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Title: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-02-13, 23:42:02
... Why are you using this particular nickname?

I'll start.
Years ago when I first registered for a dutch forum (http://forum.hadrian.net) I had to figure out a name that would suit me. It had to be a really wierd name, kinda funny and, of course, totaly stupid. So it became Appelmoes?? (Applesauce??) By now it has become not only my nick on fora, but also irl ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Moonloop on Mon, 2005-02-14, 09:50:36
From the Porcupine Tree track of the same name (from "The Sky Moves Sideways" album).

;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: POM on Mon, 2005-02-14, 10:03:12

It's because I always eat apples when I was student, so I got this nickname, "pomme"  ;)... I write it "pom", it's shorter ;D! And I use it in some other forums for years...
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Peter on Mon, 2005-02-14, 10:25:30
Well, mine's obviously not a nick, right.... ;) No time for talking about parents, bees and so on...
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2005-02-14, 12:15:32
Quote from: POM on Mon, 2005-02-14, 10:03:12
It's because I always eat apples when I was student, so I got this nickname, "pomme"  ;)
Apples rule... 8)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: creme anglais on Mon, 2005-02-14, 19:40:46
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2005-02-14, 12:15:32
Apples rule... 8)

Apples and custard ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Deenfan on Tue, 2005-02-15, 21:19:20
It comes from the fact that Deen Castronovo is my favourite drummer, and also, when you use SMS spelling rules, in northern norwegian it spells out "It is a devil"!!! (Or, any of the names you may have for him, that also works as a... er... I must think... descriptive title, the same way you use the word devil. We have Satan, Fan, Faen, Belsebub... You may recognize a couple of them. My, how this post turned out... :D

Anyway, I guess this is more common in my tongue, but we tend to say "He's a devil on drums", meaning he is really good... So, we actually say that the devil is good... ??? ??? We need to have our language adjusted, I just realised! ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Peter on Tue, 2005-02-15, 22:52:12
Quote from: creme anglais on Mon, 2005-02-14, 19:40:46
Apples and custard ;)

and, 'creme anglais', where does that nick come from?
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: creme anglais on Tue, 2005-02-15, 23:34:17
I named my business "custard" after my Custard-point surf board........ now most things in my life tend to be custard related........
creme anglais is a bad french custard substitute........which often makes me laugh........ not really sure why:-)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: frenchsting on Wed, 2005-02-16, 11:55:24
my nickname comes from scorpions "love at first sting" album. the one of the beginning of the huge world wide success. i kept "first sting" abd as i'm french, "first" became "french". So that's it...
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Mark Jan on Wed, 2005-02-16, 13:01:21
I'm afraid I've got no nickname.  :-\  Well, my nickname is just my own first name. When I entered this forum I took a minute to think of a nice nickname, a good passage of a song, a title or something like that. Nothing came up to me, so it's just my first name. But whatever!  :D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Moonloop on Wed, 2005-02-16, 13:57:51
Quote from: frenchsting on Wed, 2005-02-16, 11:55:24
my nickname comes from scorpions "love at first sting" album. the one of the beginning of the huge world wide success. i kept "first sting" abd as i'm french, "first" became "french". So that's it...

Great album indeed  ;D . Did feel though that they went downhill somewhat after that. Savage Amusement was certainly a disappointment for me. Gather the new one (Unbreakable..??) is a return to form but haven't heard it. Lovedrive / Animal Magnetism / Blackout & Love at First Sting are the classic 4 studio ones though.  ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: CygnusX1 on Wed, 2005-02-16, 14:00:07
If you're a Rush fan I would've thought it would be obvious enough. ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: gelert on Fri, 2005-02-18, 23:59:17
Er, it's the name of my dog....

And the reason why I chose "Gelert" as the dog's name, is because I try to find unusual names for our animals - Sasquatch (our cat, because she had HUGE paws as a kitten); Nemesis [RIP](Sasquatch's mother, because she was truly the Goddess Of Retribution with our Jack Russell called Rama [RIP]); Sassy's brother Ninja [MIA]; Sassy's offspring included Pogle [RIP] and Cobweb [RIP]...just a small selection from the ever increasing number of animals that I am fortunate enough to call "friend"...

