Why/how did we choose our nicknames? - Page 27

HappyFlasher · December 29th, 2011, 06:07 PM

I was watching an episode of "Who's line is it anyway" starring Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. Well they were doing a skit and Colin named his character "The Happy Flasher," and as they say the rest is history.

JohnnyR · February 10th, 2012, 02:25 AM

While I was signing up for this site I was listening to the Ramones and Sex Pistols, so I chose JohnnyR in salute to those great punks named Johnny from those bands whose last names started with R, : Johnny Ramone and Johnny Rotten.

captain fanta · February 10th, 2012, 10:01 AM

I was going to call myself captain fantastic but it was too many letters.

Estreeter · February 10th, 2012, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain fanta

I was going to call myself captain fantastic but it was too many letters.

That's OK, fantastic has too many letters anyway,
I need refreshing after all that typing, feel thirsty, I need a

jimgavey · February 10th, 2012, 03:47 PM

When I was a kid, I worked on a farm. When we fed the cows, we would call them in by yelling "gaaaavvvvvveeeyyyy", or at least thats what it sounded like. Not totally sure why the boss used that phrase, he was Swedish, maybe that had something to do with it. Anyway, one day, my friends were around when a couple got out of the fence. I recruitted them into helping me(not much of a help since they ran at the sight of the huge gentle giants). They heard me calling "gaaavvvveeeeyyyy", and then it started. At first, it was gavey, then it transformed into Jimgavey (my first name is Jim). Thats the story, boring I know.

**MemoryHunter** · April 30th, 2012, 10:44 PM

Now that I'm past the mid life crisis and well into second childhood I found this place and started to look for stuff from my early days of left handed magazine use. I wondered if the models I'd seen in tame mags like Fiesta, Knave, Escort, Parade etc ever split the pink? I have since found that some did, some didn't and some went further than I could ever have hoped for

.

Hence the name, although the way things are I wonder if it wasn't subconsciously driven. I can tell you about things that happened right back to when I was 2 years old, but I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner the day before yesterday

. I also find that increasingly I am having 'senior moments'.*

Who are you? And why are you looking at me like that? Zzzzzzzzzzz... What the... Where am I? No I don't want to go into a home. Zzzzzzzzzzz... During the war... wick coach trip... Zzzzzzzzzzz...

*For those unfamiliar with the term, an example of a senior moment is when you find yourself walking into a room only to think, what the hell did I come in here for?

**Brecht** · April 30th, 2012, 11:02 PM

I think the reason why I made my own name my nickname on VEF is that I originally did not intend to stay here longer. Anyway, it's been said many times: I came for the porn and stayed for the people.

**MrInBetween** · August 8th, 2012, 12:52 PM

From the 1940s number Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive:

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-i-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with mister inbetween.

It had always seemed to me that Mr Inbetween would be a good name for a villain in a comic book - "The sinister Mr Inbetween (don't mess with him!)".

But after I joined under this name I discovered that there was a website www.***********.com (don't want to link to it), run by some American White Supremacist nutcase. He uses the name to mean he's neither Democrat nor Republican. Besides his revolting political theories he has the barmiest end-of-the-world ones too - at least I think he does, because his grasp of written English is so poor that the site sometimes reads like one of those "scraper sites" created automatically from random snippets of others so as to attract search engines. Had I known about this guy, I'd probably have picked something else.

**MrInBetween** · August 8th, 2012, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerf-herder

Quote from Star Wars,
Derogatory term used by Princess Leia in order to demean Han Solo, thus hiding her true emotions.
"Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!"

Not that I'm stuck up,half-witted or even scruffy but its a great name.

It's also the name of the band who did the theme-tune for Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

**tygrkhat40** · August 8th, 2012, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimgavey

When I was a kid, I worked on a farm. When we fed the cows, we would call them in by yelling "gaaaavvvvvveeeyyyy", or at least thats what it sounded like. Not totally sure why the boss used that phrase, he was Swedish, maybe that had something to do with it. Anyway, one day, my friends were around when a couple got out of the fence. I recruitted them into helping me(not much of a help since they ran at the sight of the huge gentle giants). They heard me calling "gaaavvvveeeeyyyy", and then it started. At first, it was gavey, then it transformed into Jimgavey (my first name is Jim). Thats the story, boring I know.

To quote the host of Cooking Channel's Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen Nadia G (go figure

): "I said I had a story. I didn't say it was a good one."

