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To ask what your MN name is inspired by?

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Drawahardline · 15/09/2024 23:34

Mine is a lyric from a Julien Baker song, and about setting personal boundaries in place.

whats yours? Grin

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llamalines · 16/09/2024 12:04

Bizarrely, two of my favourite past names came
to me in a dream (Honestly! Shows how much time I spent on here back then).

One was ThreeFeetHighAndRising (a reference to both the De La Soul song, my rapidly growing kids and also to sometimes feeling overwhelmed) and the other was MotherOfAllHangovers.

Other than that, I have had so many names over the years, they're usually just nonsense now. Llamalines doesn't mean anything other than I like llamas and it sounded a bit like a bus or train company which made me smile.

I change my name every time I feel like I've shared too much personal info, which is fairly often 😁

And after 16 years, I'm out of ideas for meaningful names now!

strangeandfamiliar · 16/09/2024 12:01

A photography exhibition I went to years ago

DesigningWoman · 16/09/2024 12:01

MorrisZapp · 16/09/2024 11:47

Only ever had this name. Morris Zapp is a fictional Californian English professor in the campus novels of David Lodge. Now and then I meet fellow Lodgians on here and we trade inside nods.

I smile every time I see your name, especially if it’s a matter of Morris Zapp apparently offering advice on something really unlikely like slingback shoes or whether someone’s utility room is in fact haunted.

And I can never quite imagine you not chewing a dead cigar and drawling ‘The J is for Jehovah.’ 😀

TylerEndicott · 16/09/2024 11:57

Character in a film

MorrisZapp · 16/09/2024 11:54

Catch it Derry is the funniest video of all time! 'oh he's making a mockery of you boy'

thicklysettled · 16/09/2024 11:50

In certain parts of New England there are speed road signs that say "thickly settled", meaning "densely populated". I'm going through a particularly rotund stage right now, so it resonated 😄

Laiste · 16/09/2024 11:49

CatchHimDerry · 16/09/2024 11:37

@Laiste isn’t it gold. We’ve started a resurgence all watching it again now 😂

And good thing too! If there was such thing as Cheer Up Therapy it would be step 1.

It's straight out of Father Ted.

It's funny all the way through but the dog at the end just slays me 😆

MorrisZapp · 16/09/2024 11:47

Only ever had this name. Morris Zapp is a fictional Californian English professor in the campus novels of David Lodge. Now and then I meet fellow Lodgians on here and we trade inside nods.

usernother · 16/09/2024 11:46

The one I wanted was taken so I had to use another one.

ItsTheTattiesMrsCulfeathers · 16/09/2024 11:44

A play by Tony Roper

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steamie

dentsdubonheur · 16/09/2024 11:43

I name-changed to add to a thread a few years ago about accepting your imperfections.

I have a gap between my two front teeth that I've come to accept as a unique imperfection. The French call a diastema or gap in the teeth 'dents du bonheur' which means lucky teeth and I rather liked it! 🤓

WetBandits · 16/09/2024 11:42

Home Alone Grin

CatchHimDerry · 16/09/2024 11:37

@Laiste isn’t it gold. We’ve started a resurgence all watching it again now 😂

zingally · 16/09/2024 11:36

Nothing really. Although the ending is similar to my real name. It's just a random username that popped into my head in my mid-20s when I was fishing around for a username. I've used it in a couple of different places over the years. It's one of about 4 different usernames I use according to my mood when signing up for things!

iamawarriorwhojustcrieseasily · 16/09/2024 11:35

People assuming I am not actually hard as nails just because I am ND and at times need to tearfully emotionally regulate!

Laiste · 16/09/2024 11:25

CatchHimDerry · 15/09/2024 23:41

Viral video of Irish folk trying to catch a rogue bat in their house

Never fails to cheer me up

'Ohhh - the dog's after peeing on the floor!'

😂😂
Absolute gold. I cheer myself up with this also.

meganorks · 16/09/2024 11:20

AlexaSetATimer · 16/09/2024 10:58

@meganorks on the home/active screen on my phone, I go to the three horizontal lines at top right, click, then click my Mumsnet then I can change. I believe it can be different deleting on your device/if you're on the app or not.

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Well I came to say, 'thanks, I've done it!' But instead MN has said I need to keep the same username on this thread! I was trying to be 'Lessbignorks'!

Neverheather · 16/09/2024 11:16

My parents were struggling to choose between three names for me and Heather was one of them, they chose one of the others and I'm glad because I'd never have suited Heather!

Letmehaveabloodyusernameplease · 16/09/2024 11:05

All the usernames I tried were unavailable.

Ohfuckwhatdoidonow · 16/09/2024 11:02

🤣🤣🤣 frequent overwhelm, and I feel like shit just flies my way, so it feels like I'm constantly thinking, oh fuck! What do I do now! Probably more undiagnosed ADHD than anything, but yeah. Life I guess!

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/09/2024 11:01

Nothing in particular, just made up a silly name. 🤷‍♀️

DesigningWoman · 16/09/2024 10:59

CatchHimDerry · 16/09/2024 10:49

@DesigningWoman i don’t know maybe it is! I had forgotten the dog part, then watched it again this morning “Ahhhh the dogs pissing on the floor”, Derry with a bloody tea cloth and Maureen peering through the glass 😂👌🏼

I think it’s seven years old! Which I’m struggling to believe. Everything about it is perfect, including Derry’s shorts and socks combo, the the meal on the table, and Maureen having hysterics peering through the glass pane, and the dog’s nerves going bad, and ‘He’s making a mockery of you, Derry!’

AlexaSetATimer · 16/09/2024 10:58

meganorks · 16/09/2024 00:42

I was breastfeeding when I joined MN. I've never been able to figure out how to name change.

@meganorks on the home/active screen on my phone, I go to the three horizontal lines at top right, click, then click my Mumsnet then I can change. I believe it can be different deleting on your device/if you're on the app or not.

Swearwolf · 16/09/2024 10:57

Mine is from Rhys Darby in What We Do in the Shadows (the original film). He's the leader of a bunch of werewolves, and tells them off for getting rowdy by reminding them they are "werewolves, not swearwolves". I just enjoyed it!

SleeplessInWherever · 16/09/2024 10:56

My stepson doesn’t sleep - we're talking 3hrs a night as an average. He’s also very “busy,” we spend about an hour in the house on weekend days.

So it was a thing on Sleepless in Seattle, and I was probably tired, because I’m always tired 😂