...and also "Gelert", because the story is cool....check out http://www.red-dragon-wales.com/MythsandLegends/Gelert.htm...


...And the ultimate sting in the tail is....


...Well, I'll save that for another post...!
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sat, 2005-02-19, 02:36:04
That story is to damn long for this time of day... (And I had some beers :D) I'll read it in the morning! ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Xanxtuary on Sat, 2005-02-19, 17:27:56
I first got the name Xanxa from a dream I had, in which I was a Jedi named Xanxa Jinn (being Qui Gon Jinn's niece or cousin or something), so I started signing up for fora as Jedi Master Xanxa Jinn.

Then when I was posting something on the Genesis forums about the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man (part of the Supper's Ready concept), I signed myself Xanxtuary, being a mixture of Xanxa and Sanctuary.

Since then I've signed up as Xanxtuary to a lot of fora, but on the Rush message boards (now sadly defunct) I was known as Xanxa Dryer 3.  There are other variations, I'm sure all of them fairly obvious.
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Torch on Wed, 2005-02-23, 22:52:27
well no surprises here aswell  ;)  Torch is ofcourse the main character of Clutching at Straws by the Marillo's, who has an allergy to Perrier, daylight and responsability  ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Simtere on Wed, 2005-02-23, 23:15:52
My nickname is simple  .... Sim from my name and Tere from the wife  (and now shes bitching because it should have been SimTere not Simtere .... oy vey already)

Rather boring really by comparison to some.  I sould pick a new one but having slavishly worked my way up to commoner I dont want to start out again as a broomstick.
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: The Voyager on Thu, 2005-03-10, 12:02:58

"The Voyager" is a marvellous track from Pendragon's album "The World"(my all-time favourite).   
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Spad on Fri, 2005-04-22, 10:16:08
Spad.... the truncation of "Spadino"..... do you remember the sit-com Happy Days??? Spadino was the italian name of Fonzie's little cousin.

My colleagues called me "Spadino" for the first time some years ago because of my way of dressing and my (apparently) young age......  ;)

I try to make a translation of Spadino........ something like "little sword"........ but not in the true sense of the words.....

Bye.
Spad.
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: gelert on Fri, 2005-04-22, 20:06:35
Quote from: Spad on Fri, 2005-04-22, 10:16:08
I try to make a translation of Spadino........ something like "little sword"........ but not in the true sense of the words....

Any O-Level Latin students out there will recognise the humour behind "Sword" & "Scabbard"...  ;D


Ergo, "Little Sword" is inadvisable....  ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Melo on Sat, 2005-04-23, 04:45:09
Well I used to call myself Melodramatica as I can get very melodramatic when upset... that gt shortened to Melo somewhere alog the line  ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2005-05-13, 16:18:38
I would expect to not need to explain this nickname...   ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: gelert on Fri, 2005-05-13, 18:22:39
"Matt" who...?

Genuine question, BTW...
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Sat, 2005-05-21, 20:39:37
Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2005-05-13, 18:22:39
"Matt" who...?

....aaaahhhhhhhh...!  ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: gelert on Sat, 2005-05-21, 20:57:43
Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2005-05-13, 18:22:39
"Matt" who...?

Genuine question, BTW...

Sorry...I looked at your website the other day via the link that you provided on another thread, not having heard of you previously....My "bad"...er...I think...   ::)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-05-22, 13:18:09
What thread was that??
Sorry, I must have forgotten that one!  ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: gelert on Mon, 2005-05-23, 19:52:43
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-05-22, 13:18:09
Sorry, I must have forgotten that one!  ;D

Alzheimer's...?

Or a "Blonde" moment...?

;D ;D
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Mon, 2005-06-13, 11:20:29
Quote from: gelert on Mon, 2005-05-23, 19:52:43
Alzheimer's...?

Or a "Blonde" moment...?

;D ;D

No idea. I'll look into it!

Who are you??  ;)
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Herben on Mon, 2005-07-18, 23:00:58
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-02-13, 23:42:02
... Why are you using this particular nickname?

