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What inspired your username?

269 replies

RiversDisguise · 10/06/2019 11:46

I suspect we all spend a fair bit of time wondering about one another's handles. Does ilovesooty live in a house full of Sooty puppets? How deep is her love? Etc

My current username is a song lyric.

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CanoeDoYouThinkYouAre · 10/06/2019 13:25

An episode of the Redhanded podcast about John Darwin, the fella who faked his death in a canoeing accident.

Hannah's riff about what a shit superhero Canoe Man would be made me laugh so much I had to hit the pause button.

Pashazade · 10/06/2019 13:29

An excellent book by Jon Courtney Grimwood

Cooroo · 10/06/2019 13:43

Cooroo is the cool fox in The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea. I read it to DD years ago and we both loved it, especially Cooroo. I've mostly forgotten it now but the name stuck.

icebearforpresident · 10/06/2019 13:44

That’s kids show ‘we bare bears’ on Cartoon Network. Ice bear was making a social media post and one of the hashtags he used was #icebearforpresident.

InsertFunnyUsername · 10/06/2019 13:45

I couldn't think of a funny username!

ILoveDaveGrohl · 10/06/2019 13:50

He a dream 😍

WhiteLightTrainWreck · 10/06/2019 13:51

Song lyrics here too.

PencereTencere · 10/06/2019 13:52

Two words that I continuously got confused when learning another language. One means window, the other saucepan. 😂

BelulahBlanca · 10/06/2019 14:11

It’s my daughter’s nickname

Grumpyoldblonde · 10/06/2019 14:12

Mine will remain a mystery 😀

Bentley111 · 10/06/2019 14:13

My DHorse's competition name 🦄

LemonScentedStickyBat · 10/06/2019 14:16

A Neil Gaiman blog post

ADrabLittleCrab · 10/06/2019 14:17

My favourite song from Moana

vampirethriller · 10/06/2019 14:24

My dad misheard "Lesbian Vampire Killers" as"Lesbian Vampire Thrillers," and it seemed funny at the time..

luvabellawilleatme · 10/06/2019 14:26

My daughter wanted a luvabella doll but her (quite a bit) older brother found them freaky so told her that it would chase her and eat her if she got one!

sqirrelfriends · 10/06/2019 14:27

Mine is from a saying on Drag Race. I became addicted during DS's looooog breastfeeding sessions.

toffee1000 · 10/06/2019 14:28

It’s actually my minecraft username even though I don’t even play it that often Grin when I was signing up for Mumsnet it popped up as a suggestion in the box.
Toffee is after an old guinea pig of mine, who sadly passed over the rainbow bridge a few years ago. Here’s a photo of her eating curly leaf parsley, her favourite food ever.

What inspired your username?
crumpet · 10/06/2019 14:29

A relative’s dog who just happened to be in my line of sight as I registered...

ArseholesOnToast · 10/06/2019 14:33

Mine comes from Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies.

There was an episode where a minor royal was visiting the factory and having lunch in the canteen.

Bren and Twinkle were role playing how to talk to the royals and Bren said in a posh falsetto “tell me what’s the most popular dish on the menu?” and Twinkle says “arseholes on toast”.

I saw the episode in the afternoon on Gold and they’d edited it out ☹️ Probably due to arseholes being sweary.

Bloodybridget · 10/06/2019 14:34

My great-grandmother's name.

SwimmerGirl40 · 10/06/2019 14:35

My favourite hobby.

Not very imaginative.

notacooldad · 10/06/2019 14:37

Our lad, who was about 8 or 9 was having a bit of a tantrum because we had said no to something and it was the worst insult he could come up with as he slammed the door. He is 20 now and really so chilled so we rib him about it from time to time.

Mustbetimeforachange · 10/06/2019 14:40

Guess Grin

freshasthebrightbluesky · 10/06/2019 14:41

Lyrics from a song that was on the radio when I was picking a username.

troppibambini · 10/06/2019 14:41

@ADrabLittleCrab I love that song too! When it comes on the kids shout me and I have to come and perform!Grin Everythangssss shiinnnnyyyy!!!

My name means too many children in Italian. I have and I am.
Not really too many but just a lot and I was feeling overwhelmed by it all.

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