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How/Why did you choose your nickname?
Ellen Posted Jan 6, 2003
My nickname for a while was UB, because there was a rap song called "You Be Ailin'" which sounded like they were saying, "You Be Ellen."
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Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing Posted Jan 6, 2003
I take it you're a JJ42 fan?
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Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jan 6, 2003
You mean "You Be Illin" by Run DMC?
How/Why did you choose your nickname?
Ellen Posted Jan 6, 2003
No, I've never even heard of JJ42! What are they, a band? I just added 42 to my screenname as a tribute to Douglas Adams, way back before I even heard of h2g2.
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Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing Posted Jan 6, 2003
Oh, sorry, my mind is playing tricks with me. 
There is no band called jj42, it's jj72. It just sounded so familiar, I thought they existed. I'm not a real fan of jj72 myself, ofcourse, or I wouldn't have made this mistake. But a friend of mine is/was, so there you go.
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Nbcdnzr, the dragon was slain, and there was much rejoicing Posted Jan 6, 2003
Sorry I dragged you into this, but it's pretty funny actually. 
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Mister Matty Posted Jan 6, 2003
The guy from JJ72 sings in a way that pretty much guarantees that he'll loose his voice in a few years or end up sounding like the late Michael Elphick all the time.
Some might see this as an improvement 
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Saturnine Posted Jan 6, 2003
What annoys me most is that they have the nerve to say that they are influenced by the might Smashing Pumpkins, but yet do not show one ounce of talent in their own work...
rantrantrant. I really should stop it...
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jan 6, 2003
This has been a useful read.
Mine is a truncation of an old chat name of mine. I used to be filmy.
How/Why did you choose your nickname?
CMaster Posted Jan 6, 2003
I wish I knew.
But I don't.
Its one I use everywhere online.
But I cant remeber why I chose it.
[Shrugs]
Anyone want a drink from the fridge?
[Gestrues at white chilled object that appeared from nowhere.
How/Why did you choose your nickname?
Woodpigeon Posted Jan 7, 2003
My RL name means "pigeon" or "dove" in Gaelic. And, we had a woodpigeon perched in the tree at the back of the house when I was thinking of changing my name. Seemed like a good idea at the time, and I have never felt any great need to change it since.
Woodpigeon
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jan 7, 2003
my first ever online name was zayphoid. password brox
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a visitor to planet earth Posted Jan 7, 2003
I think mine is self ex-planetary.
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