I'll start.
Years ago when I first registered for a dutch forum (http://forum.hadrian.net) I had to figure out a name that would suit me. It had to be a really wierd name, kinda funny and, of course, totaly stupid. So it became Appelmoes?? (Applesauce??) By now it has become not only my nick on fora, but also irl ;D


It's funny You to be Duke Appelmoes
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2005-07-19, 09:21:45
Quote from: Herben on Mon, 2005-07-18, 23:00:58
It's funny You to be Duke Appelmoes
I used to be so much more :'(
Title: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Wed, 2005-11-02, 21:46:13
Well ehhmmm... Where did you get your nickname from? ;D

Mine is PH.
P is my first letter of my forname.
H is the first letter of my last name.

I had other nicks.
Solid Fox (Solid Snake and Grey Fox (Metal Gear Solid (sorry for my MGSness))) That was on an MGSForum.

I'm also called 'paus' ('pope') by my colleagues.
They found out that I'm a Christian and gave me the nick 'pope'.
I'm actually not sure wether I like it or not. :-\
At least their not making fun of me (I'm not aware of it, that is)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: creme anglais on Wed, 2005-11-02, 22:01:20
well..................

Creme Anglais is because I used to have a business called "Custard Cards"

and "Wilcey" is because my surname is "Wilce" so my boyfriend always calls me Wilcey.......... so it's my name really!

The nick name thing can be fun, but to be honesst it is also quite tiresome........there are folk on here with weird old nick names and  knowing them in real life, I find it hard to remember  to use their fake-names!

So, for the record, Hello, my name is Rachel .................(Wilcey to friends!)  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Wilford Jr. on Wed, 2005-11-02, 23:13:13
Wilford is the nickname I use for my oldest grandson.  His middle name is really William.  So he is Wilford and I became Wilford Jr.  Doesn't make much sense but there it is.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Saryna on Thu, 2005-11-03, 04:31:52
Saryna is the name of my best friend's little girl. She is 6 years old and asian. :)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2005-11-03, 20:29:33
Curious how the title of this thread has changed... :)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Peter on Thu, 2005-11-03, 22:42:22
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2005-11-03, 20:29:33
Curious how the title of this thread has changed... :)

has it? I merged PH's thread with this one, as they're actually the same...
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Herben on Fri, 2005-11-04, 18:13:21
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2005-07-19, 09:21:45
I used to be so much more :'(
Sorry King Appelmoes Your now an excellentie (don't know the english words but You're Dutch too so You'll understand, maybe it's excellence).
Title: Re: Your Nickname...
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Fri, 2005-11-04, 18:30:42
Quote from: Herben on Fri, 2005-11-04, 18:13:21
Sorry King Appelmoes Your now an excellentie (don't know the english words but You're Dutch too so You'll understand, maybe it's excellence).
In case of a king it would be "royal highness". Excellency would be used for a governor of ambassador. (Yes, I looked that up :))
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Bouge on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:13:14
My name comes from the mishearing of an acquaintance name as Rouge, then me being given a name that rhymes with that. Bouge has stuck and is in wide usage, Rouge has not gone the same way.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:32:09
Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2005-11-03, 22:42:22
has it? I merged PH's thread with this one, as they're actually the same...

You... you can do that? 8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Peter on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:43:32
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:32:09
You... you can do that? 8)

Magic hands, mate... *shrug*
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:46:22
*widens eyes in a child-like manner*
Cooool!

*ola*
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Peter on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:49:27
harharhar......   
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sat, 2005-11-05, 03:33:07
Peter has all sort's of button's we don't have :o [merge] [split] [delete]. The last one is dangerous. That will be used when you spend more time on the forum than he does.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Sat, 2005-11-05, 12:05:10
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Sat, 2005-11-05, 03:33:07
Peter has all sort's of button's we don't have :o [merge] [split] [delete]. The last one is dangerous. That will be used when you spend more time on the forum than he does.

