What is the origin of your handle (usernames) ?

[Ashley]

I know some are simply names, but lets hear some stories on the background info of your usernames!

[Prince]

Prince is a classic Rolex watch from the 20's/30's/40's that I really admire. I hope to have one someday, but I know the price will be dear.

When I first joined this forum, the folks here thought I might mean the singer "Prince" (you know - the artist formerly known as Prince - and now again), so I added "The Purple One" to my signature just for fun.

[JJ Irani]

JJ are my initials. My real name is Jehangir (same as in Jehangir Khan, former Squash World champion from Pakistan). My dad's name was Jal and we always used the father's name in the middle back in India. So my initials - J.J. - stuck....and my friends just preferred to call me "JJ"!!

BTW, Irani is my real surname.

JJ

[Ashley]

:) awesome. It's interesting to see the reasoning for usernames. Everyone can learn something new about other members. Thanks guys!

[Alcan]

Double meaning. I'm an admin for an automotive Q&A website. Who can repair it? Al can. Also, Al from Canada = Alcan

[fat-sam]

my names sam and i'm fat

[Prince]

Originally Posted by fat-sam

my names sam and i'm fat

And if you make fun of that, Sammy will call in his friends to pay you a little visit...

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Prince

And if you make fun of that, Sammy will call in his friends to pay you a little visit...

I'm not worried......I've got Don Paulieone on my side!!

[Prince]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

I'm not worried......I've got Don Paulieone on my side!!

Fugetaboutit, youse guys!

[fat-sam]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

I'm not worried......I've got Don Paulieone on my side!!

me and paulie wouldnt go to the matresses over this- we're practically paisan

[mailman]

Originally Posted by fat-sam

me and paulie wouldnt go to the matresses over this- we're practically paisan

JJ doesn't know that he's odd man out because of this

[roadcarver]

Here's the answer to your question Ashley..

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=12439

[President]

Rolex President related.

[Goodwatch]

GoodWatch = the handle I picked after I joined my first Rolex forum in 1999. (Member # 9 of the original TURF). GoodWatch = Rolex.

[kingblackbolt]

Hey guys,

No my handle does not mean that I am a black porn actor!



I signed up on Ebay years ago and I needed a handle that I could use on Ebay and also as a Yahoo email and as I am an avid comic collector I choose my Fave character in comics "Blackbolt King of the Inhumans" Blackbolt itself was taken so I had to improvise. That is who the pic in my avatar is of as well in case anybody was curious...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bolt

[astcell]

My last job in SpecOps before retiring was running the Area Studies Team, a cell of five men, We became known as the A.S.T.Cell. I have such dibs on the name that my work email is astcell at centcom dot mil.

[Incurable]

Well, because when it comes to watches, I am truly Incurable. No, I don't have a terminal medical condition (well, maybe a mental one ) but despite buying the 'mutha of all watches' (ie Rolex), then another, and another, I still continue to lust them. The only thing that changed was my definition of a 'cheap' watch. Now anything under $500 is a 'cheap' watch. For most I interact with, this perspective brings mixed reactions. Trying to explain my fascination (or more appropriately, appreciation) to them just serves to raise eyebrows. That's why I enjoy posting my thoughts here. No need to rationalize my 'illness' (or is there?)...

[charles]

You get 1 guess....go.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by charles

You get 1 guess....go.

Chaplin?

[charles]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Chaplin?

Good grief.

[nottinghill]

nottinghill = cos I fell in love with the movie "Nottinghill".... ..yea i know.... ..... guess i'm a sentimental person....esp at the scene when julia roberts confessed her 'feelings' to Hugh Grant...."I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her"......

anyway...looking forward to my UK trip in june.....

[astcell]

Originally Posted by charles

You get 1 guess....go.

The boy's name Charles \ch(ar)-les\ is pronounced charlz. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "free man". From "karl", similar to Old English "churl", meaning "man, serf". The first Holy Roman Emperor (seventh to eighth century) Charlemagne (Latin Carolus Magnus, meaning "Charles the Great") was a powerful Germanic leader who created a more ordered society out of the chaos that followed the fall of Rome. He united France and much of central Europe. His widespread fame gave rise to many forms of his name. Charles is the French variant of Carolus or Karolus, adopted by the English especially since the 17th-century reigns of kings Charles I and II. Charles and its variant forms have been favoured by the royalty of several countries, including the present Prince of Wales. Charlie and Charly are occasionally used for girls. See also Arlo. Naturalist Charles Darwin; French president Charles de Gaulle; author Charles Dickens; actor Charlie Chaplin; basketball player Charles Barkley.

