So Whats In Your Name?

[cosmicbike]

Maybe been done before, but sometimes I wonder how people get their forum 'names'. I, for example, am 'CosmicBike', derived from day 1 of my engineering apprenticeship and a bike.
My car at the time was a 1980's 3 door Ford Sierra, not the XR4i shell, but the Cosworth shell, only with a measly 1.6 Pinto. It was slammed to the floor on fat wheels, twin Webbers and a nice shiny K&N filter. So when asked to explain what I drove I simply said it was 'like a Cosworth', bad idea when half the guys are very experienced motor mechanics So I became Cosworth initially, which over time was tweaked to Cosmic. The 'bike' bit is simply because it's a cycling forum.
Hence CosmicBike.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Mine is not just because I am tall

 

[welsh dragon]

No surprises with mine. I live in Wales and the dragon is the mascot of wales. Its not because I am a dragon. Just thought I'd get that in before someone else does.

 

[Booyaa]

It's a nickname I've had for years, got it when at a basketball summer camp in the USA and one of the coaches liked one particular dunk and loudly proclaimed Booyaa. It sort of stuck from there.

 

[Spinney]

I used to live on a road called Spinney Brow. And I like the connection with trees...

 

[marknotgeorge]

Deep in the mists of time, one of my best friends was in a society at uni called the Grape and Grain society. Basically, I think it was a way of getting money out of the Student Union for drinking. Anyway, in this society were two young ladies who laboured under the impression that I looked like George off Drop the Dead Donkey, and thus called me George.

It was also about this time I started to need a username for the Internet, having invested in a 14.4k modem from Escom (remember them?). Thus marknotgeorge was born...

 

[alans]

christian name & first letter of surname

 

[TVC]

Victorian slang.

 

[numbnuts]

I had an accident at work and I told my best mate, and he told his mate, and he told.........

 

[toeknee]

Two body parts happen to spell my name ( erm and don't be making your own up ). That's it really. .

 

[Firestorm]

Its my motorbike

 

[nappadang]

Nappadang is derived (in a childish way) from Knacker Dan. A term used by myself and a few friends (one of whom is now dead) to describe the elite (in our minds) unit we were when out climbing, camping (roughing it, more like) or spending time in the hills. Basically, a term to take the p*ss out of ouselves because deep down we all knew we were a bunch of useless knackers.

 

[Tigerbiten]

I'm Tigerbiten because in Tiger bitten'
<- is the full brother of the one that got my left arm ........

 

[Cuchilo]

Its the name of my boat . I use it for forums incase I forget what my own name is .

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

My trading name when I ran a business giving rickshaw rides.