So it has been used on you many times?
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sat, 2005-11-05, 12:45:02
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2005-11-05, 12:05:10
So it has been used on you many times?
I actually have 3579 post's :P
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Sat, 2005-11-05, 12:49:02
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Sat, 2005-11-05, 12:45:02
I actually have 3579 post's :P

LOL :D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Sat, 2005-11-05, 21:36:32
And what about the avatars and signatures?

I made my avatar myself, using the art of Contagion from the official website.
I liked the color yellow and gave the Arena logo a yellow colour.

My signature is actually a picture. I wanted to add some text but I forgot which text I wanted to add...
Sooooo I only (!!!) have a picture in my signature also based on Contagion and this time with a spinning Arena logo.



Also I have yet another nickname, someone of the MGSForums (a forum for the game Metal Gear Solid) called me The Dutchinator, which is a nickname I'm proud of.
(I was called that because I was the first Dutchman on that forum)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Smegal on Sat, 2005-12-03, 22:21:55
My nickname was given to me by a Mr Clive Nolan (some guy i meet)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Sat, 2005-12-03, 22:24:17
Quote from: Smegal on Sat, 2005-12-03, 22:21:55
My nickname was given to me by a Mr Clive Nolan (some guy i meet)
That's really cool!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Smegal on Sat, 2005-12-03, 22:29:41
Yeah i'm cool man :P
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Sat, 2005-12-03, 23:12:07
I'm a Huge fan of comics, especially everything with an X, and i'm collecting those since 1979. In one of those comics there was a guy named Jamie Maddox ( actually, it was "Madrox", but who cares??) AKA Multiple Man, and somehow that name always sticked to me.

I'm also a Huge fan of ( now, don't you start to laugh!!  ;)) Angelina Jolie. And guess what her adopted son is named???

So, there you have it.

MAD.  8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:02:40
Cool Maddox.  I also rather like names with an X in ... so much so that there are two of them in my Jedi Name (see my previous post in this thread).

X's and Q's ... they're the coolest ... and better Scrabble scores too!  8)

Back in 2000 I used to have the username Loqutrix on the Star Trek site ... managed to get both of 'em in there!  I won't bother boring people with the explanation behind that nickname.  If you're a Trekkie/Trekker you will know.  If not, you won't give a d@mn!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:09:04
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2005-12-03, 23:12:07
I'm also a Huge fan of ( now, don't you start to laugh!!  ;)) Angelina Jolie.
I'm not laughing... What a woman! :o
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:16:35
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:09:04
I'm not laughing... What a woman! :o

Yeh, I wouldn't mind having her looks ... and her money!  8) 

But then I wouldn't be Xanxa ... would I?
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:17:32
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:16:35
But then I wouldn't be Xanxa ... would I?
Xangie... It has a ring to it... ;)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:28:05
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:02:40
  If you're a Trekkie/Trekker you will know.  If not, you won't give a d@mn!

Oh, i know Xanxtuary, i really know. Me trekkie too.
Love them all, from Deepspace to Enterprise, from TNG to Voyager.

So i do care.  ;D

We've got a new thing here on the telly, which is a new version of Battlestar Callactica. There are 4 episodes, today was number two, and it is also starring Edward James Olmos (capt. from Miami Vice). Which of course has nothing to do with Star Trek, but since you are a Sci-fi fan as well, i thought i'd mentioned it.  :)

MAD.  8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:33:18
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:28:05
Oh, i know Xanxtuary, i really know. Me trekkie too.
Love them all, from Deepspace to Enterprise, from TNG to Voyager.

So i do care.  ;D

MAD.  8)


Cool!  TNG is my all-time favourite, though Enterprise is fast catching up.

Apologies to non-Trekfans for our shameless hijacking of this thread.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:37:42
Tsk! Nobody ever does that on this forum, and now you shamelessly do just that!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:46:18
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:33:18
Cool!  TNG is my all-time favourite, though Enterprise is fast catching up.

Apologies to non-Trekfans for our shameless hijacking of this thread.

Actually, Voyager is mine favourite. Have all 7 seasons on DVD. Quite expensive, but well spend, if you ask me.
I recently started collecting the DVD's of Enterprice (2 seasons), and that wasn't a bad choice either.