February 10th, 2012, 02:25 AM	#262
JohnnyR Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 34 Thanks: 6,975 Thanked 319 Times in 32 Posts	While I was signing up for this site I was listening to the Ramones and Sex Pistols, so I chose JohnnyR in salute to those great punks named Johnny from those bands whose last names started with R, : Johnny Ramone and Johnny Rotten. Last edited by JohnnyR; February 10th, 2012 at 02:46 AM..

April 30th, 2012, 10:44 PM	#266
MemoryHunter Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sleepy Old Sussex, England Posts: 1,157 Thanks: 20,218 Thanked 18,256 Times in 1,144 Posts	Now that I'm past the mid life crisis and well into second childhood I found this place and started to look for stuff from my early days of left handed magazine use. I wondered if the models I'd seen in tame mags like Fiesta, Knave, Escort, Parade etc ever split the pink? I have since found that some did, some didn't and some went further than I could ever have hoped for . Hence the name, although the way things are I wonder if it wasn't subconsciously driven. I can tell you about things that happened right back to when I was 2 years old, but I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner the day before yesterday . I also find that increasingly I am having 'senior moments'.* Who are you? And why are you looking at me like that? Zzzzzzzzzzz... What the... Where am I? No I don't want to go into a home. Zzzzzzzzzzz... During the war... wick coach trip... Zzzzzzzzzzz... For those unfamiliar with the term, an example of a senior moment is when you find yourself walking into a room only to think, what the hell did I come in here for? __________________ If you can ID a Model in one of my posts, let me know, I'll update it, and credit you too. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* Looking for a favourite, but you don't know her name? There's a To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , that may help. It's for known models only, don't post requests, or you will be 'Mod-ified.'

August 8th, 2012, 12:52 PM	#268
MrInBetween R.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 3,934 Thanks: 51,364 Thanked 48,453 Times in 3,898 Posts	From the 1940s number Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive: You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive, E-lim-i-nate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with mister inbetween. It had always seemed to me that Mr Inbetween would be a good name for a villain in a comic book - "The sinister Mr Inbetween (don't mess with him!)". But after I joined under this name I discovered that there was a website www.**********.com (don't want to link to it), run by some American White Supremacist nutcase. He uses the name to mean he's neither Democrat nor Republican. Besides his revolting political theories he has the barmiest end-of-the-world ones too - at least I think he does, because his grasp of written English is so poor that the site sometimes reads like one of those "scraper sites" created automatically from random snippets of others so as to attract search engines. Had I known about this guy, I'd probably have picked something else. __________________ I'm sorry Gentlemen, that's all the lipstick around the nipple we have time for* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by MrInBetween; August 8th, 2012 at 04:29 PM.. Reason: removed spurious icon

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December 29th, 2011, 06:07 PM	#261
HappyFlasher Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: I'VE NO IDEA WHERE I'M GOING, AND I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHERE I'VE BEEN Posts: 142 Thanks: 139 Thanked 1,383 Times in 109 Posts	I was watching an episode of "Who's line is it anyway" starring Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. Well they were doing a skit and Colin named his character "The Happy Flasher," and as they say the rest is history.

February 10th, 2012, 10:01 AM	#263
captain fanta Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 79 Thanks: 39,751 Thanked 1,012 Times in 75 Posts	I was going to call myself captain fantastic but it was too many letters.

February 10th, 2012, 03:47 PM	#265
jimgavey Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: CT, USA Posts: 15 Thanks: 1,483 Thanked 102 Times in 11 Posts	When I was a kid, I worked on a farm. When we fed the cows, we would call them in by yelling "gaaaavvvvvveeeyyyy", or at least thats what it sounded like. Not totally sure why the boss used that phrase, he was Swedish, maybe that had something to do with it. Anyway, one day, my friends were around when a couple got out of the fence. I recruitted them into helping me(not much of a help since they ran at the sight of the huge gentle giants). They heard me calling "gaaavvvveeeeyyyy", and then it started. At first, it was gavey, then it transformed into Jimgavey (my first name is Jim). Thats the story, boring I know.

April 30th, 2012, 11:02 PM	#267
Brecht Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10,657 Thanks: 180,485 Thanked 188,138 Times in 10,453 Posts	I think the reason why I made my own name my nickname on VEF is that I originally did not intend to stay here longer. Anyway, it's been said many times: I came for the porn and stayed for the people.