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to think that the "name changing" facility may not be such a good idea..

107 replies

MindyMacready · 12/06/2011 16:36

While I completely understand the need for certain postings to remain anonymous, has time come to review the ease of name changing on this forum. Maybe a system that allows the poster to have one and only alternative ID for a limited timespan before reverting back to the original. If the contributor then needs to post anon at a later time, another temporary (system generated?) ID could be given etc...

It might put a halt to the multiple personalities that have appeared on some recent threads.

Thoughts...

BTW, I openly admit to having changed my name several times over yhe year or so, initially because my original postings lead to easily to me RL identity. After that, just for the fun of it.

OP posts:
GooGooGadget · 12/06/2011 20:21

All other McGanns terribly wrong.

Joe McGann? really?

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:22

agree on peter d. all that devil may care hot vet soon melted into pleasant faced vicar

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:22

[passed googoo adn towel]

Pagwatch · 12/06/2011 20:23

Googol
Perhaps I was thinking quantity over quality...

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:23

i think my current name is too cutesy

GooGooGadget · 12/06/2011 20:23

adn towel?

MigratingCoconuts · 12/06/2011 20:23

was Joe the one in that tepid sitcom where he worked as a nanny?

GooGooGadget · 12/06/2011 20:23

Pag the others can wear Paul Masks.

GooGooGadget · 12/06/2011 20:24

Not who's the boss, that was the american version....

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:24

roar @ masks and god that nanny thing was shite. he brought shame on the hottest of the mcgann name

LadyFlumpalot · 12/06/2011 20:25

It could be worse belovedcunt

You could be:

IWeallyWeallyLuvMyCootchie

or

MyFoofFoofIsIckleAndLovely.

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:26

'teh upper hand'

bibbitybobbityhat · 12/06/2011 20:26

It would be nice if the name change facility could stay - sometimes it can be funny remember that? - but I like Boffy's idea of limiting it to one namechange per thread. Also, if mnhq could just find a way of policing the namechangers a tiny bit more, then perhaps we would have less of the malicious bollocks.

BelovedCunt · 12/06/2011 20:26

or 'myadorablefrontbottom'

EricNorthmansMistress · 12/06/2011 20:27

I did a speeding awareness course with Paul McGann in 2008. He gazumped somebody's parking space and got snapped as he did so

MigratingCoconuts · 12/06/2011 20:27

funnyfannyfuzz?

(yes! the upper hand...awful!)

LadyFlumpalot · 12/06/2011 20:28

Or, as an ex of mine used to call it:

PollysCockPocket.

MigratingCoconuts · 12/06/2011 20:28

maybe that just sounds like a disease...

UrsulaBuffay · 12/06/2011 20:29
GooGooGadget · 12/06/2011 20:30

who the fuck is polly?

LadyFlumpalot · 12/06/2011 20:31

As in Polly Pocket, the annoying little plastic doll thing.

Pagwatch · 12/06/2011 20:31

Masks.excellent idea.

But actually you could just find any three ugly fuckers and give all of them Paul mcgann masks

LadyFlumpalot · 12/06/2011 20:32

He started off calling it a Cockpocket, then it changed to Polly's Cock Pocket.

Would be one of many reasons why he's a ex.

Honeydragon · 12/06/2011 20:35

I don't get changing. I love my name and I don't need to changes it to argue with myself.

Honeydragons's a nobber

No she's not she's quite nice

She's a twat

(or agree with myslef)

Yeah....she's a twat.

See absolutely no need

oh and

I agree with I agree with Pagwatch

MigratingCoconuts · 12/06/2011 20:37

I don't, I agree with Pagwatch, not Iagreewithpagwatch..she has no isea what she is talking about