I Chose This Username Because...

BooTheMightyHamster

Nope, I'm just completely normal...

"He's on to us!"
"Shut up and get back to engineering, Private. What are you doing in fine motor control anyway?"
"Sir! Some of us below decks think we ought to come clean. Sir."
"Oh you do, do you?"
"Well, beggin' your pardon Sir, but yes. Sir."
"And how long do you think we'd last if the humans found out that this is just an Exo-Suit chassis? Do you think they'd just leave us be?"
"Well, we, err..."
"No! You didn't think at all! You're not paid to think! You're paid to shovel peanuts and keep the servos running."
"Err..."
"Hamsterkind is relying on us as the vanguard of the great hamster army, to integrate with the lower humans, understand their ways and eventually... Sergeant! You're not send this to the hands are you???"
"Sir. Thought you were still dictating, Sir!"
"No!. Delete, delete!"
"Sorry, Sir, already posted, Sir!"

BooTheMightyHamster

/sound of hamster being handcuffed and dragged away

BooTheMightyHamster

No, no. Just completely normal!
:o)

BooTheMightyHamster

"Look! Isn't that a UCS Tumbler over there!

/points
/runs away

mrfuture

My name comes from what a friend called me at the time when the first Back to the future came out. I was a big fan of that movie, and likes space /sci-fi.
So I ended up with this name on a few places online.
Now also in Lego forums

Legonizer

I came up with this username when creating a Playstation network account, and figured I should do something with "Lego" in it because I like Lego. It took me a while to realize the similarity to the word "womanizer" and what that in turn suggested, but by then it was too late, as the PSN doesn't allow you to change your username, so I just decided to embrace it for every website and online thing since.

TheBigGuy

Mine is pretty self explanatory I guess, I'm a guy and I'm big. (I'm 6'4" tall). Big Guy (or derivatives thereof) has been my nickname since high school.

Awesome thread.

jediami65

My username in Star Wars and other forums so just figured I keep it going here. Jediami = Obi Wan / SW fan and 65=1965 DoB...

margot

P3_Super_Bee said:

Simple really. Was in the US Navy for 20 years on the Lockheed P-3 Orion.

Cool. Doing what?

bobabricks

spanky said:

my username is a nick name my dad gave me.:-)

You must have been a bad kid. ;P

rancorbait

@bobabricks - Well, he didn't last long here.

:oP

Renny

um,,,,my name is Renny....

*this may be the most boring post in this thread :)

Mandalorian_Builder

I picked something that referenced Star Wars since that is what got me back into Lego.

Longone

Easy one for me. I'm almost 7 feet tall! :P lol

But it's fun to read the meanings behid the name!

Orsius

I came up with my username by misspelling my own last name while falling asleep in english class my sophomore year. I have used this name online in games and forums for near on fifteen years now.

Andor

rancorbait said:

sonsofsceva said:

Mine is from Acts 19:11-20, where the sons of a priest named Sceva were trying to get rid of a demon in Jesus' name but didn't believe in Jesus themselves. The demon-possessed man then beats up all seven of them and strips them naked. They flee in such a state.
It is one of those stories most people don't know from the Bible and is loosely related to an aspect of my work as a pastor. Also, it is a story that I find humorous.

@sonsofsceva - I've always found that one a bit humorous too :o)

I have always wanted to make an MOC out of that.

monkey

I like wild animals in general and think monkeys are among the funniest, have wanted one as a pet since being a kid (then I knew I didn't have the money, now I realise I don't have the facilities!)

SuperTramp

monkey said:

I like wild animals in general and think monkeys are among the funniest, have wanted one as a pet since being a kid (then I knew I didn't have the money, now I realise I don't have the facilities!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sfnQDr1-o

AdeelZubair

Finally! I chose this username becase I thought it was cool at the time. Now I just wish it was my full name: Adeel Zubair. @Adzbadboy really gives a bad impression to people and I'm not like that at all, the avatar is cool though.

monkey

^^ Oh that would sooo make my birthday.. all of them, for the rest of the life! A monkey and a piglet, the funniest animal and the cutest :)

Legopassion8

Long story... Something about Legos(Ha!) and Love.

EddieDoesntMind

To be honest, my name isn't Eddie. The username has words that starts with each of my initials. I couldn't think of an E word at the time, so I chose Eddie.

I finally thought of one for the main brickset website. (ElephantsDon'tMingle)

rdflego

Mine is my initials and my hobby. Simple as really.

Kevin_Hyatt

....its a secret you'll guess!

Shib

My username goes way back to my school days, I had a friend who always used to say things were "shibby" if they were good, think he picked it up from one of the generic teen comedy movies. I found it quite amusing and started doodling awful little comic strips in MS paint which featured a character based on him called Shib. The name stuck when I started using it for email addresses etc.

SuperTramp

Chris Mccandless called himself Alexander Suprtramp on his 4 year journey which ended sadly in Alaska.

True inspiration who followed his heart and went on to do what he believed in. He's one of the very few people i would have loved to meet if i could.

For the record im not a tramp and hate the band

Brickaholic

My name is Brickaholic, I have a drink problem and like Lego :)

Benny

Mine is becaus my name is Ben. The fact Benny is awesome in the Lego movie is a happy coincidence

snowhitie

Nice thread this, have been enjoying reading it for a while now. My time to post.

