Where did your screen name come from?

[ThatsTheLastISawOfHim]

Just curious how people choose their names and if they have any meaning. I'm a regular name changer (although I never announce the name change, feels like it defeats the purpose somewhat!) and have been on mumsnet for a couple of years.

My current one is a line from Judge Judy, I thought it was time for a change and that was the next thing i heard on the telly. I realised that it might seem like my DPs left me afterwards but that got me thinking, where do others get their names from. Anyone care to share?

Regular name changer here too.

Current one is the line from a Celtic football song that's been stuck in my head for weeks.

Regular name changer also.

This one is related to a sport I participate in, rowing. It’s when your blade gets trapped under the water (to catch a crab) but you're going so fast that the oar slams into your chest, sometimes with enough power to eject you from your seat.

Probably should have said ‘used to participate in’. I’ve not been rowing for over a year and am unlikely to get back into it.

Because the song won't leave my brain! It stuck and plays small snippets over and over . Especially in the dead of night.

@MrsWidgerysLodger

My DH showed me that video as well
I wanted to have SeagullsStopItNow as a username but it was taken
It would have been based on another video of the same people that did 'bushes of love'

This is an actual position at the Royal Society of Arts or something and it just made me think that it would be a good thing to be in real life.

A character in "Humphrey Clinker" by Tobias Smollet.

Mine comes from my annoyance at people that spell chest of drawers

I'm obsessed with various TV programmes, and practically all my NCs come from one or another of them, usually what I've most recently binge-watched.

This one's from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Breathtaking scene from the series LOST...

Late 90s/early 2000s local radio in Sussex - everyone listened to Terry Garrigan's Last Bus to Whitehawk in the evening and discussed at school the following day. Can't imagine teens doing that now!

I love them both

It’s something my friend says.

I’ve had a few names, this one is a line from a Terry Pratchett book.
erry Pratchett’s Witches Abroad

Then she raised her head, and said: ‘Kettle boiled just now. Would you like a cup of tea?‘
NO, THANK YOU, said a voice right behind her.
‘How long have you been waiting?’
FOREVER
‘Not keeping you am I?‘
IT’S A QUIET NIGHT.
‘I’m making a cup of tea. I think there’s one biscuit left.‘
NO, THANK YOU.
‘If you feel peckish, it’s in the jar on the mantelpiece. That’s genuine Klatchian pottery, you know. Made by a genuine Klatchain craftsman. From Klatch,’ she added.
INDEED?

Mines obvious.. the date comes from the time MN got hacked and my name and stuff was compromised and they insisted we change it. I changed my email but kept my name..as I was mid way through some big education threads when the kids were doing alevels and I wanted people to know it was still me !

I love wine and it's also a reference to the old game show Blankety Blank

Something that at least one wit shouts in the first minute of any rugby game I have been too.

I name change a lot but this one is in reference to an Eddie Izzard sketch.

It was the name of my fantasy football team in the 1990s- the team included some very dirty players such as Roy Keane and Vinny Jones, hence the saints bit.

I love baby spiders.. Squeeeeeee
. I could put them on a butty and eat them all up

If you are a 90's child you may know mine!
From my favourite show growing up, Kenan and Kel

I’ve always loved VW Karmann Ghia cars and cars in general and also am a woman and wanted that reflected in our world of male language!

A line from the trolls movie when smidge gets caught by the chef Burgan
Princess poppy: Run Smidge!!!!!
Smidge: OMG!!!!!!!!

My usual screen name is...unavailable, but I like this song.

I’m a sheep farmer (well I have a proper job to pay the bills but i love the sheep farming much more).

longwayoff I also found my way to mumsnet via the low carb boot camp and I’ve considered changing my name to nutsaremynemesis