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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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Jayneisagirlsname · 10/06/2019 19:23

Firefly. My name is not Jayne

FinnBalorsAbs · 10/06/2019 19:33

A WWE wrestler who has the most insane abs I’ve ever seen. I don’t fancy him or anything but whenever I see his abs I am agog, they deserve a postcode of their own. The small photo doesn’t do them justice.

LifeIsGoodish · 10/06/2019 19:38

I like Dave Gorman Grin

AlexaAmbidextra · 10/06/2019 20:53

My first username was the title of a single my then boyfriend’s band released in the 70s. My current one, nothing in particular although I can paint with either hand.

ViserionTheDragon · 11/06/2019 00:13

One of the dragons on Game of Thrones.

EileenAlanna · 11/06/2019 00:18

It's what my grandfather called me when I was very little. He died before I turned 2 but I was the apple of his eye & even have one strong memory of him.

TransFannyUltrasound · 11/06/2019 00:21

A fun hospital procedure.

SupermassiveBlackHo · 11/06/2019 00:25

The band Muse and my size.

SleepingStandingUp · 11/06/2019 00:29

Sleep deprivation

SpoonBlender · 11/06/2019 00:42

The obvious. Only three times...

SkiingIsHeaven · 11/06/2019 00:50

My favourite hobby.

It makes me so happy.

I'm on cloud nine when I ski and take in the amazing views.

Happy days.

ChaosIsntAPitChaosIsALadder · 11/06/2019 01:03

From game of thrones

MyBlueMoonbeam · 11/06/2019 01:14

My DHorse's competition name 🦄

@RiversDisguise

Snap 🐴

justinhawkinsnavalfluff · 11/06/2019 01:14

My love for the Darkness.

MyBlueMoonbeam · 11/06/2019 01:21

Mine is in honour of my dog when he was a puppy. Those bloody razor sharp teeth hurt.

@BiteyShark - nice one - one of our many dogs over the years was called Sam he was a Jack Russell & was nicknamed Sammy Shark for that very reason 😁

RiversDisguise · 11/06/2019 01:30

@AuntieStella I always wondered... os she Astronomer Royal or a lager fan? Grin

I love all of these explanations, thank you! Some of them are genuinely moving.

What an interesting bunch you are.

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CrowleysBentley · 11/06/2019 01:33

One of my favourite books (Good omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman), and the recent very good series, on amazon prime video, based on it.

pineapplebryanbrown · 11/06/2019 01:35

Mine is from a 1980s diet book Hip hip hooray and thighs of relief (Rosemary Conley).

That disappointed you didn't it Dangly? You'll have to section yourself again.

Nikhedonia · 11/06/2019 01:38

An unlikely feeling for me.

Nogravyforyou · 11/06/2019 01:49

It was a name change for a thread about being naughty. And I realised that I liked the name better than my old one.

Just did an advanced search and found the post:

"
Today was out for dinner with the inlaws. SIL was there and has a recent as last week been sending me abusive text messages. I ordered my dinner with my gravy on the side and SIL decided that she wanted more gravy. Entire table looks at me as I move my gravy out of her reach and continue eating my dinner. Fuck off bitch, no gravy for you.
It made me so happy  "

Still wouldn't share my gravy with her tbh 🤷🏻‍♀️

RiversDisguise · 11/06/2019 02:02

Gravy warfare Grin That's beyond fantastic.

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pegspurplecat · 11/06/2019 02:09

A reference to Peg + Cat, a children's tv programme that I like more than my DC do.

Veronicat · 11/06/2019 02:12

A play on DH nickname for me

barryfromclareisfit · 11/06/2019 02:16

Tall bloke, blue eyes.
Turned out to be a bit of a cunt, really. It should be ‘barryfronclareisalyingsod’, to be more accurate.

pineapplebryanbrown · 11/06/2019 05:14

Barry perhaps time for a change? BarryIsACuntThoughHandsome I like that!