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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:03 PM Original message |
Annual 'How did you pick your DU name' |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. It suits me. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. "down the throat" |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. May of 2004 and the Swift Boat Liars were out in full force smearing a true hero |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I like much of Kerry. |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Political inclination and former occupation |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. ... Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wanted to have my name reflect both me and where I live... |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dad gave it to me a long time ago |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. College nickname--- |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. a play on words and |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I always thought your name was pretty clever...like it! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nothing deep for me (there's a surprise)...it was the song playing when I signed up. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. I thought it had to do with video taping. Now I have to look up |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. It was -40 that day. |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. I picked my name because I am Bluzmann |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. How do you pronounce Parche? What does it rhyme with? |
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newcriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Same week |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. I chose the name of a great Italian because I am a great Italian |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Archae is my feathersona |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. My inspiration |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. I dearly love New Orleans and like and often dream about bears. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Your name always cracks me up, for a personal reason. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's wolf for Mommah. Bonus points because it seems to piss off Connies |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I love your name. Sounds so strong. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. the name wasn't intentially so ballzy tho |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm just an old, wore out soldier |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Mine came from a puzzle |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. I tend to be a little too honest sometimes |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. It is my original internet name from the beginning. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's the name of my band and legacy project for my cancer-survived brother. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Feel like I am just a cranky, set in my ways woman.....and |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. because it's my name and the younger set call me hippy |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. I like foxes and I come and go as I please. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. It was the CB handle I used when I was young...but it was just Rainbow, no #'s |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. I loved Jay Ward cartoons and Bullwinkle was taken several times over. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Uh, it's my name? dc |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. All my direct ancestors had at least one apple tree in their backyarsds. Some of them had houses |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. It is my handle on some other sites, the CB, and my nickname at work |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. It was midnight. |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. my favrite campsite |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm Norwegian-American and I was a Neo-Pagan for a stint in high school. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. Un-frickin'-believable. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. LOL! |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. cwydro is Welsh for "wanderer"... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. My name is Jeff. I live in Milwaukee. (nt) |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. That's pretty much how I arrived at mine. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Sometimes the obvious solution is the best (nt) |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
43. I picked mine because of my cats' attitude |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. The meaning has changed |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. part love of the names of stones, and part comment on my tai chi practice... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. A mixture of influences. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. Term of endearment among me, my sibs, and their progeny. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. In honor of the coolest motherfucking character ever to grace Daytime TV... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. You didn't like Luke? |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Just a random mixture of letters and numbers. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's my middle name. |
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yankeepants (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's my dog's name |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's my real name, with a little chopped off the end for a minor degree of anonymity. nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Took my IRC nick, and shortened it |
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Sugarcoated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. Picked an Aimee Mann song I liked |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'm a big fan of the old sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet." |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. Army nickname because I have the same name as a |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. Scribbler was taken. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
60. I wanted it known |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. Mine is pretty self explanatory. I don't have much imagination when picking names. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. Burma Jones is a character in "A Confederacy of Dunces" |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. it's my name.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. A kama'aina is a local Hawai'i person |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. "Lucian" is the leader of the werewolves (lycans) from "Underworld" movies. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. I'm an old hippie |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. Guess |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. The sword of Kenshin Himura. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
73. Rabbi Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra, aka "ben Ezra", ca. 1089-1167. |
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Red Riding Hood (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
74. mom used to read it to me |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. Mine's from the old Land Of Gorch muppet sketches on SNL. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
76. Tikki is my dog...she is getting old, I am getting old...when one.. |
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