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193 replies

BumpAndGrind · 26/02/2014 12:29

Someone has stolen my username.

I'm quite upset, I shouldn't be really.

I wouldn't be to bothered but they seem to post a lot more than me so are effectively making me the 'second' BumpandGrind.

Why would you pick a name of another member but just change the spelling slightly :(

Waves at BumpNGrind you arse Grin

OP posts:
MNNicknameLawyer · 27/02/2014 10:50

The only winners here will be the lawyers.

BumpAndGrind · 27/02/2014 11:47

I am going to change my NN, the other bump is right, no bullying going on here.

OP posts:
BumpAndGrind · 27/02/2014 11:47

I just haven't thought of a good un yet!

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ArsePaste · 27/02/2014 13:31

I'm glad no one would want to nick this username.

ArsePastes · 27/02/2014 13:41

Yes that would be awful!

ArsePastes · 27/02/2014 13:41
Grin
ArsePaste · 27/02/2014 13:46

Ooh! You bitch! ;)

ArsePastes · 27/02/2014 13:48

I liiiiiike it Wink

ArsePaste · 27/02/2014 14:13

It's rather ... fresh, I must admit. Minty, almost.

SoleSource · 27/02/2014 15:42

I wondered why AF was now AnyFuckerHQ haha!!

Sometimes see a Sole someone and a Solo.

Erm and that completes my contribution to the thread :)

TillyTellTale · 27/02/2014 15:48

I've recently namechanged [back] because there were too many similarly named people to me, and it was getting confusing when I read threads.

AlpacaLypse · 28/02/2014 21:34

To be serious for approximately 30 nano-seconds...

When I go to namechange, all my previous names appear in a handy drop down menu, and I've never had any problem clicking any of them. And I'm pretty certain I read on a Site Stuff thread that once a user had taken a name it was theirs forever, even if they'd changed it three posts later and never returned. Some people were trying to get Tech to set up a user name amnesty, any name that hadn't been used for five years could go back into circulation. But HQ reckoned it might cause confusion if people were looking at old threads.

Anyway, 30 nano seconds are up. As you were....

BumpAndGrind · 28/02/2014 21:39

But bumpngrind is in my drop down list...? Odd.

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youarewinning · 28/02/2014 21:46

Rufus how about changing to Rufus stone?!

I have also been confused at people replying to youare. But I guess there is a lot of youare...... about. I use to have another ending. This is my Olympic NC from 2012! I have had various seasonal youare's as well.

LettertoHermioneGranger · 28/02/2014 21:58

I've namechanged a few times, and each time I've had this secret little fear that I would accidentally pick something too close to an established poster and people would think I was copying. I mostly lurk and only recently have been posting more.

This time I went with something too long and an unfunny pun. Seems to work.

Chloerose75 · 28/02/2014 23:54

BumpAndGrind I wonder if capitalisation makes a difference?

SwingYourPantsNow · 01/03/2014 00:01

How would they know, though? I've just tonight changed my username. The first few I tried said "sorry, username already in existence. Please choose another one." Even though I thought they were pretty obscure. They'd been chosen. Angry
They've in all likelihood tried a name, it's stuck and MN has allowed it and they're all happy.
Completely oblivious to the fact that there's a BumpAndGrind, as the only thing they ever tried to type into the name change thingy was BumpNGrind. Which would have got accepted.
Then merrily posted away.

JerseySpud · 01/03/2014 08:36

I'm the only Spud!

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