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Hi Dudes,

I was looking at the various preferred nomenclatures of the members here on this site and was just wondering how some of you guys had come up with them....some of them are easy  to understand and some a little more cryptic. I like Neal's cos it's clever!

Mine is taken from the name of the coolest dog I ever shared my life with....come on Meekon  etc....tell all.

In peace and a bit of light hearted fun.

Well, the first thing that came to mind when I discovered the forum was: "fucking A"! My thing in life is to hang on to stuff that makes me think that, cause that means it rockes and I wanna abide to it!

My name is the confluence of three of my favorite things: The Big Lebowski, The Beatles, and aquatic mammals.

OK but this will destroy the romance of the name:

I used to run restaurants.

I tend to shave my head and have a very dry sarcastic sense of humour. One particular cheeky member of staff on meeting me was heard to say "f*ck me the mekon!"

Looking for an original logon name about twenty years ago I remembered this, now I happen to also be dyslexic, so my version of the spelling of "mekon" is "meekon". and so use to call myself the infamous meekon.

As tends to happen I have signed up to web sites for years now and forgotten more log ons than I care to remember. So meekon becomes meekon1 through to meekon5.

So that's about the long and short of it.


(I'm the one on the right.)

I did once do an entire set of business cards like this:


In an attempt for consistency I have spread my nom-de-web across the interwebs, Google it and find my tracks.

Certainly that does destroy the romance for me.  I was happy believing you were inspired at some point (as I was) by the music from the UK band "The Mekons".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mekons_(band)  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mekons_(band))

For me, bartender has a number of references that fit.

The name originally came about because I love to ride bicycles and of course, they have handle-BARS, to which I tend.  At one point many years ago I attached a Moe (simpson's bartender) to the handlebars.  And also, after rides I would set up beers and whiskey on my rear bumper and bartend for everyone.

(http://babeclub.smugmug.com/Solo-Rides/Misc-Solo-Rides/1-moe-before/372184578_NVajs-M.jpg)

Of course, we also all know that sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar, he eats you.

Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.

And just this past shomar shabbas, I hung this print above my special ladies room door...
(http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/jeffrey-lebowski-the-dude-jeff-bonker.jpg)

Oh, and I always have kahlua.

Quote from: Bartender on March 18, 2010, 04:16:36 PM
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Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
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Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on March 18, 2010, 08:03:31 PM

Quote from: Bartender on March 18, 2010, 04:16:36 PM
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Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
<snip>

Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

The bar is located at 169 Pinney Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA.  It's called Hollywood Gardens.  And althought I'm not a real reactionary, it is a nice quiet local tavern and I aim to keep it nice and quiet.

Our website is here:

http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/ (http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/)

and our Facebook page is here:

http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8
(http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8)

And yes, feel free to use the john if you're in the area.  We also have cash machines nearby if you'd happen to become fond of a wonderful and free-spirited women in town.

Quote from: Bartender on March 19, 2010, 12:46:21 PM

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on March 18, 2010, 08:03:31 PM

Quote from: Bartender on March 18, 2010, 04:16:36 PM
<snip>
Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
<snip>

Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

The bar is located at 169 Pinney Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA.  It's called Hollywood Gardens.  And althought I'm not a real reactionary, it is a nice quiet local tavern and I aim to keep it nice and quiet.

Our website is here:

http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/ (http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/)

and our Facebook page is here:

http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8
(http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8)

And yes, feel free to use the john if you're in the area.  We also have cash machines nearby if you'd happen to become fond of a wonderful and free-spirited women in town.

Well awesome, if the nature of my league office ever does send me to that part of the world, cool, did you say it was off Radford?  Because that would be worth looking for, seen the Liberty Bell, and the flag lady's house, (Was her name Maude?) so you know, that would be, like, next..

Sorry if I am without a frame of reference, but I dont know if Rochester is anywhere near Philadelphia. In fact I don't know if this homework in front of me is my homework. But thats like my problem. Separate incidents.
Cheers

Yeah, my name's based on the Cannonball Run and the Church of the Subgenius. The Captain part comes from Captain Chaos, and the Slack part comes from the Subgenius concept of Slack, which is basically an absolute ease of being that comes from having a laid-back attitude.

Well, since I'm trying to...ahem...

Buhringuh SALVASHUNUH! (glory!) to theuh UNWASHTUH HEEEETHUNS of THISSUH...

Nah, that's too heavy.

I just thought it would be a cool name if I was gonna do a Dude-based Christianity podcast.

The only other option was The Oblivious Dude, and I didn't want to get too down on myself...

"venicer", from Venice Beach, where the Dude lives.

Quote from: Bartender on March 19, 2010, 12:46:21 PM

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on March 18, 2010, 08:03:31 PM

Quote from: Bartender on March 18, 2010, 04:16:36 PM
<snip>
Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
<snip>

Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

The bar is located at 169 Pinney Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA.  It's called Hollywood Gardens.  And althought I'm not a real reactionary, it is a nice quiet local tavern and I aim to keep it nice and quiet.