MAD.  8)

Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Smegal on Sun, 2005-12-04, 05:06:04
Oh dear! even i refuse to comment
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: elisabeta on Sun, 2005-12-11, 00:36:41
Heh, when I was still a metal/goth chick I got this nickname from Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Elisabeta was Dracula's big love  :-[
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Wilford Jr. on Mon, 2005-12-12, 18:04:58
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:28:05
Oh, i know Xanxtuary, i really know. Me trekkie too.
Love them all, from Deepspace to Enterprise, from TNG to Voyager.

So i do care.  ;D

We've got a new thing here on the telly, which is a new version of Battlestar Callactica. There are 4 episodes, today was number two, and it is also starring Edward James Olmos (capt. from Miami Vice). Which of course has nothing to do with Star Trek, but since you are a Sci-fi fan as well, i thought i'd mentioned it.  :)

MAD.  8)


I love Battlestar Galactica also.  I have bought the first season on DVD and I am slowly making  my way through it!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: gelert on Thu, 2005-12-15, 01:00:08
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-12-04, 00:02:40
If you're a Trekkie/Trekker you will know.  If not, you won't give a d@mn!

I remember this....was it a quote from CSI, or from the X-Files...?

Trekkers wonder what it's like to have sex in zero-gravity....
Trekkies wonder what it's like to have sex.....
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2005-12-15, 19:26:09
humwaha ha ha ha! ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Thu, 2005-12-15, 20:28:17
Quote from: gelert on Thu, 2005-12-15, 01:00:08
I remember this....was it a quote from CSI, or from the X-Files...?

Trekkers wonder what it's like to have sex in zero-gravity....
Trekkies wonder what it's like to have sex.....

>:( >:(

Don't mess with the Trekkies.

;)

MAD.  8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: keyboardistmatt on Sat, 2005-12-17, 15:33:59
Oh, oh, no! No!

We would never do anything like that...! ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Sat, 2005-12-17, 19:22:23
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sat, 2005-12-17, 15:33:59
Oh, oh, no! No!

We would never do anything like that...! ;D

;D

MAD.  8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Wiebe on Mon, 2005-12-19, 12:26:24
Not a nickname, it's my real name.
It come from Friesland (a northern province in the Netherlands) and many people over there have names like Wiebe or Siebe (or even silly names like Tietje, Foppe, etc.)
At age 17 I changed my name due to puberism I guess. In chatrooms I took al the weird names I could think of, in the end I forgot them all or mixed them.
Now I go back to my roots, no more nicknames etc.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Angel-of-Music on Sat, 2005-12-24, 19:02:13
I use this one because I am indeed the Angel of Music  :)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Teunis on Sat, 2005-12-24, 19:44:39
Teunis is my real first name. I don't have to hide myself  ;).
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Sun, 2005-12-25, 02:12:38
? You tell me!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Teunis on Sun, 2005-12-25, 10:55:34
Quote from: johninblack on Sun, 2005-12-25, 02:12:38
? You tell me!
Hey, don't take it too serious, I put ' ;)' after my statement  ;D.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Sun, 2005-12-25, 13:32:53
What!?.....What I meant is you tell me where I got my Nick from

Clue - All the info is right in front of you.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Teunis on Tue, 2005-12-27, 15:57:36
Quote from: johninblack on Sun, 2005-12-25, 13:32:53
What!?.....What I meant is you tell me where I got my Nick from

Clue - All the info is right in front of you.
Okay, now I got you, I thought that you reacted on the previous message  ???.

Let's guess: you are often dressed in black.

Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Tue, 2005-12-27, 17:35:58
Quote from: Teunis on Tue, 2005-12-27, 15:57:36


Let's guess: you are often dressed in black.



