Origin and meaning of your monicker

IowaGuy · « **Reply #165 on:** February 05, 2004, 02:44:28 AM »

I used to post as Talon of the Shadows. Everywhere you went, Talon of the Shadows. It was my dark persona coming from my Amber character and teenage angst years ago. When I finally got a shot to post here at the Archive, I decided to go with something simple and easy and to the point. So, IowaGuy was born. I'm a guy. I'm from Iowa. Easy. Those of you who read my comic know my real name, have seen my real face, and it really doesn't matter anyway, but, that's the story.

Sadistyk · « **Reply #166 on:** February 05, 2004, 04:52:16 AM »

And we are so glad you are here. Loved your work as Talon...loving your work as IowaGuy now.

DruulEmpire · « **Reply #167 on:** February 05, 2004, 06:06:37 AM »

That reminds me: IowaGuy twenty bucks.

RandomX · « **Reply #168 on:** February 05, 2004, 12:01:31 PM »

*points to Druul* You. Me. Outside in the tomato supply room. 10 minutes.

*goes to prepare for battle*

JustMeMike · « **Reply #169 on:** February 08, 2004, 10:19:16 PM »

Lessee - It's Sunday night, and I just scanned down through nearly 200 posts to see if I had answered this thread. Like many before me, who have been here a while, I thought I had. That was actually the same question / different thread.

St. Stephen asked me to respond back on May 9th, which is just a few hours short of 9 months ago.

Ok - When I first joined the BEA back in its infancy - I went by the handle of DustyandMe. This due to my near obsession with Busty Dusty. She was my dream woman, at least as far those moments which can only be described as personal - so around a place like this, where fellow breast obsessives congregated, I became DustyandMe.

Abuse flowed regularly from sundry members, who when I told them the origin of my nickname, the near universal response was: "Yeah, right!" or "You Wish!".

Then when I started to do my video column, and a few months later, I met and actually interviewed Busty Dusty, a new moniker was in order. One that proclaimed my independence - because I was no longer going to be tied to Busty Dusty, at least namewise, and since I working by myself - JustMeMike was born.

Sorry for the lengthy delay, St. Stephen.

From New York, this is ...

Pulsar · « **Reply #170 on:** February 17, 2004, 09:55:59 PM »

Had a watch that said Pulsar on it. The end.

Artican_Velbades · « **Reply #171 on:** March 25, 2004, 02:52:18 AM »

Ah, the story behind me monkier. Well, the name was oringially created when I was doing a (alas, short-lived) role-play with my ex-girlfriend (not ex- at the time). My character was a travelling adventurer and scholar who liked to search for ruins and relics of the past. I imagined him as kinda tall and thin, with dark brown hair that went to his shoulders. With that in mind, I created a name that seemed to suit him. And so, Artican Velbades was born.

On a side note, during his brief (alas) career, he pulled a trick which I thought summed him up well. In trying to get information from a reluctant individual in a tavern, he bought drinks. However, before **94** his own, he used some medicine to counter-act the intoxicating effects. As a result, he got the info from the now-**93** man, and was sober enough to remember it. ^_^

PetitMorte · « **Reply #172 on:** March 31, 2004, 06:26:42 PM »

A long time ago, I started chatting on IRC and needed a name for that. At the time, one of my favorite artists, Phil Foglio, was putting out an absolutely fantastic erotic comic book called XXXenophile. Well, my favorite issue had a picture of "Le Petit Morte" on it, and I thought that was cute and clever at the same time... Much like myself!

So I became PetitMorte and have been ever since. I use the name chatting on IRC, posting on forums, and most importantly, fragging online.

Most folks that I meet in-game can get the Petit Morte = Little Death thing, but most never connect it to the slang, Little Death = Big Orgasm.
When they ask, I just tell them that I only kill short people.

Anyhoo, without further ado, here's the cover:

MermetTheHermit · « **Reply #173 on:** April 01, 2004, 01:52:02 AM »

(Hey, I finally found the side of the forums where people talk about stuff other than boobs!...)

So, my assumed name... Well, I wanted something clever and amusing for a screen name, of course, but something I wasn't using elsewhere. My life as a porn hound and worshiper of the feminine body is something I keep to myself, so on the theme of secret lives and hidden obsessions, it occurred to me to poke fun at the fact I've been a very quiet and withdrawn person for much of my life. (Folks who met me only in the last couple of years find it hard to imagine me so distant and antisocial. Hooray for serotonin-blockers!

) Anyway, I wanted to be a hermit with a catchy but offbeat name, and thus "Mermet the Hermit" arose. (Unfortunately, HermanTheGerman was registered long before me, so my idea looks far less original.) There are authors and playwrights with the surname Mermet, but it is strictly coincidence - I picked Mermet because it rhymed with Hermit and sounds strange.

BTW, if anyone is still reading this, note that my avatar is cropped from a painting by the inimitable R. S. Connett, called "Stray Thoughts". Check out his brilliantly freakish and beautifully disturbing work at www.vomitus.com.

Hooray for the freaks. Without whom, we'd all be listening to Pat Boone and Lawrence Welk.

Zanimale · « **Reply #174 on:** April 03, 2004, 11:27:51 PM »

completely random. but i use it in every single forum i go to.

Tiggo · « **Reply #175 on:** April 24, 2004, 11:01:37 PM »

From the 2003 hip-hop anthem:
"Saltshaker" by the Ying Yang Twins featuring Little Jon and the EastSidaz

"Little Jon and the EastSide boys wid me
And we all love to see tigolbiddys."

Obviously the censors aren't going to let "big ol' titties" on the airwaves, yet a few changes and voila!

FCC approved...

Demolition_Man · « **Reply #176 on:** April 27, 2004, 09:06:48 PM »

I have always been a huge fan of demoltion derby. Actually, from the time I could first play with things, I have had an odd facination with destroying things. I have very few toys left from my childhood because I destroyed most of them. A few years ago, I rode my bike eight miles to the next town in order to watch an old school get torn down. I have a collection of bricks from buildings that I have watched get torn down. I especially like those videos of huge buildings getting imploded. YES! Destruction! Yay! I have been facinated with demolition derby longer than anything else in my life. I think I saw my first demo when I was about five and I can still remember it. I also like to go by "Bondo Jones" from that song that Tim Wilson wrote about a demolition derby driver. I hope to someday be in a demolition derby. Some day, I'm just going to go out, buy a junk car, rip everything out and just go to the county fair and have fun. Hopefully, I will find an avatar soon that applies to my first passion.

MinisterOfSillyWalks · « **Reply #177 on:** April 30, 2004, 11:28:32 PM »

<--- obvious to any devotée of Monty Python's Flying Circus. (Episode 14; "Ministry of Silly Walks." Available on DVD or VHS at fine stores everywhere.)

Minister: (rising) Mr. Pudey (he walks about behind the desk in a very silly fashion), the very real problem is one of money. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Silly Walks is no longer getting the kind of support it needs. You see there's Defence, Social Security, Health, Housing, Education, Silly Walks ... they're all supposed to get the same. But last year, the Government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on National Defence. Now we get £348,000,000 a year, which is supposed to be spent on all our available products. (he sits down) Coffee?

Quote:

(Hey, I finally found the side of the forums where people talk about stuff other than boobs!...)

I knew. Didn't care, though.

SkeetSkeet · « **Reply #179 on:** June 10, 2004, 04:37:41 PM »

I was listening to a Lil' Jon song, as well as had recently seen a Chris Rock special when I picked mine. Oh yeah, Chappelle's show also influenced me. I figured it'd also be funny considering what skeet skeet represents.

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