Our website is here:

http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/ (http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/)

and our Facebook page is here:

http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8
(http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8)

And yes, feel free to use the john if you're in the area.  We also have cash machines nearby if you'd happen to become fond of a wonderful and free-spirited women in town.

Is the food good? Can you get eatin' by the bar?

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on March 18, 2010, 08:03:31 PM

Quote from: Bartender on March 18, 2010, 04:16:36 PM
<snip>
Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
<snip>

Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

So it's no G-D idiot boxes, rather than no transvestites.   Otherwise The Dude would not abide.

Ozzy?  Well... because of Ozzy.  It was a nickname from a couple of shops where I worked, from the amount of Black Sabbath I listened to.

85... 1985.  When I graduated high school and the world was just plain stuck with me.

Ill just say that my name originated from this guy
(http://static.open.salon.com/files/cookie-monster3-7769871237963363.jpg)
going dude...

Quote from: Cookie_Dude on April 27, 2010, 04:12:43 PM
Ill just say that my name originated from this guy
(http://static.open.salon.com/files/cookie-monster3-7769871237963363.jpg)
going dude...

That thing he's holding -- is that his only form of ID?

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on April 27, 2010, 07:40:02 PM
That thing he's holding -- is that his only form of ID?

No it's his homework Dude.

looks like a standart issue chocolate chip cookie sir...hes addicted to them

One of my favorite Family guy clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aKZSTo34w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aKZSTo34w)

Quote from: meekon5 on April 28, 2010, 08:01:47 AM
One of my favorite Family guy clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aKZSTo34w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aKZSTo34w)

Dude this is what rehab does to you...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rjk31KzyGk

Mine is a little bit cryptic so I'll explain it.

I've had a particular fondness for cats since I was 5 and lost my first cat/pet. I also respect them and their desire to just chill and enjoy life. I'm also an anime fan and Neko = cat in Japanese.

I'm also a bit of a computer geek and my favorite operating system is Linux, which is free (free as in free beer as well as in free speech). Linux is a derivative of Unix. There are many different flavors of Linux and they are sometimes referred to as *nix operating systems as they have a lot in common and basically work the same.

So Neko + *nix and I had Nekonix.

Oh and, first post. I just got my ordination kit in the mail the other day. *wave*

Oh man, I am so much the underachiever on this subject because I just used my name.  Man, I feel like such a looser, but that's just me.  I just used my first name and last initial.  I felt that I already had soooo many names/ID's to remember that having another would overtaxed my already feeble grey matter into a reality induced coma.  So, I just let 'er rip.  No real story there...

Quote from: BillZ on May 05, 2010, 11:01:33 AM
....  I felt that I already had soooo many names/ID's to remember that having another would overtaxed my already feeble grey matter into a reality induced coma....

Simple solution there I only use meekon5, google it to feel my presence oozing out through the web!  ;D

Hello!  Wasn't sure where to introduce myself, so this looked like as good a place as any (that, and I didn't look around too hard).  I've only recently even seen the film, but loved it!

Anyway, my name is a combo of my name (Kev) and the fact that what ever I do is perfectly me.  ;D

Kev

people call me pirate and well like ....i'm a dude man ;)

greetings perfectlykevin and piratedude
Welcome to the casa. Bars over there.
You will have to keep your voice down, this is a family restaurant.

Betcha couldn't figure this one out:  I'm a Dude who was born in 1967 

Quote from: perfectlykevin on May 06, 2010, 09:56:39 AM
Hello!  Wasn't sure where to introduce myself, so this looked like as good a place as any (that, and I didn't look around too hard).  I've only recently even seen the film, but loved it!

Anyway, my name is a combo of my name (Kev) and the fact that what ever I do is perfectly me.  ;D

Kev

Shit, I forgot to give you the initiation questionnaire:
Say more about yourself if you're not into the brevity thing.
Nihilist/Jewish/Polish Catholic/Brother Shamus? (Before you became a Dudeist)
Cleft/Not cleft?
Eagles/Creedence/Autobahn?
White Russian/Jackie's white Russian?
Betty/Veronica?
That's my robe/That's your robe/What's a robe?
Shaken/Stirred?

What're you a fuckin' census taker now? How's yer liver?

Quote from: not_exactly_a_lightweight on May 07, 2010, 11:23:37 PM

Quote from: perfectlykevin on May 06, 2010, 09:56:39 AM
Hello!  Wasn't sure where to introduce myself, so this looked like as good a place as any (that, and I didn't look around too hard).  I've only recently even seen the film, but loved it!

Anyway, my name is a combo of my name (Kev) and the fact that what ever I do is perfectly me.  ;D

Kev

Shit, I forgot to give you the initiation questionnaire:
Say more about yourself if you're not into the brevity thing.
Nihilist/Jewish/Polish Catholic/Brother Shamus? (Before you became a Dudeist)
Cleft/Not cleft?
Eagles/Creedence/Autobahn?
White Russian/Jackie's white Russian?
Betty/Veronica?
That's my robe/That's your robe/What's a robe?
Shaken/Stirred?