Nope! I do often wear black but that's not it, it is music related
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Little Angel on Wed, 2005-12-28, 11:06:52
Funny al those nicks......How I got mine??? Well Little Angel is one of the lyrics I wrote. Has to do with my childhood (very sad song) Well and little has two sides, a small angel and an angel who's not that good at being an angel.  :) :)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Lee-Anne on Tue, 2006-01-03, 13:28:30
Lee-Anne is my name in English (Lianne) very simple..
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Thu, 2006-01-05, 10:09:39
Quote from: johninblack on Tue, 2005-12-27, 17:35:58
Nope! I do often wear black but that's not it, it is music related

I always thought something like Men In Black or something...

But you say it's music related and the clue was "All the info is right in front of you".
That makes me think of Dream Theater's latest album, the last song: Octavarium: "asking questions, searching for clues, the answer's been right in front of you".

Could that be it? Still don't know about the whole "inblack" thing, but well...
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: sammi on Tue, 2006-01-10, 00:47:35
lol although johninblack is my dad i never did know why he used it as his nick, until i had to ask and it is music related and all i will say is look at his image the clues are there!!!!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Tue, 2006-01-10, 03:35:01
Big Clue!

(http://files.photojerk.com/johninblack/1234.jpg)
This is an album cover.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Peter on Tue, 2006-01-10, 07:55:40
uhuh, never seen those guys, methinks... more hints... :)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Highfire on Tue, 2006-01-10, 10:32:26
My nick comes from an ELO song called Fire On High, the first one I listened to. I've been an ELO fan since I was 15, so when I decided to choose a nick it came to me very quickly. That song is a great instrumental, in a different style of what ELO used to do.

Bye!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Tue, 2006-01-31, 14:07:06
Quote from: Peter on Tue, 2006-01-10, 07:55:40
uhuh, never seen those guys, methinks... more hints... :)

There's a clue in the 'Now Playing' thread.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 08:00:46
I don't think people know it, although I looked at the Now Playing thread and I DID find out why you called yourself Johninblack, but I totally forgot... It's been a while since I posted in this thread, and I couldn't find it anymore.
Actually I didn't care.

But now I reactivated this topic by posting in it!
Now all newbies will see this topic and post in it!
Which means we can have more conversations about people's nicks!

Oh, I'm such a hero! *horns*

Cool smily btw.

*horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns*
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Fri, 2006-03-03, 17:52:04
Just tell us John ;)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:41:59
O.K. then

Go here (http://www.stranglers.net/b_ground.html) look for about 10th paragraph down which starts "Through all this diversity, one image stuck to the band"
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:43:46
Quote from: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:41:59
O.K. then

Go here (http://www.stranglers.net/b_ground.html) look for about 10th paragraph down which starts "Through all this diversity, one image stuck to the band"

The link doesn't work...
You like cliffhangers Johnny?
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:53:17
Link works fine here

even works when I click it in your quote.

anyone else?
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Peter on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:53:36
aha.....

it's always the sun.... prolly the only song I know... no, wait, I also know Skin Deep...

PS:Link works okay.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 18:59:07
There you go...No longer a mystery.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 19:01:23
And....my avitar is the cover of thier 1978 album 'Black and White'
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 19:02:39
Ah it works now, thanks.

Another mystery solved today!

Next please!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 20:39:45
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 19:02:39
Another mystery solved today!
Next please!


Who put PH in charge telling us to stay on topic?
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 20:52:18
Quote from: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 20:39:45

Who put PH in charge telling us to stay on topic?

;)

I'm just a mortal being.

I'm afraid we need more members, because we know the story behind most of the members' nicknames by now...

I'll open my can of fresh members, wait a moment.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Fri, 2006-03-03, 21:07:41
Nooooo, no ph-clones!

(There JiB, offtopic again ;D)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: johninblack on Fri, 2006-03-03, 21:09:50
Me? off topic....I wouldn't do that.



