Originally posted by WheelyMr. Bromage was a teacher at my high school. He constantly threatened to hurt children and their families, made up stories about what students had done to the principal, in order to get them in trouble for things they hadn't actually done, and was prepared to lie to back-up his stories. I'm sure he's been responsible for some unresolved murders. And now he's a remedial massage therapist! At least he was always good for a laugh.
As I look around this site I find many people with interesting, weird or otherwise entertaining user names. Some, can be worked out and some are explained in the user profiles.
I'd be interested to know how some of you arrived at your user name and what they mean, if anything!
As a start I'll explain mine.
Wheely was a cat I had for eleven years who ...[text shortened]... l name. There is a picture of him here.
http://www.wheely.demon.co.uk/gallery/wheelpot.jpg
...i used to be gengar because i had hypnotic powers but when i lost
my hypnotic powers ( i bumped my head on the open door of the
clothes dryer ) i became reinfeld...i think i am the reincarnation of
fred reinfeld, the chess writer and commentator....i think my rating shows that i am fred at age 6 or 7 though ( always get cheated with
the karma deal )...
Originally posted by WheelyLordhighgus.
As I look around this site I find many people with interesting, weird or otherwise entertaining user names. Some, can be worked out and some are explained in the user profiles.
I'd be interested to know how some of you arrived at your user name and what they mean, if anything!
As a start I'll explain mine.
Wheely was a cat I had for eleven years who ...[text shortened]... l name. There is a picture of him here.
http://www.wheely.demon.co.uk/gallery/wheelpot.jpg
Having a common garden variety name like Martin on the web is exciting as all hell as we all know.
A girlfriend of mine accused me of emulating the highpriest or avatar of the ficticious religion Hagonism from Hugh Cook's fantasy fiction book "The Walrus and The Warwolf" (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Vol 4.)
To worship this Demi-God you had to "drink, whore, gamble and brawl." They were its fundamental tenets.
Now me and some of the guys were joking about this and my girlfriend at the time told me that was disgusting, and quick as a flash three of my mates dropped to their knees and were bowing saying "Hail the Lord high DisGUSting Man"
Now i told you all i have to convert you all or put you to the sword!
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It's a music reference, on two different levels.
Italian form of Orpheus (and no, I'm not Italian). Greatest musician in the world.
Also, went down to Hades to bring back his dead wife (and no, I don't have a dead wife). Wasn't allowed to look at her as she followed him.
When I first picked the name for use on another site about five years ago, I was obsessed with a song that had the line "I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through".
Well, my cat is an orange tabby named Ginny after Ginny Weasley, a book character.
My username story is pathetic. I needed to get a new e-mail account with a different name but was in somewhat of a crisis and couldn't think of anything. I like to read (and am on bookcrossing.com) but needed a number to go with it. I picked the number of an address where I worked for many years, not even noticing how close the number was to my birthdate. It seems a bit Orwellian now, and I'm sure some day I'll write a story about someone who's Reader 1107.
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundThey probably didnt live in rural areas where the T.V playlist was changed every 15 years or so like when i was a kid!
a fifties cartoon character.
i actually met a 36 year old American on the site who didnt know who he was.
i thought everyone knew 🙁
Now you gotta get cable to catch all that stuff! People pay for it!
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