LOL!  Yeah, I'll take brevity, I figure more will be revealed down the road.  8)  Still Christian/Buddhist and now Dudeist, tend to go with coffee but not opposed to an occasional tequilla or white russian.  .  Anyway, it's comfortable here and I like everyone's style. :)

Kev

Mine is taken by mixing together the facts that I'm a Dudeist Priest=Monk and that Great Spirit is another name for Tao, plus the fact that I like Native Americans culture, if that's the correct nomenclature.

Have a great weekend Brother Shamuses!  8)

My nickname came from when I attended community college in my city. I was at an acting improvisational class and we all had to choose a name and a hook that fit us. And we would be known as that for the rest of the semester. The name Lennon came to me so it stuck, now people far and wide know me as The Lennon.
I've also been told that I emulate John Lennon because of my peaceful ideas, philosophical attitude, and over all demeanor for being out of the ordinary and stepping up to the plate of helping the world.

And... I liked to wear round sunglasses a lot, which is what John Lennon always wore.

Quote from: greatspiritmonk on May 15, 2010, 04:36:09 AM
Mine is taken by mixing together the facts that I'm a Dudeist Priest=Monk and that Great Spirit is another name for Tao, plus the fact that I like Native Americans culture, if that's the correct nomenclature.

Have a great weekend Brother Shamuses!  8)

I believe that Native American is the least insulting, I too have enjoyed reading books on their history, with a mind that they're not a dead culture,  and had the honour of communicating on a news group from which I learnt much, particulary on issues we don't hear about and have just enjoyed sharing conversation.
Hopefully with Obama, as a democrat, there will be progress in discusson, as historically I was told with democrats in office there is a more open view towards improving relations and living conditions.
you too have a great weekend ;D

Those are some interesting back stories dudes.

My first name was pretty self explanatory. This name is, among other things, a tip of the hat to some historical, well not dudes, exactly, but, what's a dude, anyway? Kinda lost my train of thought there.

Anyway, Robert, Duke of Normandy, and Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and our own immortal Jeff The Dude Lebowski. Not that they are related necessarily, just adding a few more flavours to our postilion potpourri.

Quote from: Klaus Korters on May 21, 2010, 03:48:50 AM


I believe that Native American is the least insulting, I too have enjoyed reading books on their history, with a mind that they're not a dead culture,  and had the honour of communicating on a news group from which I learnt much, particulary on issues we don't hear about and have just enjoyed sharing conversation.
Hopefully with Obama, as a democrat, there will be progress in discusson, as historically I was told with democrats in office there is a more open view towards improving relations and living conditions.
you too have a great weekend ;D

My grandfather was Cherokee.

I've been a writer since I was like, 8.
In my teens I decided that no way would i ever take my future husband's last name, unless it went real cool with "Wendy". (my first name)
The best example I could come up with at the time, was , Wendy Whiteheart.
Shortly after I took it as a pen name and use it to this day...usually just the last name part for anonymity.

Quote from: The Lennon on May 21, 2010, 01:30:58 PM




My grandfather was Cherokee.

That some kinda Eastern thing?
 

Well I joined the ULC UK some time ago and when looking for a handle I came across the ZEN DOG
picture 'He knows not where he's going,the ocean will decide.It's not the destination,it's the glory of the ride.
I've been described as being very laid back which is probably polite for 'lazy bastard'.
And being solar sensitive I'm never without sunglasses.
And um....damn, I'm out of kahlua.

Well, my name's Chris.  One day a friend of mine came out with Chrispy, and it stuck.  It's been my adopted name ever since, most people outside of my family call me Chrispy, even other people's mums.

Rev, I also use the Zen Dog moniker when Chrispy isn't available, that same friend bought me a birthday card one year with the same poem on it, and even had a Zen Dog badge. :)

Years ago, whilst mooching around the kitchen of a shared student house (UK - ex-pat) a fellow resident accused yours truly of developing a beer-belly. Outraged (I rarely imbibed alcohol at the time; preferring, instead, to commune with Rizla,  Roach and Herb), my hands cupped my belly protectively and I loudly declared: "This isn't a beer-belly, this is a cake-belly" - for that was/is the truth. The name stuck.

I chose my name because I used to call my oat sodas "brewski's" and I just thought Dudeski fit my style :)

Quote from: Rev. Dudeski on October 10, 2010, 01:41:20 PM
I chose my name because I used to call my oat sodas "brewski's" and I just thought Dudeski fit my style :)

Dudeism in the urban culture; the oat soda................

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oat%20soda

My actual name combined with meister, as the dude would say Dude-Meister, and Koog kinda sounds like dude, and people have been calling me koog since I was a little urban achiever.

So...

Koog-meister

In case you're a  new member looking for a name here's a couple possibilities...Apologies if these are already taken.

His/Her Dudeship

El Duderino

OatYoda

Gutterball

TheChinaMan

ManhattanBackspin

DudexMachina (my fav)

Dudeabide

TheStranger

GranDuderino

DB...............

(http://www.griffinone.com/assets/galleries/7/budha.jpg)

Quote from: Koog-meister on October 11, 2010, 11:45:16 PM
My actual name combined with meister, as the dude would say Dude-Meister, and Koog kinda sounds like dude, and people have been calling me koog since I was a little urban achiever.

