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16-07-2007, 03:47 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Little village called Chedworth
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Originally Posted by eeyore  I dont think so - as far as i know you can change your avatar, signature, options , profile pic etc but not your username. I seem to recall that usernames can only be changed by admin and that the practice is discouraged-due to workoad- unless there is a very good reason.
I think the longest ever thread was either the world cup sweepstake one , the one about the wab calendar last year, or leons thread on plant growing -this thread is just a wee baby compared with those | isn't guess who the longest now? |
16-07-2007, 07:10 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cambridgeshire
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Mine is just a play on my maiden and married names.
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16-07-2007, 08:20 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chilterns
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton isn't guess who the longest now? | indeed it is with 1003 replies and over 14000 views - second longest and the most veiwed is bird of the day with 945 replies and over 15000 views , while members mugshots with a humble 55 posts also boasts the third highest number of views with over 13000
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16-07-2007, 08:51 PM
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thx ,eeyore!what in the name of ambidextrous flea-eating Rabbits is guess who?(im too lazy to visit for myself...   ) |
17-07-2007, 05:27 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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I love Bats!!!! |
17-07-2007, 06:21 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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me too!(damn it,why didn't i think of that?(frantically tries to nick nickname!) |
17-07-2007, 09:13 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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thankyou mrs fish i like it and its me some how. |
18-07-2007, 06:10 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: teleford
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my name is jordan
my nickname is jordanno
jordan was taken so i used jordanno  |
18-07-2007, 06:14 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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ha,no one knows my real name! |
19-07-2007, 07:48 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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Mine is a name I use on animal related boards. I had two oriental cats, Rose and Tod, my son called Tod 'Dog' so Dogrose came from their two names, sometimes I use the name Rose Todd as an alias on the net too. Plus I love dogroses, they are in flower around my birthday. |
19-07-2007, 08:26 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chilterns
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Originally Posted by cresshead101 thx ,eeyore!what in the name of ambidextrous flea-eating Rabbits is guess who?(im too lazy to visit for myself... ) | as the name suggests its a thread where we play guess who  one member describes an animal or plant and the rest try to guess what it is - if you guess right its your turn to describe one.
not sure i've ever seen an ambidextrous flea-eating Rabbit btw
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19-07-2007, 08:37 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent
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Originally Posted by eeyore as the name suggests its a thread where we play guess who one member describes an animal or plant and the rest try to guess what it is - if you guess right its your turn to describe one. | I tried it a few times and couldnt do it so gave up  Quote:
Originally Posted by eeyore not sure i've ever seen an ambidextrous flea-eating Rabbit btw | Have you not Pete!!! Boy you haven't lived till you have seen one
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19-07-2007, 08:43 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: leeds, west yorkshire
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mine came from my nikname...JJ and i hunt harris hawks |
19-07-2007, 08:43 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chilterns
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Originally Posted by Kymba Have you not Pete!!! Boy you haven't lived till you have seen one | all the flea-eating Rabbits of my aquaintance are right handed
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21-07-2007, 02:02 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire - a village in the Chiltern Hills
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| | | Re: How did you get your username?
For some reason, I registered with this site straight away before investigating and seeing if members used their real names or nicknames, so I just gave my real name (it was given to me at a very early age, and seems to have stuck!).
If I had gone for a nickname, I'd have chosen 'Stick Insect' (except it's probably already been taken). No, I don't have any great affinity for these creatures, though my youngest brother had one as a child (he complains to this day that I had a pet cat, our other brother had a pet dog, and all he got was a stick insect!). It's just that a former colleague once memorably described me as having the figure of a stick insect with a beer gut! I was lumbered with the nickname 'Stick insect' or 'Stick' for ages afterwards, and still get called it occasionally.
Pete |
21-07-2007, 02:03 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Lake District
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quite boring really - my first and middle name put together! |
21-07-2007, 06:50 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: N.Yorkshire.... The Dales... can't beat it tbh
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My mum calls me Caz (short for Caroline so she says...) but it was already taken along with Caz1 & Cazzy so I'm now Cazzie |
23-07-2007, 09:10 AM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Harrow, Middlesex
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Mine comes from the Redfox comics (there were only ever 20) Zebethayal (not mentioned on the Wikipedia page) is the Demon Queen that Redfox turned into when she acquired her sword.
I liked the comics and the name though I usually mispell it without the first "a", The "demon queen" part is no reflection on my personal preferences (I am happily married with 2 children, though have nothing against anyone of a different persuasion )
It is suitably unique, I have never found the name in use anywhere I have tried to register, all the links I can find on Google for both spellings relate to me on one site or another.
The other name I occasionally use is Ozymandias (usually as Ozy) from the Watchmen graphic novel, which in turn is the Greek name for Ramases II - this one tends to be used whan supplying a name for high scores on games, etc.
Regards
Tim |
23-07-2007, 05:25 PM
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I was given my nickname years ago when I turned up to work all in black with a goatee beard ...  |
23-07-2007, 06:19 PM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fareham, UK
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Originally Posted by Dark_One I was given my nickname years ago when I turned up to work all in black with a goatee beard ... | And nothing has changed, has it dear?
My nickname is a combination of my favourite colour and small mischievious creatures who seem to have sooooo much fun!
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26-07-2007, 12:10 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Derbyshire
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My husband users Tdurbo so i just picked Jdurbo even though our last name is Durbin!
jen xxx |
16-08-2007, 06:08 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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return of the ambidextrous flea eating Rabbit!yes eeyore,they DO exist!this particular one was named keith,but anyhowww......sorry,just lightening the atmosphere.......talking of atmosphere,i like purplepixi's name and her colour of text.MMMmmmmm,purpley.... |
16-08-2007, 06:14 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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oh yeah,i also like the way you use the word dear like you're 20 years older than us(in my case,you probably are!) or a fortune teller or something atmospheric!nice one,purple pixi! see ya around! i'm usually the one with the flea eating,ambidextrous Rabbit,in case you didn't know his name is keith....... |
17-08-2007, 12:03 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: bridgwater somerset
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| |  Re: How did you get your username?
My real name is Fiona but only my ex husband called me that everyone else calls me Fi. Aestarte is Latin for summer which is the time of year I was born and my favourite season.X X X X |
17-08-2007, 02:00 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 57
| |  Re: How did you get your username?
I've always loved Rabbits and took to singing the song by Flanagan & Allen many years back.
It occured to me as a good anonymous email address to use a few years ago and has stuck.
My partner and friends just call me Rabbit | | | |
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