Speaking of Names

In NJ, a knife and gun collecting person is regarded as somewhat of an oddity, a throwback to our Cro-magnon past, so rather than feel insulted by my neighbors I decided to embrace this image, calling myself Mister Bad Example, after the delightful Warren Zevon song of the same name.
And sometimes, you just need to see a bad example so you know when you see a good one :)
 
I got the nickname Steely Gunz my sophomore year of college. It's a long drawn out story so i'll try to keep short.
My first couple of years in college could have been a coming of age underdog college comedy. Granted, i wouldn't have starred in this movie, but the lead role has never been my thing;) I used to live down the hall from some of the filthiest animals in the world...my kind of guys;) After awhile there was a collective six of us that did everything together. We all had a role to fill, a job to do. Thus we all ended up getting some sort of nickname that fit us to a T. The six of us were Deuce, Big Sexy, Willie Dynamite, Stallion, Stanimal, and Steely Gunz.
I'll have to tell you the stories of each of these characters sometime. I'm sure you've all known guys like them.
The Steely part comes from a couple different areas. I'm fairly detatched from people in general. I'm the best friend you'll ever have, but i'm kind of hard to get close to. Also, i have this really bad habit of saying cut-to-the-core somewhat "heartless" things. Not mean or hateful, just brutal. so Steely fit. The Gunz part comes from my physical stature. I'm not a "big" guy, but i'm in pretty good shape. Compared to these butterballs and slackers I might as well have been Chuck Atlas. Men in my family always seem to have broad shoulders and long strong arms...makes us good ditch diggers i suppose. To top it all off i was on the rowing crew. that will get you in shape. Steely Gunz was born.
My role in the dirty half dozen was that of planner and engineering. Not a leader mind you. I just came up with plans and how to enact said plans. I was in charge of stealing cable for extra channels, sneaking in the beer, and talking to the cops when one of us was walking home drunk and got struck by a car and staggered back unhurt...but bleeding. Later, i removed his stitches with a multi-tool. Steely has an honest face and doesn't crack under pressure.

Jake
 
I was a sophomore in high school when I found bladeforums, and at the time was an avid cross country runner. I couldn't think of a name right off the bat, then I thought about my running and how we did most of our training on the roads, then ended up with Roadrunner. Oh, and there's that cartoon with the big bird and the coyote... you may have heard of it. :rolleyes: After six years the name has become an identity, I use it on every forum I've joined.
 
My girlfriend chose this name for me because she says I have a few. I guess she got tired of finding me sleeping on the kitchen floor with the dogs and a book for a pillow along with loudly cursing the inconsiderate drivers that swamp the roads down here- among a bunch of other things. Not real original maybe but its spot on some days. Other days I'm just as nice as mom's apple pie.


ok. so I like the play on words too. I am a lazy knife sharpener. :)


and I'm bad about introductions, pleasantries and all that- rarely say hello, goodbye, hows the weather, etc. etc.

So one time. Hello HI Cantina people (and moderators too! ;) ). Its good to see ya! or meet you. or..type at you. whatever you want to call it.


Has anyone seen "Things to do in Denver when you're Dead"?

"Give it a name."
 
I use my old internet gaming name. I eventually changed it because people kept telling me that there were only 2 Es in Lee. :confused:

The literacy rate in North America is down.
 
My nickname (when younger) was kamikazi. I guess my driving was a small problem. My last name ends in moto thus kamikazmoto. My other on line name was coined by no other than V.G. and that is Kamkazimojo so if you see me on line say hi.
 
My real name is Brian and I live in Chicago. I'll bet some of you thought I was trying to be cosmic... :cool:
 
Got mine the long way....twentyeight years working for the Drug Enforcement Administration, and its predecesor agencies FBN and BNDD, mostly as a special agent or supervisory S/A, finally as the Resident Agent in Charge of Indianapolis and almost all of Indiana except for a couple counties next to Chicago. During most of those years, I carried a Smith & Wesson Model 29 44, until agency policy forced me to change over. Eleven of those years were ijn Detroit, where I ran the task force. I am now officially "over the hill" :rolleyes: :D :D
 
Jurrasicnarc44;

Indianapolis is one of those cities that has fallen to the Other America. I guess during your career you were unable to clean up the City. This means you will never be known as, "The Man Who Cleaned Up Indianapolis"
Or, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," for that matter.

I bet you have some stories. Congratulations on a long haul career.


munk
 
Everytime I look at my name I wonder why I use it!

I tend to get really annoyed by internet sites that try to harvest my real name and other information. I usually give them silly answers to these questions. I went through a phase of always giving my name as some hsitorical despot--not because I admire them, but just to be ironic.

I gave my name Otto Von Bismark (home address #2 Dzerinski Prospekt, Xanadu) at some website, and the automatic handle suggester paired my last name with my date of birth (1977). I laughed and took the name. I love the thought of the Iron Duke logging into some teen chat room to talk about the latest issue of YM...

Of course, the irony is lost on everyone who sees it. They just assume I was born in North Dakota, I guess.
 
I used to use Running Fox because I felt like I was running through life. A few years back an online NDN friend of mine said... one day I would stop running and then I would be Silver Fox Knows. If you're out there, thanks Two Crows.

Frank
 
Hi Guys
used to be fullplate in honour of my favourite style of armour, screwed that up somehow and now use part of my varsity I.D
Phil
 
pmel.....I thought maybe you worked in PMEL.....precision measurement equipment laboratories...... :D
 
Hmph.

Name derives from combat strategy: like a ghost. Combine that an immature 26 y/old's desire to be much scarier, legends about ghosts (can't see 'em- if you do see one, you're dead), spectre also equals harbinger.

Now, on any new forums, I'm usually JShirley or JRShirley or even Shirley- though I usually shy away from the last because of some gender confusion. :p

John
 
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