h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was just having a conversation with Nokakkchok, keeper of earwax laden headphones, advocate of blue ink pens and ace Guru, when we started talking with another guy on H2g2.

His name is Acerpol, Stealer of Rich Mens' wallets, expert at Discrete structures and player of all games that involve Skittles. He told us of this dude who had a SHORT name.

Can you believe it? He had a short name. How pathetic. This dude calls himself "The Frog". That's it. The Frog. Jeez, what is WRONG with him? Nobody taught him to keep long, difficult to pronounce, let alone remember names?

Let's get this dude and torture him until he gets a long name!! You with me!!

Well, you should check this name
U91961

I just read the add-ons beyond the initial name once, then ignore them thereafter. And my name couldn't be any longer, since I tried and it would only accept so much text. Shame.

i have to keep my name at home too because it got too hevy to drag around al the time.

In fact, you may notice that mine finishes with a comma where it cut off my newest addition. Can't even remember what it was now...

All you have to do to the title of this subject is change the *LONGER* to lower case and the *be* to upper case and then you could call yourself Chandler Bing.

I like the long names - they are a bit of ness and sometimes a reflection of how people are feeling that day. As long as the front part of your name stays recognisable then I say let it be.

yeah, there has to be an easy identifier. just look at all the trouble mina causes, constantly changing her name *tuts*










FABT

REBEL AGAINST STUPID LONG NAMES!



Ste

my portable name is short, the rest is an advert. i think thats a fair compromise. otherwise i'd be luggin this around with me:
Fully Assimilated Borg Tribble: - Commander in Chief of Twiglets and Special Operations for the Thingite Army (Greeblet 103....Muse of Sci-Fi Spoilers. Legal Advisor to the Black Hole Escape Committee)Dark Disciple Number 12, Knight of all Knights and librarian to the castle.

I always wondered what FABT stood for.
What, no ACE, GURU, SCOUT, etc.?

Ste, is that *rebel* (the verb) against stupid long names or are you doing a strange James Dean name thing there?

And while we're at it...why "Ste"? Is there a missing "ve" or "phen" from the end or are you really so anti long names you are trying to prove a point!?

The verb. Though the latter one is tempting...

It's Steven. Yeah, one rarely gets to choose their own nicknames, this is one of them that some people call me. I quite like it, it's like it's way too much trouble to add the "ve" at the end so it's a shortened version of a nickname.

C'mon people, all these long names just make the threads look all untidy and ugly. Clean them up

Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hey! We long-named people are just taking advantage of h2g2's higher technology whereby we aren't obliged to have squidly little names without spaces, like 'emly432' or something daft and feeble like that. If you've got it, flaunt it, eh?

*The Theory likes his clean, mildly short, space infected name*

of course the worst is when someone uses all of the space they can and don't even bother putting spaces in so that is streches the conversations...

peace.

GoshIwonderwhatyou'retalkingaboutnospaceshuh?that'sweird.

Generally, the first bits are the name, the rest is made up of titles or further information. It all adds colour, don't you think?

looks at his nickname

....why not join United Friends so I can remove a part!
the more the merrier

h2g2 world part is my busy h2g2 live.
too much to place on my personal space

have fun all

*waves at a fellow 3 letter named person on h2g2*

Hey Ste!

this is a reply to post 10.

hi bob.

people have been trying to recruit me on the side to guru's, scouts and aces. somehow they've all missed the fact taht i havent a clue what i'm dong.

so far i have resisted all attempts......

FABT

need I say more