So...

Koog-meister

In case you're a  new member looking for a name here's a couple possibilities...Apologies if these are already taken.

His/Her Dudeship

El Duderino

OatYoda

Gutterball

TheChinaMan

ManhattanBackspin

DudexMachina (my fav)

Dudeabide

TheStranger

oh oh flashback

TheStranger = Da Stranger?

(lets not relive that (http://dudeism.com/smf/index.php?topic=1453.30) shall we Dudes!)

I like Gran Duderino... but then I dig cars, so the Torino inferrence is cool by me.

Arthur Digby Sellers was taken, so I got the next best thing
That about sums er up
NEAL

I wish I had a better story. I'm kind of a short guy, so...here's Smalls, dude.

waaaaay back in my deadhead days... (drifts off into a reverie about kidless full-moon all night drum and dance jams...)

um, what were we talking about?

oh yeah; i was quite distressed about all of the youngsters wandering about, quite literally in danger at times, in their altered states. we traveled in groups (more like a caravan, rather than a literal bus), and since i was the eldest sister, i assumed a motherly role, keeping the group rocking and rolling.

"Busmom" in yank nomenclature, "mum" to the fabulous fecker i married  :-*

Since I'm a newdude around these parts, I'm sifting through our collective history here. I hope no one minds a slight thread resurrection.

Senator was a name given to me in college. (Senator being the kind of name one just doesn't up and call himself where I'm from) We all took these placement tests and at our table, one feller says, "Damn. What are you going to be, a senator or something?" Senator stuck. Note: the score wasn't that great, but the rest of my table was a bit more... limbered up for their tests.

Tso comes from the greatest gift to mankind ever: General Tso's Chicken.

I like this thread.  Here goes:

I was a philosophy major in college.  Specifically Socio-Political Philosophy.   Nietzsche, being one of my favorites, was the partial inspiration for screen names, emails and such.  My twisted sense of humor being the other half to result in UBERMENTAL.  I don't go by that much anymore needing more "professional" communications handles.  Still, I haven't changed much.  Naturally, when I became ordained, I could think of no better name than UBERDUDE.   8)

When I was in high school I was trying to come up with a word to accurately describe how great I thought this one thing was (I forget now what it was).  I came up with Tripnastic to note that it was fantastically trippy.  It's actually on cassette tape.  My friend Shawn was holding a recorder to the radio to get a song (old school!) and caught me on tape going "TRIPNASTIC! I just made up the greatest word!!"

Hi Dudes,
actually, I used my real first name and - having become a follower or a member of this order, not ordained, though, and also regarding myself as following layman, and aren't we all brothers and sisters, you know, I thought "brother" just sounds nice.
and then of course there is an allusion to the brother Da Fino, waow, you wouldn't have guessed, would you ? ;D

And then I realized that "Faithfully BE" just reads nice.


Faithfully
BE

This is a cool thread for new dudes like myself.

I got the name "Stinky" in October, 1989. Self-applied, mang!

I had just started college the month before and fell in with a bunch of other kids (mostly chicks) who were all from the same high school and had HS nicknames. I wanted one, too. One night, after some partying, we went to get pizza and I was in rare form. The girls were like, "you are an asshole!" (but they were laughing when they said it). So being the brilliant, young, drunk dude I was, I said, "If I'm such an asshole, you should call me Stinky!"

October, 1989, dudes.

I still have lots of friends who only call me Stinky. Their kids, some of whom are old enough to drive now, all call me "Uncle Stinky."

The "Rev." part is new. Maybe someday I'll be St. Inky?  ;D

Hmmmm....Dudeist saints?   That could be interesting

Quote from: Tripnastic on January 22, 2011, 11:00:34 PM
Hmmmm....Dudeist saints?   That could be interesting

IMHO all dudes are saints and all dudes are sinners. I'm just glad he's out there, takin' er easy for us sinners ...and us saints, man.

Amen db

You say it man!  ;D

Quote from: digitalbuddha on January 23, 2011, 05:45:58 AM
IMHO all dudes are saints and all dudes are sinners. I'm just glad he's out there, takin' er easy for us sinners ...and us saints, man.

Completely agree... to name something is to imply its opposite... the only way I figure I can make any sense of it is to stay loose, maybe work a beverage, and abide.

I didn't mean literally.  I meant something like "Saint Walter-  Patron saint of staying calmer than you are".  More of a fun thing.  What would Donny or Maude be the Patron of?  That's more what I was going for, just rollin'.

Quotemaybe work a beveragee,

Dude....them two words do NOT go together...on any fucking level....mark it zero my friend.  :o ;) 8)

Peace man

 ;D Saint Maude, patron saint of vaginas and the female form. That's just like my opinion, man.

Quote from: Caesar dude on January 23, 2011, 01:42:36 PM

Quotemaybe work a beverage

Dude....them two words do NOT go together...on any fucking level....mark it zero my friend.  :o ;) 8)

Peace man

L to the O to the L

Nice to see yah here Reverend Stinky.... ( I'm finding it hard to warm to that there nomenclature. I must say!)