Charles has 27 variant forms: Carel, Carl, Carlo, Carlos, Carrol, Carroll, Cary, Caryl, Chad, Charleson, Charley, Charlie, Charlot, Charls, Charlton, Charly, Chas, Chaz, Chick, Chip, Chuck, Karel, Karl, Karol, Karolek, Karolik and Karoly.

For more information, see also related names Cale and Curley.

A baby name that sounds like Charles is Charleston.

Charles is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Charles. Click here to compare Charles with related baby names.
United States Top 1000 rankings for: Charles
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Charles

[ROLEX4FD]

Got my one and only Rolex (a TT Blue Sub that I had been lusting after for years) as a surprise gift for Father's Day from my wife and son's - thus ROLEX4FD.

[High-Gear]

My handle comes from the nick name I got when I joined the SWAT team. I was always the one who gives 110%, with little regard for my own well being, always in High-gear. Even if I am going down the wrong road, I'm going 90 miles an hour. I went to Sniper school with a fractured tibia, a torn tendon, and two torn ligaments in my ankle. I refused to tell anyone because I didn't want to lose my slot. I was just reinstated to full duty after reconstructive surgery in November.

My signature line translates to "Venerate (Honor) Fallen Comrades" 918 for one of my team members killed in the line of duty on a hostage rescue in 2005

[Ashley]

Now see everyone, isn't it nice to get a little piece of someones life story?
Thanks for posting, everyone. Keep the stories coming!

[Ashley]

How long did that take you Robert? Slow night for you?

[Gedanken]

We touched on this a while ago, so I'm going to be lazy and cut-and-paste what I posted there:

Like Scooby, my nick comes from the forums I joined in my early forumming days, and there are a number of reasons behind it. It's a shortening of the German word "Gedankenexperiment", which describes an experiment that is theoretically, rather than practically, carried out. Used in a less-than-charitable sense, it implies that something is impractical, poorly thought out or just plain useless.

The majority of the people I encountered on those forums comprised of a bunch of Walter Mittys talking big behind their keyboards, who typically ran out of ammo once their bluff was called. As such, it was all a Gedankenexperiment to me, because the people I found were usually the "coulda, shoulda, didn't" sort who figured they could solve all thew world's problems from their armchairs. The bottom line was that nothing posted on a forum could be taken seriously.

To some extent, that has changed, especially on this forum - I know plenty of members here can and do back up what they post here. However, I've posted as Gedanken for so long I saw no point in changing it.

On another level, one of the most well-known Gedanken experiments around is that of Schroedinger's Cat. In this experiment, a cat is placed in a wooden box, the lid of the box is boobytrapped with a vial of Prussic acid, and the objective is to find out if the cat is alive. However, if you open the box, the vial of acid breaks and kills the cat. The bottom line is that one's line of enquiry influences the answer. Chatting on a forum, I often found that the questions themselves got people to consider things that they hadn't thought of before, and so the question was often the determining factor of the answer.

Then again, I could have just pulled the word out of thin air.

[oldbreadstinks]

i wasn't the one to come up with it, it was my bro . he was playing dungeon seige , a pc game and he needed a name for a female character so he came up with "oldbreadstinks" and another one about "cookies" that was like 5 years back
that was when i started participating in forums and needed a nick no one else would use , i tried it at yahoo plus a few other places and thought

"hey! no one else use crappy names like these! everyone else is just another "motherf**ker" or "handsome dude" or "god of death" "

people who saw it thought its funny, i like using it so thats how i ended up 5 years later registering here with "obs"

[leopardprey]

Leopardprey, User name on several forums I use to pass the boredom away while overseas and to get info on watches, guns, knives, vehicles, and professional forums. (jeepforums.com,socnetcentral.com,marlinowners.com ,timezone.com,watchuseek.com,etc..)

Ran into a wild Leapord once while hunting in SouthAfrica and also had a very rare encounter seeing a snow leopard up close (and scarring the hell out of me) on a mountain trail in Eastern Nepal.

And then later in Cambodia, did a raid on a house with my Cambodian Military Police and rescued a baby Leopard that had been captured and was going to be sold/smuggled. Baby Leopard was then turned over to the Zoo in Phnom Penh to be raised. ( I was working as a Project Manager for a Wildlife Conservation Law Enforement Project in NW Cambodia, that was funded by the actress Angelina Jolie)

[mailman]

Originally Posted by Tags_girl_

I know some are simply names, but lets hear some stories on the background info of your usernames!

Not to be rude but duh