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I cannot change to my Halloween nickname.

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SarahStratton · 05/10/2012 16:27

It says ScarahStratton is already in use. It is, by ME. Why can't I change back to it? :(

PS I missed the webchat about PARDing and YPMYSLAA, and I am vair sad about that, can we have another one soon, please.

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MaryZed · 07/10/2012 13:49

Oh, oh, oh [excited].

You must be teacher's pet Stratters - they do what you ask and call you by your nickname Envy

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HelenMumsnet · 07/10/2012 13:47

You have mail, Stratters Smile

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SarahStratton · 07/10/2012 01:47

You're right, all my lovely, lovely nicknames, moldering away in limbo. Pore fings :(

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MaryZed · 07/10/2012 01:07

This really is a lesson for wannabe flouncers isn't it Shock.

Just think of all those wasted wonderful names, deserted and lying in limbo after the moldies debacle.

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SarahStratton · 07/10/2012 01:04

Thank you SO much HelenMN, it is ScarahStratton that I can't get back.

MaryZ, my Christmas nickname last year was SantasStrapon, and I woz robbed it was a brilliant name.

OMG I won't be able to use that either. Shock

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HelenMumsnet · 06/10/2012 19:34

@MaryZcary

I read that as ScarahStrapon Blush

Helen, I think you may have missed the point. She wants ScarahStratton with an o not a 0, which she may have forfeited when she flounced went on holidays.

I'm trying out this one , but it's far to early to actually stick with it. The beginning of half term on October 25th will do me.

Oh, I see. That makes sense. Sorry for misunderstanding.

Do still mail in SarahStratton: they may be one thing we can try.

MaryZcary · 06/10/2012 17:51

I read that as ScarahStrapon Blush

Helen, I think you may have missed the point. She wants ScarahStratton with an o not a 0, which she may have forfeited when she flounced went on holidays.

I'm trying out this one , but it's far to early to actually stick with it. The beginning of half term on October 25th will do me.

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HelenMumsnet · 06/10/2012 17:43

Afternoon.

SarahStratton, the nickname ScarahStratt0n still belongs to you and your nickname-change ability is fine and dandy, looking at it from this end. So this is all a bit odd.

Would you like to mail in to us (just hit Report on your OP) and let us know exactly what's happening when you try - and we'll try to sort you out.

PS: You know it's ScarahStratt0n with a zero, right?

Pinot · 06/10/2012 10:43

Stratters, based on what Hec said up there --- does that mean you can't n/c back to normal SS now? Or have I misunderstood?

MikeLitorisBites · 06/10/2012 10:26

It worked! Goodo

ScarahStratt0n · 06/10/2012 00:39

Thanks Mike.

And FLMAO at Vulva Dentata.

MikeLitorisBites · 05/10/2012 23:58

I thought of it all by myself too. Well it kind of came from a book i just finished.

sadly this name is probably the closest I will ever get to a literary reference! Grin

DameFannyGallopsAtaGhost · 05/10/2012 23:48

Ew, vulva dentata!

IamtheZombie · 05/10/2012 23:39

Mike, if your name change doesn't win this year's best prize Zombie will be utterly shocked. Grin

MikeLitorisBites · 05/10/2012 23:37

Testing my Halloween name.

Could you try ScarahStratt0n with a zero rather than a O?

usualsuspect3 · 05/10/2012 23:25

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ExitPursuedByAaaaaarGhoul · 05/10/2012 23:09

Warning.

Never flounce.

Just go quietly.

And then return.

CouthyMowWearingOrange · 05/10/2012 23:02

I have never flounced. Mostly just slunk off quietly, and come back within days. I am CouthyMow, and I am a MNaholic.

Mostly because I have no life luffs you all. Grin

usualsuspect3 · 05/10/2012 22:09

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SarahStratton · 05/10/2012 22:08

But I want my ScarahStratton name back :(

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OliviaPeaceAndLoveMumsnet · 05/10/2012 21:41

@SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood

Is it a case of once its gone its gone
Indeed it is.

There are technical reasons behind this which were explained to me round about the time of the last nickname amnesty in 2006 but I have since wiped them from my memory as doing much more recall regarding the nickname amnesty does make me curl up foetal style.

Just don't flounce. Simples.

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 05/10/2012 21:28

I don't understand why if you're given a name back, why you then can't nc and nc back? Is it a case of once its gone its gone

ZombTEE · 05/10/2012 21:27

It is never to early for hats.

Besides, we could squint and pretend they are birthday hats? Maybe?

CouthyMowWearingOrange · 05/10/2012 21:27

It is October. I tried yesterday to do a Halloween smiley. It didn't work. I got grumpy.

I'm still pondering my Halloween NC costume - can't use last year's as I have NC'd since.

Can't think of one for CouthyMow. Which is crap, because last year I came up with some spiffing Halloween NC's for other MN'ers, and this year my inspiration has deserted me.

Probably because I am STILL FLIPPING ILL.

pepperrabbit · 05/10/2012 21:26

Will we get party hats for that?

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