Your username - why did you choose it?

[Trumpton]

Initially I wanted to call myself (username): Lieutenant Colonel Kojak Slaphead The Third Of The Bald Brummies Against The Big Footed Conspiracy Party.

Obviously that was too long - so I plumped for my favourite TV series when I was a tot.

[Ned]

When I first got online I couldn't think of an email or sign in name for Netscape ISP (it was THAT long ago) so took one from the Goon Show that I was listening to at the time (Seagoon). Used Ned here as a result and have regretted it ever since, as it makes me sound about 4 million years old.

[Pervert]

It was a spontaneous decision, sounded rather cool at the time but probably seems rather pretentious now.

"But she gives you a name, and you grow into it."---I Trawl The Megahertz.

[Trumpton]

I did briefly toy with the idea of calling myself 'Oi', but that would be too short.

[chubbs]

purely because i'm 21 stone!

[James not Bond]

When I was a kid I wanted to be like James Bond when I grew up.

[Trumpton]

chubbs wrote:

> purely because i'm 21 stone!

You're a mere skinny waif my son.

[Shopgirl]

Name was the sign-on for Meg Ryan in the film "You've Got Mail" bit cheezy but love the film!!

[beutelwolf]

It was fairly spontaneous for me at some time, but I have used it now for a few forums.

Beutelwolf is the German name for the Thylacine, it literally means bag-wolf (because it is a marsupial).
I liked the analogy of a slightly weird, thought-to-be-distinct carnivore. And the German name for it is somehow cool.