jamminoldies".

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/08 at 5:47 am


I started November 2001 and that's when I called myself "jamminoldies".
You have always been Howard to me, and I was wondering how "jamminoldies" was familiar, it is because it is in your signature..

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/20/08 at 6:27 am


You have always been Howard to me, and I was wondering how "jamminoldies" was familiar, it is because it is in your signature..



Well I started here using Jamminoldies as my name until I changed it and revealed my "REAL" name.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/08 at 6:30 am



Well I started here using Jamminoldies as my name until I changed it and revealed my "REAL" name.
...and Philip is my real name too.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/20/08 at 7:26 am


...and Philip is my real name too.


for a long time on here?

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/08 at 7:51 am


for a long time on here?
...approahcing my 4th year.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/21/08 at 1:56 pm


...approahcing my 4th year.


and this year will make it 7 years for me.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/08 at 4:50 am


...approahcing my 4th year.
Every year has been fun.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 03/22/08 at 6:16 am


Every year has been fun.


This has been the best place to be. :)

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: skittlesking on 04/05/08 at 10:26 pm

Well it happens to be my artist name too. . .

how did I get that?  At one point Low Self Esteem as to the sound of my original recordings--now it's just because it's catchy and somehow when I made it I didn't catch that it's abbreviation was BAD, which just adds to it. . .

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: KKay on 04/07/08 at 6:50 am

^ I like it. 

i chose mine (did i already say this?) because i could not find the avatar i wanted...i couldn't choose.  im a fan of black and whilte foreign films..
so i chose jean seberg as the pic but the title of a catherine deneuve film.

i have thought of changing it, but, nah.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: La Roche on 04/07/08 at 7:39 am

Apparently Ant chose mine.  ;D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 4:24 pm


Apparently Ant chose mine.  ;D



Whatever happened to Davey? ???

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Henk on 04/07/08 at 4:53 pm



Whatever happened to Davey? ???


Davey's Dad.




Hah. That was deeper than I thought. :D

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Howard on 04/07/08 at 5:30 pm


Davey's Dad.




Hah. That was deeper than I thought. :D


But It's Satan.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Obbop on 11/07/08 at 10:18 pm

Obbop

Pronounced Oh Bee Bop

OB Bop  the name of a song on the 1975 KGB-FM "Homegrown" vinyl LP.

A charity affair for the United Way of San Diego California. Proceeds going to the United Way.

Local artists without recording contracts.

One of the songs on that year's LP was OB Bop.

OB stands for Ocean Beach, a section of San Diego that in 1975, prior and later, was reminiscent of the Haight/Ashbury of San Francisco fame due to the people dwelling there, visiting and the businesses present. A rather hip place.

The song was a catchy ditty with groovy lyrics.

Shortened the title to Obbop and used it since 1996 when I first wandered upon the Web.

Subject: Re: How did you get your username?

Written By: Mushroom on 11/09/08 at 11:29 pm

I got mine way back in 1987.

In that year, I was in Panama going through Jungle Warfare training.  My squad was doing a long-range land navigation problem.  Every 15 minutes, we were getting calls on the radio, changing the location of our final destination.  Every time this happened, I would ask for clarification as to why we were being changed, but they would not tell me.

One of the guys in my squad asked me what was going on, and I told him "I don't know, they are just feeding me bullsheesh."

His response was "Oh, you are a Mushroom.  They are keeping you in the dark and feeding you bullsheesh."

Of course, that was exactly what was happening, and the nickname stuck.  From then after I was known to my squad as "Corporal Mushroom".

In fact, between 1990-1993 I had one of the biggest BBS systems in the bay area, known as "The Mushroom Garden".  It was a monster for it's day, 3 lines, over 1 GB of files online, and FIDONet!  All accessable through 9600 bps modems.

21 years later, and I still use that nickname (if I am not useing BOHICA, another military term).

And for those that were on before the big reset a few years ago, I was then known as Mr_80's.

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