I'm Gonna call you St. Inky (at least in my head)

Cool peace to yah dude...any rug dude ...any rug...

St. Donny, Patron Saint of Shutting the Fuck Up. Got my moniker from him, giving it a positive twist. He fills in the blanks, man. He *is* the blank, the void, the mirror in Time, the holes in the bowling ball--a non-actor lending meaning to us actors in the whole what-have-you. He ties the room together.

Quote from: Outer Element on February 07, 2011, 01:28:05 AM
St. Donny, Patron Saint of Shutting the Fuck Up. Got my moniker from him, giving it a positive twist. He fills in the blanks, man. He *is* the blank, the void, the mirror in Time, the holes in the bowling ball--a non-actor lending meaning to us actors in the whole what-have-you. He ties the room together.

Dude, you're in your element. Welcome to the far out beach community.

Quote from: Rev. Stinky on January 23, 2011, 01:47:46 PM
;D Saint Maude, patron saint of vaginas and the female form. That's just like my opinion, man.

You mean coitus?  ;D

Quote from: digitalbuddha on February 07, 2011, 01:59:01 AM
Dude, you're in your element. Welcome to the far out beach community.

Thanks, db. I put myself on the map.

Quote from: Outer Element on February 07, 2011, 08:25:43 PM

Quote from: digitalbuddha on February 07, 2011, 01:59:01 AM
Dude, you're in your element. Welcome to the far out beach community.

Thanks, db. I put myself on the map.

Shit dude, did I welcome you yet?
If not...welcome dude! Any rug dude...any rug. 8)

Quote from: cckeiser on February 07, 2011, 10:35:50 PM
Shit dude, did I welcome you yet?
If not...welcome dude! Any rug dude...any rug. 8)

Thanks, cc. I posted my avatar...not sure if I like it. How do you keep them from looking squeezed?

Quote from: Outer Element on February 08, 2011, 06:32:02 AM

Quote from: cckeiser on February 07, 2011, 10:35:50 PM
Shit dude, did I welcome you yet?
If not...welcome dude! Any rug dude...any rug. 8)

Thanks, cc. I posted my avatar...not sure if I like it. How do you keep them from looking squeezed?

Never mind - I got it.

My first name is Jelle (dutch name). My bowling friend once stood at my doorstep, saying 'dude, i've seen this awesome movie, u' d love it!'

And I did.

And it stuck.

Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous... When I was asked for a nickname for the first time ever, this one just rolled out.

And it stayed with me ever since.

Quote from: jellebowski on February 08, 2011, 08:25:22 PM
My first name is Jelle (dutch name). My bowling friend once stood at my doorstep, saying 'dude, i've seen this awesome movie, u' d love it!'

And I did.

And it stuck.

Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous... When I was asked for a nickname for the first time ever, this one just rolled out.

And it stayed with me ever since.

Far out. I have Dutch ancestry up the yin-yang.

Dutch name but Belgian dude, dude!

It's not exactly Amsterdam, but it sure beats Malibu ;)

Actually, Belgium grows what Holland sells man! It's far out!

All of you are off course very welcome in our beach community!

Quote from: jellebowski on February 08, 2011, 10:29:29 PM
Dutch name but Belgian dude, dude!

It's not exactly Amsterdam, but it sure beats Malibu ;)

Actually, Belgium grows what Holland sells man! It's far out!

All of you are off course very welcome in our beach community!

Like that shamus, "little grey cells" Poirot, eh?

Quote from: Outer Element on February 08, 2011, 10:52:18 PM

Quote from: jellebowski on February 08, 2011, 10:29:29 PM
Dutch name but Belgian dude, dude!

It's not exactly Amsterdam, but it sure beats Malibu ;)

Actually, Belgium grows what Holland sells man! It's far out!

All of you are off course very welcome in our beach community!

Like that shamus, "little grey cells" Poirot, eh?

Also, didn't mean to offend--don't know much about the ins and outs of Belgian-Hollander relations.

None taken, man ;D

Ow hey, I had relations with a Dutch ladyfriend once... far out, man. Although she was pretty high on conception.

And Poirot was indeed a Belgian dude who's been to France, but I doubt if he ever saw the queen in her danged undees... : ;)

Quote from: Outer Element on February 07, 2011, 01:28:05 AM
St. Donny, Patron Saint of Shutting the Fuck Up. Got my moniker from him, giving it a positive twist. He fills in the blanks, man. He *is* the blank, the void, the mirror in Time, the holes in the bowling ball--a non-actor lending meaning to us actors in the whole what-have-you. He ties the room together.

Good night sweet prince.

Later dudes, got my special ladyfriend waiting for me.

I'll be around.

I got in to online gaming a few years back now and I had to pick a name. One of my friends was telling me picked his name, cow bell, from his favorite SNL skit. I thought about it for awhile and came up with Landshark, the cleverest of all sharks.

Well, hlazlo is a reference to Lazlo Hollyfeld from Real Genius.  I'm not a fanatic...I just like the name Lazlo and the 'h' in the front makes this name available on most site.  He's a true Dude in his own right, though.

