Coming up with your name

[TripletDaddy]

My story is a bit different from all these others. All of you seem to choose your monikers based on something in your life.

Unlike all of you, I convinced my wife to have triplets for the sole purpose of getting a cool message board moniker. Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to be "TripletDaddy" on message boards (yes, even before there were message boards). So I had to really keep my fingers crossed that it would all work out.

The original plan was to have Angelina Jolie adopt the kids but let me keep my board name. She backed out and went to Vietnam for Maddox and the rest is history! She will still call me from time to time and tease me about the whole thing. Oh, Angie!

[byu71]

.71 times?

The church was very down on birth control methods back in those days. I heard preaching against all forms of birth control except for early departure.

[UteStar]

I chose Solon because it's ancient Greek and he was famous for helping warring sides compromise. I like to think I steer a middle path. In retrospect, I might pick another since it pegs me as a nerd, but I can't think of anything cooler. (hence, pegged as a nerd)

Boy, I got it wrong with your name. I though you were from Solon, Ohio and thats how you got your name. Hmm, he was a person of Ancient Greece? Did they name him after the town in Ohio?

[YOhio]

My story is actually quite interesting. Around the time I registered for Cougarboard I had just moved to Ohio. As has been well-demonstrated here, I am also a passionate fan of Brigham Young University athletic teams, who use the letter Y as their logo. So I got thinking, how can I display geographic pride alongside school pride. It is from this thought that YOhio was born.

I also thought it quite clever because it can double as a question. Why Ohio? I saw this a good opportunity to advertise some of the incredible opportunities available in this fine state. So if anybody is curious as to why Ohio, please PM me. I'll be happy to inform you.

[wuapinmon]

wuapinmon (n. m.) a contraction of Limonense patois English "wuapin" and "mon." [wá peen moan]

wuapin= what's happening

mon= every sentence in Caribbean English ends in "mon."

This is a standard street greeting on the Talamanca Coast of Costa Rica. I picked it in 1995 because I wanted an email and username that I was sure no one would ever use besides me. I've never had to choose a different user name, though people always misspell it. My insistence on it being "w"uapinmon is because it came from my email address and so it's always looked odd written as "W"uapinmon.

[wuapinmon]

I heard preaching against all forms of birth control except for early departure.

Why even bother....that's like leaving a movie before it's over.

[smokymountainrain]

My story is actually quite interesting. Around the time I registered for Cougarboard I had just moved to Ohio. As has been well-demonstrated here, I am also a passionate fan of Brigham Young University athletic teams, who use the letter Y as their logo. So I got thinking, how can I display geographic pride alongside school pride. It is from this thought that YOhio was born.

I also thought it quite clever because it can double as a question. Why Ohio? I saw this a good opportunity to advertise some of the incredible opportunities available in this fine state. So if anybody is curious as to why Ohio, please PM me. I'll be happy to inform you.

Amazing. I've been trying to figure this out since I first started reading CG and now I know!!! Thanks, YOhio!

[TripletDaddy]

wuapinmon (n. m.) a contraction of Limonense patois English "wuapin" and "mon." [wá peen moan]

wuapin= what's happening

mon= every sentence in Caribbean English ends in "mon."

This is a standard street greeting on the Talamanca Coast of Costa Rica. I picked it in 1995 because I wanted an email and username that I was sure no one would ever use besides me. I've never had to choose a different user name, though people always misspell it. My insistence on it being "w"uapinmon is because it came from my email address and so it's always looked odd written as "W"uapinmon.

Did you ever try registering under the name "whatshappeningman?" I have a feeling it will be available on most message boards.

[Coach McGuirk]

I chose Coach McGuirk because Home Movies was the funniest thing on TV back in the day and Coach McGuirk was a drunken slob wearing red. That seemed to fit nicely.

[SteelBlue]

wuapinmon (n. m.) a contraction of Limonense patois English "wuapin" and "mon." [wá peen moan]

wuapin= what's happening

mon= every sentence in Caribbean English ends in "mon."

This is a standard street greeting on the Talamanca Coast of Costa Rica. I picked it in 1995 because I wanted an email and username that I was sure no one would ever use besides me. I've never had to choose a different user name, though people always misspell it. My insistence on it being "w"uapinmon is because it came from my email address and so it's always looked odd written as "W"uapinmon.

This is cool. I had no idea what your moniker meant but I always thought it read like a Jamaican saying "what's happening man?" I love it when I get things right, even if it's by accident.

My kids all say "whappens" instead of properly prounouncing "what happens".

[landpoke]

landpoke was born of a particularly frustrating dry spell, a weekend camping trip to the Thunder Basin National Grasslands and a BLM ranger's unfortunate timing.

[Surfah]

landpoke was born of a particularly frustrating dry spell, a weekend camping trip to the Thunder Basin National Grasslands and a BLM ranger's unfortunate timing.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[myboynoah]

Amazing. I've been trying to figure this out since I first started reading CG and now I know!!! Thanks, YOhio!

Yeah, fascinating. Thanks for sharing YO. This is why I love this board so much.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Mine is the number of times I had sex with my wife while at BYU.

I feel happy for Buton777, not so much for BYU1 on CB.

I came up with mine when I decided to stop lurking on CB in '01. I was in my office at the time and didn't think about the eternal implications of name selection. But now that I have brand identity, I cannot change. It was hard enough abandoning Mr. Burns as an avatar.

[RC Vikings]

Mine is in memory of a sports program that was taken away.

Ricks College Vikings

I was going to call myself BYU54 for how many times I had sex with BYU71's wife while he was at BYU but I didn't want to rub it in.