Gonna have a couple of beers later so prolly get the post s**te syndrome!
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Cyborg-Frask on Tue, 2006-03-14, 17:37:25
to get ontopic again:  ;)

I accualy have a few nicks:
- Fraks
Honestly... No idea. i'm using this nick about all my life. Also people in my class call me like that.
- Cyborg-Frask
The "Cyborg" comes mainly from the game Metal Gear Solid (cyborg-ninja). And the "Frask" part is made up from my first nick "Fraks"
I mainly use this one on the net. so if you see someone online with this name.... big chance it is me  :)
- Gergor
This is accualy pretty funny. my brother sometimes calls me like that. it's because of an old TV program. There was a guy in that program who had the name "Gergor Fregor Frank" and because my real name is Frank... he started to call me Gregor. (i know, i know my brother is a bit weird  :P


Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Tue, 2006-03-14, 20:35:02
Quote from: Cyborg-Frask on Tue, 2006-03-14, 17:37:25

...The "Cyborg" comes mainly from the game Metal Gear Solid (cyborg-ninja)....


Aaah, Grey Fox, right?  ;)

MAD.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Tue, 2006-03-14, 20:54:57
Quote from: maddox on Tue, 2006-03-14, 20:35:02
Aaah, Grey Fox, right?  ;)

MAD.

Indeed!!

Aaah another one who knows about MGS!

@Cyborg-Frask:
You know, about the Gregor part, that was so funny I choked and had to swallow 2 square centimeters of my cookie.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Tue, 2006-03-14, 22:14:05
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2006-03-14, 20:54:57
Indeed!!

Aaah another one who knows about MGS!

@Cyborg-Frask:
You know, about the Gregor part, that was so funny I choked and had to swallow 2 square centimeters of my cookie.

To be honoust, i'm not kind of a game-freak anymore but i used to be ("vroega") a fanatic myself. Games like Tomb Raider, MGS, one-person-shooters (Doom, Duke Nukem and Medal Of Honor) and , yes indeed, C&C were absolute my favourites. I still have a Playstation 1 and 2 (and a PC of course  ;)) but nowadays i hardly have the time to play anymore.  :-\

MAD.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Wed, 2006-03-15, 07:28:19
Quote from: maddox on Tue, 2006-03-14, 22:14:05
To be honoust, i'm not kind of a game-freak anymore but i used to be ("vroega") a fanatic myself. Games like Tomb Raider, MGS, one-person-shooters (Doom, Duke Nukem and Medal Of Honor) and , yes indeed, C&C were absolute my favourites. I still have a Playstation 1 and 2 (and a PC of course  ;)) but nowadays i hardly have the time to play anymore.  :-\

MAD.

Same here. ;)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Cyborg-Frask on Wed, 2006-03-15, 18:14:54
yeah me too a bit. even though i still play games..., way not as much as i used to do.

i still play games like battlefield 2, Splinter cell 3 and counterstrike 1 and offcourse the C&C games
(the seconde decade really hooked me up) and MGS: The Twin Snakes

Quote@Cyborg-Frask:
You know, about the Gregor part, that was so funny I choked and had to swallow 2 square centimeters of my cookie.
whahaha. so my plan worked  :D . It was really weird the first time my brother called me like that. He came into my room and said: "j0w Gergor". i looked back and was like  ??? ??? :o WHAT???
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: JJ II on Tue, 2007-07-24, 14:13:24
I think mine is quite easy.

Since my real Dutch name (Jan-Jaap) is totally unpronouncable in any other language, I started calling myself JJ.

This seems to be the calling-name of a well known (to us at least) bassplayer as well, so I adopted the number II. To avoid questions for autographs and about bass-playing.

I've been using the JJII for quite a while now.

BTW, my avatar has been drawn by mr. Peter Nicholls himself, isn't that cool?

Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Proglady on Tue, 2007-07-24, 15:01:18
Quote from: JJ II on Tue, 2007-07-24, 14:13:24


BTW, my avatar has been drawn by mr. Peter Nicholls himself, isn't that cool?



Yes indeed, very cool!  8)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-07-24, 16:55:41
Well, Nick and Nicky are the most common nicknames for Nicholas. There's Nicky Hopkins (a session pianist who played for i.a. Rolling Stones), Niki Lauda (who smashed himself up in a Formula 1 car, happily surviving), Nicky Wire (who writes lyrics and plays bass in Manic Street Preachers), Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (called Nicky by Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V, now it's gettin pretty colorful), Nicky Hilton (American hotel-heiress and fashion designer, sister of Paris Hilton; hm, maybe it's time to stop this).