Quote from: hlazlo on February 18, 2011, 01:30:29 PM
Well, hlazlo is a reference to Lazlo Hollyfeld from Real Genius.  I'm not a fanatic...I just like the name Lazlo and the 'h' in the front makes this name available on most site.  He's a true Dude in his own right, though.

What the h dude! ;D
Welcome to our beach community! 8)

I claimed this particular handle a few years back, when my husband started calling himself "TurboDog" in a few various online fora. I figured "TurboKittie" was a good feminine form of his name, marking us a couple but not identical or the same person. Plus, it sounds a bit like pussy in a blender, which can be an apt description of me at times and hey, I like cats.

I have the original pussy in a blender  video ..... I have two cats and still find this hilarious!

Please explain how this relates to you ... my (dirty) mind boggles.

Peace and welcome dude.

Willo is my nickname in real life and after some rather complex thinkin' involving a caucasian or two 'the dude' just seem to come along naturally and thus WillotheDude.

Um, well, like, I play the banjo.  Not exactly creative, I know, but, what do you expect? I play the banjo. ;)

Quote from: Caesar dude on March 01, 2011, 06:36:12 PM
I have the original pussy in a blender  video ..... I have two cats and still find this hilarious!

Please explain how this relates to you ... my (dirty) mind boggles.

Peace and welcome dude.

Well, truth be told I usually don't drink quite that much tequila anymore for the dirty part to be apt. (I've heard you were never sure if you'd like the results or be afraid for your life, it was either a lot of wet fur or teeth and claws.... but either way you had a smile on your face when it was over)

But I do have my moments. ;)

mine is actually pretty simple, a few years ago me and my buddies were doing a j,  and we were talking about what smokables say about a personality and shit. well we came to the idea that Spliffs would be the secret agent of all j's. I stated using agent spliff as a nom de plume and I figured Reverend would work better here than agent.

Mine is simple.....   Brother Cornelius.

My forum name came from my first and middle initials, mostly because I'm an unoriginal bastard. Hahaha

Quote from: Bronelius on August 02, 2011, 02:12:54 PM
Mine is simple.....   Brother Cornelius.

Ahh, and a big welcome to a Brother Shamus! 8)

When I joined here, I was racking my brain trying to think of some name that would be Maude-ish, even though I'm not much like her (I love her character, though!) - and couldn't come up with anything. So, I just looked at the character listing at imdb.com and thought "Pancake Waitress" was kinda funny for a forum name, so...  :D

I'll haff zee lingenberry pancakes.

Heck, I just thought I'd take it easy by not twisting my brain trying to figure out a fancy handle and used my own name.

Quote from: Terry on August 11, 2011, 09:59:33 PM
Heck, I just thought I'd take it easy by not twisting my brain trying to figure out a fancy handle and used my own name.

Sounds good to me dude! ;D

Quote from: thinkingdude on August 11, 2011, 10:55:02 PM
I came up with my name from all the thinking I do on deep shit.

~thinkingdude

Sounds exhausting dude.
Welcome to our nice quiet beach community.
Pull up a rug...kick off you jellies and take er easy dude. 8)
Dudeism is all about taking er easy...Low standards and even lower expectations dude. ;D

Quote from: thinkingdude on August 11, 2011, 10:55:02 PM
I came up with my name from all the thinking I do on deep shit.

~thinkingdude

It may surprise you that some of the rest of us "think on deep shit" as well here.

As long as you don't start using the phrase "don't make me go too deep", as a previous individual was prone to, then not follow up with substance.

Sorry I'm the in-house Troll

Welcome, any rug in the place bars over there.

Dudeism: even are trolls are very nice fellows, and thurruh.

I am always in deep shit with my special lady.;D

Fuckin' a revgms dude...you got that right mang. We do have the nicest troll on the internet! We just need to feed him a Christian every now and again. ;D

QuoteSorry I'm the in-house Troll

I thought troll was just another name for any forum member?  ;)

Peace dudes.

Quote from: cckeiser on August 12, 2011, 02:34:02 PM
...We just need to feed him a Christian every now and again. ;D

LOL. And me not feed for long while.

Quote from: Caesar dude on August 12, 2011, 03:59:56 PM
I thought troll was just another name for any forum member?  ;)

Welcome to the Troll cave, or bridge, billy goat gruff (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yspm_three-billy-goats-gruff-steven-tyle_people).

Hey dudes!
Ive had my Dude Name for a long time now. Just seemed very apt for me.

Quote from: MotherDuderior on August 13, 2011, 09:44:38 AM
Hey dudes!
Ive had my Dude Name for a long time now. Just seemed very apt for me.

Why did you need to re-register dude?
Welcome back dude! 8)

I'm just one of the janitors here...attempting to keep our nice quiet beach community clean of trash and spammers.

Another janitor saying welcome dude, help yourself to a lane have a roll.

I've had mine for years. Got it from a cartoon on a coaster of a dog in a boat with shades on.Underneath it says
"He knows not where he's going
The ocean will decide
It's not the destination
But the glory of the ride".
I took it on when I became a rev in the ULC.
I have endeavored a zen approach to life since reading ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach and other stuff and now I know about abiding.

