Forum Members - User Names

[Black Ned]

Looking through the Forums, I see members using amusing names and have wondered how they came up with them. Are they "nicknames" that have stuck, "petnames" from a partner, or just made up for the Forum.
Are any of the members willing to come forward and own up to their "Handle"
Unfortunately I am using my real name - I must be boring.

[Doughboy]

I am a chef and also a homer simpson fan.

Pete

[silentC]

It's a nickname.

[Felder]

I saw mine on the side of a woodworking machine.

[Cliff Rogers]

I saw mine on the side of a woodworking machine.

[Daddles]

Sorry, it's a secret that only I and the cat know

Richard

[bitingmidge]

I've come clean on my name before, but can't find the post in the archives.

bitingmidge is not my real name.

My real name is Steven Midge.

I was once a draftsman renowned for my skills and particularly my high level of accuracy. I had a bag with my name S.Midge on it, and of course the office wits resorted to calling me "Smidge".

In time, out of deference to my skills, they began to refer to small units of measurements as "a smidge", and I soon became quite famous, having given my name to an actual unit of measurement.

It wasn't long before the press began hounding me, and the Paparazzi were staking out my house waiting for that one shot. Life became terribly tiresome, so to regain my anonymity, I changed my name to biting, and have thus far, lived happily ever after.

Cheers,

P

[Felder]

I've come clean on my name before, but can't find the post in the archives.

bitingmidge is not my real name.

My real name is Steven Midge.

blah.....blah.....blah having given my name to an actual unit of measurement.

blah.....blah.....blah lived happily ever after.

Cheers,

P

What a fascinating story. It certainly goes a long way to explain why you always sign off:

Cheers,

P

One day I hope to become respected and loved enough that someone names a unit of measurement after me. Sigh.....one day.....

Cheers,
Beesdick

[silentC]

Like this bloke?

Actually mine is from a line from a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem.

[Wood Butcher]

Where mine comes from is simple. I have an uncanny knack of being able to take a piece of wood and completely butcher it into useless chips.

[Shedhand]

I continually cut my hands in the shed.

[silentC]

Where mine comes from is simple.

Oh, I thought it was to do with the "Butcher Dance"...

[Stuart]

I have no idea - apparently it was either this, or Christopher. Probably good it wasn't

[RufflyRustic]

Mine leaves me lots of leeway to turn out any style of work

[Gra]

Mine, started out a graham paige, but seems to have got shortened by the board. I is a user id I use across the internet, it comes from my favorite toy (See my sig)