The story behind the "007" is more special. I got to the port of a massive internet forum (forgot which), and I had to find a nickname there. Obviously "Nicky" was occupied, I tried "Nicky1", and "Nicky2", ... "Nicky13", none of'm worked, and being somewhat frustrated and just for the heck of it, I tried "Nicky007", and surprise (or voila, for Bupie), it opened the door. The wierd thing of it all is that I loathe Bond films (although as a youth, I was also sitting there shoutin "kill'm, kill'm ....").

Well, it gave my a chance to scare the s... out of Appelmoes (with my post nr. 100), and I can still laugh about that episode (hope you've forgiven me, Appy).  ;D

Nicky.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-07-24, 17:43:16
I'm sure it's forgiven, 'cause I can't remember ;D (Or I had been drinking beer :o)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-07-24, 18:14:57
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-07-24, 17:43:16
Or I had been drinking beer :o

How about cider?  ;D

Nicky.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Mon, 2007-08-13, 12:10:40
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2006-03-03, 20:52:18

I'm afraid we need more members, because we know the story behind most of the members' nicknames by now...


OK, just to do PH a favour  ;)
- "blue" because I like the colour (that was easy, wasn't it?  ;D)
- the "pony" goes back to my school days when I used to wear my hair in a ponytail most of the time (obviously I used to have much longer hair back then...)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Mon, 2007-08-13, 19:59:50
Quote from: bluepony on Mon, 2007-08-13, 12:10:40
OK, just to do PH a favour  ;)
- "blue" because I like the colour (that was easy, wasn't it?  ;D)
- the "pony" goes back to my school days when I used to wear my hair in a ponytail most of the time (obviously I used to have much longer hair back then...)

Which makes me wonder if that's you on your avatar, BP.  ;)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2007-08-13, 20:44:54
That WAAAAAY to small picture ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Tue, 2007-08-14, 09:06:37
Quote from: maddox on Mon, 2007-08-13, 19:59:50
Which makes me wonder if that's you on your avatar, BP.  ;)

Ahem... yes, that's me - very old picture, though! (And absolutely not too small I think.)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-08-14, 16:48:06
Quote from: bluepony on Tue, 2007-08-14, 09:06:37
(And absolutely not too small I think.)
Shall I open a poll for it? :D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Tue, 2007-08-14, 20:23:00
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-08-14, 16:48:06
Shall I open a poll for it? :D

Please do.  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Wed, 2007-08-15, 09:39:01
Or maybe not, because we might end up "off topic" again...  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: maddox on Wed, 2007-08-15, 19:39:55
Then i welcome you to the world of Off-topicness.  ;)

Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Thu, 2007-08-16, 08:17:09
Great! That's where I live anyway...  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Thu, 2007-08-16, 10:04:48
So - where's the poll?  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2007-08-16, 12:43:56
You didn't want it, so I didn't make it :o
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Thu, 2007-08-16, 12:47:51
I know, I'm just teasing you.  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2007-08-16, 16:57:25
It's Tom you should tease :D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Thu, 2007-08-16, 17:01:17
Maybe, but it seems he's hiding...  ;)
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Nicky007 on Thu, 2007-08-16, 17:10:13
Tease our man (Tom)  ;D

Nicky.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: bluepony on Thu, 2007-08-16, 17:11:08
Maybe you should start a new topic with that title!  ;D
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Manatee on Fri, 2008-02-15, 23:19:06
I like weird animals, and wombat is too obvious.
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: PH on Tue, 2008-02-19, 08:49:31
So, what's a Manatee then?


-Paco
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Manatee on Tue, 2008-02-19, 10:00:21
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2008-02-19, 08:49:31
So, what's a Manatee then?


-Paco

It's a gentle aquatic mammal, sometimes referred to as a "sea cow."  And no, I don't look like one, although it wouldn't hurt me to get a bit more exercise when it gets warmer...
Title: Re: Where did you get your nickname from?
Post by: Iggy on Sat, 2008-04-19, 12:44:43
Had it since I went to school a very very long time ago.