I guess I've never posted up why I use the handle I do, but...

I've had handles in various forums/games I've played online, and I didn't feel like using one of those here.  I felt like here I needed to just be, well, myself, in name as well as spirit.

Where my full name is 28 letters long:  Edward Richard Harold Churchman, I've always liked to crunch it down to just Ed.  Brevity on high :)  Or Take my R and H and quish it on to make Rhed (which is commonly take in popular places, so becomes rhed_c.

So, I like to go by my two-letter handle, nice and simple, Ed.  However, just because I don't wanna manolopise Rev. Ed from all the other Rev. Eds in the world, once again, for the Forum, I added in C, just to leave the market open for my like-named compeers :)

But, you know, you can just call me Ed 8)

Quote from: Rev. Ed C on August 20, 2011, 05:47:43 AM
I guess I've never posted up why I use the handle I do, but...

I've had handles in various forums/games I've played online, and I didn't feel like using one of those here.  I felt like here I needed to just be, well, myself, in name as well as spirit.

Where my full name is 28 letters long:  Edward Richard Harold Churchman, I've always liked to crunch it down to just Ed.  Brevity on high :)  Or Take my R and H and quish it on to make Rhed (which is commonly take in popular places, so becomes rhed_c.

So, I like to go by my two-letter handle, nice and simple, Ed.  However, just because I don't wanna manolopise Rev. Ed from all the other Rev. Eds in the world, once again, for the Forum, I added in C, just to leave the market open for my like-named compeers :)

But, you know, you can just call me Ed 8)

But, like wow... edward richard harold churchman must look so good on paper...  ;D

Quote from: Busmum on August 20, 2011, 12:48:54 PM
[But, like wow... edward richard harold churchman must look so good on paper...  ;D

You'd think.  I am a little pretentious about it in real life.  I tend to use my full initials a lot.  My bank card says E R H Churchman, and my email address is ed.r.h.churchman@

I have enough names to make me unique when I need to be, but to people who know me, two letter is all you need :)

Yeah, me2...charles christian raymond keiser jr....but I don't use the raymond...that's my baptismal name. I was baptized roman catholic shortly after birth...against my will apparently. 8)

I got Christened, but in my family church a full Baptism was a choice you made as a teenager.  By that time I'd decided Christianity wasn't for me, so I never made the literal plunge.  But one of our nice easy-going ministers did trickle a little water over my head and blessed my name as a wee babe.

True Baptism is a choice, just like Delmar makes in O Brother Where Art Thou.  Never think you've been baptised against your will, not even the fascists can do that :P

I've never had a beef with my Christening, as it doesn't mean anything to me, so I don't let it bother me.  It meant something to my parents at the time (more than it would today, I'm sure), and that's all that matters to me.

It's Industrial Strength in my area and especially in my family. I got a Born Again, Jesus Cracker Carrying, pray for your soul sister and a fundamentalist conservative tea bag brother. They take their Religion Seriously.
I cannot exit my door without running into a Christian here...hell they even start the bowling league banquets with a prayer service...I don't go because of it.
I could tell you stories dude...that's why I'm so reactionary when it come to Christians...8)

Man, I didn't realise you had it so bad.  Must be claustrophobic with all that around you, and the paranoia that comes with such intrinsic judgement...

Move to the UK, we've tamed our Chritistians :)

Mine just appeared in the smoke.......

Quote from: Rev. Ed C on August 20, 2011, 01:06:08 PM

Quote from: Busmum on August 20, 2011, 12:48:54 PM
[But, like wow... edward richard harold churchman must look so good on paper...  ;D

You'd think.  I am a little pretentious about it in real life.  I tend to use my full initials a lot.  My bank card says E R H Churchman, and my email address is ed.r.h.churchman@

I have enough names to make me unique when I need to be, but to people who know me, two letter is all you need :)

but at least you weren't saddled with the unenviable (shout loudly with an oklahoma twang) "ROBERTA BRANDINE!!!!"

sheesh! parents!

but i do think it's cool to be named after scotland's favorite son  ;D

Quote from: Busmum on August 24, 2011, 12:13:20 AM
but at least you weren't saddled with the unenviable (shout loudly with an oklahoma twang) "ROBERTA BRANDINE!!!!"

sheesh! parents!

but i do think it's cool to be named after scotland's favorite son  ;D

Right, right, Brandi...

Brandy the Bruce?  Aye, a stout and noble fellow he was! ;)

Apparently I was close being named Edmund, but a friend of my father's in the Anglo Saxon reinactment society beat him to it.  Still, wouldn't change the name I use any, I'm sure!

I've know several people who don't like their first name, so go by their middle name.  We have that choice, at least :)

Quote from: Rev. Ed C on August 24, 2011, 10:05:00 AM

Quote from: Busmum on August 24, 2011, 12:13:20 AM
but at least you weren't saddled with the unenviable (shout loudly with an oklahoma twang) "ROBERTA BRANDINE!!!!"

sheesh! parents!

but i do think it's cool to be named after scotland's favorite son  ;D

Right, right, Brandi...