So,people used to cal me Snow White, seeing as I got black hair and white skin. I played her in school and it was mostly used by bullies who had nice tanned skin. I used to wear tights and try to cover up the whiteness but then I changed schools and decided that I did not need to be ashamed of who I was. The nickname started there as well (don't know how actually, no Internet in those days) but I've embraced it. Especially since I am a big fan of fairy tales so I guess there are worse things to be called. I did also meet my prince (well he was a scientist,not exactly the same thing) and it was love at first sight! We have been happily married for 7 years, which is the beginning of the ever after :-)

Oh, and seeing as some places already had snowwhite snow_white or other variations, i went with snowhitie in the hope that that would work everywhere (even if technically it has a spelling mistake).

Drmnez

In my younger years I marched with drumlines (high school, parts of college, and drum corps). My username is old for me and I use it almost everywhere. drmn=drummin ez=easy. Its not so easy anymore cuz I don't practice/play like I use to. I still can keep up with some of the youngins nowadays though

Bumblepants

^Oh. I always thought you were a Doctor of some sort. But more like A Dr. Dre or Dr. Strange kind of doctor than a medical kind.

Drmnez

Haha I get that a lot. I was actually thinking about becoming a doctor of some sort, but I really don't want to go to school for that long. Maybe one day

EddieDoesntMind

Drmnez said:

Maybe one day

Last time I checked it took years to become a doctor. :o)

MorkMan

this was my favorite topic. bumping it to see if the new members care to add their reasons...

xwingpilot

My first post-dark age set was #75032, so I chose the Theron Nett minifigure as my avatar and the rest is history. #10240 is also my favourite set :-) 

TyresOFlaherty

If you've ever seen Spaced, then hopefully you'll recognize Tyres O'Flaherty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umMicPRc6Q0

legojoshuakerr

Lego+joshua+kerr=legojoshuakerr

MorkMan

xwingpilot said:

My first post-dark age set was #75032, so I chose the Theron Nett minifigure as my avatar and the rest is history. #10240 is also my favourite set :-) 

That #75032 microfighter is extremely swooshable!

gratefulnat

I have been a big fan of the Grateful Dead for close to 30 years, so that's a no-brainer. Add a part of my name, mix well, and there you have it.

bandit778

Mine is another reallyy boring one, when I brought my first internet accessible computer I had also recently purchased a motorbike, at a loss to find anything funny that wasn't overly rude to use as an email address bandit778 came from the model of motorbike with the three numbers in it's registration. The email addres was discontinued when I changed providers but due to the fact that I am bandit778 on eBay, amazon etc it was just convenient to keep the user name.
The avatar is of a pastel drawing of one of my favourite moments in cinema that I did several years ago when I actually had spare time. (The actual drawing measures 4' x 3').

flagsnz

I have had a career at sea from when I was 18. I have worked in China Navigation Company and during a roster in 1992 aboard mv CORAL CHIEF, I picked up the nick name Flags from my fellow officers. The name has stuck with me ever since.

It is quite an appropriate nick name as I have had an interest in flags from childhood.

SumoLego

Little kids aren't real clever when it comes to nicknames, so growing up a heavy-set Japanese kid in Western New York - you've only got two choices:  Sumo or Samurai.

(I kinda doubled-dipped by my avatar being the S3 CMF Samurai.)

sklamb

My username isn't actually my name--I decided I might as well cut it short and save on typing, as well as generating something people would find more pronounceable. Dunno why English-speakers have a problem with a short, simple Greek name that divides into two common English words, but they have all my life. On both sides of the big pond.

mr.piggles

It's my dog's nickname. I was looking around the room I was in scrambling for a username, and among other things my eye fell on him. I was very nearly "soup" or "cactus".

MorkMan

mr.piggles said:

It's my dog's nickname. I was looking around the room I was in scrambling for a username, and among other things my eye fell on him. I was very nearly "soup" or "cactus".

You had me laughing so hard bits of cracker flew out onto my iPad! 

Pumpkin_3CK5

Jack O' Lanterns/Stingy Jack yay

MattsWhat

mr.piggles said:

It's my dog's nickname. I was looking around the room I was in scrambling for a username, and among other things my eye fell on him. I was very nearly "soup" or "cactus".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XIXKS4gSe0

mr.piggles

My system for coming up with passwords is equally as "brilliant". Its like "oh... um... look here's a fork, better make that a capital R, and then... what's the zip code of the sender on this random piece of junk mail? Great. Now let's add a symbol..." I do a loooot of the "forgot my username/password" security protocol on just about every website. Super genius over here! :)

JudgeChuck

My username started out as my handle for playing Q2 Loki's Minions CTF, HL, CS and other games online many years ago. It's simply made up of Judge (obviously), because I've always loved JD and then sort-of my own first name.
Don't call me just "Chuck" to my face. I'll get annoyed... Or "Chuckles". Or "Chas"... ;-)

eggshen

My friends and I loved the movie Big Trouble in Little China when we were growing up. We used to quote that movie all the time (still do, actually). We were also big into playing pool and darts, one of my friends had a table and a couple of dart boards in his garage.

When we were older (and of course of legal drinking age) if I had one too many while playing I had a tendency to squint my left eye a lot to see across the table or see the dart board (on account of my friends switching that table for a bigger one and them moving the dart board farther away, of course). One night while playing pool after they had swapped the table on me again one of my friends pointed out that I looked like Eggshen from Big Trouble in Little China whenever I shot. I started quoting the movie every time I was up to and we had a good laugh. There are a ton of really funny lines that fit into a lot of situations. From that point on my friends referred to me as Egg or Eggshen.

Now I need to go watch that movie. If I'm not back by dawn, call the president.