Brandy the Bruce?  Aye, a stout and noble fellow he was! ;)

Apparently I was close being named Edmund, but a friend of my father's in the Anglo Saxon reinactment society beat him to it.  Still, wouldn't change the name I use any, I'm sure!

I've know several people who don't like their first name, so go by their middle name.  We have that choice, at least :)

well, i actually meant:
(http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z380/busmum/robert.jpg)

the tradition being, the first male child in each generation is named robert (insert middle name of choice)... but ima likin' the roll of brandi the bruce  ;)

Well, after all that, I guess I need to explain my new forum name.

Twobands is a bit of an old story, but it comes from a combination of something personal and an old live roleplay game we used to attended monthly in London.

Good old live Vampire: the Masquerade, standing around in privately hired London pubs, roleplaying as vampires... ahh, memories.  Still, I had one short-lived character who was a bit of an urban urchin of the Gangrel clan, who are more in touch with their animalistic side.  He slept rough, he looked rough and he didn't speak.  A suggested name for me, by others, was Twobands, because of the two bands I have around my wrist.

I used to have a couple of leather, tribalistic looking bands attached permanently around my wrist, but they died a death after a long while from too many soapy showers ;D  So to replace them I made my own from purloined fishing wire I pinched from the CDT labs at school (I still have most of it!) and some old, handmedown little beads.

Threaded on they have a unique pattern made of red, black and yellow beards and the fishing wire is then tied on and sealed with a little glue that melts and fuses it together.  And so they stay on my left wrist permanently.  They're actually a good measure of me putting on weight, because if they get tight and immovable, I know its time to cut down on  my snacks :)

And that is the legend of Twobands, the fictitious character and the online alterego that I only really use for Xbox Live... and now here!

aha ew spunds updn, aweu-wise... on?

spunosounds, and c...


...yah 8uew, how come we can't use upside-down question marks  ???

I like your thinking, dude!

Quotewe can't use upside-down question marks

You are so correct!!!!

Why can't we? Is this Spanish racism?  ;)

My handle is a nickname applied to me by my Dad when I was little.  Apparently I left disaster area quality messes in my wake everywhere I went and was as loud as a tornado.

My name is completely fake; ;D I'm neither Buddha, nor am I digital. A friend gave me that name because I'm an online marketing "guru" and more or less a marketing expert, so a friend I worked with once called me "digital buddha" in a business meeting after I went over a marketing plan for a client of mine. Seem to stick. Plus, this looks cool ;D ..................

(http://www.griffinone.com/assets/galleries/7/budha.jpg)

Despite trying to shake this handle, it has been with me across the sands of time, down through the ages. It started in school, (I think, smoked alot of thai stick), I'm kinda not into the whole brevity thing, mang, so having the kingly nomenclature of richard, that inevitably went to "dick" and being tall, a big was down there somewhere. Not diggin' that style, I tried to lose peoples train of thought and took comfort in D. But since my ordination, "The" has been added and well, y'know, lord knows where it goes from here.

I've been to many countries, I've been to many States.  I've always gone chasing jobs. I never thought of any place, or even situation as permanent.

I am a Gypsy, I am a man  :D

Brother GypsyMan

Not that mine needs much explanation--I'm ordained in the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, and my name is Al (or Alex, or Alexander, if you're not into the whole brevity thing), so...not hard to figure out.

All worthy dudeist names.

Stumblin', it's my blues name. Has been for many a year.
Stumbleweed, just a jokey reference to the Tumbling Tumbleweeds. Great song.
Some interesting moniker origins here, frankly a little embarrassed that mine is so mundane.

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Next up is that my father owned a bar for 50 years and when he passed away in November of 2008, I inherited it.  I now run it as a side project featuring live music and over 300 craft beers and most uniquely, I have no TV's in the place.
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Now thats a father I wish I had! He and the other half of my lovin' parents could even give me a name I never had much use for... Where is this bar, in case I'm in the neighborhood and need to use the john?
I would agree with the no idiot-box custom. I'm a TV nihilist. I watch nussing.

The bar is located at 169 Pinney Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA.  It's called Hollywood Gardens.  And althought I'm not a real reactionary, it is a nice quiet local tavern and I aim to keep it nice and quiet.

Our website is here:

http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/ (http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/)

and our Facebook page is here:

http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8
(http://tinyurl.com/yjpuvp8)

And yes, feel free to use the john if you're in the area.  We also have cash machines nearby if you'd happen to become fond of a wonderful and free-spirited women in town.

Only one problem, you're too far away from here!

Hey there dudes.

My name is a dothraki translation of my real name Morgan which means seaborn (Dothraki are people from game of throne / a song of fire and ice, if you wonder). It is a constructed language, like Tolkien'elvish, or klingon, developped for the TV show.

It is easier than elvish to learn, since the good sir who developped it is still alive and reachable ^^.

I liked this tongue so much, I ended up being in charge to translate the unofficial dothraki-english dictionnary in french (it keeps being updated frequetly).